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Dockta D featuring Reggie “King” Sears
June 9, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Free
Dockta D, 2018 Florida State Harmonica Champion, 2009 Central Pennsylvania Blues Society IBC runner-up, 2010 Baltimore Blues Society IBC winner, 2022 Southwest Florida Blues Society IBC winner and 2023 Memphis Blues Foundation IBC semi finalist, is a hard-drivin’ rock yer socks off harmonica man whose hallmark is fun and dramatic performance with tight arrangements, sassy lyrics, and plenty of good ol’ fashioned jamming.
Born under a bad sign, Dockta D has been blowin’ harmonica ever since he was ten. As an adolescent, he messed around with guitar, bass, drums, sax, and harmonica. But, he fell in love with the blues harp one fateful night at a Paul Butterfield concert held in circa 1971 in his high school gymnasium. He had been messing around with harp for a few years but, that night, he heard the voice of God… well, it was actually Paul’s sweet and monstrous amplified harp sound screaming from the PA system, and the young Dockta D (known back then as “Intern D”) knew right then and there that he would be a harp player for the rest of his life.
Dockta D has brought a whole lotta energy and entertainment to stages all across the U.S. and Canada, in numerous clubs and casinos, and overseas as well, including concerts for U.S. troops in the Middle East.
Former child prodigy Soul-Blues guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist REGGIE KING SEARS is back in 2022 with a new album that expands on his signature down-home Blues, Rhythm & Blues and Southern Soul sound with more Funk and Neo-Soul grooves that will satisfy his fan-base while reaching a larger and younger crowd.
Sears, now 31, has spent most of his life as a professional musician and has received praise and earned respect from legends and contemporaries alike.
Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Blues legend Buddy Guy called him a “bad mother”; Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Solomon Burke called him “the future” and dubbed him the new “King of Rock’n’Soul”; G. Love (G. Love and Special Sauce) has named Sears “one of the top guitarists in the world”; Roland Orzabal (lead singer of multi-million selling Tears For Fears) called Sears a “great talent”; and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram simply called Sears “the real deal”.