By: Sydney Smith
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins is a black woman who has been active in the blues world since the '50s. Because of that, she has stories to share through her music.
Drop her name in conversation with Charleston blues artists and fans and you'll hear two things: She rocks, and she's lived the blues.
"She's from another era," Blues Bash organizer Gary Erwin said. "She is cool."
"She kicks butt," Juke Joint Johnny said. "She's engaging. She's entertaining, she was born with an umbilical cord to American blues."
Beverly turns 70 this year. She's opened for Ray Charles, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. She's survived lung cancer and a minor heart attack.
But nothing has stopped her yet, and she has no intentions of slowing down. She knows she'll surprise and entertain you with her performance.
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