Gerrard Allman Events is proud to announce a second Melbourne show for legendary American artist Charlie Musselwhite in his not-to-be-missed tour next month. The 2nd Melbourne show is @ MEMO Music Hall on Sunday September 22.
Grammy-Award winning Musselwhite will be bringing his excellent touring band with him for the tour – Kid Andersen on Guitar, June Core on Drums and Randy Bermudes on Bass. With nearly six decades of rich musical history behind him, including numerous albums, countless live performances, multiple awards and accolades, there are very few artists of the stature of Charlie Musselwhite. As Rolling Stone Magazine stated, “Superb, original and compelling…Charlie Musselwhite, with unabashed excellence, sets the standard for blues.”
Tickets to all shows are on sale now via https://gerrardallmanevents.com.au/
WED SEPT 18 l NORTHCOTE THEATRE l MELBOURNE l WITH FIONA BOYES
FRI SEPT 20 l MANNING BAR l SYDNEY l WITH FRANK SULTANA
SAT SEPT 21 l THE TIVOLI l BRISBANE l WITH DANA GEHRMAN
SUN SEPT 22 l MEMO MUSIC HALL l MELBOURNE l WITH FIONA BOYES l NEW SHOW!!
TUE SEPT 24 l HARMONIE GERMAN CLUB l CANBERRA l WITH FIONA BOYES
THU SEPT 26 l ASTOR THEATRE l PERTH l WITH DAVE BREWER
SAT SEPT 28 l THE GOV l ADELAIDE l WITH THE NIGHT OWLS
“Charlie Musselwhite continues to astonish. Musselwhite achieves an authoritative deep blues sound through spare understatement as only a master can.” – Off Beat Magazine
“Legendary is an overused term, but it’s also the only word that suits this heavyweight blues harpist.” – Time Out New York
“Harmonica virtuoso Musselwhite raises the level of emotional expression on his instrument beyond even the masters he learned from…the grizzled veteran richly decorates his music with telling nuance and chiseled detail.” – San Francisco Chronicle
“His delivery is as thick as molasses and as warm and rich as freshly ploughed soil on a Mississippi morning. He draws from a deep pool of emotion, brings it to life when he plays, and invites us to jump on in.” – BluesWax
“Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. His worldly-wise vocals, rich, melodic harmonica playing and deep country blues guitar work flawlessly accompany his often autobiographical and always memorable original songs.” – AllAboutJazz.com
Fifty years of nonstop touring, performing and recording have reaped huge rewards. Charlie Musselwhite is living proof that great music only gets better with age. This man cut his (musical) teeth alongside Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and everyone on the South side of Chicago in the early 1960’s. Thank your lucky stars that he is still with us telling the truth with a voice and harp tone like no other.
More than 36 albums later he is at the top of his game, a revered elder statesman of the blues nowhere near ready to hang up his harps, his depth of expression as a singer and an instrumentalist unexcelled and only growing deeper.
Check out our interview with Charlie from earlier in the year