Top blues guitarist Doc MacLean heads our way
The 'Cross Bones Blues' tour will include nearly 50 shows.
CANADIAN-based blues guitarist Doc MacLean’s massive second African tour, ‘Cross Bones Blues’ will see him visiting venues across South Africa, including some of the places he visited on his previous, ‘Zulu Skies’, adventure.
As if that tour wasn’t big enough, ‘Cross Bones’ will include nearly 50 shows including one at Rocky Ridge, Ramsgate, on November 21.
From the gala tour launch at the Canadian High Commission to the massive OppiKoppi Festival, to theatres, cafés, and wild little juke joints, this varied tour touches most parts of South Africa.
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A number of ‘Cross Bones’ shows will feature collaborations with South African blues and roots artistes. Doc, who was thrilled by the musicians he met last year, is working to create opportunities for these artistes to tour North America.
South Africa and Canada have much in common and he believes that a broader exchange of artists would serve both well. In addition to fostering cultural, diplomatic and economic contacts, Doc continues to mentor a number of younger artistes and will present guitar workshops as his tour schedule permits.
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