6-7pm Bob “E” Ekstrand
Guitarist and composer Bobby Ekstrand <http://www.bobby-e.com/> began playing the guitar at age ten. His eclectic tastes and myriad influences have inspired him to create extremely stylistically diverse music. Over the past 25 years his original work has not only won songwriting contests, but also has been featured in a National Public Radio broadcast that was later issued as an accompanying compact disc with the book “Remembering Jim Crow” (The New Press), and he has produced almost twenty CD’s.
7-9pm HENRY & SALFER DUO
Robb Henry (https://robbhenry.com/) received his first electric guitar in1965 at the age of 12 and began performing with bands the following year. His experience playing with blues artist Mojo Buford from early 1969 through1970 had a lasting impact on his developing guitar style. In 2001 he formed the collective group Parisota Hot Club to explore the music of French guitarist Django Reinhardt. Recent Robb Henry trio dates feature an eclectic mix of jazz, blues, rock and pop instrumentals played finger-style on his Fender Stratocaster.
Dylan Salfer started playing guitar at 9 years old and by age 13 he was playing professionally. At age 14 he was playing with Legendary Chicago blues man James Cotton. Dylan has also played with Buddy Guy on several occasions, shared stages with Mavis Staples, Kingfish Ingram, Marcus King, and The Spin Doctors. He toured all over the world with Bernard Allison, and played with Bobby Whitlock (Derek & the Dominoes, Delaney & Bonnie, George Harrison). Now in his 20s, Dylan is writing original music as a solo artist.
