Tributes

Buy Tickets   Orion Events Thursday Night Blues Presents a Salute to Etta James featuring Bobby Murray with special guest Tosha Owens. Bobby Murray is an American electric blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer who has played in Etta James' backing band for twenty three years, performed on three Grammy Award winning recordings with James and B.B. King and released four solo albums. In 2011, the Detroit Blues Society granted Murray their Lifetime Achievement Award. Murray currently leads his own band in Metro Detroit and has won several Detroit Music Awards.   Tosha Owens is a singer/songwriter from Detroit. From her trademark fedora hat to her marvelous mix of Blues, Rock, Funk and R&B, she has the word Performer written all over her. If you miss the sounds of classic Rock singers like Janis Joplin, Stevie Nix and Pat Benatar or Rhythm and Blues sounds of singers like Gladys Knight and Etta James. If you want some Funk, even her covers of Chaka Khan will thrill you. Tosha’s distinctive and versatile voice can be heard on the stages of popular Detroit venues like Saint Andrew’s Hall, Bert's Market Place, Callahan's Music Hall, The Ribs & Blues Festival, The Concert of […]