LUTHER BADMAN KEITH BLUES BAND PERFORMS ON FLOWER DAY AT EASTERN MARKET, SUNDAY, MAY 19.

The Badman Blues Band will make its 10th straight apperance at the Detroit Eastern Market Flower Day event, Sunday May 19, from noon to 4 p.m. The band will perform in front of the Welcome Center on Adelaide near Market Streets.

COMING JUNE 14: LUTHER BADMAN KEITH BOOKED FOR CAMPUS MARTIUS LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES.

Want some blues with your lunch? Come to downtown's Detroit's Campus Martius Park on Friday, June 14, from noon to 2 p.m. when the Luther Badman Keith Blues Band is the featured entertainment.

BADMAN AT BERT'S: The Badman Band peforms every Wednesday from 8 p.m. to midnight at Bert's Market Place, 2727 Russell, in Detroit's Eastern Market.

LUTHER BADMAN KEITH PUTS HIS OWN STAMP ON THE BLUES

His vocals have been compared to Jimi Hendrix, his guitar style and energy to Luther Allison with a songwriting gift and sense of humor all his own. All this from a guy who didn’t pick up a guitar until he was past 30 years old and didn’t play his first professional gig until he was well into his 40s.

“No, it wasn’t a midlife crisis thing,” Keith explains, “It just took me that long to figure out that playing the blues was part of what I was born to do. It just wasn’t part of my life plan when I started out. . The only thing I played when I was growing up was the radio and baseball.”

The Badman has come a long way in a short time. Instead of being a guy who grew up playing the guitar, Keith studied journalism and was a successful newspaper executive and columnist. He became a convert and an apostle for the blues after attending a concert by the legendary Luther Allison and decided on the spot that he wanted to become a bluesman.

“I was awful for a long time, but too stubborn to give up,” he said. “One day someone said I was starting to sound decent and I should put a band together and put out a CD.”

The rest, as the cliché goes, is history.

A native of Detroit, Keith released his third CD, Blues Nation, to widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for two Detroit Music Awards in 2011 (he now has five nominations). He has won songwriter awards, represented Detroit as the city’s top blues band at the International Blues Challenge and even played for Morgan Freeman, a big blues fan, at the actor’s Ground Zero blues club in Memphis.

Keith uses blues, funk and rock to craft songs that put a smile on your face, like Menopause Woman or Barbecue Baby, delves into the meaning of life with tunes like Life got In The Way and What’s The Use, and flat out rocks on songs like Blues Nation, Badman and What Happened to Rock N Roll.

On Blues Nation, Keith takes listeners on a sonic journey across America, mixing Latin and Afro grooves, exploring the impact of blues on lives and lifestyles in our nation. He even created a Blues Anthem, mixing Muddy Waters with the National Anthem, and a Blues Nation Pledge.
‘It might be called a mini-concept album,” Keith said.

“I mix a lot of styles but it all comes back to the blues,” he added. “Blues is a lot like hot sauce. Whatever you put it on, it’s gonna make it taste – or sound – better.

“I often get told by people that they don’t like the blues, but they like what I do. I just try to be myself and put my own flavor on the music.”

.VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE FROM LUTHER BADMAN KEITH

Now Available! ‘BLUES NATION,” THE NEW CD FROM LUTHER BADMAN KEITH ON THE BMB RECORD LABEL.

FEATURES 15 ORIGINAL SONGS AND RECORDED LIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE LATE, GREAT JAMES PAYTON ON SAXOPHONE

ALSO FEATURES ROCK-N-ROLL HALL OF FAME PERFORMERS, THE ORIGINALVANDELLAS — Rosalind Holmes and Annette Helton

SPECIAL GUEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE BY PAUL “BLUESMAN” MILES

DETROIT – It’s been a long time. Indeed it has. Seven years to be exact since the release of Luther Badman Keith’s last CD, Thunder In My Blues, which won widespread critical acclaim. Read more >

The CD is now available Online - Click Here for Ordering Information

MAIL ORDERS OF THE CD BLUES NATION CAN BE MADE BY SENDING
A CHECK FOR $15 PAYABLE TO:

BMB RECORDS
19521 BURLINGTON, DETROIT, MI. 48203.

EMAIL: badman@badmanbluz.com.

Booking Info: 313-407-6772