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SUMMARY:The Robert Cray Band at The Wilma
DESCRIPTION:Logjam Presents welcomes The Robert Cray Band for a live concert performance at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, November 11\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\nLogjam Presents welcomes The Robert Cray Band for a live concert performance at The Wilma in Downtown Missoula at 8:00 pm Tuesday\, November 11. \n\n\n\nTickets on sale at Logjam Presents Box Offices and online while supplies last. This is a fully-seated event with general admission seated floor and reserved balcony seating tickets available. All ages are welcome. \n\n\n\nTake a look at these tips to best prepare yourself for a smooth ticket buying experience. \n\n\n\nAdditional ticketing and venue information can be found here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Robert CrayBlues icon. Soul man. Rock and roller. Robert Cray is all these things – and more. The Georgia born\, Washington-raised musician first picked up a guitar after seeing The Beatles on TV then\, having witnessed Jimi Hendrix perform in Seattle\, determined that his destiny would also follow a similar path. And so he has: across the past half century Robert Cray’s developed into one of American music’s most singular artists. \n\n\n\n“I guess you’d have to say that we were lucky\,” reflects Cray on his life in music\, “because\, growing up in the 1960s\, the different music played on the radio really opened us up. I mean\, we even had Albert Collins play our high School graduation party.” \n\n\n\nFrom forming a teenage garage band\, through to striding the stage alongside several of the world’s greatest guitarists\, Robert Cray’s story is one of struggle and commitment. Struggle and commitment that led to Cray enjoying phenomenal success – selling millions of albums and countless concert tickets\, winning five Grammy Awards\, being inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame\, recipient of the Americana Music Lifetime Achievement Award\, designing two signature model Fender guitars – yet for Robert what’s always mattered most is the music. Every note he plays counts\, every song he sings is delivered as if it is his last: integrity and intensity are what has guided Cray’s musical career. He has never cheapened his output or delivered a substandard performance. Indeed\, his commitment to making music of the highest standard has won Cray both a loyal audience and the respect of many of popular music’s most legendary figures. \n\n\n\nThink about it: Robert Cray has shared stage and/or studio with the likes of John Lee Hooker\, Muddy Waters\, B.B. King\, Buddy Guy\, Chuck Berry\, Albert Collins\, The Rolling Stones\, Eric Clapton\, Tina Turner\, Stevie Ray Vaughan\, the Memphis Horns and Hi Rhythm Section. Cray’s stinging guitar playing and soulful voice\, his skills as a band leader and performer\, mark him as keeper of the flame for American roots music\, an artist who never fails to deliver. \n\n\n\n“We were so lucky just be able to see them\,” says Cray of trading guitar licks on stage with legends of blues\, rock and soul\, “let alone share the stage with them – what an experience!” \n\n\n\nCray’s rise to the top was\, like his music\, a slow burn\, he first building a following in small towns across the Pacific Northwest. Even before Cray had a record deal he enjoyed local hero status – so much so in 1978 he was cast (as a musician) in Animal House\, the blockbuster comedy that made John Belushi famous. 1978 was also the year Cray recorded his debut album\, Who’s Been Talkin’\, although Tomato Records’ internal problems held up Talkin’s release until 1980. And then\, just as Talkin’ was winning great reviews\, Tomato collapsed into bankruptcy. Got the blues? Young Robert certainly could have claimed he had them. But Cray isn’t given to complaining\, instead he persevered\, committed then\, as he is now\, to taking his music to the people. \n\n\n\nAfter Tomato became music biz ketchup\, Cray and his band – today consisting of Richard Cousins (bass guitar – there since high school days)\, Dover Weinberg (keyboards) and Les Falconer (drums) – used the momentum the album gave them to play further afield. By now Cray was buddies with a young guitarist from Texas: Stevie Ray Vaughan. \n\n\n\n“We played in 1979 at the San Francisco Blues Festival\,” recalls Cray\, “and I watched Stevie’s show and he’s just smoking. Afterwards Richard and I went up and chatted with him and we just hit it off. Stevie was great – if we were in Austin he’d always come and join us on stage.” \n\n\n\nSigning to Hightone\, Cray’s 1983 album Bad Influence established him internationally: he was invited to play Carnegie Hall\, toured Europe\, later finding Eric Clapton recording Bad Influence’s title track. 1985 saw Cray’s False Accusations album increase his standing as the foremost singer of blues noir songs\, while that year’s Showdown! – a sizzling collaboration with guitarists’ Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland – won Robert huge acclaim from blues musicians and fans: the new guy’s the real deal! Signing to Mercury Records\, Cray’s 1986 album Strong Persuader ensured he became the first blues/soul musician to breakthrough in the MTV era. \n\n\n\nStrong Persuader won Cray rave reviews from pop and rock critics\, topped charts worldwide\, saw Cray grace the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and winning the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Recording in 1988. Strong Persuader\, with its songs of infidelity\, guilt and unease\, while not in any sense conventional Top 40 music\, proved so strong an album it broke through barriers\, sold millions of copies and would prove extremely influential. Cray’s breakthrough allowed both young and older blues and soul musicians to gain wide attention and radio play: John Lee Hooker’s career resurrection came soon after with The Healer\, and Robert plays on that seminal album. \n\n\n\n“It was great to be able to travel around the world\,” says Cray of Strong Persuader’s success. “It afforded us a lot of great opportunities that we were lucky to experience.” \n\n\n\nCray’s being modest here: suddenly he found himself the hottest guitarist working – Tina Turner invited Robert to support her huge European tour (every night\, after playing with his band\, Cray would join Tina on stage to play A Change Is Gonna Come)\, then Keith Richards called\, requesting Cray join the band backing Chuck Berry for Taylor Hackford’s celebratory feature length documentary Hail Hail Rock ‘N’ Roll. Here Cray not only got to play with the mercurial Berry (+Linda Ronstadt and Etta James\, amongst many notable artists)\, he also formed a friendship with Steve Jordan\, then drummer for the project and Richards’ solo band. \n\n\n\nNow internationally famous\, Cray found himself in intense demand: he toured with the Stones and Eric Clapton\, played with B.B King and Buddy Guy (both of whom were inspirations)\, headlined noted music festivals – these included Glastonbury in the UK and Crossroads Guitar Festival in the US – and kept developing his sound over a selection of strong albums across the 1990s. Cray’s songwriting has addressed ageing\, love\, loneliness\, domestic turmoil and US politics\, while his music’s expansive vision found the likes of Cajun accordion legend Jo-El Sonnier and Memphis Horns’ trumpet and saxophone masters Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love guesting on his albums. \n\n\n\nAs an artist Robert Cray’s aged like fine wine – his voice has developed a greater range and expressiveness\, this he’s put to use on masterful interpretations of such Southern soul standards as I Forgot To Be Your Lover (William Bell)\, Your Good Thing Is About To End (Mable John) and Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Otis Redding). At the same time\, Cray’s guitar playing now possesses an additional depth\, a growl that can hint at a caress then signal emotional upheaval. \n\n\n\nHis recent run of albums – 2014’s In My Soul\, 2017’s Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm and 2020’s masterful That’s What I Heard (all produced by Steve Jordan: now the Stones’ drummer) – are amongst the very finest he’s made. Every song here is deeply felt\, whether an agonised song of loss\, an angry protest number\, or a dance tune that gets audiences pumping (My Baby Likes To Boogaloo is great funky fun). \n\n\n\nAcross five decades Robert Cray has created a richly inclusive American music\, revitalizing both blues and soul while rocking hard with the very best. To achieve 50 years in the music industry and still be as fresh and committed as when starting out is an achievement few can boast of but Cray can: he has released 19 studio albums\, every one replete with his extremely distinctive songs\, won five Grammy Awards and continues to make music that sounds like no one but Robert Cray. “All these years we have been fortunate to do what we love doing\, playing the music we love playing\,” says Cray with a smile. “I couldn’t ask for anything more.” “Thank you for listening.”
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/the-robert-cray-band-at-the-wilma/
LOCATION:The Wilma Theater\, 131 Higgins Avenue\, Missoula\, Montana\, 59802\, United States
CATEGORIES:Blues,Music,Soul
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SUMMARY:Girls On Shred Fundraiser with Look Busy\, Skurfs\, Serpentina & Piled Out at the ZACC
DESCRIPTION:Help Support Girls On Shred Fundraiser with Look Busy\, Skurfs\, Serpentina & Piled Out at the ZACC in Missoula Thursday at 7:30 pm\n\n\n\n\n\nDoors @ 7:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelp Support Girls On Shred Fundraiser with Look Busy\, Skurfs\, Serpentina & Piled Out at the ZACC in Missoula Thursday at 7:30 pm. \n\n\n\nJoin us for a night of live music and dancing to support Girls on Shred’s winter programs. \n\n\n\nCome early to check out our merch for sale\, buy raffle tickets\, and to chat with our volunteers about our goals for the new year!Flyer designed by mermaworm  \n\n\n\nEstablished in 2010\, Girls on Shred (GOS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. \n\n\n\nOur mission is to empower youth and marginalized genders including women\, non-binary\, and trans folk\, and build community through action sports skill-building\, equipment sharing\, and accessible community events. \n\n\n\nWe seek to transform regional action-sport culture toward a baseline of welcomeness for the benefit of a greater diversity of recreators in and around Montana. Girls on Shred operates through volunteer effort to host free clinics in skateboarding\, roller skating\, snowboarding and skiing. \n\n\n\nWe facilitate sustainable skill-building\, break down financial barriers to entry\, and seek to create a sense of belonging in the actions sports community for participants. We believe together these actions can promote physical and mental wellness. \n\n\n\nLearn more at www.girlsonshred.com or follow them on Instagram @girlsonshred 
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/girls-on-shred-fundraiser-with-look-busy-skurfs-serpentina-piled-out-at-the-zacc/
LOCATION:Zootown Arts Community Center\, 216 W. Main Street\, Missoula\, Montana\, 598802\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mark and Maggie O'Connor's "An Appalachian Christmas" at Hamilton Performing Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:Maggie and Mark O’Connor bring their fiddle and strings master duet to the Hamilton Performing Arts Center with “An Appalachian Christmas” 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm Saturday\, November 15\n\n\n\n\n\nMark O’Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson\, and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Today\, he has melded these influences into a new American classical music and is perpetuating his vision of an American School of String Playing. Mr. O’Connor has won three Grammys\, seven CMA awards and several national fiddle\, guitar and mandolin champion titles. Mr. O’Connor has composed nine concertos and two symphonies recorded by the Baltimore Symphony\, London Philharmonic\, Colorado Symphony among others. O’Connor is well-known for his chamber music including his million-selling composition “Appalachia Waltz” featuring Yo-Yo Ma for the Sony Classical label. His recent album back on his own label OMAC Records is Life After Life\, an Americana music collection of his original songs and some classics he sings with his wife Maggie O’Connor who is featured on lead vocals. 2025 sees the release of their new holiday music album\, A Christmas Duet – captured live at Sheldon Hall in St. Louis from Mark’s perennial An Appalachian Christmas tour. O’Connor released his memoir a few years ago\, Crossing Bridges: My Journey from Child Prodigy to Fiddler Who Dared the World.  \n\n\n\nMr. O’Connor has authored a series of educational books called the O’Connor Method and is now the fastest growing violin method in the country. The O’Connor Method features American music styles\, creativity\, cultural diversity and western classical technical training. For more information\, visit www.markoconnor.com. \n\n\n\nAmerican violinist/fiddler and vocalist\, Maggie O’Connor performs a variety of musical styles throughout the U.S. and beyond\, most recently as a member of the Grammy award-winning bluegrass group\, the O’Connor Band. She spends most of her time now performing with her husband\, violinist and composer Mark O’Connor. Together they have appeared as guest soloists with the Charlotte Symphony\, Singapore Chinese Orchestra\, Santa Rosa Symphony\, Nashville Symphony\, Oklahoma City Philharmonic\, Winston Salem Symphony\, with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center\, and appeared in violin duo performances in such prestigious settings as the Yehudi Menuhin Centennial celebration at the Berlin Konzerthaus\, the Lockenhaus\, Austria Musikfest\, and the Leopold Auer Festival in Hungary. In an Americana duo setting\, the couple tours music from their new album\, Life After Life\, a collection of original songs and classics. Her latest album is A Christmas Duet\, a live-in-concert album from their annual An Appalachian Christmas tour. Along with performing\, Maggie continues to work as co-director with Mr. O’Connor at O’Connor Method String Camp currently taking place in Charlotte\, NC featuring the lesson book series that is rising in popularity each year.
URL:https://missoulaunderground.com/mugevent/mark-and-maggie-oconnors-an-appalachian-christmas-at-hamilton-performing-arts-center/
LOCATION:Hamilton Performing Arts Center\, 327 Fairgrounds Road\, Hamilton\, Montana\, 59840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Christmas,Christmas Music,Fiddle,Holiday Events,Music,String
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