Terry Robb sets area concert

Some musicians win awards. Then there are the very few who have awards named after them. 

Terry Robb — hailed as a blues guitar virtuoso and one of the finest acoustic guitarists on the international scene — is one of those guys. The Vancouver-born, Portland-based bluesman took home the Muddy Award for Best Acoustic Guitar so many times that the Cascade Blues Association finally broke down and attached his name to the trophy permanently.

Robb is returning to the area for a special upcoming performance at the Create Art Center.

The concert will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at the center, 900 W. Fourth St., Newport.

The international acoustic guitarist is renowned for his performances of blues, ragtime, and slide music with his rapid fingering picking style. 

The Oregon Music Hall of Famer has been praised by “Rolling Stone,” “Acoustic Guita,” “Down Beat,” “Guitar Player” and Oprah’s “O Magazine” to name a few — all extolling his talents as a finger-picker, singer, songwriter, arranger and producer.

He’s toured the country with Buddy Guy, Steve Miller, Robin Trowrer, and John Fahey, appeared on "Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” dazzled the crowd at the Rose Garden during Portland Trail Blazers games, and collaborated with the Oregon Symphony. During his multi-decade run in the spotlight — one in which he’s released fifteen acclaimed albums — he’s shown himself to be a master of nearly every blues style and technique imaginable.

His TV appearances profile American roots and blues music and have been included in such shows and films as "Game of Thrones," "The Horse Whisperer," and “Don’t Worry, He Won’t get Far on Foot."

He is associated with the American Primitive Guitar genre through his collaborations with Fahey, and is regarded as a virtuoso of acoustic blues guitar.