Don't miss this annual Reno event!!! Enjoy two days of blues (schedule TBA), delicious food & lots of libations. Be sure to visit the Reno Blues Society booth at 3rd and Virginia.
Thursday 3-7 p.m.: Jason King Band, J Resort Glow Plaza, 670 W. 4th St., Reno 7 p.m.: National Anthem performed by Tamara Evans, and flag raising by the Spanish Springs High School JROTC, J Resort Glow Plaza, 670 W. 4th St., Reno 8-9:30 p.m.: Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, J Resort Glow Plaza, 670 W. […]
Chris Cain offers up a soulful stew of Memphis style electric blues. His powerfully deep vocals and jazz inspired, blues guitar riffs are unforgettable; uniquely his own, while reminiscent of the legendary BB King and Albert King. As a child, Chris Cain attended concerts with his dad to hear many of the great blues artists of the time. When Cain burst onto the blues scene in 1987 with his award winning debut album, he soon found himself sharing the stage and trading licks with a few of those legends, including Albert King and Albert Collins. Chris Cain has released a dozen albums, each filled with soul-stirring songs pulled from his own blues drenched heart. His brand of blues is unforgettable.
Triple threat guitarist, singer and songwriter Mighty Mike Schermer has over 30 years experience touring and recording with such legends as Bonnie Raitt, Elvin Bishop, Marcia Ball, Howard Tate, Charlie Musselwhite and many, many more! He is a master of nearly every style of American music whose songs run the gamut from blues to soul to jazz to country to rock&roll and beyond! Schermer is a confident, dynamic frontman and entertainer with 9 critically acclaimed albums and over 8000 live performances in 25 countries under his belt. His energetic shows leave his audiences happily exhausted and begging for more!
Quique Gomez has been touring Europe and the US nonstop for nearly 20 years. He has recorded blues albums with guitarists Little Charlie Baty, Duke Robillard, Kid Andersen and more, as well as an album of classic swing music with The Bob Sands Big Band. His vocals and harmonica playing are smooth and silky, but he can also get down and dirty with the best of them. It will surely be a treat to have this international talent onstage in Midtown Reno!
Mighty Mike’s last show at MMP sold out so DON’T WAIT! Get your tickets now!
Multiple award-winning, California-based blues and rock sensation Tommy Castro is the guiatar slinging, soul-singing leader of the telepathically tight and wildly raucous Tommy Castro & The Painkillers. He’s released 17 previous albums over the course of his four-decade career. Each release features its own individual sound and style, ranging from horn-fueled R&B to piping hot blues and soul to fiery, stripped-down rock ‘n’ roll . With his new album, Closer To The Bone, Castro has returned to his roots, delivering what he calls “a real blues record, the way they would have made them back in the day.” Closer To The Bone is the most unvarnished, straight-ahead blues release of Castro’s career, one that bristles with every ounce of his dynamic energy and raw emotion.
Castro received his fourth prestigious and coveted Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year in 2023. He’s taken home a total of 10 Blues Music Awards and is among the genre’s most decorated artists. Castro’s relentless road-dog approach-gig after gig, 150 nights a year – continues to earn him loyal, lifelong fans everywhere he plays. The Washington Post says Castro is “phenomenal and funky” with “soulful vocals and inspired blues guitar.” Famed guitarist Joe Bonamassa says “Tommy has always been top of the heap among blues guitar players. He always puts on a great show.”
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