On Wednesday, living guitar legends John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring launched their eagerly anticipated “A Meeting of the Spirits” tour, beginning in Buffalo and continuing through Albany and Manhattan the next two nights. Tonight, the tour will continue with a stop at the historic Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, and if you can’t make it out to the show, the folks at Relix are bringing the show to your couch so you don’t miss out: The Relix Channel has announced that they will webcast tonight’s John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring: A Meeting of the Spirits show at The Cap free of charge through their YouTube channel.
The tour features both guitarists’ individual bands, as well as a heavy helping of exploratory, collaborative improvisation. Herring’s portion of the shows feature his new band, The Invisible Whip. The tour marks Herring’s return to solo performing, as the WSP guitarist hasn’t released a solo album since 2012.
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The tour will see McLaughlin digging into his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, playing some of the music that means the most to him. “The music of Mahavishnu is part of my personal and musical history, and as such it is inseparable from me,” McLaughlin reflects. “To return to these pieces with the experience I’ve had for the past 45 years, since the majority of those pieces were played all those years ago, is very exciting.”
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“John’s influence on me is far-reaching. When first hearing him, I was struck by the raw emotion and technical prowess he has,” said Herring in a statement when the tour was announced. “If you listen to John long enough, the layers of all the things that make him unique will reveal themselves…Inner Mounting Flame changed my life and the way I heard music. By the time I heard it in 1980, John had long since moved on and recreated himself, as he has done many times throughout his career. It is an honor and a privilege to do this tour with John and the 4th Dimension.”
You can see a full list of upcoming tour dates below. For more information, head to John or Jimmy‘s website.
John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring “Meeting Of The Spirits” Upcoming Tour Dates:
11/4/17 Port Chester, NY, Capitol Theatre
11/5/17 Cranston, RI, Park Theatre/Rhode Island Center for the Performing Arts
11/8/17 Boston, MA, The Wilbur Theatre
11/9/17 Philadelphia, PA, Keswick Theatre
11/10/17 Newark, NJ, Prudential Hall,New Jersey Performance Art Centre
11/11/17 Washington DC, Lincoln Theatre
11/12/17 Durham, NC, Duke Performances at DPAC
11/15/17 Ann Arbor, MI
11/17/17 Chicago, IL, Vic Theatre
11/19/17 Indianapolis, IN, Clowes Memorial-Hall-Butler University
11/21/17 Nashville, TN, Schermerhorn Symphony Center-Laura Turner Concert Hall
11/22/17 Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Symphony Hall
11/24/17 Jacksonville, FL, Florida Theatre
11/25/17 Clearwater, FL, Ruth Eckerd Hall
11/27/17 New Orleans, LA, The Joy Theater
11/30/17 Austin, TX, Paramount Theatre
12/5/17 Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre
12/6/17 Portland, OR, Revolution Hall
12/8/17 San Francisco, CA, The Warfield
12/9/17 Los Angeles, CA, Royce Hall-UCLA