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Guy Davis – The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed With the Blues

Guy Davis is a venerable, hard-working blues artist. He just self-released his newest CD, The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed With the Blues. 

“There is no tale so tall I cannot tell it, nor song so sweet I cannot sing it.” Guy Davis

The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues features a number of Guy Davis original compositions, as well as songs by such blues icons as Robert Johnson, Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. The album is a “road story” in the truest sense. Guy Davis performs the stories and songs in character as “Fishy Waters,” who traveled throughout the south meeting a host of vivid characters and creating a lasting impression that is at times humorous and playful, at others mysterious and sometimes intensely powerful

The Adventures Of Fishy Waters: In Bed With The Blues is a story containing several smaller stories: a mixture of stories, tall tales and music.  The subjects are survivors, not victims.  The culture is Black.  The music is Blues.  The message is human.

Guy Davis will celebrate the release of his new album with a special run of performances of the one-man play in February at the famed Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick,New Jersey.

Special Contest

Order your copy and your name will go into a drawing for the Grand Prize: two tickets to see Guy do that very same show live at the Crossroad’s Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ, on a date of your choice! The show runs the last two weekends of February.

Your order must be received by midnight on January 30th in order to be entered in the drawing.

You can purchase Guy Davis’s CD, The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed With the Blues here.

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Todd Rundgren – ‘Classic’ Todd Rundgren Todd Tour Sun. 6/26/11

 It was a privilege to witness Todd Rundgren and his band live in concert last night at Infinity Hall in the beautiful hills of Northwestern Connecticut. The mountain night air was a pleasurably cool 65 degrees added to with a slight breeze.

Rosemary and I had another marvelous meal at the Infinity Bistro. You owe it to yourself to dine there before the show, the food is top notch. We took our usual seats in the mezzanine overlooking the concert hall and stage.

This 300 seat venue has great acoustics. The sold out audience was filled with devout Todd Rundgren fans, many of whom knew each other, which added to the ambiance of the evening

Todd suffered from a head cold due to air conditioning exposure but like the wizard and true star he is he soldiered on admirably with a well structured two hour performance.

Todd was very animated, dancing and jumping about. I enjoyed his guitar work.

You will find more Todd Rundgren concert photos here on Flickr.

Todd’s Band

Bass:  Kasim Sultan
Drums: Prarie Prince
Guitar: Jesse Gress
Keyboards: John Ferenzik

SetList  – To the best of my ability as I don’t know Todd’s catalog as well as I should….yet…;)

1. Real Man
2. Love of the Common Man
3. Buffalo Grass
4. Robert Johnson song…
5. Determination
6. Lucky Guy
7. Can We Still Be Friends?
8. Love Is the Answer

9. Espresso (All Jacked Up) – Thank you @NearlyHuman

10.It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
11. Drive
12.Flaw
13. Whatever Happened
14. Medley: 1)I’m So Proud
15. 2)Ooh  baby, baby
16. 3) Sha la la Means I Love you
17. I Want You
18. When the Shit Hits the Fan/Sunset Blvd
19. I Saw the Light

Encore
20. Hello It’s Me
21. A Dream Goes on Forever

Merchandise - ToddStore

1) 2011 Todd Tour Shirt

2) Todd Rundgren – For Lack of Honest Work, Three CD set of Live Rarities


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