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Sunday Matinee W/ Rev. Billy C. Wirtz at Flat Iron

Courtesy of Etix | Posted on October 4, 2024

Where

Flat Iron
221 Summit Avenue
Greensboro, NC
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When

Sun, November 24, 2024
3:00 pm

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About

Reverend Billy C. Wirtz is an iconic American blues musician, known forhis one-of-a-kind comedy routines set to music. His music is acombination of classic boogie woogie and off-the-deep-end originals.He began playing guitar at the age of 10. In 1979 he joined his friend andmentor, blues pianist Sunnyland Slim, in Chicago, where he masteredBoogie piano, Gospel & Blues. Following the advice of his mentor, Billy C.Wirtz, the son of a police officer and a government official, burst on thescene in polyester attire, dyed red hair, patent leather boots and two armsfull of ink.After recording his first album in 1982, Hightone Records released tenclassic albums...

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