Grammy-winning blues legends performing on Covelli lawn tonight

Youngstown

Blues fans brought their lawn and camp chairs — and coats and sweatshirts — to hear two blues legends rock the Covelli Centre.

Center personnel expected about 1,000 fans to the outdoor concert Saturday of the City of Youngstown’s Blues Fest presented by Tangled up in Blues.

The concert featured legendary artists Buddy Guy and Robert Cray.

Margie and Len Chianese of Austintown and their three sons, David, a Youngstown State University senior, Rick, a junior at Fitch High School, and Marc, a freshman at YSU, and family friend, Ed Baun of Youngstown, sat on the grass that lines the lot to take in the show.

“The last time we saw Buddy Guy we went all the way to Hamilton, Ontario, and took them out of school to go,” Len said.

That was about five years ago.

Singer-songwriter Cray is a five-time Grammy Award winner and recently released “This Time,” a studio album.

Guy, also a five-time Grammy winner, is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Earlier this year, he appeared in “Shine A Light,” a Rolling Stones concert film by Martin Scorsese.

Read more about the concert in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.