COLIN LINDEN with special guest Jay Linden // SAT DEC 6 // CAMBRIDGE, ON

COLIN LINDEN with special guest Jay Linden // SAT DEC 6 // CAMBRIDGE, ON
@ Clyde Road Sunroom Sessions. Afternoon Matinee House Concert // 3PM

Presented by Cottage.Country.Concerts

Colin Linden’s tale is the stuff of legend, the kind told in the Coen brothers’ O Brother Where Art Thou? or Inside Llewyn Davis, both of which featured his guitar playing on the soundtracks. If there was a film made about Colin Linden, that film would begin with an 11-year-old meeting his music idol Howlin’ Wolf at a matinee show in his native
Toronto, accompanied by his mom who took a picture of the two during a nearly two-hour long conversation before the gig, the legendary bluesman idling over coffee and
cigarettes.

“I’m an old man now, and I won’t be around much longer,” Wolf told him. “It’s up to you to carry it on.”

Linden still carries that frayed photograph in his wallet, along with a Sears 5/8” socket wrench in his pocket to play slide guitar. He has taken Wolf’s plea seriously, performing since he was 12 years old. He left home as a teenager to travel the south at the invitation of Mississippi Sheiks delta blues guitarist Sam Chatmon, which took him throughout the U.S. meeting and visiting the sites of his heroes including Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, Blind John Davis, Sleepy John Estes, Son House, and others, visiting the landmarks and juke joints, many of which he’s played in during the course of a 45-year career producing and playing blues and roots music. As a singer/guitarist, he’s accompanied everyone from Bruce Cockburn (as his producer and touring musician) to Bob Dylan, Greg Allman, Rihannon Giddens, Pistol Annies, John Prine and more.

The first homestead house concert for The Clyde Road Sunroom Sessions, we at Cottage.Country.Concerts couldn't be more delighted and privileged to host COLIN LINDEN with his brother Jay.

Info about the venue:
Set on a private homestead, our spacious sunroom offers an inviting and comfortable setting for live music. Floor-to-ceiling windows overlook a beautiful tree-lined property, creating a warm and natural backdrop. The room’s design provides excellent acoustics, allowing sound to carry clearly and richly throughout the space making it an ideal atmosphere for an intimate and memorable house concert experience.