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Ken Hamm, Bill Johnson
Ken Hamm is a well known acoustic solo musician based in Forget, SK. His playing...
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Fri. October 25th 2019 + Add to Calendar
Recreation Oak Bay
7:30pm - 10:00pm Doors at: 6:00pm
$25/ $30 at the door
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Beacon Ridge Productions
2560 Vista Bay Road, Victoria, BC Victoria BC
V8P 3E8
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Physical tickets at: Recreation Oak Bay, Nicholas Randall Ltd., 2180 Oak Bay Avenue
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Ken Hamm is a well known acoustic solo musician based in Forget, SK. His playing is influenced by early blues recordings and a love of oldtimey music, resulting in a varied repertoire of original and traditional songs ranging from metalguitar driven hardedge blues workouts to softer dobro and banjo pieces. His main influences include Ry Cooder, Mississippi John Hurt, John Fahey and John Hartford. Ken learned to play during the 1950,s, when guitar slingers like Elvis, Buddy Holly, and the Ventures prevailed. In the 60's, music went through coffeehouse folk and electric rock and clues phases, and Ken was swept up by these influences,playing in blues based bands in Thunder Bay like Tundra and the Bay St Blues Band, and eventually going acoustic with the release on vinyl of Ken Hamm and Fri... more...Event Image
