The Mainstay concludes its inaugural blues series with renowned blues singer Billy Price and the Charm City Rhythm Band Saturday September 28 at 8pm. Tickets are $20 online or $25 by phone reservation or at the door. Information and advance ticket sales are available on the Mainstay’s website at www.mainstayrockhall.org
2016 Blues Music Award Winner Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan’s LPs, That’s What I’m Here For and Live Stock. Since then, with the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band, and solo projects, Billy Price has recorded and released a total of 17 albums, CDs, and DVDs. In April 2016, he was officially recognized and inducted as a Pittsburgh Rock ’n Roll Legend at an award ceremony. Price’s album This Time for Real, with the late Chicago soul singer Otis Clay, received a 2016 Blues Music Award in the category of Best Soul Blues Album of 2015. His latest album Reckoning, produced by Kid Andersen at Greaseland Studios, was released on June 15, 2018 by Vizztone Label Group. It was nominated for a 2019 Blues Music Award in the category of Best Soul Blues Album of 2018. His new album Dog Eat Dog, also produced by Andersen, will be released on Gulf Coast Records in August, 2019.
The Billy Price Charm City Rhythm Band, based in Billy’s new hometown of Baltimore, MD, consists of El Torro Gamble (drums), Greg Haughey (bass), Pete Kanaras (guitar), Tam Sullivan (keyboards), Dan Gutwein (sax), and Vince McCool (trumpet). The Mainstay (Home of Musical Magic) is the friendly informal storefront performing arts center on Rock Hall’s old time Main Street. It is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit dedicated to the arts, serving Rock Hall, MD and the surrounding region and is committed to presenting local, regional and national level talent, at a reasonable price, in an almost perfect acoustic setting. Information and advance ticket sales are available on the Mainstay’s website https://www.mainstayrockhall.org.
Upcoming Mainstay performances include:
September 29 The Hedgelawn Classical Series presents Taylor Hillary Boykins
September 30 Joe Holt welcomes Sharon Sable and E. Shawn Qaissaunee
October 7 Joe Holt welcomes Sylvia Frasier
October 12 FallFest Headliner Mamie Minch Trio
October 14 Joe Holt welcomes Phillip Dutton
October 19 The Hendrik Meurkens Quartet
October 21 Joe Holt Welcomes Zach Lambert
October 26 Sue Matthews
October 28 Joe Holt welcomes Chuck Redd, Amy Shook, and Frank Russo
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