Blues on the Fox: Joanne Shaw Taylor

SATURDAY, JUNE 15

JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR: 7 PM
Critically acclaimed British guitarist and singer songwriter, Joanne Shaw Taylor was initially discovered by Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics at the tender age of 16 after he witnessed her remarkable guitar playing. Today, Taylor is universally hailed as the UK’s premiere blues rock guitarist. Over the past two decades, she has proven herself as a prolific songwriter, releasing seven acclaimed albums under her belt, each increasingly more successful. Taylor’s 2019 “Reckless Heart” broke into the UK Top 20 Album Chart, cementing her as one of the most important exports in British blues-rock. Her newest release, “The Blues Album,” is a collection of blues and soul covers produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith at Oceanway Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and released on Bonamassa’s independent label Keeping The Blues Alive Records. “The Blues Album” topped the Billboard Blues charts giving Taylor her first #1.

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BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS: 9 PM
Big Head Todd and The Monsters have persisted as a rare force of nature in rock ‘n’ roll. The platinum-selling Colorado quartet — Todd Park Mohr (vocals, guitar, keys, sax, harmonica), Brian Nevin (drums), Rob Squires (bass, vocals), and Jeremy Lawton (keyboards, lap pedal/steel guitar, vocals) — have consistently churned out undeniable and uplifting anthems fueled by a hybrid of no-nonsense hard rock, simmering soul, dyed-in-the-wool blues and a twist of country. Todd, Brian and Rob started playing music together while still in high school during the early eighties. Becoming Big Head Todd and The Monsters during 1986, that lane has twisted and turned as much as Highway 66. Following a quiet D.I.Y. rise, the group shook the mainstream with 1993’s now-classic platinum-certified “Sister Sweetly.” In its wake, Robert Plant tapped the band to open his Fate of Nations Tour. Following “Strategem” (1994), they unveiled “Beautiful World” (1997) highlighted by a cover of “Boom Boom” (featuring John Lee Hooker)—which notably became the theme song for “NCIS: New Orleans.” The band welcomed Jeremy to the fold in 2001. After penning “Blue Sky” at the urging of friends connected to NASA, they notably performed the song live from Mission Control as an interplanetary wakeup call for astronauts on the shuttle. Along the way, the guys joined B.B. King for a “Crossroads” session and toured with blues heroes a la Hubert Sumlin and David “Honeyboy” Edwards. They have headlined Red Rocks Amphitheatre a staggering 35 times. Recognizing “38 years of continuous musical service to fans,” the Colorado Music Hall of Fame inducted the quartet as part of its Class of 2023. Now, they’ve crafted the perfect soundtrack to this journey in the form of their twelfth full-length offering, “Her Way Out.”