Blues at the Bow

229 5 Avenue West Bow Island, AB, T0K 0G0 Canada

Blues at the Bow is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to bringing top-tier live blues music and blues musicians to Southern Alberta.

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The Legendary Downchild Blues Band FAREWELL TOUR With Special Guests : SOLD OUT

  • Blues at the Bow 229 5 Avenue West Bow Island, AB, T0K 0G0 Canada (map)

“There would be no Blues Brothers if it weren’t for Downchild” – Dan Aykroyd

Downchild, one of the planet’s foremost, most feted, longest-running blues outfits with quite possibly the best back story ever told.

Roaring through bracing, high-octane performances since 1969, the band founded and continuously steered by harmonica and guitar ace Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh is as vibrant today as when Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi went sniffing around for inspiration for their brilliant Blues Brothers venture back in the 1970s. The pair elevated Downchild’s “Shotgun Blues” and Walsh’s “(I Got Everything I Need) Almost” to smash status on their 1978 Briefcase Full of Blues record.

Tickets : SOLD OUT

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