Upcoming Events at St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Sat Feb 24, 3:30 PM - Sat Feb 24, 8:30 PM
1340 A1A South, Saint Augustine, FL 32080
Community: St Augustine
Description
On Saturday, February 24, 2018, the St. Augustine Amphitheatre will be host to a full day of swampy soul, rock and blues music when The Blackwater Sol Revue featuring JJ Grey & Mofro, Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars, The Marcus King Band and more returns to St. Au
Event Details
On Saturday, February 24, 2018, the St. Augustine Amphitheatre will be host to a full day of swampy soul, rock and blues music when The Blackwater Sol Revue featuring JJ Grey & Mofro, Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars, The Marcus King Band and more returns to St. Augustine. Tickets for The Blackwater Sol Revue featuring JJ Grey & Mofro, Los Lobos, North Mississippi Allstars, Marcus King Band and more are on sale now!
Tickets:
$50.00 – General Admission Standing Pit and Level 100
$40.00 – Level 200
$30.00 – Level 300 and Obstructed View
Doors 2:30pm / Show 3:30pm
From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, Jacksonville, Florida native JJ Grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions. His presence before an audience is something startling and immediate, at times a funk rave-up, other times a sort of mass-absolution for the mortal weaknesses that make him and his audience human. When you see JJ Grey and his band Mofro live - and you truly, absolutely must - the man is fearless. Onstage, Grey delivers his songs with compassion and a relentless honesty. As a boy, Grey was drawn to country-rockers, including Jerry Reed, and to Otis Redding and the other luminaries of Memphis soul; Run-D.M.C., meanwhile, played on repeat in the parking lot of his high school. Merging these traditions, and working with a blue-collar ethic, Grey began touring as Mofro in the late '90s, with backbeats that crossed Steve Cropper with George Clinton and a lyrical directness that made his debut LP Blackwater (2001) a calling-card among roots-rock aficionados. Soon, he was expanding his tours beyond America and the U.K., playing ever-larger clubs and eventually massive festivals, as his fan base grew from a modest group of loyal initiates into something resembling a national coalition.
More than three decades have passed since Los Lobos released their debut album, Just Another Band from East L.A. Since then they’ve repeatedly disproven that title. Los Lobos isn’t just another anything, but rather a band that has consistently evolved artistically while never losing sight of their humble roots. Los Lobos were al
Tickets:
$50.00 – General Admission Standing Pit and Level 100
$40.00 – Level 200
$30.00 – Level 300 and Obstructed View
Doors 2:30pm / Show 3:30pm
From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, Jacksonville, Florida native JJ Grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions. His presence before an audience is something startling and immediate, at times a funk rave-up, other times a sort of mass-absolution for the mortal weaknesses that make him and his audience human. When you see JJ Grey and his band Mofro live - and you truly, absolutely must - the man is fearless. Onstage, Grey delivers his songs with compassion and a relentless honesty. As a boy, Grey was drawn to country-rockers, including Jerry Reed, and to Otis Redding and the other luminaries of Memphis soul; Run-D.M.C., meanwhile, played on repeat in the parking lot of his high school. Merging these traditions, and working with a blue-collar ethic, Grey began touring as Mofro in the late '90s, with backbeats that crossed Steve Cropper with George Clinton and a lyrical directness that made his debut LP Blackwater (2001) a calling-card among roots-rock aficionados. Soon, he was expanding his tours beyond America and the U.K., playing ever-larger clubs and eventually massive festivals, as his fan base grew from a modest group of loyal initiates into something resembling a national coalition.
More than three decades have passed since Los Lobos released their debut album, Just Another Band from East L.A. Since then they’ve repeatedly disproven that title. Los Lobos isn’t just another anything, but rather a band that has consistently evolved artistically while never losing sight of their humble roots. Los Lobos were al
