Marcia Ball performs "The Party's Still Going On"
5m 7s
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About this clip:
Blues piano great Marcia Ball and her band perform her composition “The Party’s Still Going On” from her 2011 album “Roadside Attractions” during her performance on July 29, 2022 as part of Summer Sessions, broadcast on Fridays Live.
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About the concert:
Called “the bayou queen of the piano” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), the Texas-born, Louisiana raised Marcia Ball has built an iconic career with her raucous piano style that carries on the New Orleans tradition of Professor Longhair and James Booker, blending it with a soulful vocal approach inspired by her mentor and frequent collaborator, Irma Thomas. She’s a five-time GRAMMY nominee and 11-time Blues Music Award winner who was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame in 2018. She’s led 17 albums including her latest Alligator Records release, “Shine Bright.”
PERSONNEL:
Marcia Ball: keyboard, vocals
Eric Berhardt: saxophone, vocals
Mike Schermer: guitar, vocals
Michael Archer: bass, vocals
Morris Schornhorn: drums
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