Don't miss this weekend of fabulous Blues and cool craft beer.
Date/Time: Jul 8 2017, 7:00 pm to 7:00 pm
White Rock, Blue Frog StudiosCost: $47.00
Find tickets: here
July 7th - DAVID GOGO
David Gogo is one of Canada's hardest working and most prolific blues guitar viruosos, and he has a string of remarkable accomplishments to show for it He has earned four JUNO nominations, Western Canadian Music Award for Blues Recording of the Year, the CBC Saturday Night Blues’ Great Canadian Blues Award for a lifetime contribution to the blues in Canada, and has twice been named Maple Blues Guitarist of the Year.
Over the years, David has played on stage with Johnny Winter, Otis Rush, Albert Collins and Bo Diddley and has opened for George Thorogood, ZZ Top, The Tragicially Hip, Buddy Guy, Little Feat and Jimmy Vaughan. He performed as the supporting act for blues legend B.B. King for the third time in his career, this time at the Port Theatre in his hometown of Nanaimo, BC.
July 8th – POPPA DAWG
Rick ‘Poppa Dawg’ Halisheff has been a mainstay on the Canadian blues scene for almost 30 years now. Dawg also acted as a side man for a great many blues men including Sonny Rhodes, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, Harpdog Brown and Sherman Doucette. While fronting his own 3pc group, he has opened for or shared the stage with blues greats such as JW Jones, John Mayall, Jimmie Vaughan, Colin James, Jeff Healey, Downchild and many more.
In 2013, the band were semi-finalists at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and won over an entire new audience with their original tunes, re-affirming their faith in the music that means so much to them. His music runs from gritty and soulful to deep and nasty and features the use of Poppa Dawg‘s trademark talkbox. It is still receiving airplay around the world as well as being featured on Saturday Night Blues on CBC, Galaxie and thorughout the US and Europe.
More info