Part of our one-of-a-kind Frontyard Festival™—six months of socially distant, live entertainment and unique experiences, including dinner and drinks delivered to your box from on-site restaurants.
From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals,
JJ Grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions. His presence before an audience is something startling and immediate, at times a funk rave-up, other times a sort of mass-absolution for the mortal weaknesses that make him and his audience human. When you see JJ Grey and his band
Mofro live—and you truly, absolutely must—the man is fearless.
For devoted listeners, there is something fitting, even affirmative, in Grey’s commitment to the land of his north Florida home. The farms and eddying swamps of his youth are as much a part of Grey’s music as the Louisiana swamp-blues tradition, or the singer’s collection of old Stax records.
As a boy, Grey was drawn to country-rockers, including Jerry Reed, and to Otis Redding and the other luminaries of Memphis soul. Run-D.M.C., meanwhile, played on repeat in the parking lot of his high school (note the hip-hop inflections on “A Night to Remember”). Merging these traditions, and working with a blue-collar ethic, Grey began touring as Mofro in the late ’90s, with backbeats that crossed Steve Cropper with George Clinton and a lyrical directness that made his debut LP,
Blackwater (2001), a calling-card among roots-rock aficionados.
*Prices, shows, artists, dates and times are subject to change at any time without notice. The views and opinions expressed within this show are those of the artist(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Dr. Phillips Center.
Date: Saturday, January 2, 2021
Time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: You’ll pick your own socially distant private box for up to 5 people. Boxes will have a minimum seat requirement that’ll vary by show.
