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Nominated for three Blues Blast Music Awards, Jackie Scott & the Housewreckers packed Buddy Guy’s house with wall-bangin’ blues! Personality galore with wailing blues licks from start to finish, this act pulls out every blues chord on the charts.

The band features Jackie Scott on vocals, Mark Hopkins on lead guitar, Tommy Fisher on keyboards, Avelino Pitts on saxophone, Darren Simons on drums, and Dave Holland on bass guitar. Vast musical backgrounds and influences make Jackie Scott & The Housewreckers a smokin’ hot combination of blues, jazz, and R&B – packed with soul.

Jackie has spent the last few years honing her craft as a vocalist, and her quest led her to the steamy windows of Chicago’s blues scene. It was in Chicago that Jackie received her baptism into the blues. Musicians and performers great and small freely shared their wealth of skill, time, and talent to help her grow as a blues entertainer. Nellie Travis, Chicago blues woman, and Westside bluesman and Howlin’ Wolf sidekick, Eddie Shaw, played a major part in mentoring her into the blues, Chicago style.

Opening for BB King & Taj Mahal has definitely been a plus. Touring trips to Mississippi, Louisiana, and California and performing at the 2007 and 2010 Chicago Blues Festival have all played a part in making Jackie Scott & The Housewreckers an entertainment machine!

Jackie Scott will also lead a clinic 6:15-7:15 pm Friday on the MICA Stage. So you want to be a blues singer? We’ve all at some point or another thought about what it would be like to hit the highway doing something we love to do. Do you have what it takes? Actually, what does it take? Should you quit your job?  How can you get better? All that glitters isn’t gold, and if that’s OK with you, then hitting the road might not be a bad idea. Come talk about the ups and down of getting down!