AT&T Performing Arts Center Presents
Blues in the Bottom
A 10th Street Homage to T-Bone Walker
A FREE Outdoor Concert with The EJ Mathews Band AND An Intergenerational Conversation with EJ Mathews, Brandi Waller-Pace and Vicki Meek
Join us at bc Workshop in the Tenth Street Historic District for Blues in the Bottom, a new community music series honoring the neighborhood’s former resident and famed guitarist, T-Bone Walker. The program launches on Thursday, March 13 with an outdoor concert featuring The EJ Mathews Band, preceded by a conversation with EJ Mathews, Brandi Waller-Pace and Vicki Meek. Please click “Get tickets” above to RSVP for this free event.
Enjoy complimentary bruschetta, crab cakes and brisket sliders from Southern Gourmet Kitchen and zero-proof cocktails by Beyond the Bar while supplies last.
About EJ Mathews:
Texas-born E.J. Mathews, originally from Atlanta, Texas, now makes his home in Dallas. Mathews lived just outside Atlanta, Texas in the small rural community of Bivins, Texas, located near Leek Creek and the Louisiana state line. Mathews musical influences call on his Georgia-born grandfather. EJ recalls his granddaddy, Zan, used to sit on the front porch at night and play slide guitar with his pocketknife, all the while spitting watermelon seeds off the porch and watching lightnin’ bugs flicker in the night.
EJ’s music has a good-time, foot stompin’ feel and echoes the sounds of his swampy Texas/Louisiana state line upbringing. His music is best served in the presence of good friends and anyone out to have a good time. There will not be a foot in the house that doesn’t stomp or a head that doesn’t bob. EJ is a regular in many Texas and Louisiana music scenes either with his band or performing solo.
To learn more about the panel discussion and our series curator, click here.
About bc Workshop:
The buildingcommunityWORKSHOP is a Texas based nonprofit community design center seeking to improve the livability and viability of communities through the practice of thoughtful design and making. We enrich the lives of residents by bringing design thinking to areas of our cities where resources are most scarce. To do so, [bc] recognizes that it must first understand the social, economic, and environmental issues facing a community before beginning work.
Blues in the Bottom is presented by ArtsBridge – South Dallas, a community arts program of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. The series is curated by Tufara Waller Muhammad.
Save the Date: The next Blues in the Bottom event will take place on May 24, 2025, from 7:00–9:00 p.m. featuring Diunna Greenleaf!
