Fans of David Lindley and Harry Manx will be thrilled to know the two are sharing the stage at Rockwood Pavilion in Sechelt on Tuesday, July 13. It will be a night to remember.
Colourful and multi-talented Lindley is coming off an extensive tour with Jackson Browne in the British Isles and northern Europe, touching down briefly in B.C. and then carrying on with Browne in a heavily scheduled two-month stint in the U.S.
During his long career, Lindley has been one of Hollywood's most in-demand session musicians, working with Bob Dylan, Rod Stewart, Linda Ronstadt, Crosby and Nash, and Warren Zevon. After 10 years serving as Jackson Browne's accompanist, Lindley went on to lead his own band, El Rayo-X, which brought a heavy reggae influence to American roots music. A collaboration with Ry Cooder in the early '80s led to numerous recording projects and several world tours. His performances combine American folk, blues and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy and Turkish musical sources. A multi-instrumentalist, Lindley performs on an eclectic array of stringed instruments including Hawaiian lap steel guitar, Turkish saz and chumbus, Middle Eastern oud and Irish bouzouki.
Hailed as one of the most original folk-world-blues performers and called an essential link between east and west, Manx wows his audience with his musical virtuosity. Like Lindley, Manx plays a rich assortment of instruments including lap steel guitar, blues harp, six-stringed banjo and the Mohan Veena, a 20-string sitar-guitar he mastered while travelling and performing with Mohan Bhatt in India. A prolific musician, Manx has produced nine albums in the last eight years, the 2009 release of Bread and Buddha being the culmination of 35 years of world travel.
This is guaranteed to be one of the most entertaining concerts of the summer, brought to you by the perennial Live Music Society.
The $30 tickets are going fast, so get yours at WindSong Gallery, Gaia's Fair Trade Gifts and the Roberts Creek Health Food Store. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8. Don't forget that Rockwood Pavilion is open to the night air, so bring a sweater or a blanket.
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