Vanessa Collier – Award Winning Blues Sax – New Album Release!
March 1 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$33 – $38
Doors at 6:30 pm, show at 7 pm. Open seating, beer and wine available. $33 in advance / $38 day of show.
Twelve-time Blues Music Award nominee and four-time winner – 2019, 2020, and 2024 BMA winner for “Horn Player of the Year.”
2022 BMA winner for “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year” and 2022 & 2023 Blues Blast Award winner for “Horn Player of the Year.”
2024 BMA three-time nominee for: “Horn Player of the Year,” “Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year,” and “B.B. King Entertainer of the Year.”
Singer-songwriter Vanessa Collier’s sixth album Do It My Own Way was released on September 13 via Phenix Fire Records. Recorded on analog gear with the musicians largely in one room, Do It My Own Way is sonically inspired by the classic Memphis soul sound of Stax and Hi Records, especially that of The Staple Singers.
Multi-instrumentalist Collier takes on multiple roles: writing the songs, producing the album, arranging horns and all instrumental and vocal parts, playing acoustic and electric guitars, alto and tenor saxophones, flute, and singing both lead and background vocals.
The songwriter and bandleader made her Chicago Blues Festival debut this year, performing in front of tens of thousands. Best known in the blues world—she’s a twelve-time Blues Music Award nominee and four-time winner, including the monumental titles of Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year, Horn Player of the Year, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year—Do It My Own Way reflects her influences from soul artists like Mavis Staples, Sharon Jones, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin.
The award-winning historic Sutter Creek Theatre is an intimate 215-seat former silent film theatre with superb sound. It has been voted Best Indie Theatre multiple times (KCRA A-List).