This week’s installment of the Local Live concert series features R.J. Mischo & His Red Hot Blues Band! They take the stage at 7:30 pm at South on Main.

Presented by the Oxford American magazine, Local Live showcases the best of local and regional music talent and is always free and open to the public. Call ahead to South on Main to make your reservations and ensure a table: (501) 244-9660. Local Live is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Cosmic Cowboy Music.

R.J. Mischo is an award-winning blues singer, harmonica player, and band leader. His music is a combination of originals and obscure gems that create an exciting mix of grooving boogies, bump & grind shuffles, and electric Chicago blues. Mischo is endorsed by Hohner Harmonicas and has nine albums out to date. He can also be heard on twenty-one additional CDs as a guest or on compilations with Jimmie Vaughan, James Cotton, G. Love, James Harman, Kim Wilson, Candye Kane, John Mayall, among others.

Mischo’s harmonica playing is on nationally-aired television commercials, as well as documentaries on the Discovery Channel and independent movie scores. He has contributed his harmonica expertise to two published harmonica instruction books, and has conducted workshops at music schools in the U.S., Europe, and Brazil.

In addition to fronting his own bands, Mischo has been hired in bands alongside Grammy Award-Winning Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Jimmy Thackery, Earl Cate, Junior Watson, and more.

R.J. Mischo & His Red Hot Blues Band has toured in eighteen countries and appeared on major festivals including, the Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival, the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Monterey Jazz & Blues Festival, the Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival, and many more.