E-Arts: A Hot Night in February

It Will Be A Hot Night In February!


Mark your calendars and save the date! Do whatever you need to do to be at the Evansville Performing Arts Center for the hottest night of the winter. E-Arts is bringing Westside Andy Linderman and the Mel Ford Band to town on Saturday February 23 at 7:30 PM for one hot performance.

Since he was first invited to sit in for a set with the legendary Siegal/Schwall Blues Band at age 15 Andy has been recognized as one of America’s premier blues harmonica players. Andy has shared the stage with James Cotton, Luther Allison, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Charlie Musselwhite, The Doobie Brothers, Richie Havens, Muddy Waters, Gary Primich, Jimmy Johnson, Tab Benoit, and Hubert Sumlin. He performs regularly in the Madison area and has recorded more than 15 albums

For the Evansville show he will be joined Mel Ford, a blues guitarist/vocalist/songwriter of wide acclaim to “bring the heat” of the blues to town. Mel, along with his own band The Fairlanes, has opened for or performed with Blues greats Bo Diddley, Sunnyland Slim, Zora Young, Junior Pettis, Ben Sidran and Paul Black and the Flip Kings. Jimmy Voegeli, Tony Menzer,and Steve Dougherty make up the rest of the Westside Andy/ Mel Ford Band. Andy has promised a show that is unlike any the group has put on before.

Tickets for the show are $8 in advance and $10 on the day of the show. You will want to get your ticket early for this one. Tickets are available at Kopecki’s Piggly Wiggly, The Night Owl and by calling Peter Diedrich at 882-3570.

And don’t forget to give a gift of the arts. E-Arts Gift Certificates are available in any denomination and can be purchased by calling Peter Diedrich at (608) 882.3570. They are perfect for Valentines Day gifts.

Crowds have laughed along with Second City, stomped their feet to Gaelic Storm and Rising Gael and rocked with American English at previous E-Arts shows. If you braved the weather to see The Mad Hatters and Tangled Up In Blue at the PAC you know that nothing warms a winter night better than sharing it with a few hundred of your closest friends. Now, E-Arts is promising a Hot Night In February. You won’t want to miss this show.