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Lady D Concert
September 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$10Join us at Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. for an evening of classic blues, jazz, and 70’s folk & soul with WV’s First Lady of Soul, Lady D! Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets are $10 if ordered online in advance, or $15 at the door.
Doris Fields, whose stage name is Lady D, is also known as W.Va’s First Lady of Soul. She resides in Beckley, WV, where she is active as a singer/songwriter and visual artist. She is also writer and producer of her original series of documentaries called “Those Who Came Before,” which focuses on the black music history of West Virginia. Her original song, “Go Higher” was chosen as best Obama Inaugural song in 2008 and she and her band, MI$$ION performed at the Obama For Change inaugural ball in Washington, D.C. in 2009. She has shared the stage with many blues notables such as Johnny Rawls, Bruce Katz and Austin “Walkin’ Cane. Her latest cd, “Disturbing My Peace” is a nod to the life changing events of 2020. She performs her one-woman show, “The Lady and the Empress” based on the life and music of Bessie Smith with her band, MI$$ION and the spin-off version, “Bessie’s Blues” with guitarist, Andrew Caldwell from Fayetteville, WV.
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