All Category Gary Hoey - Friday, August 6th, 2021 - Balcony and 2nd Floor Lobby

Gary Hoey - Friday, August 6th, 2021 - Balcony and 2nd Floor Lobby

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Enjoy the Thursday, August 5th, Yankee Homecoming Concert featuring the amazing guitarist Gary Hoey, from the comfort of the Balcony at the Firehouse Center for the Arts with up to 75 of your friends and family. You get private access to the Firehouse Balcony + Upper Lobby with 3 Firehouse Volunteers to help you set up, serve guests and clean up. Hire your own caterer, bring in take-out or ask guests to bring snacks. We provide tables for your food and beverages and help make your live band experience memorable, fun and safe. With a collection of 21 albums it’s no wonder Gary Hoey is listed as one of the top 100 guitarists of all time, according to the Yankee Homecoming website. The world renowned rock guitarist’s first break came in 1987 when Ozzy Osbourne liked Hoey’s tape enough to fly him to LA for an audition and encouraging him to move to the West Coast. In 1990 Hoey was signed to Reprise Records with a short lived band called Heavy Bones but followed up in 1993 with a solo album and Gary’s cover of “Hocus Pocus” rocketed into the Billboard’s Top 5 Rock Tracks.  He went on to score the successful “Endless Summer II” soundtrack for New Line Cinema and in 1995 started a trilogy of “Ho!Ho! Hoey,” a collection of instrumental Christmas classics that continues each year in his Rockin Holiday shows.  And in 2013’s “Deja Blues” he came home to the blues.  Gary’s release in 2016, “Dust & Bones,” displayed an exuberant fusion of blues and rock. But whatever style he plays, one thing is certain, Gary Hoey is a fiery, charismatic player who connects with the crowd. Whether he’s playing scorching originals or classic rock covers, his solos are thrilling and reminiscent of Clapton or Stevie Ray in their fiery youth. One thing that remains consistent is Hoey’s impassioned command of the guitar. He can attack his instrument with feral intensity and then play something very soft and achingly beautiful. This ability to mix feeling, phrasing, technique and tone is the true mark of a master guitarist. With a direct view of the stage, the beautiful Waterfront Park and Merrimack River, this is the perfect venue for enjoying this Newburyport tradition. The space will be professionally cleaned daily during the Concert Series. Public restrooms are available in the basement of the building.