Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6 - 9:30pm

WFC Plaza 220 Vesey Street (btw. North End Ave. and West St.)

Celebrate the Blues downtown at the World Financial Center’s waterfront Plaza as new stars join great legends for a two-day musical tribute to the history and continuing legacy of the Blues on July 11 - 12, 2012.

JULY 11, 2012

BUDDY GUY - At age 74, Buddy Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound. He has been awarded 23 W.C. Handy Blues Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, the Presidential National Medal of Arts, and 5 Grammy Awards, including “Best Contemporary Blues Album” for his 2010 album Living Proof. Rolling Stone ranked him in the top 30 of its "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."

Watch Buddy Guy perform with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra during the Late Show with David Letterman on July 10.

Buddy Guy will be signing his new memoir When I Left Home: My Story from 5 - 6pm in the World Financial Center Winter Garden on July 11.

QUINN SULLIVAN – Quinn Sullivan is a 13-year-old blues guitar prodigy who has toured with Buddy Guy and been featured on several national television shows, including Ellen, Oprah, The Today Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

JOHN MAYALL - John Mayall is often referred to as the “Father of the British blues.” Founded in the 1950s, his band, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, has served as a launching pad for such legendary artists as Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Peter Green, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, and many more.

Click here to see listing for the Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival on July 12.


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