There’s a young giant tearing up the blues scene by the name of Marquise Knox. Remember that name, you’ll be hearing it a lot more in the future. When you listen to Marquise, he hearkens back to the old Delta bluesmen. The bluesmen that sang full of emotion and gut wrenching storytelling. The odd thing is that Marquise is only 18 years old. It’s downright scary to see a young man belt out tunes in the vein of a seasoned blues performer.
He recorded his first album, Man Child at the tender age of 16, an age when most of his peers were probably more interested in rap music. Marquise chose to be true to himself and carried on the tradition of blues music.
Recorded when he was 16
He learned how to play the guitar from his grandmother, who came from a family sharecroppers and before that, slaves. So for Marquise, the blues is in his lineage, and boy does it show!
He’s also a hell of a guitar player. The video below can attest to that.
Keep an eye out for this very talented young man. He’s going places.
Filed under: Blues, Vinyl, Delta, Marquise Knox, St. Louis
Awesome! That’s some serious blues, down blues, baad blues. Very glad to see/hear him, thanks. The blues won’t never die.
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Yes Piter. It’s a labor of love.
Thanks for stopping by.
Sounds good… Be ten times better if they’d improve these damn Android phones, so I could play an entire video without it freezing up 1/4 way thru… which really gives me the Blues.