Mac Arnold's Blues Revival is now available!
Our newest CD Mac Arnold's Blues Revival was recorded live at The Grey Eagle and includes special guests Kim Wilson, Bob Margolin and the late Willie “Big Eyes” Smith.
WNCW has selected it as one of its Top 20 Blues Releases of 2011.
“Hands down, this is the real deal. Justifiably the blues male artist nominee for this year, this is a return to the old school Chicago west side that’s more than a nostalgia trip and more than a curio time piece. Pure kick ass Muddy/Wolf howling at the moon with a killer crew in tow, (this time a pack of authentic hitters that made the moves others learned), this is the answered prayer for the straight up blues fan that needs it hot, heavy and directly from the top shelf. A killer live date throughout. The house is rocking, be sure you’re in it.”
Midwest Record
The CD is available on the VizzTone Label Group.
Update from the Blues Music Awards
Mac Arnold has been nominated for best Traditional Blues Male Artist at the 2012 Blues Music Awards! This will be the 33rd annual awards event, and marks the third year in a row that the Blues Music Awards have taken notice of Mac Arnold.
At the 2011 event Stan Woodward's documentary Nothing to Prove about Mac Arnold was nominated for best DVD! See below for more information about the film.
Mac was also on hand at the 31st annual awards held May 6, 2010 in Memphis. There he accepted the award for Best Historical Album for his participation on the 1966 recording Muddy Waters — Authorized Bootleg: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium (Geffen Records).
Take a look at the Blues Foundation site for more information about the awards. There you can also become a member and cast your vote for the 2012 winners!
Mac Arnold to appear at 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Mac and the band will make their first appearance at Jazz Fest on May 5, 2012. Start making your plans!
Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival set for April, 2012
The Sixth Annual festival will take place April 25–28, 2012. Save the dates! Check for the latest info!
Country Man
Our 2009 CD Country Man is available on the VizzTone Label Group.
Produced by Bob Margolin, also of Muddy Waters fame.
Listen to Mac in a recent interview about his life and the new recording, or download the podcast at A1Blues.com
Mac Arnold film documentary nominated for Blues Music Award
South Carolina
filmmaker Stan Woodward has released his documentary entitled NOTHING TO PROVE: The Story of Mac
Arnold’s Return to the Blues. The film premiered in Greenville in
Dec. 2009, and it was recently screened at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and broadcast
statewide by SC Educational Television. It was also nominated
for best DVD at the 2011 Blues Music Awards!
"Mac Arnold is a key part of blues history. He really is unique in that he connects his life and music to the Mississippi Delta, Chicago, and the South Carolina blues tradition. And it is rare that these worlds are ever linked together as they are in the life and music of Mac."
Mac Arnold Awarded State Honors
Mac Arnold is an honoree of the 2010 South Carolina African American History Calendar
— Click for more info and free download...
In 2006 Mac Arnold was also awarded the South Carolina Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award and performed at the State House.
Blues For Brown
Benefit for UPS driver Josh Worley held in Greenville
A community came together to benefit Josh Worley on Sept. 18, 2009. There was a full house and the event went great! Josh's son Justin (age 14) played drums with the band, and the crowd responded with a standing ovation. Josh was presented with a guitar signed by all the musicians.
Josh has since passed away. Click here for more info and to see the photos...
Mac Arnold featured in rock video
Click here to see Mac in a Parmalee video...
Blues the Schools Program helping keep kids in school
As members of the SC Arts Commission, the band arranged a program for Blues in the Schools and has written a song “I Can Do Anything” to help inspire kids to stay in school. The song is on their CD Backbone & Gristle and recorded live with the Greer High, Middle, Elementary School Choir and Marching Band. Here's more about the program...
Mac Arnold Featured in National Magazines
Magazines such as Living Blues , Soul Bag (European), G Magazine and many other publications have featured stories on Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues. Check the links page for more.