San Luis Obispo Blues Society Presents
This Saturday, September 28, 2024
San Luis Obispo Odd Fellows Hall
Doors open at 6:30
$32*
Joining Anson and Mark on the Stage:
Bob Welch, the great multi-instrumentalist on piano and guitar (Fabulous Thunderbirds).
Kedar Roy on bass who has played with Junior Watson, Kim Wilson, Earl Thomas, and Aki Kumar.
Ed Mann on drums has been drumming off and on for Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers for the last 35 yrs.
Opening the Show at 7 PM:
The Incredibly Talented
Ray Jaurique Trio
“One part Sam Cooke, one part Albert King, a pinch of Albert Collins, one part Delbert McClinton, a touch of Keb Mo', some Van Morrison with a little Holland-Dozier-Holland thrown in.”
“What seems to separate this band from so many others is the focus on original roots and blues music that is so accessible it makes it easy to tap your toes.”
Show Bonus!
Celebrate Mark Hummel’s New CD Release: “True Believer”
Grammy nominated, Blues Award winning harp blower, singer, bandleader, author, producer Mark Hummel and guitarist, Anson Funderburgh, have been touring and recording with Jerry McCain, Otis Rush, Elvin Bishop, Sam Myers, Anson and the Rockets, Snooks Eaglin, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Vaughn, Snooky Pryor, Kim Wilson, Delbert McClinton, Brownie McGhee, Charlie Musselwhite, Charles Brown, Eddie Taylor, Luther Tucker and many more.
Funderburgh’s unmistakable style, tone and sensibility has made him one of contemporary blues music’s most important guitar players.
Once a clean-cut, up-and-comer on the National Blues scene whose crisp, biting guitar licks belied his soft-spoken manner, Anson has developed into a legacy artist and his influence on countless guitarists is immeasurable.
“I grew up in a time when if you couldn’t make people dance and they weren’t having fun you weren’t doing anything.”
—Anson Funderburgh
“Few would dare argue with the assertion that Mark Hummel is among the most talented—and consistently innovative—blues harmonica players to follow in the footsteps of the giants of the postwar era.
Equally adept at both acoustic and amplified modes of performance, Hummel, who has been playing professionally since the early 1970s, has amassed a mile-long discography that includes over 20 albums as a bandleader and numerous live anthologies. His Blues Harmonica Blowout tours have become the catalyst for regional spinoffs around the country, and he was nominated for a Grammy in 2013 for Remembering Little Walter.”
Roger Gatchet
Harpbreaker Review
For close to 50 years, Anson Funderburgh has been coaxing some of the very best blues guitar sounds in the world from his Fender Stratocaster. Anson felt the call of the blues early on and turned his love of country music into blistering blues that tell the tale of the working man.
And people love it. From local joints in Texas to blues clubs and festivals around the world, Funderburgh has earned his reputation as one of contemporary blues music’s most relevant and esteemed guitar players with his unmistakable style, tone and sensibility. Funderburgh is beloved and respected by fans and fellow musicians alike.
‘I want to play music that moves me and moves who I'm playing with and, hopefully, it moves the people that come to see us.’ “
PreSale Ticket Price for Anson Funderburgh and Mark Hummel
$32*
(*plus $4.12 in processing fees: $36.12)
$40 at the door/day of show/+$4.69 credit card processing fee
Bringing the Blues to the Central Coast for over 30 Years!
7 pm - 10 pm
Doors open at 6:30
21 and over
A Memorable Evening
of Exceptional
Live Music
and Dancing!
Odd Fellows Hall | 520 Dana St. | San Luis Obispo
PARKING
Odd Fellows Hall (IOOF) offers limited free parking.
Additional parking is free and available for our concert at:
The Community Foundation
550 Dana St.
San Luis Obispo
and also:
Reis Family Mortuary
991 Nipomo Street
San Luis Obispo
Street parking is not easily available unless you’re a resident and have City of SLO’s required parking permission.