Sam's Burger Joint

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2015 Fiesta Blues Heritage Series with Rob Roy Parnell, Peterson Brothers Band

All Ages
at Sam's Burger Joint
330 E Grayson St, San Antonio, TX 78215
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Singer, songwriter, and performer, Rob Roy Parnell has been mixing rockin' blues, boogie woogie, R&B and soul for over thirty years playing for audiences throughout the United States. With harmonica in hand, he is recognized as one of America’s finest players. Parnell was born into a music family. His father played guitar and sang in vaudeville shows as a kid. His mom was an opera singer. Bob Wills was a family friend and had a great influence on Parnell’s desire to play music. As a young man he first played trumpet excelling as a jazz improvantionists receiving awards at jazz festivals for his solos in jazz performances. At age seventeen his brother Lee Roy www.leeroyparnell.com introduced Rob Roy Parnell to the harmonica. With the encouragement of his friend Jack Pearson (guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band), Parnell played harmonica in front of an audience live for the first time at the age of 18. See Parnell’s facebook page for some pictures of those first years. As a sophomore in college Parnell began supporting his self though school playing country and blues harp in bands. His leadership in those college bands brought forth awards and accolades from the public and his peers. During the 1990s Parnell worked as a sidemen for Lee Roy traveling the United States playing with many great acts such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Vince Gill, Brooks and Dunn, Patty Loveless, Hal Ketchum, Travis Tritt, Martina McBride, New Grass Revival, Hank Williams Jr. just to name a few.

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