‘Blue’ sounds: Rodd Bland brings his dad’s music back to Beale
By age 5, Rodd Bland was performing with the band of his father, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland. Following high school, he became the sole drummer for the group, gaining the opportunity to accompany fellow blues/R&B greats such as B.B. King, Otis Clay, and Bobby Rush. (Submitted)
Ezra Wheeler
Ezra Wheeler is the host of the Memphis Musicology podcast and the radio show Dead Wax on WYXR. He’s also a contributor to We Are Memphis and Choose901.
Second-generation Memphis musician Rodd Bland, the son of late soul/blues great Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, pays tribute to his father’s sound, on a new tribute album and a Beale Street concert.
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