Beverly “Guitar” Watkins is trying to break out of the old folk’s home: “I want to be where I can be free,” she says. “I live that rock & roll lifestyle.” Watkins’ musical career began her senior year ...

Atlanta blues musician Beverly Hayes Watkins, 80, who performed with James Brown, Ray Charles and Otis Redding, and whose blistering licks on a 1962 red Fender Mustang earned her the well-deserved ...

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Atlanta blues guitarist Beverly "Guitar" Watkins is getting her biggest exposure yet at age 78 on Steve Harvey's "Little Big Shots: Forever Young" on Wednesday, an NBC variety show featuring seniors ...

UPDATE 11/17: Beverly "Guitar" Watkins has had to cancel. Anne McCue will play in her place. Watch the Facebook event for updates. Since opening its doors in 2008, Fanny’s House of Music has been ...

ATLANTA — In four locations across Atlanta, four Atlanta musicians play the favorite song of the Atlanta legend who played it best - someone whose story doesn't get told enough. "She was a monster on ...

Beverly "Guitar" Watkins just turned 79 years old. She celebrated with a performance at Northside Tavern on Atlanta's Howell Mill Road, an unassuming roadside watering hole and neighborhood gas ...

ZUMBROTA — The State Theatre in Zumbrota will be a busy place this weekend, with concerts planned on Friday and Saturday nights. • Storyhill, a folk duo making their first tour in three years, will ...

The Chicken Raid is an authentic blues and soul experience at the venerable Northside Tavern in Atlanta Georgia, and features over 40 local, regional, and national artists performing over two days in ...