Monday, 30 September 2024

Mike Wilhelm to perform at Lake County Fair

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Famed rocker and Lake County resident Mike Wilhelm will be a featured performer at the 2010 Lake County Fair, taking place Thursday, September 2, through Sunday, September 5. Courtesy photo.





LAKEPORT – Internationally renowned rock, blues and folk guitarist Mike Wilhelm will appear at the Lake County Fair on Friday with his band Hired Guns.


They will perform at 4:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the Gazebo Stage.


He will appear as a solo performer on Sunday at 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the same stage.


Wilhelm has been playing professionally since 1963 and signed his first recording contract with Kama Sutra Records in 1966.


Since then he has recorded for United Artists/Zig Zag, Sire, Fan Club, New Rose and Last Call as well as his own label, 612 Records.


He will soon be making new recordings at Earmite in Kelseyville for a projected December release date.


In the 1960s heyday of the San Francisco bands he played the Avalon, Fillmore, Winterland and Fillmore West.


Wilhelm holds the unusual distinction of playing both of Stanley Sadowsky's Bottom Line showcase clubs having appeared at the Bottom Line, New York City with Flamin' Groovies and as a solo artist at the Bottom Line, Nagoya, Japan.


He also has appeared with his 1960s band, the Charlatans on the stage of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.


Other major performance venues range from the Sportpalast, Berlin; the Pavilion, Paris; Paradiso, Amsterdam; Roundhouse, London; Maxwell's, Hoboken; Jirokichi, Yukotopia and On Air West, Tokyo; Honky Tonk and Bar Isn't It?, Kyoto to name but a few.


The Lake County Fair Web site is www.lakecountyfair.com and Wilhelm's Web site is www.mike-wilhelm.com.

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