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News Hawkeye Herman Takes Blues To New York City's "Theatre Row"
Comedy, tragedy and throbbing roadhouse blues converge in this fierce, blunt, sexually charged play by Octavio Solis. Al gets out of jail, he finds that Sylvie, his gorgeous blues singing Anglo wife, has taken off into the desert with his father, Jefe. With his buddy Duane and a tough, outspoken Latina drifter named China, Al races to reclaim Sylvie and confront Jefe in an ancient, violent ritual of fathers and sons. "It will be fun to play my own music for so many folks in New York City over the run of the production. I use the standard 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar, and various flutes and rattles. The music ranges from Blues to Blues/Rock, R&B, to Mexican Corrido ballads, Tex-Mex, and Norteño. Also, I'm looking forward to the change of pace and lifestyle, as I usually spend the major part of the summer traveling and performing at blues festivals around the country," states the much traveled Blues artist. Herman, whose recent compact disc releases, "Blues Alive!," and "It's All Blues To Me," have been met with rave reviews, will resume his busy touring schedule performing at outdoor music festivals and in concert in September. The 1st Annual Summer Play Festival is a completely new concept. Eighteen brand-new shows, written by eighteen unbelievably talented playwrights, chosen by a panel of distinguished Broadway luminaries and presented under the guidance of Arielle Tepper, one of Broadway's most eclectic producers (from Freak to De la Guarda, to Jumpers, and A Raisin in the Sun). It all happens in late July and August at five theatres under one roof in the heart of Manhattan. |
Blues musician Michael "Hawkeye" Herman,
the 1998 recipient of the Blues Foundation's "Keeping the Blues
Alive" Award
for achievement in Blues education, will be taking four weeks off
from his busy touring schedule in late July and August to perform
his music at The Kirk Theatre on New York's famous 42nd Street "Theatre
Row." New York City's 
