{"id":2223,"date":"2022-08-12T20:14:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2022-08-12T20:14:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:14:32","slug":"laretha-weathersby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/?p=2223","title":{"rendered":"LARETHA WEATHERSBY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"ttl-cell\">\n<p><strong>Headliner | Vocals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Voted 2009-2010\u2019s \u201cChicago Blues Diva of the Year,\u201d she belts out traditional Blues classics with passion and poise and delivers riveting renditions of timeless R&amp;B, Soul, and Top 40 tunes, all while captivating crowds with her jovial disposition and dynamic dancing. Known for her rousing stage presence, crowd members rarely blink when Laretha hits the stage, fearing they will miss one of her signature dance moves or the chance to chant along with the charismatic chanteuse.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning from the Southside of Chicago, Laretha\u2019s mother, a former Gospel soloist, detected her daughter\u2019s singing abilities and enrolled the toddler in piano classes and encouraged her as a teenager to be an active member of the choir at the family\u2019s place of worship. But it was not until the 1990s that Laretha began to cultivate a personal relationship with Blues music.<\/p>\n<p>Emerging as one of the premiere female Blues vocalists in the City of Chicago in the late 1990s, Laretha has performed at such legendary Blues hotspots as The Kingston Mines, BLUES on Halsted, and BLUE CHICAGO.<\/p>\n<p>Her debut album \u2013 Dance the Blues Away \u2013 is an eclectic mix of traditional Blues infused with remnants of contemporary R&amp;B and Soul. The album reveals Laretha\u2019s reverence for conventional Blues music while flaunting her fluent transition into contemporary R &amp; B and Soul.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ms. Weathersby, \u201cthe power of Blues music lies in its ability to relate to each and every member of the human race. People of all different backgrounds can connect with the universal concepts of love, triumph, and tribulation, which are the very elements upon which Blues music is based. I consider it an honor and joy to incorporate that human element into my live performances and it is with passion and humility that I accept the honor and challenge of preserving Blues music for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cols-holder\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headliner | Vocals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobluesrevue.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}