Local Artists Perform at French Blues Fest

This is unbe­liev­able. I had no idea that my home­town had a blues band. But appar­ently it does:

Lucedale-based blues-rock act 3 Karat Dia­mond (Gar­rett Pitts/guitar,
Clay Parker/Drums and Ian Mallett/bass) recently returned from a
whirl­wind blues tour of France for the annual Blues in Chedigny music
fes­ti­val. Their trip was part of a cul­tural exchange made pos­si­ble
through the vil­lage of Chedigny, France and the Shed BBQ and Blues
Joint in Ocean Springs.

The group won a com­pe­ti­tion at The Shed BBQ back in April, when they blew away the com­pe­ti­tion with their ren­di­tion of Cream’s “Cross­roads”. The exchange was set up by Pierre Louault, mayor of Chedigny, and Hazel Turner, widow of great blues leg­end Big Joe Turner. To read more of the arti­cle, go here.

Way to go, guys. You have brought pos­i­tive recog­ni­tion to our lit­tle ham­let. I look for­ward to hear­ing you live one day — per­haps next week­end at the “5^th Ever Shed­Hed Blues Fest” on Sep­tem­ber 20.

Here’s the band per­form­ing “Red House” at the Chedigny festival:

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