Blues America 54 - Preston Shannon




Blues America show

Summary: Preston Shannon is internationally recognized as the King of Beale Street. He gained international recognition during the 90’s after forming his own band releasing a string of successful albums on the Rounder Bullseye label and being nominated for two Grammy Awards. Prior to this, the native of Olive Branch, Mississippi was an experienced musician who cut his teeth in the band of platinum selling Grammy-winning soul great, Shirley Brown. Preston was recently featured on the cover of the Living Blues magazine and his latest studio effort, ‘Dust My Broom’ pays tribute to Elmore James and received critical acclaim.