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| Buddy Guy performing live at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, CA on August 9, 2018. Photo credit: Bob Steshetz |
BUDDY GUY TO CAP 2025 EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR |
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DAVID HIDALGO AND CESAR ROSAS (LOS LOBOS), ERIC SCHENKMAN (SPIN DOCTORS), DWEEZIL ZAPPA, JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR AMONG ADDITIONS TO CELEBRATION OF JIMI HENDRIX’S LEGACY THAT INCLUDES ZAKK WYLDE, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM, SAMANTHA FISH, ERIC JOHNSON, MANY MORE |
Buddy Guy, who announced his retirement from touring last year at the age of 88, will be performing on the final date of the 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on April 12. The blues legend is a veteran of the only official multi-artist celebration of Jimi Hendrix’s musical genius, which made a triumphant return last year after a half-decade pandemic-caused hiatus. Also recently added to the lineup are David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Grammy Award winners Los Lobos, Spin Doctors co-founder Eric Schenkman, Dweezil Zappa, drummer Tony Beard (Peter Frampton, Jeff Beck, Stephen Stills), drummer Sam Bryant (Kenny Wayne Shepherd), Buddy Guy bassist Orlando Wright and chart-topping British blues singer/guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor. |
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The 2025 edition of the Experience Tour starts at Taft Theatre in Cincinnati and winds its way through the Midwest with a stop at Toronto’s famed Massey Hall and continues down the East Coast and through the South. The tour once again features a diverse, star-studded lineup of mainstays such as Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Zakk Wylde (Pantera, Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) and Eric Johnson, as well as Devon Allman (Allman Betts Family Revival), Samantha Fish, and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram. Marcus King is a first-timer for 2025 and brings fresh, new energy to Hendrix’s timeless repertoire.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s soulful and pitch-perfect guitar playing has been a key component of the Experience Hendrix Tour for many years. The five-time Grammy nominee and recipient of two Billboard Music Awards commented, “I’m excited to be a part of the Experience Hendrix Tour again. This tour always offers fans a unique opportunity to see artists from multiple genres of music all honoring the great Jimi Hendrix. The diversity of the artists that take part every year only goes to show the vast reach of Jimi Hendrix’s influence.” Tour co-founder and President/CEO of family company Experience Hendrix Janie Hendrix added that there is a special significance to the line-up of guest performers: “The real tribute is in the beautiful array of incredible artists who so graciously join us each year. Every one of them is an acclaimed musician in their own right, so to have them break from their performance schedules to be a part of this celebration of Jimi and his music shows the ultimate love and respect. It’s overwhelming!”
The tribute tour is an opportunity for many of its artists to memorialize the impactful contributions of Hendrix. “Jimi has long been a big influence in my musical journey,” said Mississippi-born blues guitar phenomenon Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, who is both a Grammy Award winner and was named Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year at 2023’s Blues Music Awards. “The opportunity to join the Experience Hendrix Tour in fall 2024 was fantastic, so I look forward to hitting the stage with the Hendrix crew this spring as we bring this exciting show to more North American cities.”
Grammy-nominated world-class guitarist and songwriter Samantha Fish effortlessly blends blues, rock, and soul to create a unique sound, with live performances that testify to her status as a true musical powerhouse. Fish is on non-stop roll: Eric Clapton invited her to perform at his Crossroads LA Festival, she appeared on the cover of Guitar World with Slash, then toured with him as part of his highly anticipated S.E.R.P.E.N.T Tour, opened for the Rolling Stones on their last North American dates, headlined Jazzfest, was honored by SheRocks at NAMM 2025 and managed to also crisscross the globe playing 250 shows. Her previous album, 2023s Death Wish Blues (Rounder Records), was a collaboration with renegade rocker Jesse Dayton, topped the Billboard Blues Chart for three consecutive weeks. About Experience Hendrix, Fish stated, “2024 was my first year with the event. It’s cool to see so many stellar musicians celebrating Jimi Hendrix’s legacy and music catalog. It’s amazing that one musician can impact artists for generations, and it’s awesome to hear how everyone interprets his music. I’m really looking forward to what’s coming next year.” Samantha’s latest album, Paper Doll, will be released by Rounder Records on April 25, 2025. She will be re-joining Kingfish on the Gone Fishin’ Tour in May.
Buddy Guy has the distinction of being the only performer this year who Jimi Hendrix himself acknowledged as a significant influence on his own work. Six years Hendrix’s senior, Guy’s brand of electrified blues helped create a template on which he expanded. He commented, “Thank you to the Hendrix Tour family for bringing me back to perform at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta on April 12. I'll never forget meeting Jimi at that club in New York in 1968, and I'm so grateful we had the chance to become friends. It's an honor to help keep his legacy alive.” Further commenting on the planned appearance of Buddy Guy, Janie Hendrix stated, “Having Buddy come out of retirement to play with us in the Atlanta show is an amazing finale. It’s a true act of friendship and mutual admiration. I can’t think of a better way to close out such an epic event. We are beyond thrilled to be able to bring this kind of energy to the stage and to our audiences.”
Among the other artists featured on the 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour are Texas blues sensation Ally Venable, vocalist Noah Hunt and bassist Kevin McCormick (both of Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band), Mato Nanji (Indigenous), blues guitar prodigy Mathias Lattin, Brazilian guitarist Artur Menezes, and vocalists Dylan Triplett and Henri Brown.
The 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour is sponsored by Marshall, Fender Musical Instruments, Epiphone and Dunlop. Marshall amps have long been associated with Jimi Hendrix and were his amplifiers of choice during his career. Fender is now celebrating the 70thanniversary 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.
Visit www.experiencehendrixtour.com for artist lineups by date.
2025 Experience Hendrix Tour dates: March 11 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre 12 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre 13 – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre 14 – Northfield, OH – MGM Northfield Park 15 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall 18 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall 19 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater 20 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre 21 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre 22 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre 23 – Buffalo, NY – Kleinhans Music Hall 25 – Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theatre 27 – Lynn, MA – Lynn Memorial Auditorium 28 – Westbury, NY – Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair 29 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre 30 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – F.M. Kirby Center for the Peforming Arts
April 1 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts 2 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center 3 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 4 – Atlantic City, NJ – Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort 5 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre 6 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center 8 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center 9 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium 10 – Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre 11 – Greenville, SC – Peace Center Concert Hall 12 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre |
