Blessid Union of Souls will bring its rural soul sound to Suwanee Town Center Park on Saturday, September 19, for a free concert performance. The band’s 8 p.m. performance will punctuate a full day of free entertainment that is part of the annual Suwanee Day festival.
Blessid Union of Souls (BUOS to fans) produced three albums in the mid to late 1990s and a string of hits, including its two biggest: 1995’s “I Believe” and 1999’s “Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me).” At Suite101.com, reviewer Craig Sanders describes the band’s music as “country-spiced alternative rock.”
Originally formed in Cincinnati, BUOS recently has changed up management companies, record labels, and band members. Performing in Suwanee will be BUOS faithfuls Eliot Sloan, songwriter and lead singer, and bassist Tony Clark along with musical veterans guitarist Bryan Billhimer and drummer Shaun Schaefer. The band’s most recent album is Close to the Edge, which was released late last year.
In a concertlivewire.com review of a BUOS performance in Chicago earlier this year, Andy Argyrakis praised BUOS’s intensity and “ability to blur genre lines.” He also deemed Sloan’s “underrated but exceptional songwriting” as “the most socially conscious songwriting to come out of the last decade.”
The BUOS concert is free as are all Suwanee Day performances. The full Suwanee Day entertainment line-up will be posted at www.suwaneeday.com soon. Suwanee Day is an annual community celebration that features arts & crafts, food, entertainment, a parade, and fireworks.
Bring chairs, picnics, friends, and neighbors to the concert, but no alcohol may be brought to Town Center Park. The park is located at the intersection of Buford Highway and Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road.
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