//Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival Returns Today in Fountain Inn

Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival Returns Today in Fountain Inn

A rainy forecast has forced a date change for the Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival in Fountain Inn. Come enjoy live performances by the SONG Band, Zataban, Jamie Wright, and Mac Arnold Plate Full of Blues.

New Time and Date
The fun runs 4-10pm on Saturday May 8th at 110 Depot Street in Fountain Inn. The event is Free to attend.

Preview the Music Lineup

Their will be a variety of food trucks on-site to fulfill all your cravings:

  • Daddy’s Cookout
  • Southern Smoke
  • Chef on The Run
  • Chuck Wagon Kettle
  • Chocolate Artworks
  • Ice Cream

About Mac Arnold

Mac Arnold’s first band included James Brown on piano. Mac moved to Chicago and Muddy Waters hired him on the spot. He toured and recorded with the Muddy Waters Band and recorded LPs with Otis Spann and John Lee Hooker. Mac moved to Los Angeles and produced Soul Train with his friend Don Cornelius. He even played bass on the Sanford u0026 Son television show when he wasn’t playing bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King. He retired from show business to be an organic farmer. Mac is back with his own band and a “plate full” of CDs, building a new foundation in blues, soul and funk.


Mac Arnold must have known at an early age that his music career would read like a “Who’s who” of Blues/Ru0026B Legends. His high school band “J Floyd u0026 The Shamrocks” were often joined by none other than Macon, Georgia native, James Brown on piano. After deciding to pursue a professional music career, he joined the Charles Miller group until 1965 when he made the move to Chicago to work with recording artist/saxophonist A. C. Reed.


In late 1966, at age 24, came the opportunity of a lifetime to join the Muddy Waters Band and help shape the electric blues sound that inspired the rock and roll movement of the late 60’s and early 70’s. Regular guests of the band included Eric Clapton, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, and Elvin Bishop. The Muddy Waters Band (as a unit) shared the stage with the likes of Howlin’ Wolfe, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Junior Wells, Big Joe Williams, and Big Mama Thornton just to name a few. During this time, Mac played on John Lee Hooker’s “live “album, Live at the Café Au Go-Go, as well as Otis Spann’s classic recording “The Blues is Where It’s At”.


After more than a year with Muddy Waters, Mac formed the Soul Invaders which backed up many artists, including The Temptations and B. B. King. In the early 70’s, he moved Los Angeles to work at ABC Television and LAFF RECORDS (Redd Foxx). This led to working on the set of Soul Train from 1971 to 1975 and then working with Bill Withers (“Lean On Me”) before moving back to South Carolina in the 80”s.

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