From Staff Reports 

MAULDIN, S.C. —The band Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues will perform from 6:30 to 9 p.m. May 29 in the amphitheater behind the Mauldin Cultural Center, 101 East Butler Road, here.

The Mac Arnold show will open Mauldin’s 2026 Amp’d Up Fridays, the city’s weekly outdoor summer concert series..

“Arnold’s musical journey began in the 1950s, when he and his brother Leroy fashioned a guitar from a steel gas can, broomsticks, wood, nails and screen wire,” Wikipedia stated.

In high school, Arnold’s first band, J. Floyd & the Shamrocks, included a young (future soul music icon) James Brown on piano. He moved to Chicago in 1965 and (blues icon) Muddy Waters reportedly hired him on the spot. He toured and recorded with the Muddy Waters Band and recorded LPs with Otis Spann and John Lee Hooker... His television work also included a four-year gig as part of the set band on “Soul Train.”

Food and drink trucks will be serving on site. Attendees are urged to bring lawnchairs and/or blankets, Admission is free.