Featuring Big Ron Hunter, Beverly "Guitar" Watkins and The King Bees

Tickets: $20

Writes Sandra Pointer-Jones of Atlanta native Watkins: "Beverly Watkins is a pyrotechnic guitar maven whose searing, ballistic attacks on the guitar have become allegorical tales within the blues community." Watkins will be joined by opening act Big Ron Hunter, the Winston-Salem native who plays uplifting, hard-banging acoustic blues; and The King Bees, the 25-year-old outfit who mixes blues and rock with soul-stirring exhuberance.

Hayes Performing Arts Center, 152 Jamie Fort Road, Blowing Rock, NC. For tickets, call the Hayes Center Box Office at 828-295-9627 or visit www.hayescenter.org.

JOHN COWAN BAND

Saturday, Jan. 28 at 7:30pm

Tickets: $26

Bluegrass, Newgrass, Gospelgrass, Rock N’ Rollgrass…true innovators like John Cowan break boundaries and personify innovation. The former lead singer of New Grass Revival and a onetime member of the Doobie Brothers, Cowan has a singular ability to take audiences on a musical journey through multiple genres, making him one of the most unique vocal artists of his generation.

Hayes Performing Arts Center, 152 Jamie Fort Road, Blowing Rock, NC. For tickets, call the Hayes Center Box Office at 828-295-9627 or visit www.hayescenter.org.

Also Playing:

Friday

9:00pm - BUCK HAGGARD

Canyons Restaurant and Bar, 8960 Hwy. 321, Blowing Rock. No cover. (828-295-7661).

Saturday

9:00pm - THE FRITZ

Canyons Restaurant and Bar, 8960 Hwy. 321, Blowing Rock. No cover. (828-295-7661).