***TWO BIG CONCERT EVENTS!!***
Sunday, July 8 – Chris Cain Sunday, August 5- Jimmy Thackery
Fresh off the glow of its highly-successful 7th Annual Simi Valley Blues Festival, the Ventura County Blues Society
(VCBS) announces its “Sunday Matinee Concert Series.” Upcoming shows
feature two of the most popular names in today’s contemporary American
Blues scene, Chris Cain and Jimmy Thackery, headlining one of Southern
California’s best-kept secrets, the intimate and acoustically-perfect High Street Arts Center.
The Arts Center is at 45 East High Street, Moorpark. Doors 12 noon;
show starts 1 p.m. Tickets $20. (VCBS members), $25. (General Public).
Purchase tickets online at www.venturacountybluessociety.
Great music plus tasty barbeque, beer, wine, cocktails, snacks, soft
drinks and water available at the shows, plus a raffle between bands.
These shows will sell out.
(VCBS) announces its “Sunday Matinee Concert Series.” Upcoming shows
feature two of the most popular names in today’s contemporary American
Blues scene, Chris Cain and Jimmy Thackery, headlining one of Southern
California’s best-kept secrets, the intimate and acoustically-perfect High Street Arts Center.
The Arts Center is at 45 East High Street, Moorpark. Doors 12 noon;
show starts 1 p.m. Tickets $20. (VCBS members), $25. (General Public).
Purchase tickets online at www.venturacountybluessociety.
Great music plus tasty barbeque, beer, wine, cocktails, snacks, soft
drinks and water available at the shows, plus a raffle between bands.
These shows will sell out.
Renowned guitarist Chris Cain takes the stage on Sunday, July 8. Through
his guitar mastery and remarkable songwriting, Northern
California-based Cain has established himself as a musical force to be
reckoned with. San Jose Mercury News reviewer John Orr writes, “more
than anyone else, anywhere, Chris Cain represents the future of the
Blues.” Cain’s 1987 debut recording “Late Night City Blues” received
four prestigious W.C. Handy Blues Awards nominations, including
‘Guitarist of the Year.” Cain’s ever-busy schedule keeps him and his
top-rate band on the road performing at some of the best blues festivals
and events around. Opening for Cain: Tommy Marsh and Bad Dog,
fronted by VCBS-sponsored Wednesday night Jam leader,
guitarist-vocalist Tommy Marsh; and L.A. area favorites (and recent
International Blues Challenge competitors) Kelly’s Lot, featuring dynamic vocalist, Kelly Zirbes.
his guitar mastery and remarkable songwriting, Northern
California-based Cain has established himself as a musical force to be
reckoned with. San Jose Mercury News reviewer John Orr writes, “more
than anyone else, anywhere, Chris Cain represents the future of the
Blues.” Cain’s 1987 debut recording “Late Night City Blues” received
four prestigious W.C. Handy Blues Awards nominations, including
‘Guitarist of the Year.” Cain’s ever-busy schedule keeps him and his
top-rate band on the road performing at some of the best blues festivals
and events around. Opening for Cain: Tommy Marsh and Bad Dog,
fronted by VCBS-sponsored Wednesday night Jam leader,
guitarist-vocalist Tommy Marsh; and L.A. area favorites (and recent
International Blues Challenge competitors) Kelly’s Lot, featuring dynamic vocalist, Kelly Zirbes.
Veteran bluesman Jimmy Thackery is truly the definition of a ‘road warrior,’
performing nearly three-hundred nights a year and acting as a true
inspiration to today’s musicians half his age. Thackery has thrilled
audiences worldwide fronting his own band since departing the popular
Nighthawks (whom he recorded over twenty albums with) in 1987. Whether
Jimmy Thackery headlines a festival in South
Dakota or jams for hours in one of numerous
blues bars that dot the musical landscape,
he’ll always unleash an intense volley of
rockin’ blues guitar guaranteed to leave crowds
emotionally spent. His double-edged guitar dynamics allow
him to fire off tracer missiles, bend a note so it will
fit under a limbo bar, run off dive bomber riffs,
and find space within the trembling of one
stinging note. “I put all my senses on hold and
find the zone and follow what’s inside,”
Thackery says. “There’s an electricity from your
mind to your heart to your fingers. You just try and remember
to breathe.” Warming up Thackery is popular Ventura County blues-rock guitar maestro Alastair Greene,
who, in addition to enjoying a decade-plus solid solo career with his
Alastair Greene Band, is also the touring guitarist for the prog-rock
greats, the Alan Parsons Live Project; and the Mikey Mo Band,
fresh off their standout performance at the Simi Valley Blues Festival
this April and featuring one of SoCal’s up-and-comers, Mikey Mo, on lead
guitar and vocals. Mikey Mo has toured with respected blues guitarist
Coco Montoya and has been playing guitar since the age of five.
performing nearly three-hundred nights a year and acting as a true
inspiration to today’s musicians half his age. Thackery has thrilled
audiences worldwide fronting his own band since departing the popular
Nighthawks (whom he recorded over twenty albums with) in 1987. Whether
Jimmy Thackery headlines a festival in South
Dakota or jams for hours in one of numerous
blues bars that dot the musical landscape,
he’ll always unleash an intense volley of
rockin’ blues guitar guaranteed to leave crowds
emotionally spent. His double-edged guitar dynamics allow
him to fire off tracer missiles, bend a note so it will
fit under a limbo bar, run off dive bomber riffs,
and find space within the trembling of one
stinging note. “I put all my senses on hold and
find the zone and follow what’s inside,”
Thackery says. “There’s an electricity from your
mind to your heart to your fingers. You just try and remember
to breathe.” Warming up Thackery is popular Ventura County blues-rock guitar maestro Alastair Greene,
who, in addition to enjoying a decade-plus solid solo career with his
Alastair Greene Band, is also the touring guitarist for the prog-rock
greats, the Alan Parsons Live Project; and the Mikey Mo Band,
fresh off their standout performance at the Simi Valley Blues Festival
this April and featuring one of SoCal’s up-and-comers, Mikey Mo, on lead
guitar and vocals. Mikey Mo has toured with respected blues guitarist
Coco Montoya and has been playing guitar since the age of five.