Smith Center brings Experience Hendrix in September
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Smith Center has a knack for surprises, bringing in unexpected performances to complement the Broadway shows, jazz and vocal acts that form the staple of its diet.
Experience Hendrix promises to be one of those surprises when it stops in Las Vegas on Sept. 27. It’s a collaboration of guitarists from a wide range of genres: blues-rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ozzy Osbourne’s longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde, jazz-rock Grammy winner Eric Johnson, blues legend Taj Mahal, Noah Hunt, Chuck Campbell and Calvin Cooke of The Slide Brothers, Stanley Jordan, Mato Nanji of Indigenous, Dylan Triplett, Ayron Jones and Henri Brown.
“Experience Hendrix evokes an era when artists treated each performance as a unique interaction with audiences,” according to The Smith Center’s announcement on Tuesday. “Jimi Hendrix called it his ‘Electric Church,’ and the Experience Hendrix tour fully embraces that approach, presenting opportunities for unique collaborations between the participating artists as they perform signature songs from Hendrix’s massively influential catalog.”
When he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, his bio said, “Jimi Hendrix was arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.” That was 22 years after his death.
“Hendrix expanded the range and vocabulary of the electric guitar into areas no musician had ever ventured before. His boundless drive, technical ability and creative application of such effects as wah-wah and distortion forever transformed the sound of rock and roll,” the bio said.
The announcement notes that participating artists are subject to change.
Tickets for Experience Hendrix start at $50.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit TheSmithCenter.com or call 702-749-2000. Box Office phone hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before each performance.
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