Blues with The LARRY CARLTON Blues Band
featuring guitarist ROBBEN FORD
Larry Carlton

Robben Ford

www.larrycarlton.com | www.robbenford.com

Tickets: $37.50/ 28.50 IMAC members

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Friday March 17, 2006 @ 8 & 10:30pm

Tickets: $37.50/ 28.50 members

On Friday, March 17th, 2006 at 8 & 10:30PM, the Inter-Media Art Center (also known as “IMAC”) in Huntington, Long Island will present a blues concert with The LARRY CARLTON Blues Band featuring guitarist Robben Ford.

Guitarist LARRY CARLTON may be best known for the time he spent as a member of both Steely Dan (Rolling Stone lists Carlton’s work on Kid Charlemagne as one of the three best guitar licks in rock music history) and the Crusaders, with whom he recorded 13 albums. Or he may be best known for his two Grammy winning works - the theme to Hill Street Blues and his 1987 release, Minute by Minute. But then again he may be best known as the quintessential session man for the contribution of his unmistakable sound to over 100 gold albums by artists like Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Garcia, Michael Jackson and more than 70 others. Or it may be his producing, arranging, film scores or television work that is most familiar. Or his 19 solo albums, his seven Grammy nominations or his stints on numerous “Best …” lists. But whatever facet of this brilliant artist’s work that has caught your attention in the past, seeing him live is where he shines the brightest!

Growing up in the 1960’s, a teenaged Robben Ford spent countless hours listening to artists like Aretha and Otis, at the same time soaking in guitar blues from Mike Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King. But soon, Ford experienced a diversion from the genre. In 1974, the guitarist was discovered by saxophonist Tom Scott, whose progressive fusion group, L.A. Express, then teamed up with Joni Mitchell. Today, possessing a resume that includes stints with an impressively broad range of other musical personalities- Miles Davis, George Harrison, Little Feat, and the Yellowjackets, among many others- Ford has demonstrated an uncanny adaptability similar to that of the compromising his exquisite, blues-based playing and singing.

Tickets for this performance are $37.50 ($28.50 for IMAC Members). For tickets or further information on this performance, or on other IMAC programs, call IMAC's 24-hour Arts-Line at (631) 549-ARTS. Tickets can also be purchased at the theater from noon to 6PM, Tuesday through Friday, 2PM to 6PM on Saturdays and after 2PM on the day of the performances. For further information, call IMAC's business office at (631) 549-9666.

The Inter-Media Art Center, Inc. is a non-profit Media and Performing Arts Center whose programs and services are supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (a state agency), Suffolk County Office of Cultural Affairs, the Town of Huntington, by a grant from The Harmon Foundation, as well as by the Members of IMAC. IMAC also gratefully acknowledges support from Bank of America, Korg USA, AutoOne Insurance, Peconic Bay Winery, The Lowerre Family Trust, Branch Financial Services and Olivia and Harlan Fischer.