Birkenfeld — You’re on tour in a well-known blues band, and the tour route passes pretty close to your home town. Do you jump on board to book a gig? That’s what 1973 Astoria High School graduate Guy Cariglio did.

Look for Cariglio drumming away in the Bill Magee Blues Band, playing a 6:30 p.m. show Wednesday, Aug. 20 at the Birk. The Birk, a former country store turned roadhouse restaurant, is a stopping point for many national touring acts and top regional bands. The venue is located at 11139 Oregon Highway 202.

The band went on tour July 30 in Laguna Beach, California, and the tour includes stops in Utah; Idaho; Montana; Alberta, Canada; Oregon and back to California.

“When I heard that the last leg of our tour was going through Oregon, I contacted our agent and asked him to see about booking us at The Birk,” Cariglio said. “I’m really looking forward to playing The Birk and seeing many old friends.”

Cariglio began his musical roots as a member of the Sunsetters Drum and Bugle Corps in Astoria and played around Astoria and Seaside with regional bands such as The Rhythm Rockets, The Sage Brothers Band and Swingshift.

Relocating to the Boston area in 1987 was a “big boost to my drumming career,” Cariglio said. “I was able to play with some amazing musicians.” One of those bands, Lucille and the Steamers, became one of the most popular bands during the 1990s in and around New England. The band’s 1996 debut CD received rave reviews and was spotlighted on many Boston radio stations.

Moving to San Diego in 2001, Cariglio hooked up with Conqueroot recording artist Whitey Conwell and the Tone Kings. Cariglio then met Bill Magee in 2004 and was asked to sit in, resulting in a musical relationship for more than 10 years.

Magee was born in 1943 in Collins, Mississippi, and raised in New York City. Magee bought his first guitar at age 13 and practiced to records of blues artists of the day. In 1963, he went to a club to hear the legendary saxophonist King Curtis and eventually asked to sit in. He and the other guitarist in the band proceeded to tear the roof off the joint and became fast friends. Soon they formed their own band, Jimmy James and the Flames. A record producer discovered Jimmy James and took him to Europe. Jimmy James went back to his real name of Jimi Hendrix and changed the future of music. Magee formed his own band called The Kansas City Playboys and toured the world.

Although he never reached the status of Hendrix, Magee carved out a name for himself in the blues world. He played with James Brown, Otis Redding, BB King, Jimmy Reed and many others over the years before retiring to raise a family. Magee and his family relocated to San Diego in the 1980s, and he soon felt the urge to play again. He formed The Bill Magee Blues Band in 1993 and has been tearing up stages in Southern California ever since.