EG Kight will play at Chattanooga Billiards Club on Saturday.
photo by Mark Herndon, MAHerndon@ChattanoogaLiveMusic.com
EG Kight returns to the Tropicana Room at Chattanooga Billiards Club East on 110 Jordan Dr. on Saturday at 8 p.m., for one performance. Tickets will be $10 at the door.
Review for EG Kight:
The 2013 Georgia Music Legend Award recipient, EG Kight takes great pride in representing the USA. Considered one of the few true blues vocalists, Ms. Kight has headlined at venues around the globe and has been involved in fundraising concerts in Germany, Japan and Mexico.
Ms. Kight has been nominated for the 2015 Blues Music Awards Koko Taylor Award, she landed on the AXS.com list of Top 5 Best Blues Artists of 2014, and her latest album landed on the Blues Bytes 2014 Top 10 Albums list and the Roots Music Report’s Top 100 Blues Album Chart for 2014. She has also been nominated for two Blues Blast awards and has six previous BMA nominations, twice for Song of the Year. Many artists have recorded her songs and she’s had songs on two Grammy-nominated albums and on two compilations that maintained Billboard chart positions for over a year. She has appeared on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and an original song from her segment was re-broadcast on the Listener’s Choice Program. And her songs have appeared on the Children’s Miracle Network, Nick at Nite and on ABC Family.
Ms. Kight’s style transcends musical boundaries. With a rich and velvety voice that’s been called “a cross between Phoebe Snow, Wynonna, and Bonnie Raitt,” and a mastery of the guitar that has her holding her own next to any other player, Ms. Kight mesmerizes audiences of all ages. And Taylor Guitars proudly provides her with the tools of her trade.
Her previous four albums went to #1 on Sirius XM’s Bluesville. One also charted in the top 10 on Airplay Direct’s Top 50 Blues Albums, and one went to #1 on the Roots Blues Chart.
Born and raised in rural Georgia, Ms. Kight still lives on the land that’s been in her family for four generations. Her roots go deep and that comes through in her music.
When she’s not touring Ms. Kight loves being out in the country with her pet goats, writing new songs, and taking more pictures to add to her photography portfolio. One of her photographs was recently licensed for the cover of a book about the life and times of Robert Johnson.
Ms. Kight is grateful to be alive and to continue making music. A near-death illness a few years back transformed her music into a more positive shade of blue. On her latest album, A New Day, which continues to garner rave reviews, she infuses her “country-flavored southern-fried blues” with a little gospel to create her most inspiring venture to date.