CARL VERHEYEN BAND - ONE OF THE TOP GUITARISTS IN THE WORLD TODAY

Carl Verheyen, recognized as “One of the World’s Top 10 Guitarists” by Guitar Magazine and “One of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time” by Classic Rock magazine, is bringing his five-member Carl Verheyen Band to Seattle's Triple Door on Friday, July 11. In addition to his 25-year solo career, Verheyen has been Supertramp’s lead guitarist for three-plus decades and has performed on dozens of the most popular records, TV shows and movies of all time. Recently he’s teamed up with Police drummer Stewart Copeland, playing a series of concerts in major symphony halls across North America.

Carl's band includes longtime collaborator and bassist Dave Marotta (Phil Collins, Gino Vanelli, Burt Bacharach), ace drummer John Mader (Bonnie Raitt, John Fogerty, Steve Miller) and keyboardist and guitarist Troy Dexter (Wilson Phillips, Venice). Together, these world-class musicians perform a stunning mix of rock, blues, jazz, country and more. The recent addition of Hollye Dexter on background vocals adds four-part harmony to the already virtuoso musicianship.

Son Cubano is one of the most popular musical styles in Cuba, and Grammy-nominated Kiki Valera is one of its foremost exponents. Over the last century, this style of traditional Cuban music has contributed to many other genres of music including salsa, cha cha cha, mambo and Latin jazz. Kiki Valera is the oldest son of the famous La Familia Valera Miranda septet, a multi-generational music group from Santiago de Cuba. Since the 19th century, La Familia Valera Miranda has played a significant role in Cuban culture by collecting and preserving the deep-rooted traditions of the legendary Sierra Maestra mountain region. A multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer, he’s best known as one of the world’s greatest players of the Cuban cuatro, a mid-size guitar with 8 strings grouped in sets of 2. His current project features other internationally acclaimed recording artists including Grammy Award-winning vocalists Jeremy Bosch and Carlos Cascante of Spanish Harlem Orchestra fame.

…one of the world’s greatest exponents of the cuatro…Valera specializes in son, the infectious call-and-answer Cuban song form, but solos like a jazz guy. THE SEATTLE TIMES

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