Kootenay Blues Society and Kootenay Co-op Radio present the 8th BLUES, BREWS and BBQ at Finley’s @ 8 pm on Saturday, May 28th.  This year will feature blues piano player DAVID VEST with Victoria guitarist Tom Bowler and local rhythm section Marvin Walker and Mark Spielman. They will also appear at the BBI on Sunday, May 29 @ 7 pm. Tickets are $25.00 per show. Proceeds from both shows will go to community owned, Kootenay Co-op Radio.

David Vest is the son of an Alabama sharecropper, he was playing red dirt juke joints before he made it to high school. The Victoria, BC resident is still going strong some 50 plus years since he first stepped on stage with the likes of Big Joe Turner. Long revered as one of the great boogie-woogie piano players, he is also a prolific songwriter. He wrote the first songs ever recorded by Tammy Wynette, and his tunes have been covered by artists ranging from Paul deLay to Downchild.

Since being asked to open for Roy Orbison in 1962, Vest has performed onstage with an astonishing range of artists, including Big Joe Turner, Bill Black’s Combo, Jerry Woodard, Floyd Dixon, Miss Lavelle White, Carey Bell, Red Foley, Johnny Dyer, Tammy Wynette, Don Helms, Curtis Salgado, Lloyd Jones, Janice Scroggins, Marcia Ball, and the Paul deLay Band, to name a few.

THE ONLINE SALE IS CLOSED, YOU CAN DIRECTLY BUY YOUR TICKET AT THE BBI!