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The Legendary Downchild Blues Band – FAREWELL TOUR with Special Guest Jeff Rogers

Date & Time
  • Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Ticket Prices
$65.00 Regular
$63.00 Over 60
$39.00 Under 30
10% off for groups of 10 or more
(use promo code GROUP10)

Everyone must have a ticket, including infants.
Access 2 and CNIB cards accepted.
Venue
Main Stage
35 Woolwich Street
Guelph ON
N1H 3V1
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The Legendary Downchild Blues Band – FAREWELL TOUR with Special Guest Jeff Rogers

After 19 albums, countless awards and 55 years of spreading the blues around the world on tour, the time has come for THE LEGENDARY DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND to say farewell to the road and their beloved fans.

It’s hard to believe THE LEGENDARY DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND are celebrating their 55th Anniversary this year. As they say, time flies when you’re having fun!

Downchild came to international prominence as the inspiration for Hollywood stars Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi’s hit film, The Blues Brothers. In fact, two Downchild songs, “Shotgun Blues” and “I Got Everything I Need (Almost)” were even covered on The Blues Brothers’ 1978 multi-platinum album Briefcase Full of Blues.

Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh has seen it all throughout his fifty-five years as leader and co-founder of the band (with his since-passed brother, Richard “Hock” Walsh). From the early days of recording their debut album Bootleg in the parking garage at Rochdale College in Toronto, to sharing the stage with American blues legends, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, James Cotton and many more in some of the finest venues around the world. In 2019, Donnie was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, alongside some of the greatest songwriters of our time, including Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell.

Downchild continues to be led by Donnie Walsh on guitar and harmonica, singer Tyler Burgess, who also plays harmonica, tenor sax man Pat Carey, Gary Kendall on bass, drummer Jim Casson and Tyler Yarema on keyboards.           

With their infectious signature jump-blues style sound, Juno Award winners Downchild deliver a live performance that is second to none. This is your Last Chance To Dance, so come on down, have some fun and celebrate one of the greatest blues bands of our time!

JEFF ROGERS

Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick and raised in Ottawa, singer/songwriter Jeff Rogers’ unmistakably soulful voice often evokes weighty comparisons to the past – whether that’s Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles or even Otis Redding…. yet, his tone, range, phrasing, and sincerity, all make him unmistakably contemporary – and totally original. 

Jeff’s new album Dream Job was recorded in the revered music mecca of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he was accompanied by some legendary musicians, including Kelvin Holly (Little Richard, Bobby Bland etc.), Clayton Ivey (The Staple Sisters, Thelma Houston), Justin Holder (Keb Mo’, Delbert McClinton)and Shonna Tucker (Booker T. Jones, Drive-By-Truckers).Dream Job features special guest appearances by Grammy Award winner, Colin Linden, Juno Award winning singer, Kellylee Evans and is co-produced by Dick Cooper of The Cooper Brothers.

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