Courtesy of Experience Hendrix LLCDetails have been announced for the 2017 installment of the Experience Hendrix Tour, which is scheduled to kick off on February 17 in Portland, Oregon, and is plotted out through a March 26 show in Prior Lake, Minnesota. The U.S. trek, which features features a variety of respected musicians celebrating the music and legacy of the late Jimi Hendrix, will visit nearly 30 cities in the West and Midwest.
As has become tradition, this year’s lineup will be anchored by former Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys bassist Billy Cox. The latest edition of the tour also will feature blues legend Buddy Guy, Black Label Society frontman and ex-Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dweezil Zappa, Keb’ Mo’ and Beth Hart, among others.
Guy, who was a personal friend of Hendrix, says of the influential musician, “He was so creative, especially everything he did with the special effects. He took it all to this other place, and he could really play. He was one of a kind.”
Fans purchasing a pair of tickets to select Experience Hendrix Tour dates will receive a free CD copy of the new archival album Machine Gun: The Fillmore East First Show 12/31/69. The record, which will be released this Friday, September 30, captures a concert Hendrix and his backing group the Band of Gypsys played at the historic New York City venue.
For more information about the trek, visit ExperienceHendrixTour.com.
Here are all of the confirmed dates for the 2017 edition of the tour:
2/17 — Portland, OR, Schnitzer Hall
2/18 — Airway Heights, WA, Northern Quest Theater
2/19 — Seattle, WA, Paramount Theater
2/20 — Eugene, OR, Hult Center
2/22 — Davis, CA, Mondavi Center
2/23 — Santa Rosa, CA, Luther Burbank Center
2/24 — Oakland, CA, Fox Theater
2/25 — Reno, NV, Silver Legacy Casino
2/28 — Mesa, AZ, Ikeda Theater
3/1 — Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern
3/3 — Indio, CA, Fantasy Springs Casino
3/4 — Valley Center, CA, Harrahs Events Center
3/6 — Salt Lake City, UT, Eccles Theatre
3/7 — Denver, CO, Paramount Theater
3/9 — Grand Prairie, TX, Verizon Theatre
3/10 — Jackson, MS, Thalia Mara Hall
3/11 — Houston, TX, Revention Music Center
3/12 — San Antonio, TX, Majestic Theater
3/15 — New Orleans, LA, Saenger Theater
3/16 — Memphis, TN, Orpheum Theater
3/17 — Tulsa, OK, Hard Rock Casino
3/18 — St. Louis, MO, Peabody Opera House
3/19 — Louisville, KY, The Palace Theater
3/21 — Cincinnati, OH, Taft Theater
3/22 — Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theatre
3/23 — Detroit, MI, Fox Theatre
3/25 — Chicago, IL, Chicago Theatre
3/26 — Prior Lake, MN, Mystic Lake Casino
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