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Lauded Blues Singer/Guitarist Celebrates Jimi Hendrix’s Diverse Musical Legacy
It has just been announced that Samantha Fish is performing at three additional dates on this fall’s Experience Hendrix Tour – the critically acclaimed multi-artist celebration of Jimi Hendrix’s musical genius. She is featured on three more appearances as part of the tour, joining the already star-studded lineups in Las Vegas (Sept. 27), Highland, CA (Sept. 28) and Tucson (Sept. 29). As previously announced, the Kansas City born blues singer/guitarist is playing Santa Rosa, CA (Sept. 25) and Saratoga, CA (Sept. 26).
The Experience Hendrix Tour this year includes other great players and performers including Zakk Wylde, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, Hunter Hayes, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Taj Mahal, Eric Johnson, Dweezil Zappa, Mato Nanji of Indigenous, Calvin Cooke and Chuck Campbell of the Slide Brothers, Ally Venable, Dylan Triplett, Ayron Jones, Artur Menezes, Mathias Lattin, and jazz great Stanley Jordan.
Samantha Fish began playing guitar at 15 and began releasing her own albums by the age of 20, starting with Live Bait in 2009. In addition to multiple solo records to her credit, she collaborated with Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde for the Girls with Guitars album in 2011 and joined forces with Jesse Dayton just last year for the album Death Wish Blues, that was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category. She is the recipient of the Living Blues Award, Blues Music Award, Blues Blast Music Award and 22 Independent Blues Awards. She has also achieved the #1 slot on the Billboard Top Heatseekers and Top Blues Albums charts numerous times. Samantha Fish’s live performances, in which she effortlessly blends blues, rock and soul, are a testament to her status as a true musical powerhouse.
For the first time in five years, The Experience Hendrix Tour returns to the concert trail with a slate of performance dates that offer the musical excellence of numerous topflight artists in celebration of the life and legacy of Jimi Hendrix. The last full-fledged (pre-pandemic) EH tour took place in 2019. The concept for the Experience Hendrix Tour dates back more than 25 years; what started as a single concert at San Diego’s Street Scene in 2001 and 2002 expanded by 2004 into a full-fledged national tour with this year’s outing marking the 20th anniversary of the Experience Hendrix Tour. The tour presents a host of great artists collaborating and interpreting Hendrix’s legendary songs as part of a powerhouse, three-hour concert experience. The wide range of multi-generational artists who participate in a reflection of the ecumenicism of Jimi Hendrix’s classic repertoire and the diversity of those whose lives have been indelibly affected by his music.
The 2024 Experience Hendrix Tour is sponsored by Marshall, Fender Musical Instruments, Hal Leonard Publications and Dunlop. Marshall amplifiers have long been associated with Jimi Hendrix and were his amplifiers of choice during his career. Fender is now celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster, the guitar most often associated with Jimi Hendrix. Dunlop makers of gear and accessories, recently launched line of Authentic Hendrix ’68 Shrine Series of stomp boxes/effects pedals while Hal Leonard, the world’s largest print music publisher, has long had an association with Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
In addition to the tour, this fall is a busy time for Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., as they are releasing Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision on October 4, in partnership with Legacy Recordings (the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment). This deluxe box set contains the feature-length documentary of the same name, plus 39 audio tracks (38 previously unreleased) on either 3 CDs or 5 vinyl LPs. Every track was recorded between June and August of 1970 at Electric Lady Studios with drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox, just before Hendrix’s untimely death the following month. Pre-order Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision box set here
The documentary chronicles the creation of the still fully operational recording studio, rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Manhattan nightclub to becoming a state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Hendrix’s desire for a permanent studio. It is currently on a worldwide theatrical run and showtimes can be found here
Visit Here for artist line-ups for each of the following 2024 Experience Hendrix Tour dates:
Sept 19 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
20 – Spokane, WA – First Interstate Center for the Arts
21 – Forest Grove, OR – Grand Lodge
22 – Reno, NV – Grand Theatre/Grand Sierra Resort
25 – Santa Rosa, CA – Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
26 – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
27 – Las Vegas, NV – Smith Center
28 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Theater
29 – Tucson, AZ – Fox Theatre
Oct 1 – Anaheim, CA – City National Grove
3 – San Diego, CA – Rady Shell At Jacobs Park
4 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center/Ikeda Theater
5 – Albuquerque, NM – Mesa Arts Center/Ikva Auditorium
6 – Colorado Springs, CO – Pikes Peak Center
9 – San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre
10 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
11 – Ft. Worth, TX – Will Rogers Auditorium
12 – Tulsa, OK – River Spirit Casino
13 – Shreveport, LA – Shreveport Municipal Auditorium
15 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
16 – Evans, GA – Columbia Country Performing Arts Center
17 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
18 – Pompano Beach, FL – Pompano Beach Amphitheater
19 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater
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