Maybe Gerome Durham is a man of few words in an interview because he lets his music do the talking? “I’m the Mississippi Blues Boy,” Durham notes of his nickname, “born and raised in Durant, MS and moved to North Carlonia in 1961.”
Durham, who has called Milwaukee home since moving to the city from North Carolina in young adulthood, will be making one of his rare in-town concert appearances with his All-Star Band on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Aria Banquet Center on W. Fond du Lac Ave. at 8 p.m.
“Most of my shows are out of town, about 20 to 25,” Durham says of the average number of dates he performs every year. One of his 2025 appearances he counts as the proudest moment of his life as a bluesman. “(Being) inducted to the Wisconsin Blues hall of Fame by Jim Freeny,” Durham notes as his career apex thus far., adding “I was so excited and surprised and humbled.”…