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Updated: Friday, September 11, 2009
Bluegrass band kicks off free concert series
Music on the Bay offers three concerts this year. The free shows are held at Mingus Park at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays this month.
The five experienced members of progressive bluegrass group Blue Highway have played in the bands of such notable artists as Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Larry Sparks and Doyle Lawson.
Blue Highway has been a Music on the Bay crowd favorite, according to a press release.
Guitarist and vocalist Tim Stafford played on the Grammy-winning album “Every Time You Say Goodbye” by Alison Krauss & Union Station. Dobro player Rob Ickes also earned a Grammy for his contribution to the various-artists project “The Great Dobro Sessions” and a second for his playing on “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.”
Over the course of three decades, Cecilio & Kapono have become a household name throughout Hawaii and the Pacific. They have performed extensively throughout the world and continue to sell out every concert, according to their Web site.
Cecilio & Kapono drew a crowd of 3,500 at last year’s Music on the Bay festival, organizers said.
Their compositions have produced many regional hits and have become local standards that are performed by other Hawaiian acts.
The Average White Band is anything but average.
One of the few white groups to achieve success and credibility playing funk, with their tight, fiery sound also belying their Scottish heritage, evoking American R&B hotbeds like Detroit, Memphis and Philadelphia.
Singer and bassist Alan Gorrie, guitarists Hamish Stuart and Onnie McIntyre, tenor saxophonist Malcolm Duncan, keyboardist and saxophonist Roger Ball, and drummer Robbie McIntosh comprised the original lineup. Veterans of numerous Scottish soul and jazz groups, they made their debut in 1973 as the opening act for Eric Clapton.
Music on the Bay offers three concerts this year. The free shows are held at Mingus Park at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays this month.
Blue Highway
The five experienced members of progressive bluegrass group Blue Highway have played in the bands of such notable artists as Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Larry Sparks and Doyle Lawson.
Blue Highway has been a Music on the Bay crowd favorite, according to a press release.
Guitarist and vocalist Tim Stafford played on the Grammy-winning album “Every Time You Say Goodbye” by Alison Krauss & Union Station. Dobro player Rob Ickes also earned a Grammy for his contribution to the various-artists project “The Great Dobro Sessions” and a second for his playing on “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow.”
Cecilio & Kapono
Over the course of three decades, Cecilio & Kapono have become a household name throughout Hawaii and the Pacific. They have performed extensively throughout the world and continue to sell out every concert, according to their Web site.
Cecilio & Kapono drew a crowd of 3,500 at last year’s Music on the Bay festival, organizers said.
Their compositions have produced many regional hits and have become local standards that are performed by other Hawaiian acts.
The Average White Band
The Average White Band is anything but average.
One of the few white groups to achieve success and credibility playing funk, with their tight, fiery sound also belying their Scottish heritage, evoking American R&B hotbeds like Detroit, Memphis and Philadelphia.
Singer and bassist Alan Gorrie, guitarists Hamish Stuart and Onnie McIntyre, tenor saxophonist Malcolm Duncan, keyboardist and saxophonist Roger Ball, and drummer Robbie McIntosh comprised the original lineup. Veterans of numerous Scottish soul and jazz groups, they made their debut in 1973 as the opening act for Eric Clapton.
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