Schedule
Friday, September 15, 2023 at 10:00 pm (Blues Stage | Juke Joint)
Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 2:30 - 3:30 pm (Blues Stage)
Kirk Fletcher might have heartache by the pound – the title of his latest record – but when this deeply talented axman plugs in, all his troubles fly away. When the music media come calling, they want to know all about his impressive style on the six-string. The California native got his start playing in church, a hint to the divinity in his inspired work. Kim Wilson astutely recruited him for his touring Blues Revue, and his appearances with Joe Bonamassa and Cyndi Lauper further attest to his appeal as a collaborator, both onstage and in the recording studio. Heartache by the Pound was written as he rode out the pandemic in Switzerland and it is filled with longing, comfort and heavenly riffs. Kirk views the album, and his work, through a very clear lens: “I’m a blues man, and I write about life. That’s the concept.”
