Friends of the Fullertons:
Yazoo's Blues
Upcoming shows:
Saturday, October 21, 8 p.m. Gritty McDuff's Pub and Restaurant 187 Lower Main Street, Freeport, Maine with Catfish Brown Friday, November 3, 5 to 7 p.m. Freeport Oyster Bar 43 Main Street, Freeport solo show Friday, November 10, 5 to 7 p.m. Freeport Oyster Bar 43 Main Street, Freeport with Caftish Brown Friday, November 10, 5 to 7 p.m. Freeport Oyster Bar 43 Main Street, Freeport solo show Saturday, November 18, 8 p.m. Gritty McDuff's Pub and Restaurant 187 Lower Main Street, Freeport, Maine with Catfish Brown Friday, November 24, 5 to 7 p.m. Freeport Oyster Bar 43 Main Street, Freeport with Catfish Brown Saturday, December 16, 8 p.m. Gritty McDuff's Pub and Restaurant 187 Lower Main Street, Freeport, Maine with Catfish Brown Up the blue Yazoo:
Yazoo's Blues, the brainchild and love child of Maine songwriter and guit-picker Yazoo Chaz, draws music and inspiration from Cleatus "Catfish" Brown, "Neon" Leon Fullerton, and other lesser-known early- and mid-twentieth century troubadours of America's blue highways and byways. The act's name comes from one of Catfish Brown's instrumental pieces, "Yazoo's Blues." As Leon Fullerton (another rumor in his own time) tells it, Brown was a prolific Mississippi jug band leader, born and bred by the banks of the Yazoo River at a dirt crossroad known locally as Shadrach Junction. He never traveled far from Shadrach, but his pre-and post-WWII influence was extensive. Local Maine players appearing with Chaz at different times this summer include Americana artist Buddy Moore, jukebox rocker Kool Hand Kal Finison, and blues harpist Waterford Slim. More info: For booking or repertoire information, to join the Yazoo Chaz Fan Club, to learn more about the legend of Catfish Brown or Neon Leon, or just to shoot the Shinola, email Chaz here. 
For information on ordering Chaz's band Dreadnot's new CD Good Ol' Days, email catfish@thefullertons.net.
The Yazoo Kid
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Maine songwriter and guit-picker Yazoo Chaz draws his music and inspiration from Dust Bowl bard "Neon" Leon Fullerton, jug band juggernaut Cleatus "Catfish" Brown, and other early- and mid-twentieth century troubadours of America's blue lost highways and blue byways.
Yazoo's Blues honors Catfish Brown's insrumental tune "Yazoo's Blues," featuring well-trod classics and nearly-lost gems. As Leon Fullerton (another rumor in his own time) tells it, Brown was a prolific Mississippi jug band leader, born and bred on the muddy banks of the Yazoo River at a dirt crossroad known locally as Shadrach Junction. He never traveled far from Shadrach, but his pre-and post-WWII influence was extensive. The show consists of Chaz and whichever Local players show up to play with him. Appearing with Chaz at different times this spring summer, and fall include Americana artist Buddy Moore, jukebox rocker Kool Hand Kal Finison, blues harpist Waterford Slim, and others. Chaz's new CD: Chaz has just produced a compact disk, Good Ol' Days, with houseband Dreadnot: twenty-three of his favorite Neon Leon songs. For more info or to order one, email catfish@thefullertons.net. Neon Leon lives! More info: For booking or repertoire information, to join the Yazoo Chaz Fan Club, to learn more about the legend of Catfish Brown or Neon Leon, to order Yazoo's new CD, or just to shoot the Shinola, email Chaz here. Hear Chaz here:
"Rolling Out of Baltimore" - Leon Fullerton
(with the Fullertons) "Viola Lee Blues" - Noah Lewis
(with Slim's Got the Blues) "Mercury Blues" - K.C. Douglass
(with Slim's Got the Blues) "Swamp Dog" - Leon Fullerton
(with the Fullertons) Hear more here:
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"Swum up the mighty Yazoo
and down the Ohio, and I can take you places I know you want to go." Catfish Brown |
The blue Yazoo
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