On the way: Experience Hendrix

The Experience Hendrix Tour, which honors the music and memory of Jimi Hendrix, is ocming to the Uptown Theater on March 16. The lineup is ... well, read on. This is from the press release:

Featured artists who will be performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix include some of the best known and most respected artists in contemporary rock and blues including Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford (of Aerosmith), Doyle Bramhall II, Ernie Isley, Living Colour, Double Trouble’s Chris Layton, along with bassist Billy Cox, who first befriended Hendrix when the two were in the 101st Airborne Division of U.S. Army, played in both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys and performed with Hendrix at Woodstock and the Isle of Wight.

The Uptown show is one of only four shows on the tour win which all four guest musicians will perform: Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi, Cesar Rosas and David Hildago.

Comments

[mankvill]

Woah. Cool!

[wadkc]

Sweet. Tickets must be $100!

[aBc 123]

One more opportunity for the record labels to wring some cash out of consumers......save your money for someone who needs it worse than these guys.

[kmoon]

Including Billy Cox ?? OMG - I am SO there!

[Mike A]

45.00-135.00. I will pay 45.00 to see this!

[John McKeon]

I would rather see that lineup playing their own stuff, but still looks to be a great show.

[canceled]

Refunds, minus fees, will be available at the location/outlet/ticketbastard you buy tickets.

[Scott]

I guess the price options mean there will be seats, how sad, i might miss it, who wants to sit and listen to such great music.

[Mike A]

Standing in the upper balconies might be problematic.

[Scott]

It will be problematic any where, trust me, a ticket for a seat means you better sit your happy @#$ down and tap your foot or you will get yelled at by old people all night long.

[Gramps]

Does this show come w/ an AARP discount? Will it be over by 9pm? Can I make it to the buffet before the show?

[Mike A]

Why dont you stick some Brill Cream where the sun dont shine, gramps?

[Gramps]

After they get done raping me for these tickets, should slide right up there Mike A. Is that A for @sshole?

[Scott]

The 45.00 dollar ticket isn't to high for everyone that will be playing plus this is a show at a smaller venue. Kinda curious what that 135 dollar ticket gets you, is that a vip thing or is that the front and center section. I bet this could be a really sweet show, I only see four of these shows on ticketmaster so far, nice grab Uptown!

[The Tour Dates]

Experience Hendrix Tour 2010 dates:

(Tickets now on sale)

March
4 - Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theater (1)
5 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheater (1)
6 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint @ Hard Rock (1)
7 - Mesa, AZ - Ikeda Theater (1)
9 - Fresno, CA - Table Mountain (1)
10 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater (1, 2)
12 - Reno, NV - Silver Legacy (1, 2)
14 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre (1, 2, 3)
16 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater (1, 2, 3)
17 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theater (1, 2, 3)
18 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theater (1, 2, 3)
20 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre (2, 3)
21 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater (2, 3)
23 - Akron, OH - Civic Theatre(2)
24 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre (2)
25 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater (2)
27- Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre (2)

1 = David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas appearing
2 = Sacred Steel featuring Robert Randolph appearing
3 = Susan Tedeschi appearing

For more information, visit jimihendrix.com.

[andrew]

Offhand comments, remarks, quips or jokes about rape are not funny.

[Chubby]

$135 floor front & center, $85 floor back to the level of the balcony, $65 floor beneath the balcony and balcony front, $45 balcony rear.

[Scott]

I was hoping balcony would be 45, with fees these tickets just got very expensive if you wanna be close. I think it might be the most expensive ticket for me thus far, hmm ... what to do???

[bewlay]

Scott, did you see the prices for the Leonard Cohen show?

[Scott]

Yea, I had a few comments about those prices.

[pellboy]

This show almost seems like too much of a good thing. With all those players in one show (I'm estimating a 2-3 hour show, tops, how are they even going to find the time for all of them to shine? Interesting concept but I'd rather just catch most of those artists in their normal band setups performing their own tunes instead.

On a sidenote, Los Lobos came thru town last year and Hidalgo/Rosas did a really nice version of Little Wing as sort of a prep to last year's version of this same Hendrix tour.

[kmoon]

ticket ordered - something to look forward to in 2010!!