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| Blues Legend Buddy Guy Performed at Celebration Concert The kick off to the 20th Anniversary Celebration Weekend at Penn's Landing in Filadelphia (July, 22) was the concert with a tribute to Philadelphia soul, followed by blues legend, Buddy Guy. Guy is considered the greatest contributor to classic Chicago Blues and a recent inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Over the course of his 45-year career, Guy has sold over 2 million albums and won 5 Grammy Awards and 19 W.C Handy Blues Awards. The 20th Anniversary Concert Celebration weekend continues on Saturday July 23rd with a free concert featuring Time for Three, Adrian Belew, and They Might Be Giants. Time for Three will kick off the concert. Brimming with youthful energy and exuberance, Time for Three plays a unique mix of bluegrass, gypsy, jazz, and classical. The group is composed of violin players Zachary DePue and Nick Kendall, and Ranaan Myer on the double bass. The group formed at the Curtis Institute for Music and soon after won Astral Artististic Services 2003 National Auditions. Time for Three's music was also featured in the documentary Rittenhouse Square. Adrian Belew will then take the stage at 5:00 p.m. This critically acclaimed musician's career has spawned three decades. Belew has worked with such artists as Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Paul Simon, and talking heads to name a few. Saturday's concert will be headlined by Grammy award winning singer songwriters, They Might Be Giants. Not only are they talented artists, but these traveling performers also write children's music, have created a children's DVD along with Disney and are developing children's books with Simon and Schuster. They will take the stage at 6:30 p.m. for this family-friendly show. The Penn's Landing Corporation is the non-profit organization responsible for funding and producing public programming at Penn's Landing. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |