WHERE:
7 Davis Dr
Silver Bay, MN 55614, USA

BIO:

World renowned recording artist and performer Charlie Parr will open the 2025 season of the Silver Bay Music in the Park Concert Series at a free concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 18th at City Center Park Stage in downtown Silver Bay. The Rocky Wall Entertainment Board is thrilled that Charlie has agreed to kick off our concert season again this year!

Fans who have been following Charlie Parr through his recording career and decades of nonstop touring already know that the Duluth-based songwriter has a way of carving a path straight to the gut. His voice sounds weary but insistent, his accompaniment sparse and sorrowful. By the second line, the listener has no choice but to be transported on a journey through the burrows of his troubled mind, following him through shadowy twists and turns as he searches for a way out.

“Parr’s ability to paint us a picture of his surroundings is astounding. His keen, empathic eye for the human experience can be mind-blowing in its specificity, whether he’s recounting his day or placing us on a creek bed in the rain beside him.” said Maeri Furgeson, in a review of Charlie in No Depression, The Journal of Roots Music.

Charlie Parr is an American country blues musician. Born in Austin, Minnesota, he spent part of his childhood in Hollandale before starting his music career in Duluth. His influences include Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Reverend Gary Davis, Dave Van Ronk, and Mississippi John Hurt. He plays a Mule resonator, National resonator guitar, a fretless open-back banjo, and a twelve-string guitar, often in the Piedmont blues style.

This FREE outdoor concert will be held on Friday night, July 18th at Silver Bay’s City Center Park near City Hall. You are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and blanket for comfort.