We honor and remember the incomparable guitarist and improviser Davey Williams this weekend at East Village Arts in Birmingham. The Davey Williams Memorial Guitar Festival runs Friday through Sunday March 3-5 and will feature guitar solos by local and guest performers, a guitar parade, performances on cast iron guitars and Jean-Jacque Gaudel’s invented instruments, and more. There will also be a screening of Lee Shook’s documentary about Davey, Convulsive Blues. I’ll be performing on Sunday as part of the Antennae Road Orchestra, reinterpreting selected improvisations from Williams’ Antenna Road album. See below for the address, full schedule and festival pass info.
Davey Williams’ books, CDs, t-shirts (and these sweet bumper stickers) will also be available.
The DAVEY WILLIAMS GUITAR FESTIVAL
MARCH 3-5, 2023 EAST VILLAGE ARTS 7611 1st Ave. N.
FRIDAY
5:00 “Rush Hour” ELECTRIC GUITAR PARADE ON THE STREET
6:00 POTLUCK/ Hospitality/EXHIBITION/byob
7:00 – !0:00 featuring: Cast Iron Guitars
Guitar Solos/”Round Robins”
Killick Hinds: h’arpeggione, Big red harp guitar
SATURDAY
6:00 POTLUCK/ Hospitality/EXHIBITION/byob
7:00 – !0:00 featuring: Cast Iron Guitars
Guitar Solos/ ”Round Robins”
Musical Inventions of Jean-Jacque Gaudel
Brady Sharp: solo electric guitar
SUNDAY
6:00 POTLUCK/ Hospitality/EXHIBITION/byob
7:00 – 9:00 CONCERT and “TALL TALES” & Cast Iron Guitars
Documentary Film: “CONVULSIVE BLUES” by Lee Shook
The “ANTENNAE ROAD” ORCHESTRA
performed by UAB Jazz Ensemble & Community Musicians
$10 single $20 Donation/VIP FESTIVAL PASS