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Mills River, NC
100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 287321 (828) 681-5300
Chico, CA
1075 East 20th Street, Chico, CA 959281 (530) 893-3520
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Mills River, NC
100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 287321 (828) 681-5300
Chico, CA
1075 East 20th Street, Chico, CA 959281 (530) 893-3520

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Mac Arnold’s first band included James Brown on piano. Mac moved to Chicago and Muddy Waters hired him on the spot. He toured and recorded with the Muddy Waters Band and recorded LPs with Otis Spann and John Lee Hooker. Mac moved to Los Angeles and produced Soul Train with his friend Don Cornelius. He even played bass on the Sanford & Son television show when he wasn’t playing bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King. He retired from show business to be an organic farmer. Mac is back with his own band and a “plate full” of CDs, building a new foundation in blues, soul and funk.

After more than a year with Muddy Waters, Mac formed the Soul Invaders which backed up many artists, including The Temptations and B. B. King. In the early 70’s, he moved Los Angeles to work at ABC Television and LAFF RECORDS (Redd Foxx). This led to working on the set of Soul Train from 1971 to 1975 and then working with Bill Withers (“Lean On Me”) before moving back to South Carolina in the 80”s.

Mac now resides in Pelzer, SC, where at the age of ten he got his first taste of the blues when he learned to play his brother Leroy’s home-made guitar. Going back to his roots. Mac is serving up a mess of Blues with his own band, “Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues”. The band consists Austin Brashier on guitar and vocals, Max Hightower on harmonica and vocals, Rick Latham on drums,  Mike Frost on bass, and Mac Arnold on vocals and Gas Can Guitars.

EVENT LOCATION

100 Sierra Nevada Way Mills River, 28732

EVENT TIME

Sunday, July 2
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Events

  • Caitlin Krisko & The Broadcast

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 09
  • Mill Valley Music Festival

    Friends Field, Mill Valley, CA
    May 10
  • Reedy River String Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 10
  • Jamie McLean Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 11
  • Neal Francis – Return to Zero Tour w/ Color Green

    Big Room | Chico
    May 13
  • Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers

    Big Room | Chico
    May 14
  • Cimafunk

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    May 15
  • Ajeva

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 16
  • Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 17
  • Sam Fribush Organ Trio

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 18
  • Darlingside w/ Frail Talk

    Big Room | Chico
    May 21
  • The Infamous Stringdusters

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 22
  • Unspoken Tradition

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 24
  • Chillbilly

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 25
  • Congdon Griffin Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 26
  • Ashley Heath & Her Heathens

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 31
  • Fantastic Negrito w/ The Saviors of New York

    Big Room | Chico
    Jun 04
  • Pleasure Chest

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 07
  • My Magnificent Nemesis w/ Alien Music Club

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 08
  • Hustle Souls

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 13
  • Daniel Shearin

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 14
  • Julio & the Saltines

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 15
  • The Heavy Lifters

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 21
  • The Deep Shallow Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 22
  • The Headtones

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 28
  • Moonshine State

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 29
  • Lyric

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 05
  • Lettuce

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 10
  • Fireside Collective

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 11
  • Jesse Velvet

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 12
  • CarolinAloha

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 13
  • Lazrluvr

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 18
  • Andrew Scotchie

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 19
  • Boogitherapi

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 20
  • Ozomatli w/ Debajito

    Big Room | Chico
    Jul 25
  • Peggy Ratusz and the Daddy Long Legs

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 26
  • The Outriders

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 27
  • Dangermuffin

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 01
  • Watkins

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 02
  • Roots and Dore

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 03
  • Ska City

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 09
  • Purple

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 10
  • Femi Kuti & The Positive Force

    Big Room | Chico
    Aug 14
  • Ben Bjorlie Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 16
  • TrancEnd Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 17
  • Fitz and The Tantrums

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 22
  • Julianna Jade and the Wild

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Aug 24
  • Andrew Wakefield & Friends

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 06
  • Sugar Bomb

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 07
  • DISPLACE

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 13
  • Tasty Vibrations

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 14
  • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 21
  • Mana Meter

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Sep 28
  • The Late Shifters

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 04
  • Billingsly

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 05
  • Tanasi

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 11
  • Fresh Buzz

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 18
  • Saddletramp

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 19
  • Nikki and the Barn Boys

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 25
  • The Big Hungry

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 26
  • Here Come the Mummies

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Oct 29
  • High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Nov 01
  • The Patrick Lopez Experience

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Nov 09
  • Dustin Furlow

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Nov 16
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Mac Arnold

July 2

Mac Arnold and the plate full of blues

Amphitheater | Mills River

Mac Arnold’s first band included James Brown on piano. Mac moved to Chicago and Muddy Waters hired him on the spot. He toured and recorded with the Muddy Waters Band and recorded LPs with Otis Spann and John Lee ...

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