april, 2019
12apr8:00 pm9:30 pmMichael McDonald
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"One of the Greatest Singer-Songwriters to Ever Sit at a Piano!"SPIN MAGAZINEWith a career that encompasses five Grammys, numerous chart successes
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With a career that encompasses five Grammys, numerous chart successes and personal and professional accolades, as well as collaborations with some of the worldβs most prominent artists, Michael McDonald remains an enduring force in popular music. Hailing from St. Louis, McDonald arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, honing his talents as a studio musician before becoming an integral part of Steely Dan. In the mid-β70s McDonald was invited to join the Doobie Brothers as the band redefined their sound with McDonald serving as singer, keyboardist and songwriter on such Top 40 singles as βTakinβ It To The Streets,β βIt Keeps You Runninβ,β βMinute By Minuteβ and βWhat A Fool Believes.β Throughout the β80s and β90s McDonaldβs solo career took off with a string of hits including βI Keep Forgettinβ (Every Time Youβre Near),β βSweet Freedom,β βOn My Ownβ (with Patti LaBelle) and the Grammy-winning James Ingram duet βYah Mo B There,β plus he co-wrote the Van Halen hit βIβll Wait.β McDonald has performed with a whoβs-who of critically acclaimed artists across a number of genres, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Vince Gill and Grizzly Bear.
McDonaldβs forthcoming album,Β Wide OpenΒ (out September 15 via BMG), finds him collaborating with a number of special guests including Warren Haynes, Robben Ford, Marcus Miller and Branford Marsalis. McDonaldβs first album of original material in 17 years,Β Wide OpenΒ is comprised largely of material written over a number of years in-between projects and recorded in McDonaldβs Nashville studio with drummer Shannon Forrest (Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Toto) and an extensive cast of Nashville session musicians. The record follows a trio of albums of R&B and soul covers McDonald recorded for the fabled Motown label, the most recent being 2008βsΒ Soul Speak.
McDonaldβs other recent collaborations include his work on the critically acclaimed track βShow You The Wayβ with multi-genre bassist, singer and producer Thundercat and Kenny Loggins; McDonald performed the song with Thundercat during a surprise guest appearance at Coachella in April. This past spring, McDonald was joined by Solange Knowles, Allen Stone, Lawrence and members of Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck at the Okeechobee Music Fest. McDonald continues to tour extensively as a solo artist, with a lengthy run of summer and fall tour dates planned with Loggins and Boz Scaggs.
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(Friday) 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Organizer
DeJoria CenterNoah Rasheta 970 N. State Rd 32 Kamas, UT 84036