Larry Keel Experience with Special Guests Blue Mule
Venue: Newport Community Center, Newport
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Blue Mule, Larry Keel Experience
Date: Friday, December 16, 2016
Time: 7:00 PM - TBD
Event Types: Music
Cost: $30.00

Description:
Preserve Giles County presents the Larry Keel Experience with special guests Blue Mule on Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Newport Recreation Center.

Larry Keel is described by some reviewers as the most powerful, innovative and all-out exhilarating acoustic flatpicking guitarist performing today. Keel has absorbed the best lessons from his Bluegrass family upbringing, both sides deeply steeped in the rich mountain music culture and heritage of Southwest Virginia. From there, he has always integrated that solid musical grounding and natural-born talent with his own incomparable approach to flatpicking the guitar and composing original music.

He’s also got a knack for choosing interesting and appealing material from all realms of music with guts, whether it’s a tune written by a fellow song-writer / musician friend, or a tasty cover from any number of genres all over the map. The combination is pretty irresistible, and has earned Keel the highest respect and billing among the top acoustic musicians alive, and some now gone: Tony Rice, Chris Thile, Vassar Clements, Sam Bush, Del McCoury, John Hartford, Bill Monroe, Peter Rowan, and Darol Anger to name a few.

And his fierce, high-spirited energy also appeals to young rockers, jammers and alt country pickers and fans who are equally drawn to Keel’s deep rumbling voice, his earthy and imaginative song-writing, and his down-home-gritty-good-time charm. Keel regularly collaborates with JamBand and Rock giants Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams, Jorma Kaukonen, David Nelson, Little Feat, Rebirth Brass Band, Dirty Dozen Brass, Railroad Earth, members of String Cheese Incident and Leftover Salmon, amongst others.

Links:

• http://larrykeel.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/LarryKeelFishinAndPickin
• https://www.twitter.com/LarryKeel

Blue Mule is a unique group of musicians from Salem, VA working in a bluegrass context
with heavy doses of jazz, rock, blues and country.

Blue Mule playing everything from Miles Davis to Merle Haggard, Bill Monroe to Jethro Tull. Creative song writing bringing a fresh perspective to modern acoustic music.

Blue Mule - a performance that is one of intensity, spontaneity
and the pursuit of "playing that lick just a little bit better than the night before". Danceable, listenable and hopefully, memorable long after it's over, a set by Blue Mule is unlike any you've heard.

Links:

• http://bluemulemusic.blogspot.com/
• https://www.reverbnation.com/bluemule

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!! This is a small venue and therefore an intimate show; get your tickets early! To purchase online, visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2706303.

The remaining tickets will be sold at the door on a first come first serve basis. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

For more information, visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2706303.

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