Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang, originally scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 8pm, then moved toSaturday, April 10, 2021 at 8pm, has been cancelled.
Please contact the Box Office at boxoffice@bergenpac.org for more information.
- We are currently processing refunds for cancelled shows and you should see those reflected on your credit card statement within the next 8-12 weeks.
- If a show has been rescheduled, your tickets are still valid for the new date. Visit bergenpac.org/impacted-shows if you are unsure of a show's new date.
If you have any further questions, please email boxoffice@bergenpac.org. We appreciate your patience and look forward to welcoming you back to the theatre as soon as possible.
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The title of Buddy Guy's latest album says it all: The Blues Is Alive and Well. The legendary blues artist's 18th solo LP and follow-up to 2015's Born to Play Guitar showcases his raw and unadulterated sound, its 15 tracks a true pleasure for aficionados and genre newcomers alike. The record is arriving on the heels of a spate of high visibility for the 83-year-old performer: at the 2016 Grammys, he picked up a trophy for Best Blues Album, honoring Born to Play Guitar, and that same year he hit the road opening for Jeff Beck. In addition to bringing the house down for a recent sold-out performance commemorating the closing of New York City's B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill, he recently appeared on David Letterman's Netflix talk show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. A truly restless and energetic performer, The Blues Is Alive and Well is the latest triumph in an already-legendary career.
It is hard to believe that at 38 years old Jonny Lang has already had a successful career for two decades. Easier to believe when you learn he released his first platinum record at 15 – an age when many young people are just beginning to play music. Lie to Me revealed a talent that transcended the crop of blues prodigies floating around in the late ‘90s. No flashy re-hasher of classic blues licks, even at that early age Lang was a full-blown artist with a style of his own. Also, setting Lang apart from the wunderkind crowd was a 15-year-old voice that sounded like a weathered soul shouter. Actual life experience was yet to come and has been subsequently chronicled in a series of five uniformly excellent recordings. What began as a bluesy sound, influenced by electric pioneers like Albert Collins, B. B. King, and Buddy Guy, evolved over those recordings into a modern R&B style closer to Stevie Wonder and contemporary gospel music. Lang's distinctive, blues-inflected licks appeared on every album, but became one element in a sea of passionately sung and tightly arranged songs.
