Uncle Wiggly's Tribute to the Blues Songs of Christmas 2016

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Sunday, December 18th, 2016
7:30 PM

UWHSBB have been around since 1978, are former RCA Recording Artists, and are members of the Victoria Music Hall of Fame. Touring extensively back in the 80s, they opened for such legends as Muddy Waters, Joe Cocker, James Cotton, Koko Taylor, and Paul Butterfield, to name just a few.

This show is a collection of traditional Blues Christmas Tunes representing each decade from the 20s through to the 60s, and written or recorded by the likes of Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, BB King, Eric Clapton, Charles Brown, Etta James, and so many more.

In addition, UWHSBB is very pleased to feature a very special guest this year—the amazing David Vest! David is a Maple Blues Award winner who now lives in Canada, but who is also an authentic, Southern-bred, boogie-woogie piano player, blues shouter, and world-travelled entertainer. By 1958 he had already witnessed performances by Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. He saw Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, and John Lee Hooker in the prime of their careers. And by the time he turned 21, he found himself on stage with Big Joe Turner, who said that David Vest’s playing made him feel like he was back in Kansas City. "Vest’s bio reads like the history of rock ‘n roll & blues … he’s among a select group that includes Ronnie Hawkins and Jerry Lee Lewis."

Not your typical Christmas Show of some of the more easily recognizable Christmas Carols, this Christmas show gives you a look into the soul of some fabulous Holiday Blues Songs written by the very Legends of the Blues themselves!

https://www.rmts.bc.ca/events/uncle-wiggly-2016-dave-dunnet-theatre