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The Music of Jerry Lee Lewis: David Vest

David Vest and his band will bring audiences to their feet with their energy, sk...
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
7:30pm  Doors at: 6:00pm $20 advance | $25 at the door

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David Vest
Blues/jazz/boogie-woogie from Victoria BC
Available for Shows/Gigs

Presented by:

Beacon Ridge Productions
Production & promotion of live music events at a variety of ...
2560 Vista Bay Road, Victoria, BC Victoria BC
Open / Operational

Hard-copy tickets

Physical tickets at: Ivy's Bookshop, Recreation Oak Bay

Event Description

David Vest and his band will bring audiences to their feet with their energy, skill and creative drive. Vest is a master of honky tonk and on this special tribute concert he will be performing the music Jerry Lee Lewis!
Although he’s a Maple Blues Award winner who now lives in Canada, David Vest is an authentic, Southern-bred boogie-woogie piano player, blues shouter and world-class entertainer. His first Canadian recording, East Meets Vest, was named one of the best blues albums of 2012 by Holger Petersen of CBC’s Saturday Night Blues and earned a Maple nomination for Recording of the Year.
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, David grew up in Birmingham near Tuxedo Junction. He played his first paying gig in 1957, and by the time he opened for Roy Orbison on New Year’s Day 1962, he was a seasoned veteran of Gulf Coast roadhouses and honky-tonks.
At the age of 17, David went on tour with Jerry Woodard and the Esquires, some of whom later became key members of the Muscle Shoals Swampers. He jammed with Ace Cannon, Bill Black’s Combo and the Jimmy Dorsey Band in clubs along the Florida Panhandle. About the time he turned 21 he found himself onstage with Big Joe Turner, who said that David Vest’s playing made him feel like he was back in Kansas City.
His first recording featured the last song written by Alton Delmore. David himself wrote the first songs recorded by Tammy Wynette, as detailed in her recent bio. He also dated a sister of the Louvin Brothers, toured with Faron Young (who threatened to kill him), backed Red Foley in a show where all the stars got robbed, worked in a theatre with Fannie Flagg and became the first American artist to record in Romania.

David received the “direct laying on of hands” from Texas piano legends like Big Walter The Thunderbird, Katie Webster and Floyd Dixon. He toured with Jimmy T99 Nelson and Miss Lavelle White, when he wasn’t jamming with Arnett Cobb, Milt Larkin, Jimmy Ford and Straight No Chaser in Houston.

He’s been co-leader of the Paul deLay Band, reaching the Top Ten on Billboard’s national blues chart with The Last of the Best. David’s many festival appearances under his own banner or with other artists include Bumbershoot, King Biscuit, Waterfront (Portland), Winthrop, Edmonton, Calgary, Tremblant, Trois-Rivières, Baltimore, Houston Juneteenth, Ritzville and New Orleans Jazzfest.

www.davidvest.ca

Advance tickets $20 at Ivy's Bookshop and Oak Bay Recreation Centre, $25 at the door.
Online tickets available at www.beaconridgeproductions.com

The Upstairs Lounge is a licensed restaurant, doors open at 6 pm for dinner service, the concert starts at 7:30 pm.
Please note this is a listening venue.

Venue

Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation Centre
1975 Bee Street
Multi-Purpose / Hall
Open / Operational

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The Music of Jerry Lee Lewis: David Vest @ Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation Centre Dec 1 2017 - Mar 28th @ Upstairs Lounge - Oak Bay Recreation Centre

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