Blues’ Muse – Tower Park + Livestream
August 3 @ 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Blues’ Muse
(No dogs, just Hep cats! Ragtime, Blues & Early Jazz…. )
7:30 p.m. Sunday, August 3, 2025
Tower Park Amphitheater, Fort Thomas, KY
Admission is free, contributions encouraged.
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The KSO’s Newport Ragtime Band uncovers the roots of America’s pop music history from spirituals to the music of Betty Boop. You will clap, sing and chair dance along to the authentic sounds of 1898-1936.
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There is no admission charge for this concert. However, we encourage and appreciate contributions of $5 per person.
Your generosity keeps the music playing!
Bring blankets or lawn chairs . Picnics welcome. Food trucks and concession will be available. Parking is free but limited.
Tangie Wyatt and Deondra Means, Vocalists
ON THE PROGRAM
| Song |
|
| “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” | Traditional |
| Spiritual Medley “His Eye is on the Sparrow” “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” “This Train” |
Traditional |
| “The Entertainer” | Scott Joplin |
| “St. Louis Blues” | W.C. Handy |
| “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” | Clarence Muse |
| “Dark Town Strutters’ Ball” | Shelton Brooks |
| The Queen Rag | Floyd Willis |
| “Castle Walk” | James R. Europe |
| “Struttin’ with Some Barbecue” | Lil Hardin Armstrong |
| “Minnie the Moocher” | Cab Calloway |
| Intermission | |
| “The Jumpin Jive” | Cab Calloway |
| “Nobody Knows When You’re Down and Out” | Jimmie Cox |
| “12th Street Rag” | Euday Bowman |
| “Black Bottom Stomp” | Jelly Roll Morton |
| “You Gotta Ho-De-Ho / Scat Song”
from Betty Boop’s Old Man of the Mountain |
Billy Hill/Frank Perkins
|
| “Weary Blues” | Artie Matthews |
| Fats Waller Medley “Ain’t Misbehavin’” “Honeysuckle Rose” “Yo’ Feet’s Too Big” “The Joint is Jumpin’ |
Fats Waller |
| ‘When the Saints Go Marching In” |
Traditional |
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This performance will be streamed live at 7:30 p.m. on this website.
For more information, call (859) 431-6216.