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Charlie Musselwhite
Avila Beach Golf Resort
6464 Ana Bay Rd
Avila Beach, CA 93424
Aug 9, 2019
4:00 PM PDT
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Live in Concert, Buddy Guy, with support from Jimmie Vaughan and Charlie Musselwhite coming to you on Friday, August 9 at the Avila Beach Golf Resort, California's Premier Beachfront Concert Venue!• Event Info •Gates open at 4pmCharlie Musselwhite: 6pm-6:45pmJimmie Vaughan: 7:15pm-8pmBuddy Guy: 8:30pm-9:45pmEvent Ends at 10pmAll Ages to AttendChildren 7 & Under Free• Thank you for contributing •A portion of the ticket proceeds benefit The Rossi Foundation, A Non-Profit 501c3, and all community charities that it serves.• Tickets •(On-site venue parking included!)General Admission - $40: Includes on-site parking and entry.VIP Beach Club Balcony - $95: Includes on-site parking and entry PLUS VIP perks including expedited entry at the front entrance through VIP, Beach Club access with 2nd story balcony views, appetizers, private no host bar, and private restrooms!*Ticket prices increase at the door. Buy early and save!• Looking for a place to stay in Avila Beach? •Get the complete Avila experience and book your stay at the Avila Village Inn! Hurry, space is limited!More info: https://www.avilavillageinn.com/specials-and-packages-in-avila-beach.htm• Directions to the Venue •Highway 101 to Avila Beach (just north of Pismo Beach, just south of San Luis Obispo). Take Avila Beach Drive exit towards the ocean. Travel 2 1/2 miles and you'll see the resort on your right.• Parking •Event Parking is located on the 10th Fairway. The parking fee is INCLUDED in your ticket price. No tailgating allowed. Any attendees consuming personal alcoholic beverages in the parking areas will not be allowed into the venue. IMPORTANT: ALL TICKET HOLDERS MUST PARK IN THE EVENT PARKING LOT.• Have your ticket ready for entry •Please be sure to bring either your printed PDF ticket (preferred for quickest scannable entry) or have your ticket available to be displayed on your smart phone prior to arriving at the venue. If using your smart phone to display your ticket, please make sure your phone brightness is at 100% before we scan your ticket. We must be able to clearly scan your bar code or QR code on your ticket. You can also download the Eventbrite app to display your ticket on your smartphone.• No Outside Food or Beverage •There will be food and beverage for sale at the venue. No outside food or beverages will be allowed in the venue. Sealed plastic water bottles will be allowed. There will be water available for free and bottled water for purchase. No ice chests, picnic baskets, etc.• Subject to Search •All purses, bags, and backpacks are subject to search. Venue and or the promoter is not responsible for any confiscated items.• Seating •This is a GA show, General Admission Lawn Seating. It is OK to bring blankets and low-backed chairs (less than 2' high) into the GA lawn area. Upgrade to VIP and try out our premier VIP Beach Club Balcony area featuring a 2nd story balcony view of the stage, venue, and coastline! Appetizers, VIP no host bar, private restrooms, indoor GA seating and outdoor balcony standing room. Blankets and Low-backed chairs (under 2') will be allowed in the GA area only.• No earl entry or ins and outs •No one will be allowed into the venue prior to doors. Early comers will wait in line. First come, first served. Once you're in the venue, you can't leave and return again for free. If you need anything else during the day, bring it into the venue as long as it does not go against the prohibited items.• No pets •Please do not bring your pet or leave them in your vehicle. It may be hot.• Rain or Shine (No Refund Event) •This event will go on rain or shine.• Allowed Items (OK to bring) •Small backpacks, 1 sealed water bottle and/or 1 empty water bottle, Blankets, Strollers, Hat, Sunscree• Prohibited Items (Do NOT bring) •Large backpacks, Pets, Weapons, Drugs, Alcohol, Outside food, beverages, Ice chests, coolers, Picnic baskets, Professional cameras, High Back Lawn chairs, Umbrellas, Pop-up Tents.
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Charlie Musselwhite Biography
Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite’s personal history is the kind of tale a novelist would sell his soul for. He is a larger-than-life musical legend, writing and singing what he calls, “music from the heart.” His life reads like a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and schooled on the South Side of Chicago. A groundbreaking recording artist since the 1960s, Musselwhite continues to create trailblazing music while remaining firmly rooted in the blues. His worldly-wise vocals, rich, melodic harmonica playing (and his deep country blues guitar work) flawlessly accompany his often autobiographical and always memorable original songs. Living Blues says, “Musselwhite’s rock-solid vocals creep up and overwhelm you before you know it. He plays magnificent harp with superb dexterity and phrasing. The results are amazing.”
Born into a blue collar family in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 31, 1944 and raised by a single mother, Musselwhite grew up surrounded by blues, hillbilly and gospel music on the radio and around performing musicians in his neighborhood. His family moved to Memphis, where, as a teenager, he worked as a ditch digger, concrete layer and moonshine runner. Fascinated by the blues, Musselwhite began playing guitar and harmonica. As a teen, Musselwhite hobnobbed with many of the local musicians, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Johnny Burnette, but the celebrities young Charlie sought out were Memphis’ veteran bluesmen like Furry Lewis, Will Shade and Gus Cannon.
Following the path of so many, Musselwhite moved to Chicago looking for better paying work. While driving an exterminator truck as a day job, Charlie lived on the South Side and hung out in blues clubs at night, developing close friendships with blues giants Big Walter Horton and Big Joe Williams, who became his key mentors. He roomed with Williams, and was also close to Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin’ Wolf, always soaking up licks and lyrics, and learning how to be a bluesman. Before long, he was sitting in at clubs with Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Luther Allison and others, building an impressive local word-of-mouth reputation.
After the release of his first full-length LP on Vanguard—Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite’s South Side Band—he was embraced by the growing youth counter-culture. His subsequent releases found a place with the newly emerging progressive rock FM radio stations, especially on the West Coast. His iconic status established, he relocated to San Francisco, often playing the famed Fillmore Auditorium. Over the years, Charlie has released nearly 40 albums on a variety of labels. Musically, his albums range from straight blues to mixing elements of jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex, Cuban and other world music. Four of those albums—1990’s Ace Of Harps, 1991’s Signature, 1994’s In My Time, and 2010’s The Well—were recorded for Alligator Records and remain among his best-selling titles.
In addition to his own recordings, Musselwhite has guested on numerous recordings, as a featured player with Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, The Blind Boys of Alabama, INXS, Cyndi Lauper, and many others. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall Of Fame in 2010, has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards (winning one) and has won many Living Blues Awards and Blues Music Awards.
Read MoreBorn into a blue collar family in Kosciusko, Mississippi on January 31, 1944 and raised by a single mother, Musselwhite grew up surrounded by blues, hillbilly and gospel music on the radio and around performing musicians in his neighborhood. His family moved to Memphis, where, as a teenager, he worked as a ditch digger, concrete layer and moonshine runner. Fascinated by the blues, Musselwhite began playing guitar and harmonica. As a teen, Musselwhite hobnobbed with many of the local musicians, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Johnny Burnette, but the celebrities young Charlie sought out were Memphis’ veteran bluesmen like Furry Lewis, Will Shade and Gus Cannon.
Following the path of so many, Musselwhite moved to Chicago looking for better paying work. While driving an exterminator truck as a day job, Charlie lived on the South Side and hung out in blues clubs at night, developing close friendships with blues giants Big Walter Horton and Big Joe Williams, who became his key mentors. He roomed with Williams, and was also close to Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin’ Wolf, always soaking up licks and lyrics, and learning how to be a bluesman. Before long, he was sitting in at clubs with Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Luther Allison and others, building an impressive local word-of-mouth reputation.
After the release of his first full-length LP on Vanguard—Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite’s South Side Band—he was embraced by the growing youth counter-culture. His subsequent releases found a place with the newly emerging progressive rock FM radio stations, especially on the West Coast. His iconic status established, he relocated to San Francisco, often playing the famed Fillmore Auditorium. Over the years, Charlie has released nearly 40 albums on a variety of labels. Musically, his albums range from straight blues to mixing elements of jazz, gospel, Tex-Mex, Cuban and other world music. Four of those albums—1990’s Ace Of Harps, 1991’s Signature, 1994’s In My Time, and 2010’s The Well—were recorded for Alligator Records and remain among his best-selling titles.
In addition to his own recordings, Musselwhite has guested on numerous recordings, as a featured player with Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, The Blind Boys of Alabama, INXS, Cyndi Lauper, and many others. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall Of Fame in 2010, has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards (winning one) and has won many Living Blues Awards and Blues Music Awards.
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