Last Friday Night Live of the Fall Season at CAC
Acclaimed blues musician Corey Harris performs on Friday, November 5, at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford.
Friday Night Live fall season wraps up with a special performance by internationally acclaimed blues musician Corey Harris, who will give a solo acoustic performance. His new album, Insurrection Blues, comes out the day of this show. Corey will also have copies of his recent book, Blues People Illustrated, which he wrote and illustrated himself, featuring biographies and discographies of some of the greatest blues men and women of all time.
Corey is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and band leader who has carved out his own niche in blues. A powerful singer and accomplished guitarist, he has appeared at venues throughout North America, Europe, Brazil, The Caribbean, West Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
He began his career as a New Orleans street singer, travelling throughout the southern U.S. In his early twenties he lived in Cameroon, West Africa, for a year, which had a profound effect on his later work. He has recorded many old songs of the blues tradition while also creating an original vision of the blues by adding influences from reggae, soul, rock and West African music. His 1995 recording, Between Midnight and Day, is a tribute to the tradition of acoustic blues. Subsequent recordings, such as Greens From the Garden (1999), Mississippi to Mali (2003), and Daily Bread (2005) show Harris’ maturation from interpreter to songwriter. Some of his imaginative compositions are marked by a deliberate eclecticism; other works stay true to the traditional blues formula of compelling vocals and down-home guitar. With one foot in tradition and the other in contemporary experimentation, Harris is a truly unique voice in contemporary music.
He has performed, recorded, and toured with many of the top names in music such as BB King, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, R.L .Burnside, Ali Farka Toure, Dave Matthews Band, Tracy Chapman, Olu Dara, Wilco, and others. In 2003, Harris was a featured artist and narrator of the Martin Scorcese film, Feel Like Going Home, which traced the evolution of blues from West Africa to the southern U.S.
The concert will be held Friday, November 5, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the large art gallery. Seating is provided, including some tables and concert style seats. Seating selected on a first come, first served basis.
Tickets may be purchased online. Attendance is limited.
Please bring masks and wear them when entering, moving from seats, and/or when not eating or drinking. The event is BYOB and food is permitted.
General Admission is $15. CAC member’s price is $10. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
CAC is located at 414 Plush Mill Road in Wallingford.
