BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:995@wnyblues.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T220000 DTSTAMP:20230710T185023Z URL:https://wnyblues.org/events/les-dudek-live-at-fanatics-pub-in-lima-ny/ SUMMARY:Les Dudek Live at Fanatics Pub in Lima\, NY DESCRIPTION:"Guitarist Les Dudek has played with some of rock and pop's big gest names (Stevie Nicks\, Steve Miller\, Dave Mason\, Cher\, Boz Scaggs\, and the Allman Brothers Band\, among others)\, in addition to issuing sol o albums on his own. Born on August 2\, 1952\, in Rhode Island\, Dudek beg an playing guitar at the age of 11 (first inspired by such pop hitmakers a s Elvis Presley and the Beatles)\, and only three years later\, would snea k into bars to play with bands. It was during his teenaged years that Dude k discovered such blues masters as Freddie\, Albert\, and B.B. King\, as w ell as such then-modern day blues rockers as Paul Butterfield and Steve Mi ller. By the early '70s\, Dudek was residing in Florida\, playing in the o bscure group Power\, whose keyboard player was friends with the Allman Bro thers' Dickey Betts. Soon a friendship was struck up between Betts and Dud ek\, as Betts contemplated forming a side band in addition to his Allman d uties. The duo cut some demos\, but the group was disbanded when work on t he Allman's classic Brothers and Sisters album got underway. But Dudek was present for the recording sessions\, laying down some guitar lines alongs ide Betts on "Ramblin' Man" and helping co-write one of the Allman's best- known songs\, "Jessica" (for which Dudek also played on).\n\nAfter his bri ef detour with the Allman Brothers\, Dudek signed on with Boz Scaggs\, pla ying with him for five years and appearing on the 1976 release Silk Degree s. Dudek became friends with one of his main guitar influences during this time\, Steve Miller\, leading to a co-headlining tour between Scaggs and Miller\, which saw Dudek appearing with both artists each night. (Miller w ould subsequently record a few of Dudek's original compositions\, includin g "Sacrifice" for his Book of Dreams release\, while Dudek also played on Miller's Fly Like an Eagle album.) A planned acoustic tour with just Dudek and Miller was shelved at the last minute\, as Dudek returned for a tour with Scaggs. With all this activity\, Dudek still found time to sign a sol o deal with Columbia Records\, issuing four albums between 1976 and 1981 - - 1976's self-titled debut\, 1977's Say No More\, 1978's Ghost Town Parade \, and 1981's Gypsy Ride -- as well as launching the DFK Band (which saw D udek joined by keyboardist Mike Finnigan and guitarist Jim Krueger)\, who issued a lone\, self-titled release in 1979.\n\nDudek also played with Che r briefly in the early '80s\, as the famous singer attempted to launch a r ock-based outfit\, Cher &\; Black Rose\, which failed to get off the gr ound due to record label turmoil. Cher launched her successful movie actin g career shortly thereafter and even helped Dudek land a bit part in 1985' s Mask as a boyfriend (Cher and Dudek demoed a song for the movie which ha s remained unissued). Dudek then guested on Stevie Nicks' 1985 release\, R ock a Little\, and was the guitarist on the album's ensuing tour. The '90s saw Dudek return to his blues roots\, as he appeared on Steve Miller's ba ck-to-basics release\, 1993's Wide River\, and issued his fifth solo relea se overall\, 1994's Deeper Shade of Blues." (Allmusic.com)\n\nALL SALES FI NAL\n\nDISCOUNT CODE: WNYBS-LES\n\nTickets ->\; https://events.eventgroo ve.com/event/Les-Dudek-75742 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/wnyblues.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/07/Les-Dudek-7-13-23-Fanatics.png?fit=360%2C223&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Live Blues Music LOCATION:Fanatics\, 7281 West Main St\, Lima\, NY\, 14485\, United States GEO:42.904931;-77.612755 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7281 West Main St\, Lima\, NY\, 14485\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Fanatics:geo:42.9049 31,-77.612755 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR