Del 25/06/10 al 26/06/10

The IVAM organizes for the ninth consecutive year a series of free blues concerts that will rely on the participation of international and local artists, as a complement to the exhibition program. The concerts will be held the 25th and 26th of June at 11pm in the IVAM’s outdoor area.

 

CONCERT PROGRAM

 

Friday, 25th June 2010

 

VARGAS BLUES BAND

Javier Vargas (Madrid, 1955) is a guitarist and founder of the Vargas Blues Band. He has recorded 12 studio albums with the Vargas Blues Band and three live records, as well as several concert DVD’s, compilations to commemorate his 20-year career and tributes to Argentine rock. He has worked with musicians such as Carlos Santana, Glenn Hughes, Raimundo Amador, Miguel Ríos, Andrés Calamaro, Prince, and many others.

He edited his latest work in June 2009 with the title VARGAS BLUES BAND, COMES ALIVE WITH FRIENDS, which includes a CD and a DVD and relies on the participation of well-known collaborators: Devon Allman, Raimundo Amador, Claudio Gabis, Jorge Salan and Álvaro Tarquino “Chevere”, together with the brand-new  Vargas Blues Band: Tim Mitchell (voice), Luis Mayol (bass), Peter Kunst (drums), and Javier Vargas (guitar).

 

Saturday, 26th June 2010

 

RAIMUNDO AMADOR

Raimundo Amador Fernández is a Spanish guitarist and composer. He merges flamenco with other musical styles, such as rock or blues.

He has been the founder of highbrow music groups, such as Veneno (1977), together with his brother Rafael and Kiko Veneno, or Pata Negra, only with his brother. He learned flamenco from the best ones: the Montoya family, Paco de Lucía or Camarón, who initiated him into the flamenco-rock experience.

After the dissolution of Pata Negra, he began his solo career working as a guitarist and singer, and developing the style he had already created. He is always accompanied by excellent musicians, both in his concerts and in his album collaborations: Antonio Carmona, Remedios Amaya, Enrique Morente, Lole y Manuel, Tomatito, Sorderita, Ketama, Kiko Veneno, Juan Perro, Andrés Calamaro, Mala Rodríguez, or the master of blues, B. B. King, who participated in his first solo album (Gerundia, 1995).