RL BOYCE began his Blues odyssey on drums at age 15. First recorded at a family picnic SEP. 1, 1970 by famed Folklorist Dr. David Evans. RL accompanied his Uncle Otha Turner’s Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band and never stopped.

2018 RL’ s sophomore release Roll & Tumble was nominated for a GRAMMY, for Best Traditional Blues Album. He lost to the Rolling Stones.
His newest release BOOGIE w/ RL BOYCE Live was nominated for a BMAward Best Traditional Blues Album 2022. R.L. was awarded the N.E.A. National Heritage Fellowship 2023, one of nine American artists recognized each year since 1982 for excellence in Folk and Traditional Arts.

RL don’t play no Rock&Roll, he plays his own style, Hill County Boogie. Nobody today can play RL’s style. No One. RL BOYCE was a Living Hill Country Blues Legend. RL lived the Blues he played. RL’s music came from his heart. Life as a Mississippi Bluesman is a hard life. RL has played, sang and lived the Blues for 50 years. He is an American treasure.

RL BOYCE PICNIC was organized by RL BOYCE & FANCY! Media Arts LLC . Produced for six years we ditched the big contrived rock festival for an unfiltered authentic intimate atmosphere, a Black Mississippi Family Picnic and Juke Joint jam all night long. An unfiltered Black Joy experience.

An immersive inactive 3 day events with scheduled actives over the weekend offered a Hill Country Blues guitar and drum workshop, educational visual gallery exhibit, juke joint jams, family picnic and guided Hill Country Blues tour.

The myth, the man, the legend. Many came to meet the man, learn about the myth, and learned from the legend. RL invited YOU, n U, AND YOU to hang out with the Big Blues Mane in Como, MS. A priceless opportunity for those who DARED to learn, and gain a new understanding of what it means to play the Blues.