EVENT DETAILS:
Event gates open at 3:30pm. Allison Scull and Victor Martin will perform at 4:30pm while John Lee Hooker Jr. begins at 6pm.While food, beer, wine soda and water is available, no coolers or picnic baskets are allowed. It is recommended that you bring a blanket to sit on the grass.
Tickets cost $27.50 pre-sale and $33 at the gate. Those sixteen years of age and younger, and under can attend for free with parents. Tickets are available online at www.dunsmuir.com; in Redding, Bogbeans; in Dunsmuir at the Dunsmuir Chamber office and at the Brown Trout Gallery; and in Mt. Shasta at Village Books; For details call 530-235-2177. Tee shirts are also being made and will be available at the Chamber office and at the concert. This event is a fundraiser for the Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce.
Where the pink and white petals of dogwood trees flutter and the sound of the Sacramento River roars in shady botanical gardens, the Fifth Annual Mossbrae Music Festival will present an exceptional, fun summer event. Benefiting the Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce, John Lee Hooker, Jr. will be in concert at the Dunsmuir City Park on Saturday, July 24,th, 2010.
With such veterans as Charlie Musselwhite and Al Stewart, as well as Grammy-nominee Duke Robillard and African dance band Albino in years past, the Mossbrae Music Festival is gaining recognition as a high quality summer event. For this year’s event, John Lee Hooker Jr. continues this tradition as well as the legacy of his legendary father, John Lee Hooker, Sr., with his own style of blues—a style he calls "two parts Rhythm and Blues, one part jazz and down home blues.” Guitarist, Angelo Santi, keyboardist Elfer "Dog," drummer Mike Rogers, and bass player George Lacson will be joining Hooker Jr. for this performance.
John Lee Hooker Jr. was born in Detroit "Motor" City with Delta blues-filled blood running through his Motown veins. He was exposed to the life of the blues from a young age. At only eight years old Jr. performed on Detroit's WJBK radio and knew from that moment that he wanted to follow the path of his father and become a world-class musician. Touring alongside Hooker, Sr. throughout his teens, Jr. had already performed in prestigious venues such as Detroit's Fox Theatre with acclaimed musicians like Jimmy Reed by the time he was 16. In 1972, an eighteen year-old John Jr. was singing vocals alongside his father for the recording of Hooker, Sr.'s album Live at Soledad Prison (ABC Records). Twice nominated for a Grammy Award, John Lee Hooker Jr.’s CD releases also include: Live in Instanbul, All Odds Against Me, Cold as Ice, and Blues with a Vengeance.
Bill Wasserzieher of Blue Revue describes Hooker Jr.’s delivery as “so dead-on that listeners might begin to wonder whether the tales he tells are true. It¹s more likely that they represent the work of an artist who knows that good singing, playing, and storytelling add up to great music." See www.johnleehookerjr.com to listen to music samples.
Acoustic soul act, Allison Scull and saxophonist Victor Martin will precede John Lee Hooker Jr. Typically performing as a duo, Scull and Martin will have an opportunity to perform songs from their 2010 release, Cool like the Breeze with a full band. See www.allisonandvictor.com
With a chance to dance in the grass and have fun in the sun in the height of the summer season, Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce Director David Clarno says, “This event will be very upbeat and exciting. We look forward to drawing people to Dunsmuir from all over the Northern California, Southern Oregon area and beyond. “
For more information on the artists, see http://www.johnleehookerjr.com and www.allisonandvictor.com
Also responsible for helping us get the concert word out is:
Bay Area Blues Society
www.bayareabluessociety.net Ashland Blues Society
www.ashlandblues.orgSiskiyou Blues Society www.siskiyoubluessociety.org
Photo taken by Frank Vigil. More photos available upon request.
