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SINGER SENA EHRHARDT TO OPEN FOR B.B.
KING!Rising Local Star To Perform With
Her Idol
Singer Sena Ehrhardt will realize a dream come
true when the Sena Ehrhardt Band (which includes her father Ed on lead
guitar) serves as the opening act for blues icon B.B. King on May 19th at the Mayo Civic Center in
Sena’s hometown of Rochester, Minnesota.
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Says Sena, “I grew up listening to B.B. King
records and he was responsible for turning my Dad on to the blues, so he’s an
iconic figure for me. I consider B.B.’s Completely Well album the
definition of a blues record; I continue to listen to it all the time. I just
love his vocal phrasing.” In fact, on her upcoming sophomore release,
All In, (out on Blind Pig Records March 12th), she
covers a B.B. King song from that album entitled “So Excited,” which could well
describe her feelings about appearing with perhaps the foremost master of the
blues. Says Sena, “I get to open for B.B. King, 100% my biggest influence and
idol in blues music.”
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Sena’s brilliant 2012 debut
recording, Leave The Light On, announced the arrival of one of the
freshest and most dynamic young voices on the current blues scene. It won Sena
the Blues Blast “Rising Star” Award and was nominated for a Blues Music Award as
“Best New Artist Debut.” The album also generated widespread critical acclaim,
typified by this comment from Jazz & Blues Report: “Make way for a
rising star!”
For her second recording, Sena
has teamed up with one the foremost producers in the worlds of rock and blues
(Santana, Huey Lewis, Stevie Ray Vaughan), multi-Grammy Award winner Jim
Gaines. The result of their collaboration is a groove-rich, exciting
exploration of the blues in all its moods. All In truly delivers on
the promise of Leave The Light On and places Ehrhardt among the very
best and most versatile of today’s blues singers.
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