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    Thursday, January 24, 2008
    76-year-old at Harry O's



















    I walked Main Street Wednesday and didn't see anyone famous, which is disappointing because it's my first time here. Most of the celebrities have disappeared, I'm told.

    One guy who is showing up late is Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the blues guitarist who came onto the scene when he was a teenager and still is under 30. He's playing at set at Harry O's Friday night with blues legend Hubert Sumlin. Sumlin, 76, was in Howlin' Wolf's backup band and has been listed in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." Sumlin performed on Shepherd's latest album, the Grammy-nominated "10 Days Out: Blues From the Backroads."

    Shepherd called The Salt Lake Tribune from his truck on the Los Angeles freeways last week to talk about the show. "I'm excited about all of the [Sundance] festivities," he said. "I'll bring a jacket."

    1 Comments:

    At 9:38 AM , Blogger Phil said...

    We brought Kenny Wayne and Hubert Sumlin to our Harry O's party to help celebrate the premiere of my film, "Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell Street Urban Blues". They really rocked Park City, as not too many people had witnessed this kind of 'live', electric blues before! With an open bar for over 1200 guests, it was definitely THE party of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

    Look for Kenny and Hubert to play at Sundance again and check out our website at www.ElectrifiedTheMovie.com.

    Thanks,

    Phil Ranstrom
    Writer/Producer/Director
    "Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell Street Urban Blues"

     

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