Blues artists Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang will be headlining the upcoming Experience Hendrix Tour along with guitarists Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Eric Johnson. Blues great Hubert Sumlin, longtime guitarist for the legendary bluesman Howlin' Wolf, will also be appearing. Authorized by the Hendrix estate, this year's tour is co-sponsored by Gibson Guitar.
The annual Experience Hendrix Tour is a celebration of the life and music of Jimi Hendrix, with featured guests performing classic Hendrix tunes like "Purple Haze," "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" and "Red House." This year's event will be a five-week, cross-country tour with eighteen dates, expanding upon last year's seven-date tour. Hendrix's noted rhythm section – bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell – which played behind the guitar genius at festivals like Woodstock and the Isle of Wight, will be featured during the Experience Hendrix Tour.
Other guests on this year's tour include Memphis guitarslinger Eric Gales, Brad Whitford of Aerosmith, Mato Nanji of Native American blues band Indigenous, Cesar Rojas and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, and Chris Layton of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Double Trouble band. Special guests will be announced on the road, with former Doors guitarist Robby Krieger appearing on the first five dates of the tour.
Highlights from the 2004 and 2006 Experience Hendrix Tours have been recently released on DVD by Image Entertainment. We've got this year's tour dates listed below; check with the Experience Hendrix Tour website for more info on this pulse-pounding tour!
DVD cover photo courtesy Price Grabber
Experience Hendrix Tour 2008
October 14 – Hampton Beach NH @ Hampton Beach Casino
October 16 – Albany NY @ Palace Theater
October 17 – Providence RI @ PPAC
October 18 – Boston MA @ Orpheum Theater
October 19 – Waterbury CT @ Palace Theater
October 21 – New York NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
October 22 – New York NY @ United Palace Theatre
October 23 – Philadelphia PA @ Tower Theater
October 24 – Detroit MI @ Fox Theater
October 26 – Chicago IL @ Chicago Theater
October 27 – Louisville KY @ Whitney Hall KY PAC
October 29 – Omaha NE @ Orpheum Theatre
October 30 – Denver CO @ Paramount Theater
November 1 – Las Vegas NV @ The Pearl
November 2 – Los Angeles CA @ Greek Theater
November 3 – San Francisco CA @ Nob Hill Masonic
November 6 – Seattle WA @ Paramount Theater
November 7 – Portland OR @ Schnitzer Hall
Comments
Hello gentlemen! It would be an honor if we, The Glenn Mancini Band (AKA) VooDoo Child could ever find your graces to perform with you anywhere in Fl. We are dedicated to keeping Jimi’s music alive and are greatly influenced by him in our music. Keep up the good work and best of luck in your endevours. Your friend Tazz
No dates in the south except Kentucky???
What about the Carolinas? We got a little bit of Blues down here, more now…
Johny Lang is probably the most talented and underated blues talent, today!
I went to the concert last night at the Greek Theater. I thought that bands didn’t do Hendrix covers because they couldn’t reproduce his sound. I was wrong. Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robby Krieger and Eric Johnson all nailed it. With the exception of a few technical difficulties and a couple aging rockers, the evening was perfect!
It was a great event and the performances by Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Buddy Guy and David Hidalgo & Caesar Rosas of Los Lobo.
I’d love to buy this performance on a CD if it came available.