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Monday, June 7, 2010

The Coppertone, Amanda Zelina

Amanda Zelina guitarist, and vocalist for the band The Coppertone has a new CD coming out called Hidden Dreams.  I have a video below of one of her songs.The song is blues rock, but I did notice on her myspace page that she does do some acoustic blues as well.

To buy her CD go to her website:


http://www.thecoppertone.com/

Amanda Zelina///The Coppertone: Wood & Wires Productions from Adrian Vieni on Vimeo.

Blues On The North Shore

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Two Historic Blues Shows~Buy Tickets Now!
Thurs. June 10 @8pm - Harp & Soul Festival
 Sun. June 13 @8pm - 3 Generations Of The Blues
June 2010
HARP & SOUL FESTIVAL
THREE GENERATIONS OF THE BLUES
NORTHLIGHT Theatre winner BOTNS 2010 HERO Award
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A Portion Of The Proceeds Are Donated To Benefit:

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MusiCares' services and resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies, and each case is treated with integrity and confidentiality.

MusiCares also focuses the resources and attention of the music industry on human service issues that directly impact the health and welfare of the music community.

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Greetings Blues Lovers On The North Shore And Beyond!

Blues On The North Shore starts this season by bringing together Three Generations of Grammy Award Winning Blues Legends and Rising Stars.

Enjoy two historic evenings of Blues performances in this intimate venue with easy access to free parking & public transportation.

Join us as we celebrate
Black Music Month, and help us in our efforts to support GRAMMY Foundation's MusiCares and A Safe Haven Foundation.
 
Please join our mailing list and become a Facebook friend to find out about more great Blues happenings.  If you can't make it to the concert be sure to visit, www.frontrowmusic.tv to see interviews & concert excerpts with the artists.
 
Peace In The Blues,
Lynn Orman  
Founder/Producer

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Thursday, June 10th - 8pm
HARP & SOUL FESTIVAL

Admission: $40.00 | $30.00 | $20.00 | Buy Tickets Now!harmonica
Tonight we give "props" to the Blues Harmonica and its impact on the transition from rural to urban blues styles.

This evening features three generations of renowned
international Blues harmonica players backed up by an array of All-Star local & visiting players
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Portions of this event's proceeds are donated to support:GRAMMY Foundation's MusiCares
Master of Ceremonies:
Featuring:
  • Bob Corritore
  • Grady Champion
  • Billy Flynn
  • Bob Riedy
  • Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
  • Dave Spector
  • Bob Stroger
  • Rob Stone
and Special Guest Star:
  • Sam Lay

Sunday, June 10th - 8pm
THREE GENERATIONS OF THE BLUES:
FROM MISSISSIPPI TO CHICAGO


Admission: $40.00 | $30.00 | $20.00 | Buy Tickets Now!Grady Champion, David Honeyboy Edwards & John Primer
By bringing together three generations of the finest musicians in Blues today, Blues On The North Shore continues its concerts aimed at celebrating Black Music Month.

This evening BOTNS offers an exciting musical journey as we experience the music of the rural south as it evolves into the urban electric sounds that have influenced music around the world.

It is this sound that has given Chicago an international reputation as: The "Home of the Blues".

On a special and personal note... we'd like to wish Honeyboy a heart felt "Happy Birthday" as he turns 95 on this date.

Portions of this event's proceeds are donated to support:
GRAMMY Foundation's MusiCares & A Safe Haven Foundation.

Master of Ceremonies:
Featuring:
  • Grady Champion
  • David "Honeyboy" Edwards
  • John Primer

***Winner BOTNS 2010 Hero Award***
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NORTHLIGHT THEATRE
Low Down Dirty Blues


May 27 - July 3, 2010

The BOTNS 2010 Hero Award was awarded to North Light Theatre by Blues On The North Shore President and Founder, Lynn Orman, in recognition for their commitment to keeping the blues alive through storytelling and music onstage.

For those of you who missed their Joseph Jefferson Award-winning production of "Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" starring Mississippi Charles Bevel, be sure to see their current production of "Low Down Dirty Blues."

 
Bring your Low Down Dirty Blues Ticket to the door the night of one of our concerts and receive $5.00 off General admission. Must show ticket stub for special offer. 
Limited to capacity of the house. 

To reserve your tickets
CLICK HERE

Claudia Swartz Update

      LOCAL ARTIST BLUES BENEFIT GALA

Fayetteville's Elite performers in another memorable show of World Class Entertainment:
When: Sat. June 26th 2010 from 8.30 PM - 1.30 AM
Where: The new Rockshop Music Hall 218 King Street off Eastern Blvd.
Performers:
Robbie Reid Band      Corky Jones
Bradley Muffett          Puncho Forrest
Chris Cox Band         David " Thumbs" Johnson
Willie Bradley            BluesEnigma
Claudia Swartz          Ray King
and introducing 13 year old Blues Phenomenon " Lakota John" and the Locklear Blues Family
and other special guests
For the first time ever Fayetteville's local Blues performers will play on a big stage and hopefully for a lot of people. I need you all's help to spread the word about this worthy cause event. Recipients of a newly established trust fund for disabled local Musicians are:
Chris Cox, Pat Vines, David " Thumbs" Johnson, Jerry B. and others in the future. Funds will be strictly used to cover medical and living expenses in time of need.
Tickets: $10.00 available at Edwards Music Company Mc Pherson Church Rd. in Fayetteville, $ 12.00 at the door.
Info: Blueslover51@yahoo.com
www.facebook.com/claudiaswartz
www.myspace.com/Bluesenigma
Please come out for this awesome spectacle and the hottest Blues east of the Mississippi!
See you all at the show?


Friday, June 4, 2010

Bob Dorr And The Blue Band Update

This is FINALLY going to satisfy the couple of people who always complain about the rambling nature of these Blue Notes. I decided to nap for 45 minutes, FOUR HOURS AGO!! Obviously, I forgot to turn the alarm on after setting it. It's 4:40 in the morning, I still have a couple of hours of radio production to do on shows that start airing this weekend, the contractors will be here in less than 3 hours, it's pouring down rain and someone has to worry that only half of my house has gutters, (it might as well be me worrying, as the unguttered part is right over my basement bedroom) and somehow, I've got to get some laundry done before hitting the road for THREE ONE-NIGHTERS IN A ROW!!! (it's just like playing in a real band again!!)...
I am told that there are still tickets available for tonight's (Fri) riverboat cruise on The Spirit of Dubuque out of the Ice Harbor in Dubuque. It's a fundraiser for Iowa Public Radio and they are handling all the ticket sales. Info at www.iowapublicradio.org. Board the boat at 7pm, cruise the Mississip 7:30-10:30, meet IPR personalities and dance to The Blue Band. What's not to like, right Avis? (I like to put that in every once in a while because Avis is one of many Blue Note subscribers that our automated delivery system seems to have difficulty delivering to) Didjya git, Avis? The Blue Note, I mean...
Saturday finds us at a Grand Opening celebration for a cool new vineyard outside of Traer (it's 28 miles mostly south and a little west of my soggy little house in Sparkle City) (I blew off the aforementioned radio work and drove down there this afternoon) The Fox Ridge Winery is a beautiful acreage, they're set up for a rain or shine event, and they've got LOTS of wine, which will make our 6-9pm show fly by. More info/directions: http://foxridgewine.com/events.html...
And Sunday (SUNDAY!!) marks our return to the Troll Capitol OF THE WORLD (this is not one of my snide comments, this is how the city actually promotes itself, especially since the world famous Mustard Museum (Poupon U.) has left town) for Mt. Horeb Wisconsin's Summer Frolic. This is a weekend long city celebration with people who know how to drink beer. Troll on over. We play 5-8pm. More info and directions: http://www.trollway.com/EventDetail.asp?ACTION=ShowEvent&EventID=203...
We are still experiencing difficulties with the Blue Note email list. Obviously this doesn't effect you cuz yer readin' this note, but please let us know if there are any difficulties with getting the notes. The geeks who are trouble shooting this problem suggest that I submit a list of people that we know are not getting delivery. It's beginning to look like there's trouble with the addresses of people who have been added or changed in the last 6 months. We're determined to get this fixed...
I gotta go. It's my wife's Birthday Weekend (I've never said that before!) (beware, dancing on bars and tables is a distinct possibility) Bring CAKE! Load-in at the boat dock is less than 12 hours away. See ya on the Blue Boat, grap yer troll and rub yer washboards, and always remember we love you. Bob Dorr & The Blue Band