JD Simo with Black Joe Lewis

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- JD SimoJD Simo has earned his place as one of today’s most innovative and sought-after guitarists, drawing praise from Guitar World, Vintage Guitar, and Paste Magazine. He blends the roots of Hill Country blues with psychedelic textures, deep grooves, fiery improvisation and vocals, and is known for his collaborations with Jack White, Tommy Emmanuel, Phil Lesh & Friends, Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney and Beyoncé. Simo’s impressive résumé also includes playing every guitar part on Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis soundtrack and coaching Jeremy Allen White on Scott Cooper’s upcoming Springsteen biopic. JD was also recently tapped as guitarist for Chris Isaak’s tours in 2025.Experience the electrifying chemistry of the JD Simo Duo, with long-time collaborator, dynamic drummer Adam AbrashoV. Together they take fans on an edgy, visceral journey— an unrelenting explosion of raw energy and improvisation that leaves audiences awed, exhilarated, and utterly spent by the sheer power of their sound.Black Joe LewisBlack Joe Lewis is the realest there is. When Covid sidelined his touring this past year, he started laying concrete to help support his baby mama and his kid. That’s fuckin’ real. When Joe and his band, the Honeybears, popped onto the national stage over a decade ago, many critics embraced him but still, there were some that maintained that they hadn’t paid their dues. Joe’s still here. Still going. Still cashing checks and snapping necks. The dues of hard work; the delirious heights of the industry as well as the disappointments and low hanging fruit. Through this all, Joe’s only honed his mastery over gut bucket blues guitar and his true voice. It’s a vital and distinctly American voice that never anticipated the attention he wound up receiving, never went looking for it either. It just started happening. The garage, the blues, the propulsive and synergistic live performances that inhabit the spaces of James Brown, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and the MC5...those things happened…

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