On June 12th blues and roots rock singer and songwriter, Cee Cee James, will be piloting the very first Mighty High Music Soul Revival Roadshow at the old Red Barn at Greenbanks Farm on Whidbey Island.
Cee Cee is a native of the Northwest who has lived on South Whidbey for the past three years. This past week, Cee Cee was awarded the Best Blues Songwriter Award for 2010 by the Washington Blues Society.
The Cee Cee James Band has two recent CD’s. Low Down Where the Snakes Crawl and Seriously Raw – Cee Cee James – at Sunbanks. Low Down Where the Snakes Crawl debuted at #15 on the March 2010 Living Blues Charts and peaked at #8 on the overall Roots/Blues Charts. Low Down also held at #1 on the Washington Blues Charts for nine straight weeks.
Some have compared her work to that of Janis Joplin. This is seriously good music! Click on the above photo to listen to Low Down Where the Snakes Crawl; it will rock your soul! You will find the song on the right hand side of the page.
The group plans to take the show nationwide. It is a “Roadshow” that brings the community together through Mighty High Music. The Whidbey Island musical youth group Indigo will open the show, followed by a short talk by Transition Whidbey. Cee Cee James and her band will then take the stage. Fifty percent of the proceeds from this show go to Transition Whidbey, with the other 50 percent being placed into a “not-for-profit” fund to support future Soul Revival Roadshows.
Just click on the photo above for a video from Britt Walker Co-Founder and Director of Transition Whidbey.
This is a great video that highlights the wonder of this community and the people who live and work here; perhaps you will see a friend or even yourself in the video:) Be sure to watch the video in full screen mode.
Whidbey Island, what a great community of people who truly care!
Cee Cee says that ” we engage the community with potluck we ask the charities to bring in local testimony, how they have helped people and have people come in and speak….how people have overcome adversity. We are really interested in bootstrap charities where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps and look for help so that they can get back on their feet.”
This event is about bringing people together to dance, sing and to develop a broader awareness of the community charities that exist on the island.
The show will be held in the big red barn at Greenbank Farm, starting at 4:00 and ending at 9:00. Tickets are available at Cee Cee’s website through Paypal and can be purchased at some local businesses including 1504 Coffee Bar, Island Angel Chocolates, Llynya’s, and the Transition Whidbey Office in Langley. This is a potluck, so all are invited to bring a dish. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children under 12 years.
You do not want to miss this event!
Good Cheer!
The settings are superb and the music will be enchanting the audiance. In the third world the settings are enchanting the music may be thrilling but the bellies are empty. Poverty in most of these lands is a problem share some thing you have been provided by thr Great God with them .
I never want to compare us to the third world, but need to submit a reminder that there would be empty bellies right here in South Whidbey if it wasn’t for Good Cheer Food Bank. In the month of May we provided food for 562 children that otherwise may not have had a breakfast, lunch or dinner. The reason Good Cheer can provide that support is because of the support it recieves from the community of South Whidbey.
Thanks for such a great write up of the Cee Cee James Roadshow. Cee Cee is not only a truly gifted singer and songwriter, she is motivated by a sincere desire to do good in this world and to help other people. That’s why she put together the Roadshow concept – so we can come together as a community and learn about ways we can support and help one another. We will be showcasing organizations in the HELP Network here on Whidbey Island as well as Transition Whidbey, a nonprofit that promotes empowerment through teaching skills for self-suficiency and sustainability. I grew up in Arkansas, and I saw a lot of hungry people there and, unfortunately, there are still many, many hungry people in this country, including Island County. I am so grateful for the Good Cheer Food Bank and Thrift Stores. You guys do a superb job for our community
We all can only do the best we can to start right here at home.. right here within our own hearts. I’m sure all of us would like to change and help the entire world.. but we have to start in our own communities. Bless those who travel and work to help third world countries and bless those who work to bring food to the elderly and bless those who pick up the garbage and bless those who help wounded animals.. I mean we could go on and on about all the different ways in which we all are called to help others in this world. I am called to use my music to work within local communities to help bring them together for support, love and stress release. That way maybe, just maybe, we won’t have our local post man or woman go out and shoot down a bunch of people because he or she needed some help.. maybe that he or she will realize they they have a loving supporting community to turn to. No matter what we have to start within our own hearts and the heart of our community.