DonB次元官网网址檛 look for a lazy acoustic Friday evening in Oak Bay when Terry Robb is in town. He and special guests The Blue Hearts plan to rock the place.

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Robb and cohorts arenB次元官网网址檛 unkown in these parts. He performs a lot with and Big Hank Lionhart who along with Mark B次元官网网址淲estcoastB次元官网网址� Comerford, both members of Uncle WigglyB次元官网网址檚 Hot Shoes Blues Band, make up The Blue Hearts.

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TheyB次元官网网址檝e performed together on both sides of the US/Canada border since then.

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HeB次元官网网址檚 working this trip though, promising a half and half show of classics and originals in his signature style.

Incorporating elements from the Mississippi Delta music tradition, ragtime, country, swing and jazz, Robb has built a unique blues sound. Robb was born in Vancouver and raised in the U.S. he achieved greatness at an early age, performing with RamblinB次元官网网址� Rex of Frank Zappa, Canned HeatB次元官网网址檚 Henry Vestine and steel颅 string guitar icon John Fahey. Fahey still makes an appearance in every show.

B次元官网网址淚 always throw in a Fahey song because I worked with John Fahey for a long time and itB次元官网网址檚 fun to play,B次元官网网址� Robb says.

In fact, he and Fahey made an Oprah list. B次元官网网址淭he Holly and The Ivy,B次元官网网址� from Popular Songs of Christmas & New YearB次元官网网址檚 (1983) by Fahey with Robb, was named among O MagazineB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址�20 songs to keep the Yuletide freshB次元官网网址� last November. A duet recording of guitar instrumentals performed by Fahey and Robb, the album is the third of eight Fahey albums produced by Robb.

B次元官网网址淭he Holly and the IvyB次元官网网址� is selected as one of 5 B次元官网网址淏est Songs for Christmas Brunch.B次元官网网址� And the duo are in good company, among the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Smokey Robinson and Albert King.

While Christmas is over, Robb brings that blend of his love of traditional plus four decades of work for an audience. B次元官网网址淲hen IB次元官网网址檓 playing solo I try to do a few things from all those albums,B次元官网网址� he says. B次元官网网址淚 like to bring it all.B次元官网网址�

Robb with special guest The Blue Hearts perform Friday, Jan. 12 at the Upstairs Lounge at Oak Bay Recreation Centre. Tickets, $20 to $25 are available at the centre, IvyB次元官网网址檚 Bookshop, or online at .

Robb plays in Duncan on Thursday prior to the Oak Bay show, and a Sooke house concert on Saturday. Learn more and get a tastes of the music at terryrobb.com and thebluehearts.ca.

editor@oakbaynews.com