Morgan Freeman wants to immerse Bay Area music fans in the sounds of his home state of Mississippi.
The actor, who turns 88 on Sunday, June 1, is bringing “Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience” to several Northern California venues this year, beginning with an evening at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall on July 25.
The shows feature Freeman as host and narrator during a program of Delta Blues music by musicians from Clarksdale, Miss.’s Ground Zero Blues Club, which Freeman co-founded, in collaboration with local symphony orchestras…