Here: Laugh with Laurie on Sunday

Here: Laugh with Laurie on Sunday

LONDON - Virtuoso guitarist Davy Graham, a leading figure in Britain's 1960s folk music revival, has died. He was 68.

LONDON - Virtuoso guitarist Davy Graham, a leading figure in Britain's 1960s folk music revival, has died. He was 68.

You’ll practically be able to smell the gumbo and etouffee simmering tonight as the Mesa Arts Center brings “Solid Blues,” a show featuring several of the finest bayou blues artists on the touring circuit, to Mesa. The show features two legends, a Grammy-nominated band and a legendary New Orleans boogie-woogie Hammond B-3 virtuoso, making “Solid Blues” the finest blues lineup to hit the MAC in 2007.

Music seems to run in the Milano family’s genes. The Mesa clan has six virtuoso accordion players, a famous rock musician and one of the oldest music sales businesses in the Valley. Milano Music, established in 1946 at 58 S. Macdonald by Henry and Elma Milano, will mark its 60th year of operation Nov. 4.

CLEVELAND - When Les Paul's grandchildren are jamming on the video game "Guitar Hero," it's not lost on him that he made it all possible.

After performing about 80 three-and-a-half-hour shows, including a three-month European leg on Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Wrecking Ball Tour during the past year, Nils Lofgren is getting ready to crash at home and have a break from what he describes as the “greatest musical job in the world.”

Aug. 2, 2004

For his first-ever venture to a Valley blues club, Kevin Albright picked the right time and the right place.

The following is a list of upcoming events to be held at the Mesa Arts Center. For ticket information, please call (480)-644-6500 or visit www.mesaartscenter.com