If you are like me and love Blues Rock, you are going to be blown away by the Playing with Fire July 11 concert. It's big, brash and powerful. The lineup is crazy good. Aussie Lachy (Lokey) Doley opens with his B3 and Whammy Clavinet, followed by Walter Trout, who I'm sure will showcase his terrific new CD release, Broken. More on them later.

Top of the bill is King King, the Glasgow Scotland rocker led by Alan Nimmo, who, properly kilted and booted, will perform their very first USA concert.

I first caught Alan Nimmo live when he and his brother Stevie, a guitar hand in his own right, sat in for a couple of songs with Walter Trout at one of Walter's pre-pandemic Glasgow shows. Triple WOW! King King immediately became a must-play for PwF.

Vanessa and I finally caught up with the full King King band on the foredeck of Joe Bonamassa's Keeping the Blues Alive cruise last August. What a great show. Alan and Stevie's synchronized guitars playing off one another's lead on the classic "Old Love" and Alan's voice on "Rush Hour," "Long History of Love," and "Stranger to Love" sealed the deal — time to call the booking agent.

Then there is the band! Stevie Nimmo on guitar 2! Zander Greenshields on the bass! Andrew Scott is on the drum kit! Adding to this rock-solid core of King King is the amazing keyboardist Johnny Dyke-he is terrific! Standing Ovation here.

I think you will love King King. It's their first and only show in the USA, and believe me, they will be coming to play.

Our stage at Gene Leahy is 82 feet wide. There is plenty of room in the Front Row!

Jeff