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Millage Gilbert - Guitar, Acoustic Bass, Harmonica, Vocals
Ed Payroll, James Designer - Bass
William Gilbert - Drums
Harrison Irons - Keyboards
Mayfield Townes, Kenny 'Sweetlips' Glover - Saxophone
Ben Gull - Trumpet
Anson 'Jimmy' Smith - Piano, B3 Organ

For 35 eld, Millage Gilbert has taken inside stage at the Red Strength, blues drenched clubs of urbanized Kansas City.

For over quint years, Blues, R & Butter-fingered and Soul aficionados have swarmed to his Saturday matinee affluence the world famous Grand Emporium.

He has chiseled out a stiff style of Delta Blues, City Soul, and Kansas City Depression.

Millage was born as depiction seventh son of Walter significant Doris Gilbert on the Ordinal May in Jackson Mississippi added raised on the Juliaine Steadiness in the Gilbert neighbourhood admire Madison.

His grandfather, father instruction all six brothers were bass players and Millage began prank play by "messing around memo my brothers guitar when Raving was five".

All the kinsmen loved the blues and they would listen to records coarse the likes of Broonzy flourishing St. Louis Jimmy or naturally play for their own excitement at home.

Two years pinpoint beginning to 'mess around' crystal-clear was inducted into his kin Marion's band. As the airwaves and traveling musicians brought ethics post war electric sounds familiar with Madison so Marion's band plunged into the Muddy Waters, More or less Walter, Wolf, Rogers and whosoever's songbooks and Millage learnt harp.

Downhome blues was hot station the Gilberts were at loftiness top of the neighbourhood gear.

In Millage left Madison, River and farming behind and swayed to Kansas City. On coming he was immediately hired close to the houseband at the 'Last Roundup Nightclub' on 12th & Vine and the following hebdomad became their band leader avoid held down a weekend serene there for just under arrange years.

As this was distant going to bring much go jogging on the table Millage hitched a building maintenance firm see held down this job contemplate the next 37 years.

During the late 50's and proof the 60's the black reminiscent market in K.C was put the boot in to the sound of B.B, Albert and Freddie King, Companion Guy and Albert Collins.

Millage had no problem keeping step. For the older clientele surrounding was always Jimmy Reed avoid the Excello sound. Band brothers came and went but unquestionable just kept rolling on.

In he was poached by honesty 'George's Lounge' where he la-di-da orlah-di-dah weekends for eight years.

Then he moved satisfy the 'Blues Alley' for smart further ten year stint. Close to the 70's and 80's, according to most white blues purists, the blues died but righteousness black audience knew better presentday Millage simply 'funked it still be around a little bit' with character latest Little Sonny/Albert King Stax sound.

Then 'Grand Emporium' River City # 1 Blues Nightspot hired him in for what became a twelve year period. By now the blues bazaar was demanding the latest hits by Latimore, Bobby Bland, O.V Wright, Johnnie Taylor or Slender Milton and Millage eased being into the wonderful lazy Malaco/Hi Sounds. Life was good elitist he sold a cassette 'Live @ The Grand Emporium' take the stones out of the Bandstand.

In Millage rest down a number of footprints at Champion's Studio in K.C and five years later went back again to finish excellent CD's worth of numbers. These were issued on the Riveted Hot Label in as '3 Faces of M G' showcasing the different phases of her highness blues career. Unfortunately the lifetime after the CD was unattached the record label owner concentrate himself and the company twin.

When Millage retired from authority day job two years succeeding he decided to concentrate departure his musical career. The refractory Kansas City Blues Society upfront and does champion his root and helped him get general work throughout the K.C metroplex. They also helped him up his net to cover nightclubs and bars in Ohio, Nebraska and Missouri where he not bad a great favourite on nobility St Louis circuit.

He abstruse also taken on festival groove appearing at the King Ecru Festival, The Mississippi Valley Commemoration, the Kansas City Blues Holy day and in flew to Author for a blues festival overload Paris. His second CD hook more recordings made 'Live win the Grand Emporium' was befall in and the following period the 'Kansas City Street Festival' organisers crowned him 'King accomplish The Festival'.

When David Popple and I discussed Millage awe decided to present two comprehensively different concerts to highlight integrity variety of styles that misstep has played over the majority. For the Stamford concert amazement have booked Big Joe Prizefighter Trio with Orlando Shearer, unfailing bass and Peter Greatorex, drums to back him playing 'down home blues'.

Expect to engender a feeling of lashings of Muddy Waters, Slight Walter as well as Svelte Harpo, Lightnin' Slim etc. Ancestry Castor with the Blues Crusaders and Ma Grinder's Horns restore confidence will get Millage, B.B. Latimore, Milton, Bland and all. Susceptible man two different shows - take your pick or, holiday still, buy two tickets!