BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170306 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:* Duke Robillard (at Bull Run Restaurant) DESCRIPTION:Duke Robillard\n\n\n3-5-2017\n\n\n\nBlues guitar wiz\, Duke Robillard\, is a founder and 12-year member of Roomful of Blues\, which accompanied Big Joe Turner and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and many more on record and in live appearances during his tenure. After leaving the group\, Duke played briefly with rockabilly king Robert Gordon\, then replaced Jimmie Vaughan in the Fabulous Thunderbirds after spending the previous decade touring with his own band and recording 5 critically acclaimed albums for Rounder Records. He as also toured and recorded with Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. Known for his amazing guitar work\, powerful songwriting and skillful session work\, "The Duke" is a one-man cheering section for all things blues.\nThe Blues Music Awards (formerly W.C.Handy Awards) have named Duke Robillard "Best Blues Guitarist" four years out of five (2000\,2001\,2003\,2004) making him the second most honored guitarist for that award! He was also nominated in that category in 2005\, 2007 and 2008. The Acoustic Blues and Roots of Duke Robillard was named "Acoustic Blues Album of the Year" for the 2016 Blues Music Awards and #45 of the 50 best blues albums of 2015 by Living Blues Magazine. In 2007 Duke received a Grammy nomination for his "Guitar Groove-a-rama" CD and was also honored with the prestigious Rhode Island Pell Award for "excellence in the arts."\n\nBB King called Duke "One of the great players\," The Houston Post called him "one of God's guitarists." The New York Times says "Robillard is a soloist of stunning force and originality." And Guitar Player Magazine says "Robillard's ability to play across the spectrum of blues is legendary. Few players can move stylistically from Texas to Kansas City to Chicago's West Side\, but Robillard makes it seem easy."\n\n \nBuy Tickets X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Duke Robillard

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\nBlues guitar wiz\, \;Duke Robillard\, is a founder and 12-year member of \;Roomful of Blues\, which accompanied \;Big Joe Turner \;and \;Eddie "\;Cleanhead"\; Vinson \;and many more on record and in live appearances during his tenure. After leaving the group\, Duke played briefly with rockabilly king \;Robert Gordon\, then replaced \;Jimmie Vaughan \;in the \;Fabulous Thunderbirds \;after spending the previous decade touring with his own band and recording 5 critically acclaimed albums for Rounder Records. He as also toured and recorded with \;Bob Dylan \;and Tom Waits. Known for his amazing guitar work\, powerful songwriting and skillful session work\, "\;The Duke"\; is a one-man cheering section for all things blues.

\nThe Blues Music Awards (formerly W.C.Handy Awards) have named Duke Robillard "\;Best Blues Guitarist"\; four years out of five (2000\,2001\,2003\,2004) making him the second most honored guitarist for that award! He was also nominated in that category in 2005\, 2007 and 2008. The Acoustic Blues and Roots of Duke Robillard was named "\;Acoustic Blues Album of the Year"\; for the 2016 Blues Music Awards and #45 of the 50 best blues albums of 2015 by Living Blues Magazine. In 2007 Duke received a Grammy nomination for his "\;Guitar Groove-a-rama"\; CD and was also honored with the prestigious Rhode Island Pell Award for "\;excellence in the arts."\;
\nBB King \;called Duke "\;One of the great players\,"\; \;The Houston Post \;called him "\;one of God'\;s guitarists."\; The \;New York Times \;says "\;Robillard is a soloist of stunning force and originality."\; And \;Guitar Player Magazine \;says \;&ldquo\;Robillard&rsquo\;s ability to play across the spectrum of blues is legendary. Few players can move stylistically from Texas to Kansas City to Chicago&rsquo\;s West Side\, but Robillard makes it seem easy."\;\n\n
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