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100 Sierra Nevada Way, Mills River, NC 287321 (828) 681-5300
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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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Events

Locations
Locations
  • Hop Forward Mills River

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Apr 22
  • Hop Forward Chico

    Big Room | Chico
    Apr 22
  • Strange Rangers

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Apr 25
  • Andrew Scotchie

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Apr 26
  • TERRAOKE | Free Karaoke Night!

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    Apr 28
  • The Brothers Comatose

    High Gravity | Mills River, NC
    May 01
  • Lorna Such w/ LabRats

    Big Room | Chico
    May 01
  • Joe Moss Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 02
  • Tina and Her Pony

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 03
  • The Deep Shallow Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 09
  • Alex Krug Combo

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 10
  • Reggie Watts

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 14
  • Juice

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 15
  • SOOZA

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 16
  • Raphael Graves Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 17
  • Blü Egyptian, Dylan’s Dharma & For the Love of Bob

    Big Room | Chico
    May 21
  • Reedy River String Band

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 23
  • Auspicious Golden Fish

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 24
  • Steep Canyon Rangers

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 28
  • Steep Canyon Rangers

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 29
  • Magnolia Boulevard

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 30
  • Smooth Goose

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    May 31
  • The Psycodelics

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 05
  • The Funnels & Smokey The Groove

    Big Room | Chico
    Jun 05
  • The New Variants with Doss Church & The Unholy Noise

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 06
  • Ryan Taylor Price

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 07
  • The Bright Light Social Hour

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 12
  • Dr. Bacon

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 13
  • Wax Monkey

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 14
  • The Hip Abduction

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 18
  • The Headtones

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jun 20
  • Dustbowl Revival

    Big Room | Chico
    Jun 25
  • Dumpstaphunk W/ Object Heavy

    Big Room | Chico
    Jul 17
  • The Dip

    Amphitheater | Mills River
    Jul 26
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DETAILS

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

Friday, September 12
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Mac Arnold

September 12

Mac Arnold & Plate Full o’ 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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