Buddy Guy bought his farewell tour off to a memorable begin within the notable setting of the eleventh Mahindra Blues Festival at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai final weekend. Guy had headlined the primary such pageant within the Indian metropolis ten years in the past.
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The blues large, now 86, took to the Polka Dot Parlour Stage on Sunday (12) to open the Damn Right Farewell itinerary. The tour, introduced final October, begins in earnest with Guy’s present in Rockford, IL tomorrow (17). Initial North American dates run till June 30, after which Guy travels to Europe, starting on the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 7. Another run of US reveals begins on August 4, with the itinerary set to conclude, as befits one of many best exponents of Chicago blues, in that metropolis on October 30.
The impartial Indian publication The Wire reported of the set in Mumbai: “Moments earlier than Buddy Guy – in his signature black-and-white polka-dot shirt and a pair of blue dungarees – took whole management of the packed home contained in the Polka Dot Parlour Stage, followers noticed clips from the brand new documentary Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away, filmed in honour of the legend’s eighty fifth birthday by PBS American Masters. The movie follows his rise from a childhood spent choosing cotton in Louisiana to changing into one of the vital influential guitar gamers of all time.
“An electrifying performance followed suit, with numbers like ‘I Just Want To Make Love To You’, ‘Hoochie Coochie Man,’ and ‘Skin Deep’, leaving the audience craving for more. This is the only festival where all the artists who have performed on both days come back with an all-star jam to bring the curtains down. The same was seen in this year’s final act, when Buddy Guy himself invited the artists Taj Mahal, Ivan Singh, Christone Kingfish, and Arinjoy Sarkar for the final jam.”
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