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by NIKKI ROBERTI
Lifestyles Reporter
“I believe it was a quote from Jimi Hendrix when he described what he did in an interview,” assistant history professor Antonio T. Bly said when discussing the origin of the name “Electric Freaky Blues.”
Electric Freaky Blues is a benefit concert to aid the Hunger and Health Coalition featuring local bands playing entirely original material.
The concert will be held Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Whitewater Café in Plemmons Student Union.
Admission is the donation of three or more canned goods.
Bly got
the idea for the event when talking with numerous students around
campus carrying instruments and began to ask himself: Why not play for
charity?
“Apparently
with how the economy is going, people aren’t as giving,” Bly said.
“It’s my philosophy that when you’re at your lowest point, that’s the
point that you should give, because for many of us, at our lowest point
we haven’t really hit rock bottom. We’re just down.”
Student Programs and the Diversity Committee within the history department are sponsoring the event.
The
event is purely for charity, Bly said. The talent, equipment and the
canned goods brought by students for admissions will all be donated.
This is the first time that the event will take place on campus.
Bly said the goal is to grow and eventually move to a bigger venue and even have a full day concert.
Bly also hopes for a large turnout so many canned goods can be collected for the cause.
“For the
same amount of money you would spend buying a burger combo, you could
buy a large amount of canned goods to help people out,” Bly said.
Eighteen bands submitted material to be considered for the concert. Only eight were chosen.
“What you’ll be hearing is the best and brightest of Boone or ASU music,” he said.
Artists Alexis Worthington and Michael Pope will perform.
The range in music genre includes death metal, acoustic, rock ‘n’ roll, funk, bluegrass and more, Bly said.
Bly will perform with his band Hat Trick for the closing act at the concert.
He is the bassist in a faculty-student band.
“You’ll
hear a lot of different stuff, which I really think is appropriate,” he
said. “Because for me, electric freaky blues, that’s not rocking
rolling blues. It’s music played with conviction, and that can take on
any form.”
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