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Bo Ramsey, born and raised in the Mississippi River town of Burlington, Iowa in 1951, played a vital role in shaping Eastern Iowa's distinctive blues-rock scene and sound. Bo has continued his career as a performer, producer, recording session guitarist and hired guitarist in touring bands of high-profile national acts. He has produced recordings for Joan Baez, David Zollo, Pieta Brown, Iris DeMent, Ani DiFranco, and Kevin Gordon, with whom he co-fronted a band, and worked as a guitarist with the above and with Elvis Costello. He has produced and worked extensively with Greg Brown, including an appearance in 1999 on A Prairie Home Companion, and has been inducted to the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, and Iowa Blues Hall of Fame. Joe & Vicki Price have been a powerhouse blues duo for more than four decades. Joe plays a unique, elastic form of old-school guitar blues that sounds like nothing else. The rhythms bounce and hop, with Joe slapping and hammering the strings and layering tones over each other into a heady cocktail of joyous musical energy. Vicki might be Iowa's answer to early Maria Muldaur (when she was Maria d'Amato) with strong currents of Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. With a more disciplined and structural guitar style providing a comping background spine to Joe's slide and lead work, the two styles dovetail into a coherent convincing whole.
Joe and Vicki have opened for such notables as Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, Pine Top Perkins, Homesick James, Honeyboy Edwards, Louisiana Red, Al Green, Greg Brown and Iris DeMent. Joe is a member of the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame, The Iowa Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and was a finalist in the International Blues Challenge in 2008.
8PM | $20 | 21+
Seating upgrades available; go to add-ons
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213 16th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, Iowa 52401
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