5th Annual Mossbrae Music Festival
Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Ticket Information

Click here for event and music details!

Tickets cost $27.50 pre-sale and $33 at the gate. Those sixteen years of age and younger, and under can attend for free with parents.

Purchase tickets at Village Books (Mt. Shasta), Bogbean Books (Redding), Brown Trout Gallery (Dunsmuir), and the Dunsmuir Chamber Office.

Tickets purchased online will be available at the gate on the day of the concert!

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2010 Mossbrae Music Sponsors

• Pacific Power
• Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta
• US Bank
• Premier West Bank
• Dunsmuir Lodge
• Acorn Inn
• Thriftway Market
• Coldwell Banker
• Benson Roofing
• Brown Trout Gallery & Café
• Dunsmuir Hardware
• Cave Springs Resort
• Dunsmuir Brewery Works
• Marketplace Insurance
• Manfredi's Food & Gas Depot
• Aiello Goodrich & Teuscher
• Green Collar Compassionate Collective
• Pace Engineering
• Gary's Pizza Factory
• Dunsmuir Rotary

Links and Thanks

For more information on the artists, see johnleehookerjr.com and allisonandvictor.com.

Also responsible for helping us get the concert word out is:

• Bay Area Blues Society
• Ashland Blues Society
• Siskiyou Blues Society

Description

Where the pink and white petals of dogwood trees flutter and the sound of the Sacramento River roars in shady botanical gardens, the Fifth Annual Mossbrae Music Festival will present an exceptional, fun summer event. Benefiting the Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce, John Lee Hooker Jr. will be in concert at the Dunsmuir City Park on Saturday, July 24th, 2010.

With such veterans as Charlie Musselwhite and Al Stewart, as well as Grammy-nominee Duke Robillard and African dance band Albino in years past, the Mossbrae Music Festival is gaining recognition as a high quality summer event. For this year's event, John Lee Hooker Jr. continues this tradition as well as the legacy of his legendary father with his own style of blues — a style he calls "two parts Rhythm and Blues, one part jazz and down home blues." Guitarist, Angelo Santi, keyboardist Elfer "Dog," drummer Mike Rogers, and bass player George Lacson will be joining Hooker Jr. for this performance.

Twice nominated for a Grammy Award, John Lee Hooker Jr.'s CD releases include: Live in Instanbul, All Odds Against Me, Cold as Ice, and Blues with a Vengeance. Touring alongside Hooker, Sr. throughout his teens, Jr. had already performed in prestigious venues such as Detroit's Fox Theatre with acclaimed musicians like Jimmy Reed by the time he was 16. In 1972, an eighteen year-old John Jr. was singing vocals alongside his father for the recording of Hooker, Sr.'s album Live at Soledad Prison (ABC Records).

Bill Wasserzieher of Blue Revue describes Hooker Jr.'s delivery as "so dead-on that listeners might begin to wonder whether the tales he tells are true. It's more likely that they represent the work of an artist who knows that good singing, playing, and storytelling add up to great music."

Allison Scull and Victor Martin will open for John Lee Hooker Jr. Typically performing as a duo, they will have a chance to showcase their whole band with added piano, bass, and percussion.

With a chance to dance in the grass and have fun in the sun in the height of the summer season, Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce board member David Clarno says, "This event will be very upbeat and exciting. We look forward to drawing people to Dunsmuir from all over the Northern California, Southern Oregon area and beyond."

EVENT DETAILS:

Event gates open at 3:30 pm. Allison Scull and Victor Martin will perform at 4:30 pm while John Lee Hooker Jr. begins at 6 pm. While food, beer, wine soda and water is available, no coolers or picnic baskets are allowed. It is recommended that you bring a blanket to sit on the grass.

Tickets cost $27.50 pre-sale and $33 at the gate. Those sixteen years of age and younger, and under can attend for free with parents. For details call 530-235-2177 and see www.dunsmuir.com Tee shirts are also being made and will be available at the Chamber office and at the concert. This event is a fundraiser for the Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce.