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Claudette King , daughter of blues legend B.B. King, will perform on Sept. 18 at the Niagara Falls Blues Festival For the past five years, local singer Marsha McWilson has organized the “Gospel Brunch” as part of the annual Niagara Falls Blues Festival, but this year she’s extending her event and bringing in who may be one of the festival’s most noteworthy performers.  Claudette King, daughter of the late blues legend B.B. King, will perform at the festival on Sept. 18. Following in her father’s footsteps “The Bluz Queen” has made her own name in the music business as a blues and jazz singer. After a solo performance, she will join McWilson, who will open for King with her tribute to Etta James, and the two will close out the festival together. “B.B. King’s daughter called and asked if she can be in our blues festival,” an excited McWilson recalled. “I said, ‘yeah, of course!’ I’ll do Etta James around 5 p.m., (King) will go on around 6 p.m.” She added that they’d perform...

     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "It isn't Rhythm & Blues, it is the Rhythm in the Blues." -Claudette King Kingston RI— Claudette King, the daughter of the ultimate king of the blues, B.B. King, is slated to perform in Kingston RI at the Center for her only area concert on SEPTEMBER 19 beginning at 8PM. Claudette King is the youngest performing daughter B.B. King. Her genre areas include, Blues, Country and, R&B. King says that “The Blues” is quite literally in her DNA. Trained in the gospel of the Baptist church since age 13, Claudette cites her father as her main inspiration. Inheriting her father’s gift for music, Claudette, growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, is mindful of how her father was constantly on the international concert circuit as the tireless Ambassador of the Blues  "My inspiration is my dad", says Claudette, who. Listening to the radio and her mother’s collection of record albums, she soaked up the...