{"id":27823,"date":"2024-07-15T05:30:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27823"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T13:13:21","slug":"30-days-out-july-2024-2-buddy-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/15\/30-days-out-july-2024-2-buddy-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Out, July 2024 #2: Buddy Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twice a month for the last four and a half years-plus, I\u2019ve been telling you about four of the most notable live music events coming to (or near) Asheville. This time around I\u2019m going to do something a bit different. The AVL Fest is happening, and that in and of itself is a worthy event, featuring as it does a plethora \u2013 a panoply, a veritable cornucopia if you will \u2013 of local and regional musical talent. In other words, go<\/i>. It also means that said fest inevitably sorta sucks the air out of everything else.<\/p>\n

But there is one very special concert of note.<\/p>\n

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As it happens, Buddy Guy was scheduled to play at Harrah\u2019s Casino out in Cherokee NC back in October of last year. As I wrote then, \u201cThis is billed as the blues hero\u2019s final tour; don\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn you!\u201d Unfortunately, that tour was scotched on doctor\u2019s orders. Happily, the date on his \u201cDamn Right Farewell\u201d has been rescheduled for July 27. I don\u2019t often make the trip to Cherokee \u2013 I don\u2019t gamble, and I don\u2019t enjoy the unavoidable march through the casino and its disgusting cloud of cigarette smoke to get to the concert venue \u2013 but in this case it\u2019s worth the effort.<\/p>\n

As I wrote in a review<\/a> some dozen years ago, \u201camong some of the giants of the blues (including BB King<\/strong>, John Lee Hooker<\/strong> and Muddy Waters<\/strong> to name a few), the blues of Buddy Guy<\/strong> are among the most urban. His fleet-fingered playing and wailing, expressive vocal embody the Chicago variant of the electric blues.\u201d So this show is unmissable.<\/p>\n

The original date had Eric Gales billed as opener. I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s still the case for this rescheduled date, but if it is, that\u2019s some tasty icing on the cake (UPDATE: Nope, doesn\u2019t look like it). Either way, tickets remain<\/a>, and you should get yours. See ya there!<\/p>\n

30DO<\/em> will resume its customary format in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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