Thornetta Davis is a fantastic blues singer and songwriter based in Detroit. She’s been performing since the late 1980s. Thornetta is a ten-time Blues Music Award Nominee including in 2024 for best Soul/Blues Artist female and the Winner of the 2023 BLUES MUSIC AWARDS for Best Soul/Blues Artist Female. Thornetta is also winner of over 30 Detroit Music Awards.
As an international singer, songwriter and independent recording artist, Thornetta was awarded by the Detroit Blues Society the “Living Lifetime Achievement Award” and awarded a star on the Canada South Blues Museum “Walk of Fame”. In 2015 Thornetta was crowned “DETROIT’S QUEEN OF THE BLUES” in a ceremony by the Detroit Blues Society, with proclamations from the City of Detroit, Wayne County and the State of Michigan.
Thornetta has performed with and opened for Bob Seger, Blues Legends such as B.B. King, Sir Mac Rice, Ray Charles, Etta James, KoKo Taylor, Johnny Johnson, Bonnie Raitt and more.
Opening for Thornetta Davis is the Vincent Hayes Band which features the award-winning Vincent Hayes and other top-notch musicians from the area.
Michigan native Vincent Hayes has earned his stripes as a 25-year veteran of the blues and roots music scene. His guitar-driven rock, blues and funk-fueled anthems are as real and gritty as it gets, with infectious hooks, potent messages and honest-to-the-core vocals.
Hayes and his band received one of the highest honors from the Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN with a 2011 Blues Music Award Nomination for “Best New Artist”, initiating Hayes into the world’s upper echelon of modern blues guitarists.
Proceeds of the show will benefit the Killer Blues Headstone Project as well as to support a 2026 West Michigan Killer Blues Festival in Muskegon!
The Killer Blues Project was founded in 1997 by local blues lover Steve Salter. On his way through Chicago, Steve decided to stop at a couple of cemeteries in an area known for the resting places of several blues artists he knew and loved. He was greatly shocked to find that many blues artists had no markers on their graves. It was at that point he decided to do something about it – the rest is history.
The mission of the Killer Blues Headstone Project is to provide headstones for blues artists lying in unmarked graves. Since its inception the project has helped fund and place over 170 headstones in16 states.
The West Michigan Killer Blues Festival is currently in the planning stages and a small group of dedicated blues fans are working hard to present the festival in 2026.
Doors: 6pm
Show: 7pm
Event is for ages 21 and up.
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.
Tickets:
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