BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Keb 'Mo' at Freeman Arts Pavilion BEGIN:VEVENT UID:161012023-06-17 DTSTART:20230617T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20230617T040000Z LOCATION:31806 Lake View Drive\nSelbyville Delaware 19975 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31806 Lake View Drive\nSelb yville Delaware 19975;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31806 Lake View Drive:geo: 38.466017,-75.112054 GEO:38.466017;-75.112054 SUMMARY:Keb 'Mo' at Freeman Arts Pavilion CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:With five Grammy Awards\, 14 Blues Foundation Awards\, and a\ng roundbreaking career spanning nearly 50 years under his belt\, Keb’\nMo ’s got nothing left to prove. Just don’t tell him that.\n\n“I may be turning 70\,” Keb’ reflects\, “but I’m still\nbreathing and I’m still hungry. I’m still out there going for it\nevery single day.”\n\ nBorn and raised in Compton\, Keb’ began his remarkable journey at the\n age of 21\, when he landed his first major gig playing with Jefferson\nAir plane violinist Papa John Creach. For the next 20 years\, Keb’\nwould wo rk primarily behind the scenes\, establishing himself as a\nrespected guit arist\, songwriter\, and arranger with a unique gift for\nlinking the past and present in his evocative playing and singing.\n In 1994 he would int roduce the world to Keb’ Mo’ with the\nrelease of his widely acclaimed self-titled debut. Critics were quick\nto take note of Keb’s modern\, g enre-bending take on old school\nsounds\, and two years later\, he garnere d his first GRAMMY Award for\nBest Contemporary Blues Album with Just Like You. In the decades to\ncome\, Keb’ would take home four more GRAMMY Aw ards\; top the\nBillboard Blues Chart seven times\; perform everywhere fro m Carnegie\nHall to The White House\; collaborate with many including Taj Mahal\,\nWillie Nelson\, Bonnie Raitt\, The Chicks\, and Lyle Lovett\; hav e\ncompositions recorded and sampled by artists as diverse as B.B. King\,\ nZac Brown\, and BTS\; release signature guitars with both Gibson and\nMar tin\; compose music for television series like Mike and Molly\,\nMemphis B eat\, B Positive\, and Martha Stewart Living\; and earn the\nAmericana Mus ic Association’s 2021 award for Lifetime Achievement in\nPerformance.\n\ nIn addition to his extraordinary musical output\, Keb’ also\nestablishe d himself as a captivating onscreen presence over the years\,\nappearing a s himself in Martin Scorcese’s The Blues\, Aaron\nSorkin’s The West Wi ng\, and even the iconic children’s series\nSesame Street. He flexed his acting chops in a wide variety of\nprojects\, as well\, portraying Robert Johnson in the 1998 documentary\nCan’t You Hear The Wind Howl\, Howlin ’ Wolf on CMT’s Sun Records\,\nand the ghostly bluesman Possum in John Sayles’ 2007 film\nHoneydripper. A fixture on late night TV and award s how stages\, Keb’\nhas also performed on Letterman\, Leno\, Conan\, Colb ert\, and Austin City\nLimits in addition to appearing on nationally telev ised broadcasts\nfrom The Kennedy Center\, The Ryman Auditorium\, and Eric Clapton’s\nCrossroads Festival.\n\nA passionate philanthropist and outs poken activist\, Keb’ has helped\nraise hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of social\,\nenvironmental\, and racial justice throughout his career. As a\ncelebrity mentor with The Kennedy Center’s Turnaround Art s Program\,\nwhich began under the guidance of First Lady Michelle Obama a nd the\nPresident’s Committee for the Arts and Humanities\, Keb’\n“a dopted” The Johnson School for Excellence in Chicago\, where he\nteamed up with teachers\, students\, and parents to help develop a\nthriving arts education program\, and as a longtime ambassador for the\nPlaying For Cha nge Foundation\, he’s supported the non-profit from\nits early days in i ts quest to provide free music education and basic\nneeds like food\, wate r\, medicine\, clothing\, books\, and school supplies\nto children around the world.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

With five Grammy Awards\, 14 Blues Foundati on Awards\, and a groundbreaking career spanning nearly 50 years under his belt\, Keb&rsquo\; Mo&rsquo\;s got nothing left to prove. Just don&rsquo\ ;t tell him that.

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&ldquo\;I may be turning 70\,&rdquo\; Keb&rsqu o\; reflects\, &ldquo\;but I&rsquo\;m still breathing and I&rsquo\;m still hungry. I&rsquo\;m still out there going for it every single day.&rdquo\;

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Born and raised in Compton\, Keb&rsquo\; began his remarkable j ourney at the age of 21\, when he landed his first major gig playing with Jefferson Airplane violinist Papa John Creach. For the next 20 years\, Keb &rsquo\; would work primarily behind the scenes\, establishing himself as a respected guitarist\, songwriter\, and arranger with a unique gift for l inking the past and present in his evocative playing and singing.  \;I n 1994 he would introduce the world to Keb&rsquo\; Mo&rsquo\; with the rel ease of his widely acclaimed self-titled debut. Critics were quick to take note of Keb&rsquo\;s modern\, genre-bending take on old school sounds\, a nd two years later\, he garnered his first GRAMMY Award for Best Contempor ary Blues Album with Just Like You. In the decades to come\, Keb&rsquo\; w ould take home four more GRAMMY Awards\; top the Billboard Blues Chart sev en times\; perform everywhere from Carnegie Hall to The White House\; coll aborate with many including Taj Mahal\, Willie Nelson\, Bonnie Raitt\, The Chicks\, and Lyle Lovett\; have compositions recorded and sampled by arti sts as diverse as B.B. King\, Zac Brown\, and BTS\; release signature guit ars with both Gibson and Martin\; compose music for television series like Mike and Molly\, Memphis Beat\, B Positive\, and Martha Stewart Living\; and earn the Americana Music Association&rsquo\;s 2021 award for Lifetime Achievement in Performance.

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In addition to his extraordinary mus ical output\, Keb&rsquo\; also established himself as a captivating onscre en presence over the years\, appearing as himself in Martin Scorcese&rsquo \;s The Blues\, Aaron Sorkin&rsquo\;s The West Wing\, and even the iconic children&rsquo\;s series Sesame Street. He flexed his acting chops in a wi de variety of projects\, as well\, portraying Robert Johnson in the 1998 d ocumentary Can&rsquo\;t You Hear The Wind Howl\, Howlin&rsquo\; Wolf on CM T&rsquo\;s Sun Records\, and the ghostly bluesman Possum in John Sayles&rs quo\; 2007 film Honeydripper. A fixture on late night TV and award show st ages\, Keb&rsquo\; has also performed on Letterman\, Leno\, Conan\, Colber t\, and Austin City Limits in addition to appearing on nationally televise d broadcasts from The Kennedy Center\, The Ryman Auditorium\, and Eric Cla pton&rsquo\;s Crossroads Festival.

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A passionate philanthropist a nd outspoken activist\, Keb&rsquo\; has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of social\, environmental\, and racial justice thro ughout his career. As a celebrity mentor with The Kennedy Center&rsquo\;s Turnaround Arts Program\, which began under the guidance of First Lady Mic helle Obama and the President&rsquo\;s Committee for the Arts and Humaniti es\, Keb&rsquo\; &ldquo\;adopted&rdquo\; The Johnson School for Excellence in Chicago\, where he teamed up with teachers\, students\, and parents to help develop a thriving arts education program\, and as a longtime ambass ador for the Playing For Change Foundation\, he&rsquo\;s supported the non -profit from its early days in its quest to provide free music education a nd basic needs like food\, water\, medicine\, clothing\, books\, and schoo l supplies to children around the world.

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