MAC ARNOLD & PLATE FULL O' BLUES 

Presented by:

CRAIG MCDANIEL, Associate Broker
Toles, Temple and Wright, Inc. Real Estate

Mac Arnold returns to Rome with his Plate Full O' Blues to perform for a third time at the DeSoto Theatre!

Mac Arnold's first band included James Brown on the piano. He toured and recorded with the  Muddy Watters 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, played bass on the Sanford and Son television show, and played bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King.

As part of the Muddy Watters Band, Mac helped shape the electric blues sound that inspired the rock and roll movement of the  late 60s and early 70s. He later formed the Soul Invaders which backed up many artists, including The Temptations and B.B. King. 

Mac got his first taste of  the blues when he learned to play his brother Leroy's  homemade "gas can" guitar. After retiring from show business to become an organic farmer, Mac came back to the stage with his own band, building a new foundation in blues, soul and funk. 

Mac Arnold is a member of the Alabama Blues Hall of Fame (2017) and the South Carolina Entertainment & Music Hall of Fame (2023).