A booking 20 years in the making, Doug Cox has finally reeled in one of his all-time favourites.
Ry Cooder will grace the main stage at Vancouver Island MusicFest this summer.
Cooder is slated as the Saturday evening feature performer for the three-day festival, July 13-15 at the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds.
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The 70-year-old American guitar legend has released 14 studio solo albums in the past 47 years, as well as 13 different collaboration efforts.
He is credited as a guest musician on more than 70 other albums, playing with everyone from Eric Clapton to the Rolling Stones.
Cooder has won six Grammy Awards (for six different projects, no less), and is even a published author. His collection of short stories, Los Angeles Stories, was published in 2011.
In its 2015 list of 100 Greatest Guitarists, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Ry Cooder as No. 31 all-time.
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Cox said Cooder will be bringing a full band, which will include his son, Joachim Cooder, on drums.
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Despite being SaturdayB次元官网网址檚 headliner, Cooder wonB次元官网网址檛 be closing the show that evening.
Canadian blues vocalist Shakura SB次元官网网址橝ida will have that honour, bringing her high-energy act to the Comox Valley and returning to the MusicFest stage she last graced in 2012.
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