Legendary Guitarists GE Smith And Friends Perform In Bar Harbor

Any one of them would be worthy of their own standalone show, but all three together, now that's a recipe for one heck of a performance.

GE Smith, former Saturday Night Live musical director (from 1985-1995), is joining forces with renowned Rock and Blues guitarist Jim Weider, of The Band, and three-time Grammy-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell to bring an evening of guitar greatness to Bar Harbor.

The 'Masters of the Telecaster', as the group is called, was started over a decade ago by Weider, bringing together the three great guitarists and a host of talented guests who make appearances at some of the shows. They've been playing together at various venues across the world since 2013. And they will be making a rare appearance at The Criterion Theatre on Sunday, July 19th.

We got a chance to speak with GE Smith about the tour, and he said it was his wife, Taylor, who was the driving force behind getting the 'Masters' to make a stop in Bar Harbor, as the couple has some long-time friends who live on MDI.

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He said folks should be ready for a night full of great music and fun.

"We play so many songs because we know so many songs. We definitely play Rock N Roll. We lean towards American/Bluesy, there's some country, but not like country country. It's more like bar music, you know, we really do. People can get up and dance if they want to. I wish more people would get up and dance. And because there are the 3 of us up front, when Larry's there, we do have a wide, wide range of material."

Smith says the band is looking forward to playing the Criterion next month and bringing a night full of good-time music to the area.

To get more information on their very limited tour dates, you can click here.

You can get tickets to the Masters of the Telecaster show by clicking here.

Here's a little taste of just some of what you can expect from these three...