SANTANA
When Carlos Santana was
asked what keeps the
septuagenarian maestro of
spicy licks so preternaturally
young, he simply responded,
“I’m retired from retiring.” His
vegetable patch’s loss is
entirely our gain, because his
upcoming arena shows in
Glasgow, London and Dublin
will be life-affirming displays
of hip-shaking grooves and
guitar voodoo. And with
2020 marking 50 years
of Abraxas, there’s plenty
to celebrate.

Whole lotta brass:
Santana’s 1999 album
Supernatural nabbed him
eight Grammys in a
single evening
Dios de la guitarra: is ‘god
of the guitar’ in Spanish.
Impress Santana, bore
everyone else queuing to get
in with this information

When: March 26-29

SAXON

If you live, eat and breathe

denim and leather, firstly, see

a physician. After that, get

yourself down to this

storming trio of shows from

Barnsley’s finest. Saxon will

be joined by Black Star

Riders at Glasgow’s fabulous

Barrowlands Ballroom, while

their NWOBHM raids on

London and Manchester

will be aided by Krokus,

Diamond Head and

Girlschool. Phew...

Do: shout for (747)

Strangers In The Night

Don’t: ask to see Bede’s

Historia Ecclesiastica. It’s not

that kind of Saxon show

When: March 27-29

SAMANTHA FISH

There’s more than one Fish

in the sea and fiery

blues-rocker Samantha Fish

is no slouch. The six-stringer

from Kansas City has

jammed with blues royalty

Buddy Guy and Sonny

Landreth, as well as Alice

Cooper. So get on your

dancing shoes and turn up

for raucous grooves from

her cracking new

album Kill Or Be

Kind and even

more hellacious

blues.

Get your

mojo workin’:

by listening to

her single

Bullet-

proof

Keep

your

eyes

peeled:

for her

guitar

with a

fish-

shaped

sound hole.

Even Joe

Bonamassa

hasn’t got one

(probably)

When:

February

28-March 8

WILLIAM DUVALL

A soldier of fortune and

immeasurable talent,

Alice In Chains singer

William DuVall finally

got around to

recording a solo

album, One Alone,

last year and will be

setting off on an

intimate tour of

the UK and

Ireland in

March. Expect

songs that

run the

gamut of his

career, a

cover or

two and,

just maybe, a

few yarns from

his storied life.

Do: ask Bill

about the time

AIC’s Jerry

Cantrell

played bass in

his old band

Don’t: hang

around to buy

tickets. These

tiny shows will

soon sell out

When: March

27-April 1

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THE MARCUS

KING BAND

A 15-year-old kid walks into

a bar and nearly gets

himself arrested handing

his demos to Gov’t Mule

guitarist Warren Haynes. No

jokes necessary, because

nine years after that fateful

encounter, hotshot guitarist

Marcus King is now tipped

as the brightest star in

Southern rock and soul.

Stick on your finest denims

then head down to a show

to find out why.

Check out: Goodbye

Carolina from the Grand Ole

Opry (yes, that one)

Pick up: recent 5 star-rated

solo album El Dorado. Just

do it and thank us later

When: February 21-28

Never mind the

pollocks: it’s

Samantha Fish.

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Ghostly: the

supernatural

Carlos Santana.