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Old 08-21-2014, 07:17 PM
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Default Billy and Rick at James Burton Festival

ArklaTex by Shelby Lawrence, 8/20/2014

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The secret is out! Vince Gill, multi-award winning country singer-songwriter-instrumentalist, will perform as a special guest at the James Burton International Guitar Festival scheduled for this weekend.

More than 20 internationally-renown musicians will gather to pay tribute to Shreveport native and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, James Burton. Long known as the "Master of the Telecaster," Burton will join some of the music industry's best in a James Burton & Friends Concert at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on Saturday, August 23 at 7:30pm, to celebrate Burton's 75th birthday and 62nd year in the music industry.

The concert is the centerpiece of this year's Festival. The evening's festivities will begin at 5:30 with an unveiling of the newly-reinstalled statues of James Burton and Elvis Presley. Positioned near the entrance of the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, the statue of Elvis will be unveiled by his former wife, Priscilla Presley, and Burton will unveil his statue. For the concert, the line-up of performers is exciting and may be the only event of its kind in the world that brings musicians of such renown together in one unique venue. Trace Adkins, Paul Shaffer, Doyle Dykes, Noel Haggard, Ann Wilson of Heart, Fleetwood Mac's Billy Burnette and Rick Vito, Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield, Gunnar Nelson, Lee Rocker of The Stray Cats, Jimmie Vaughn, contemporary Christian artist Lincoln Brewster, The Vosburys and many more. Tickets are $32, $42, and $102 and are available at The CenturyLink Center box office, all Ticket Master locations or on line at ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-745-3000. If still available, tickets can be purchased at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium on the day of the show. Tickets to a VIP Reception where concertgoers can mingle with the stars are also available. Call 318-424-5000 for more information.

Friday and Saturday 8/22 - 8/23, the public can enjoy several free events in the Red River District: Friday, 5:00pm -12:00 Midnight, Burton's birthday celebration Saturday, 11:00am - 5:00pm, classic car show and live music featuring top-ranked regional bands, plus Guitar Competition for elementary, middle, and high school students.

Closing the Festival on Sunday, 8/24 will be the Guitars For Good Concert at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, at 6:00pm. Sponsored by the James Burton Foundation and The Simple Church, it will feature Burton and award-wining contemporary Christian recording artist Lincoln Brewster. The concert is free, but a ticket is required.

Monies raised from this weekend event will be used to fund the James Burton Foundation. This non-profit organization provides guitars and instructions to school children locally and throughout the nation. Recognizing that music can be therapeutic, there is a special emphasis this year on providing guitars and instruction, if needed, to wounded warriors and their children.

For more information regarding the James Burton International Guitar Festival, call 318-424-5000 or www.jamesburtonfest.com
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I wonder if Vince will have Bekka there?
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Media Release: VJS announces Rick Vito & The Lucky Devils w. special guest Billy Burnette

The Victoria Jazz Society announces Rick Vito & The Lucky Devils w. special guest Billy Burnette January 16th, 2015 at the Upstairs Cabaret.

WireService.ca Media Release (10/29/2014) Victoria, BC - Rick Vito has established himself as an expert blues slide guitarist, and guitarist/vocalist Billy Burnette put the "Billy" in "rockabilly". Vito and Burnette were both members of the supergroup Fleetwood Mac (Vito 1987 to 1991, Burnette 1987 to 1995), bringing a rock and roll boldness to four of their albums. They are reuniting for a blues/rockabilly show that is guaranteed to bring the house down.

In addition to his 9 solo albums, Rick Vito has recorded and performed with artists such as Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, John Mayall, and Boz Scaggs. He also produced the "Rockabilly Filly" Rosie Flores' much heralded album Speed of Sound. Vito continued to collaborate with Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks after leaving Fleetwood Mac, even joining the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band in 2008. Their 2010 album Blues Again! was nominated for the "Best Traditional Blues" Grammy Award. Vito's song "It's 2 A.M." won the W. C. Handy Award (now the Blues Music Award) for the "Blues Song of the Year" in 2001.

Billy Burnette was born into rock and roll, as his father Dorsey Burnette and uncle Johnny Burnette were in The Rock and Roll Trio. This trio made the "rockabilly" name famous by combining the name Billy and his cousin's name Rocky for the 1953 song "Rockabilly Boogie", thus making the term "rockabilly" a household name. At age 13, Burnette was playing guitar on tour in Japan with Brenda Lee, and at age 18, he recorded his first album with Columbia Records. He has gone on to record 15 solo albums and has been inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In addition to Fleetwood Mac, Billy has written songs for and performed with such hit-makers as Rod Stewart, Roy Orbison ("All I Can Do Is Dream You"), Jerry Lee Lewis, Cher, Faith Hill, Greg Allman, Bob Dylan, Jon Fogerty, Ray Charles and Bonnie Raitt ("Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"), George Strait ("River Of Love"), and Eddy Van Halen.

Rick Vito & The Lucky Devils (Charlie Harrison bass, Rick Reed drums) are returning to Victoria after astounding the audience at this year's Vancouver Island Blues Bash. It was such an exceptional show that the VJS is inviting them back, and this time they are bringing special guest Billy Burnette. The electric reunion of these two former Fleetwood Mac members will be a rockin' good time with a twist of country and blues/rockabilly!
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