Marcia Ball with Amy Speace

Born in Orange, Texas in 1949 and raised in Vinton, Louisiana, Marcia Ball is musical storyteller who has earned worldwide fame for her ability to ignite a full-scale roadhouse rhythm and blues party every time she strolls onto the stage. Her groove-laden New Orleans boogie, deeply soulful ballads and rollicking Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite with music fans all over the world. In 2010, she was inducted into the Gulf Coast Hall Of Fame and in 2012 into the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. She’s received a total of six Living Blues Awards and nine Blues Music Awards (and has a whopping 42 nominations). She’s received five GRAMMY Award nominations, including five of her six previous Alligator albums. Always a songwriter of renown, Ball delved deeper into songwriting than she ever had in her career with her GRAMMY-nominated 2010 Alligator release, Roadside Attractions, creating one of her best and most personal albums. Ball’s latest album, The Tattooed Lady and The Alligator Man, continues that trajectory, drawing her listeners deep into her music with instantly memorable melodies and imaginative imagery. Her songs paint vibrant musical pictures richly detailed with characters, flavors and scenes straight out of Louisiana, Texas and the Gulf Coast. The release mixes Ball’s Gulf Coast blues, New Orleans R&B, swampy Louisiana ballads and jumping, Tex-Mex flavored zydeco into a musical gumbo, a sound she has been perfecting over the course of her legendary career. From the poignant “Just Keep Holding On” to the fresh start of “Clean My House” to the surprisingly and timely “The Squeeze Is On”, Ball has delivered a set of songs so well written and so well performed, she’ll astound and delight her longtime fans and give newcomers plenty of reason to join the party.