Bowlfull Of blues Update: Plus Upcoming Gigs

Hello, just wanted to send a quick Bcc email to the members and friends of the South Skunk.  We are busy getting the final touches to the lineup for the 20th annual Bowlful of Blues that will be held Labor Day weekend, Saturday September 1 and Sunday September 2.  This will be a fitting Bowl for the Year of the Skunk!  We will be announcing the lineup in the next week or two, as soon as we have all the various artists arranged.  You will have to stay tuned just a little longer.

In the mean time though there are some good blues shows that are coming to Skunkland yet this month.  Hope to see you at one of these shows!

Friday April 13, Speakeasy in Newton, 9-11, Johnny's Piano Bar featuring Travlin Tom Robinson of Bloomfield, Iowa on acoustic guitar, upright bass & vocals joining Johnny Keys and Jimmy Sticks for conversation-friendly jazz, blues, pop/rock favorites   No Cover

Thursday, April 19  The first round of competitors in Des Moines will be Marshall County Hangmen, Brad “bebad” McCloud & His Case of the Blues and The Pain Killers.  Bands will start at 8 PM at Zimm's Food & Spirits,   3124 Ingersoll Ave   Des Moines, IA 50312   (515) 277-9929  See attached flyer for additional details!  South Skunk is one of the co-sponsors of this years Blues Challenge.

Saturday Apr. 21 Bob Pace Band   First Avenue Speakeasy, downtown Newton. 9-1 p.m. No cover.  Electric rockin’ blues with a touch of classic rock.  Crowd-pleasin’ Rock ‘n’ Roller Hall of Famer with a bluesman’s soul!

Friday April 27 Johnny's Piano Bar with John Mattingly on keys and featuring Jane Eilers on the Sax with Jimmy Sticks Robinson on drums.  8-11, no cover.

Saturday April 28   Joe & Vicki Price First Avenue Speakeasy, 8-12, no cover  This is a don’t miss show! Joe is both an Iowa Blues Hall of Famer and Iowa Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer!  Independent music award winners for best blues CD 2010    http://www.joepriceblues.com/joepriceblues/HOME.html

DownBeat Magazine JULY 2010 said:  “Somewhere between traditional & unconventional, this seasoned Iowan singer-guitarist sounds fully involved with controlling the tension in his plain-spoken “ruff and tumble” blues.  Neither showy nor too self-effacing, he applies his metal tube to strings in mostly solo performances, adding his talented guitar-playing wife, Vicki, on 3 songs....”...Frank-John Hadley

Here is another review from a show they did at Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago:  http://www.joepriceblues.com/joepriceblues/Windy_City.html

Meeting this Sunday: The South Skunk Blues Society will have the monthly meeting this Sunday April 15 at the VFW in Newton beginning at 3PM.  Come on out and see what’s shakin’!   

And lastly please support our corporate sponsors!!!  If not for them we could not keep the blues alive:

Fulton Mechanical Jeff and Laura Fulton
 I 80 Farms  - Colfax
 Foot & Ankle Center  - located in Newton
 Blue Moon BBQ and Cadillac Jacks in Baxter
 Side Tracks Tap  - Kellogg
 Sugar Grove Vineyards and Gathering Place  - Newton
 The Vernon Company  - Newton
 Barney's  - Newton
 Gass / Great American Stock Car Series  - Newton
 State Farm Insurance  / Chad Wempen  - Newton
 The Arts Connection  - Newton
 VFW, Mens Auxillary Club Post 1655  - Newton
 Revolution Cycle  - Baxter
 August Bergman Inn – Newton

Yours Bluely,

 Craig Peterson
President, South Skunk Blues Society             
P.O. Box 951                                   
Newton, Iowa 50208                     
641-227-3209   craig@partnercom.net
http://southskunkblues.org/
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