Blues on the Fox 2011 June 17-18, 2011
Blues on the Fox 2011 June 17-18, 2011
Aurora, IL
Eric Lindell
www.ericlindell.com
Born in San Mateo, California singer and songwriter Eric Lindell, spent countless hours in San Francisco soaking up the musical sounds of the city, which led him to pick up the bass and then the guitar.
Friday June 17, 2011 - 8:30 p.m.
The Robert Cray Band
www.robertcray.com
The five-time Grammy Award winner Robert Cray's This Time—the first studio album from singer/songwriter/guitarist Cray's own label—arrives at a vital juncture in the musician's career, marked by creative renewal and a key reunion with an old performing partner.
Saturday June 18, 2011 - 2:00 p.m.
Hix Brothers Junior All-Stars
Aurora's first family of music, the Hix Brothers, promises to provide the cream of the crop of young students of the blues.
Saturday June 18, 2011 - 3:00 p.m.
Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues
www.billybranch.com
Billy Branch and the Sons Of Blues (SOBs), based out of Chicago, is one of the hottest blues bands working today. They are currently defining the sound of the blues for future generations.
Saturday June 18, 2011 - 4:45 p.m.
Kenny Neal
www.kennyneal.net
Kenny Neal is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and is widely renowned as a modern swamp-blues master.
Saturday June 18, 2011 - 7:00 p.m.
Charlie Musselwhite
www.charliemusselwhite.com
Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite's life reads like a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and schooled on the South Side of Chicago.
Saturday June 18, 2011 - 8:30 p.m.
Buddy Guy
www.buddyguy.net
Any discussion of Buddy Guy invariably involves a recitation of his colossal musical resume and hard-earned accolades. He's a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a chief guitar influence to rock titans like Hendrix, Clapton, Beck and Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago's fabled West Side, and a living link to that city's halcyon days of electric blues.
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