Blues Beat: New release has blues world buzzing
Domenic Forcella
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Don Destefano joins other talented musicians playing the music of the Grateful Dead Saturday and Sunday at FTC’s The Warehouse.Domenic Forcella / Contributed photo
The big topic is the blues community this week was the movie release of Ma Rainey s “Black Bottom.” Taken from the play by August Wilson, Blues Beat remembers seeing its premiere at the Yale Rep in the 1980s. Besides the acting, a band supplied the music. After the actors received their applause and left the stage, the audience gave the band a standing ovation.