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Deep Blues Festival Cleveland Ohio September 22

DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL CLEVELAND 2012
THE BEACHLAND BALLROOM
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22

Featuring...
Bob Log III, Robert Belfour, Scissormen, Ten Foot Polecats,
Molly Gene One Whoaman Band, Husky Burnette, and more!! 

Nine dirty blues and roots acts from across America (and beyond) star in Deep Blues Festival - Cleveland 2012 , which this year is dedicated to the late South Carolina bluesman Jeff Norwood

The critically heralded Deep Blues Festival returns to Cleveland, Ohio’s historic Beachland Ballroom on Saturday, September 22, featuring dirty roots music bands from across the country’s rising underground. Bands will play continuously from 5 p.m. until closing. The Beachland Ballroom is at 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Call 216-383-1124. Tickets are $20 and available NOW at http://www.beachlandballroom.com.

visit us at www.dbf2011.com for more info and if you can't make it and would like to donate to all the bands playing...please see the website's donate button.  Thanks!!!!

ABOUT THE DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL
The Deep Blues Festival was started in 2007 outside of Minneapolis by Chris Johnson, a fan of dirty blues based music and blues influenced music of all kinds. He based it's name on a term borrowed from Muddy Waters by the late, great musicologist Robert Palmer, who used the phrase “Deep Blues” to describe the gritty, artful sound of music rooted in the Mississippi Delta and Hill Country — both electric and acoustic blues that bridges the traditional and the modern. Palmer published a book of the same title in 1982 and collaborated with director Robert Mugge on the latter’s film of the same name in 1990. After 2009 Johnson took two years off, but returned to presenting a Deep Blues Festival in Bayport, MN, this summer.

DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL — CLEVELAND returns this year as a satellite event. Organizers aim to launch a series of Deep Blues Festivals around the country in the future. DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL — CLEVELAND is unique because it is an entirely band organized and driven event. It is being produced by the participating bands and the Beachland.  

DEDICATED TO THE LATE JEFF NORWOOD
This year’s DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL — CLEVELAND is dedicated to the late South Carolina bluesman Jeff Norwood, a fellow traveler in the Deep Blues circuit know to many for his winning, laconic grooves and unpredictable, true-to-life songs. Norwood apprenticed with the revered Drink Small and led his own bands touring the country until his death after a brief illness in April. His warm and colorful personality won him many friends. More can be learned about Jeff and his music at www.jeffnorwoodblues.com

DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL — CLEVELAND LINE-UP: 

Bob Log III is an American, slide guitar, one-man band. During performances, he plays old Silvertone archtop guitars, wears a full body cannonball man suit, and a helmet wired to a telephone which allows him to devote his hands and feet to guitar and drums. The spectacle has been described as a guitar dance party, full of sweaty smiles, jumps and kicks. Touring over 150 shows a year in more than 30 countries, Log and his guitar never, ever quit. www.boblogIII.com  

Robert Belfour is the real deal, born in Red Bank, MS, in 1940, he carries on the North Mississippi musical tradition he learned from R.L. Burnside, Othar Turner, Junior Kimbrough and others. Performing solo with an acoustic guitar, Belfour gets right to the heart of the blues.  www.myspace.com/robertwolfmanbelfour  

Misery Jackals are an Akron, OH, quintet bust out their special blend of old school punk rock on acoustic instruments. They wail on banjo, accordion, guitar, bass, drums and whatever else they can find to produce a one of a kind experience of “Pillbilly Browngrass.” One time a patron at a music venue asked “The Misery Jackals? What kind of music do they play?” The bartender replied “I don’t know man, they’re just f$<#ing awesome!” www.themiseryjackals.com

Molly Gene One Whoaman Band is true to her name, Warrensburg, Missouri’s Molly Gene cuts her music to the bone, playing guitar, harmonica and foot drum while singing like a ghost from the Delta flatlands out for vengeance. Molly Gene is rapidly earning a reputation for her high-powered performances and is currently touring Europe. Her latest album is Folk Blues and Booze. www.mollygene.org

Scissormen are a  Nashville-based guitar and drums duo carry a style straddling the oldest blues traditions and modernist turns like daring improvisation and sonic experimentation, without betraying the music’s lowdown, dirty roots. Their new release is a CD+DVD set featuring a full-length film about the band by Robert Mugge entitled BIG SHOES: Walking and Talking the Blues. The set recently reached number five on the chart at Sirius/XM Radio’s “B.B. King’s Bluesville.” www.scissormen.com

Ten Foot Polecats are a blazing trio from the Boston-area, but they sound like hard-bred juke joint dogs from the Mississippi hills. Nonetheless, their appeal is wide and their churning, psychedelic-yet-down-home sound is gaining them fans in the rock, punk and psychobilly circuits along with the traditional blues scene. Their latest album is I Get Blamed For Everything I Do which will soon be followed up their album Lost At Sea due to be released in early fall 2012. www.tenfootpolecats.com

Akron, Ohio’s the Blue Treads make a ferocious sound rooted in heavy blues, soul and alternative music, tearing up stages across the Midwest with their high energy live performances. The latest CD by the band — guitarist Pete Crane and drummer Nick Rose — is called Red Line. www.thebluetreads.com

The Blues are a religion and Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Husky Burnette sho’ ‘nuff preaches it. You can feel the testimony as he blends Mississippi Delta, Rock n Roll and Electric Blues. His music is gritty, soulful, southern, low-down and dirty. Husky, following in the family footsteps of rockabilly kings Johnny Burnette and Dorsey Burnette, has written and toured with several national artists over the years. Two of which that stand out are lead guitar for legendary singer/songwriter Roger Alan Wade and the supporting act on tour for Hank Williams III. He has shared the stage with many others such as Leon Russell, Guy Clark, T-Model Ford, Scott H. Biram, Emmylou Harris and The Legendary Shack Shakers. www.huskyburnette.com

Shane Speal is known as “the King of Cigar Box Guitar,” Pennsylvania-based innovator Shane Speal is more than a blues-rock songwriter who plays a primitive instrument made from an empty cigar box and a stick. He is also the leader of the modern Cigar Box Guitar Revolution, a growing fan base of cigar box guitar builders and players who are dominating blues stages worldwide. Speal has performed concerts throughout the country and has been featured in many TV, newspaper and national magazine features. He is also the central figure in the Max Shores' documentary on cigar box guitars, Songs Inside the Box.  www.shanespeal.com

South Skunk Blues Society Update

Membership Drive has begun:
We have emailed everyone who is due for renewal of their membership and will be sending letters in the US mail to those that don’t have email.  We are also in the process of renewing sponsorships and getting new ones too.  Since we are going to have a two day show this year we need all the help we can get so if it is time to renew your membership or sponsorship and have not done so yet, please consider doing that.  One of the benefits of membership (or sponsorship) in South Skunk is that you receive the Central Iowa Blues Society Newsletter, however if your membership lapses your subscription to this monthly newsletter will end.  I am attaching a membership form and also a sponsorship form to this email.  Please feel free to share with others and help us to recruit some new members and sponsors.

We are so grateful for the renewal sponsorships we have received from Fulton Manufacturing, The Vernon Company, and Revolution Cycle.  We also thank our newest sponsors the Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Town and Country Sanitary Services.  We also recognize and thank Dan Wickliff for renewing his membership at the Contributing Member level.  Dan is a great supporter of the South Skunk Blues Society.

Bowl Program Ads:
We are in the process of putting together the program for the 20th annual Bowlful of Blues and we are actively selling ads.  If you or your business would like to purchase an ad in the Bowl program just let me know.  The business card size ads are $30.00, the 1/4 page is $50.00, half page is $80.00 and a full page is $140.00.

Bowl preparation:
We have received our order of shirts and hats and they will soon be available for purchase on line.  Tickets are at the printers and are available on line now at southskunkblues.org  .  Advance tickets to the Bowl will save you $10.00 on admission if you go both days.  In the next week or two the tickets will be available to purchase from the local out lets in Newton, Des Moines and Grinnell.

We are needing to add to our core of volunteers who will help us prepare for and also work at the Bowl.  Again this year volunteers from the Central Iowa Blues Society will manage the entry gate.  Please consider lending a hand in this effort, just let me know what area you would like to help with and we will see if we can get you lined up with a job.  Volunteers make this work and we have kept this going for the past 20 years!  Now is the time rally so please let us know how you might want to help.

Upcoming Shows:
Bob Pace Band – Saturday, July 7th at The Speakeasy in Newton 9-1, No Cover  Bob Pace is an Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee!

Bob Dorr and the Blue Band, Friday August 10 at the Thunder Nights bike night on the square in Newton 6-10 PM, No Cover (the Blue Band show at Baxter Fun Days was fantastic, they have added a horn section, pretty cool).  Bob Dorr is also in the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

Hot Tamale and the Red Hots, Jake Moorman Memorial Golf Tournament, Saturday, July 28th, 2012, Twin Anchors Golf Course, US Hwy 30 Colo  4-8 PM No cover.  This is a benefit fundraiser that is hosted by Jake's Moorman’s parents Kendall and Natalie and brother Ben Moorman. Jake died in a car accident on December 5, 2010. The benefit is to raise money in Jakes memory for scholarships for students at Baxter where Jake attended school.    The past events have drawn a good attendance and this year looks like it will even be bigger event.  The public is invited to attend and support this endeavor.  Food, beverages, music, a golf tournament, camping, a silent auction and fireworks will be happening! I am attaching a poster for this event to this email.  For more information or to find out how to register for the golf tournament contact Julie Weltha  at welthaj@partnercom.net or Natalie Moorman at moormanconst@partnercom.net

Fat Tuesday and the Greasefire Keys, Shake, Rattle and Roll-Lost Cause Motor Cycle Riders Against Parkinsons, Saturday August 25th  Main Street, Roland Iowa. Music begins around 4 PM.  Ride, Raffle, Food Fun, and Music.  See attached poster for additional information.  The Ride registration begins at 11 in Rhodes at Uncle Bucks.  This is bound to be a fun time.

Bowlful of Blues - Labor Day Weekend, September 1 and 2.  http://southskunkblues.org/bowlful.htm

Solo Duo Call for Acts for Iowa Blues Challenge:  There is still time, one more week, to get registered and enter the competition.  The South Skunk Blues Society is one of the co-sponsors for the Iowa Solo Duo competition.  I have attached the “Call” (announcement) to this email.  The deadline for registering is July 15th, 2012.  The Solo/Duo Challenge will be held August 26, 2012 at Zimm’s in Des Moines, IA.   Please feel free to tell musicians that the call for the competition is out, and it is time to get registered if they want to participate.  

Facebook- We now have a South Skunk facebook page https://www.facebook.com/#!/south.skunk.1  and
a very new and special Bowlful of Blues page  https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bowlful-of-Blues/248977208549411   Check out these facebook sites and friend us so that you can receive all the latest updates!

South Skunk will have its next meeting on Monday July 16th at 6:30 PM at the VFW in Newton.  Come on out and say hello; we just might put you to work on the various efforts we have going for the 20th annual Bowlful of Blues!

Fulton Mechanical Jeff and Laura Fulton
I 80 Farms  - Colfax
Dr. Mark Wetzel DPM, 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, Men’s Auxiliary Club Post 1655  - Newton
Revolution Cycle  - Baxter
August Bergman Inn – Newton
Town and Country Sanitary Services- Baxter
Jasper County Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Yours Bluely

 Craig Peterson
President, South Skunk Blues Society             
P.O. Box 951                                   
Newton, Iowa 50208                     
641-227-3209   craig@partnercom.net
Website - http://southskunkblues.org/
Face book -  https://www.facebook.com/#!/south.skunk.1   (South Skunk)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Bowlful-of-Blues/248977208549411     (Bowlful or Blues)

JW Desert Ridge Blues Festival Nov 19 and 20 2011.

From Bob Corritore

 

 

The JW  Desert Ridge Blues Festival happens Saturday and Sunday, November 19 and 20, 2011 at Sage Court at  JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort, 5350 E. Marriott Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85054. Saturday's acts include The Tedechi / Trucks Band, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, and the Dave Riley / Bob Corritore Juke Joint Blues Band. Sunday's acts include Johnny Lang, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Cowboy Mouth, North Mississippi All-Stars Duo, and Jeff Golub & Henry Butler.

 

Deep Blues Festival July 16 2011

For more info, contact Ted Drozdowski at 615-730-7916 or dbf2011@gmail.com

 

DIRTY ROOTS BANDS FROM ACROSS AMERICA GATHER FOR
DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL 2011
AT CLEVELAND’S BEACHLAND BALLROOM on SAT, JULY 16

Blues, country, punk rock, folk and old timey music all intersect at Cleveland’s historic Beachland Balllroom on Saturday, July 16, for the fourth Deep Blues Festival — a unique event that spans the deepest American musical traditions and the cutting edge.

The festival features 10 dirty roots bands from the rising “Deep Blues” underground movement. These bands, many of whom tour internationally, will play continuously in the Beachland’s main room from 5 p.m. until closing. The Beachland Ballroom is at 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland. Call 216-383-1124. Tickets are $20 and available in advance at http://dbf2011.com/l/9xao9d/8349373;http://www.beachlandballroom.com. The Beachland also offers special hotel discounts, etc., for travelers. Please visit their web site for details.

ABOUT THE DEEP BLUES FESTIVAL

The Deep Blues Festival was started in 2007 outside of Minneapolis by Chris Johnson, a fan of dirty blues based and influenced music of all kinds. He based its name on a term coined by the late, great musicologist Robert Palmer, who borrowed the phrase “Deep Blues” from the giant Muddy Waters to describe the gritty, artful sound of music rooted in the Mississippi Delta and hill country — both electric and acoustic blues that bridges the traditional and the modern. Palmer published a book of the same title in 1982 and collaborated with director Robert Mugge to make a film of the same name in 1990. Mugge’s film, in turn, took the music to a much broader audience.

After the 2009 Deep Blues Festival, founder Johnson chose not to continue the event — but in the two years since the last Deep Blues Festival an underground movement has continued to grow. Today the Deep Blues scene has a community of bands and fan throughout the world and Deep Blues Festival 2011 provides a gathering place for that community to once again come together and enjoy a living blend of some of the most deeply rooted and cutting edge sounds in blues-based music today.

Deep Blues Festival 2011 is unique because it is an entirely band driven event. It is being organized by the participating bands and the Beachland. Johnson remains the event’s spiritual father and a volunteer advisor.

THE TOUR

In the weeks before the festival, many of the bands involved will be traveling across the country and in particular in the Midwest as they gather and head to the festival. Look for the Misery Jackals in the Akron area; Boom Chick heading west from NYC; Molly Gene as she travels east from Kansas, and various combinations of Scissormen, 10 Foot Polecats and Left Lane Cruiser banding together with other artists, including Molly Gene and Mark Holder, in Nashville, Chicago, the Minneapolis area, Lansing and Fort Wayne. Details are available on the band’s web sites, listed below.

THE BANDS

• Boom Chick: Frank Hoier and drummer Moselle comprise this electric guitar and drums rock ‘n’ roll duo out of Brooklyn, NY, who mix surf music, ’50s ballads and slide guitar blues to make good on all the things rock ‘n’ roll promised us so long ago. http://dbf2011.com/l/799hfn/8349373;http://www.boomchickboomchick.com

• Cashman: Led by Houston raised singer-guitarist Ray Cashman, the Nashville-based group that bears his name weaves the sound of Mississippi hill country juke joint blues ala R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough into a powerful stew captured on two riveting, raucous albums. http://dbf2011.com/l/jeumuk/8349373;http://www.reverbnation.com/cashman

• Left Lane Cruiser: The pride of Fort Wayne, Indiana’s garage roots scene, this duo blend the authority and soul of Muddy Waters and R.L. Burnside into their own bone-crunching sound. As their name implies, they are road warriors extraordinaire, touring widely in the U.S. and Europe. Their music appeared in the 2010 season of TV’s Breaking Bad. Their fourth and latest album Junkyard Speedball has just been released. http://dbf2011.com/l/evhrv1/8349373;http://www.myspace.com/leftlanecruiser

• Mark “Porkchop” Holder: One of the true pioneers of the modern Deep Blues scene thanks to his earlier role as guitarist in the Black Diamond Heavies, Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Mark Holder puts his own spin on country blues, writing songs and delivering them in a solo performing style that’s an perfect mix of truth and virtuosity. His latest disc is Fry Pharmacy. http://dbf2011.com/l/xbk3cb/8349373;http://www.myspace.com/markholdermusic

• Misery Jackals: This Akron, OH, quintet bust out their special blend of old school punk rock on acoustic instruments. They wail on banjo, accordion, guitar, bass, drums and whatever else they can find to produce a one of a kind experience of “Pillbilly Browngrass.” One time a patron at a music venue asked “The Misery Jackals? What kind of music do they play?” The bartender replied “I don’t know man, they’re just f$<#ing awesome!” http://dbf2011.com/l/e54xia/8349373;http://www.themiseryjackals.com

• “Mississippi” Gabe Carter: Solo dirty blues with a Mississippi regional flavor is this Chicagoan’s specialty, reminiscent of the MS hill country’s Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside, and his Bentonia mentors Jack Owens and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes. His latest album is LIVE At Duke’s With Uncle Walt. http://dbf2011.com/l/xky3xv/8349373;http://www.myspace.com/mississippigabecarter

• Molly Gene One Whoaman Band: True to her name, Warrensburg, Missouri’s Molly Gene cuts her music to the bone, playing guitar, harmonica and foot drum while singing like a ghost from the Delta flatlands out for vengeance. She tours extensively and had a wildly successful tour with Bob Log III in 2010. Molly Gene is rapidly earning a reputation for her high-powered performances.
Her latest album is Hillbilly Love. http://dbf2011.com/l/4eur5t/8349373;http://www.mollygene.org

• Old Gray Mule featuring C.W. Ayon: Juke joint blues is this Austin band’s specialty — once again echoing, in particular, the electric blues sounds of the Mississippi hills as minted by the Burnside and Kimbrough families. For the Deep Blues Festival 2011 they’ll be joined by Las Cruses, New Mexico’s C.W. Ayon, who usually performs as a foot stompin’, guitar slingin’ one-man band. http://dbf2011.com/l/tfv22c/8349373;http://www.oldgraymule.wordpress.com
http://dbf2011.com/l/z5isl8/8349373;http://www.reverbnation.com/cwayon

• Scissormen: This Nashville-based guitar and drums duo carry a style straddling the oldest blues traditions and modernist turns like daring improvisation and sonic experimentation, without betraying the music’s lowdown, dirty roots. With four albums and a new Robert Mugge directed movie starring Scissormen called BIG SHOES: Walking and Talking the Blues now playing at festivals, they are earning a reputation for high-energy live concerts in the US and Europe. http://dbf2011.com/l/hhtky4/8349373;http://scissormen.com

• Ten Foot Polecats: This blazing trio is from the Boston-area, but they sound like hard-bred juke joint dogs from the Mississippi hills. Nonetheless, their appeal is wide and their churning, psychedelic-yet-downhome sound is gaining them fans in the rock, punk and psychobilly circuits along with the traditional blues scene. Their latest album is I Get Blamed For Everything I Do. http://dbf2011.com/l/zmz5gl/8349373;http://www.tenfootpolecats.com

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Chenango Blues Festival August 20-21 2010

Just recieved this info via email.  Looks like a great festival.  It's in late August in New York.  You have plenty of time to plan ahead for this one.  The line up looks pretty cool too!  

 

 

 

Location: Norwich, NY (Chenango County Fairgrounds) Between Syracuse, NY and Binghamton, NY. August 20th & 21st.

Time (All shows @ Fairgrounds): Friday Night Free Show- TBA 7:15-8:15; Honey Island Swamp Band 8:30pm-10pm. Saturday- Doors open at 11am, Music Noon-10 pm (or so). 

Lineup:

12-1 TBA
1:20-2:40 TBA
2:40-3:40 Dom Flemons
3:40-5:00 Guitar Shorty
5:00-6:10 EG Kight
6:10-7:30 Watermelon Slim
7:30-8:40 John Hammond
8:40 Marcia Ball

Cost: 18 and under are Free, 19 and over- $15 advance, $20 day of show. Can order tickets by calling 607-336-2787 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              607-336-2787      end_of_the_skype_highlighting (Credit Cards Accepted). Group discounts for 10+ people.

CIBS Winter Blues Fest

The Des Moines Register has the latest on the big blues fest this weekend in Des Moines Iowa (Click HERE). The Central Iowa Blues Society is putting on its annual winter blues fest. This is always a great show with a lot of local, regional, and national talent. It is being held this year at Marriot Hotel in Downtown Des Moines, since its old home, the Hotel Fort Des Moines is under reconstruction. Here is a partial list from the Register of the bands appearing this year.



• Midnight Dogs (Bob Pace and Steve George), 2009 Iowa Blues Society’s Blues Challenge Solo/Duo Winner

• Avey Brothers, 2009 Iowa Blues Society’s Blues Challenge Band Winner from Davenport. The group was a Top-10 finisher at last weekend’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis.

• The Side Effects, 2009 Blues Society of Omaha Blues Challenge Band Winner

• Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, big as Texas guitar-driven blues-rock

• Everett Smithson Band, an eclectic mix of swamp rock, country, blues and rockabilly

• Delta Highway, Memphis-based rootsy but very electric blues.

• Levee Town, 2009 Kansas City Blues Society Blues Challenge Band Winner

• Brandon Scott Sellner, 2009 Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society Blues Challenge Band Winner

• Trouble No More, a solid all-around blues band and host of the After Hours Jam

Central Iowa Blues Society Winter Blues Fest

PRESS RELEASE

Subject: Winter Blues Fest

Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010

Place: Downtown Marriott, Des Moines, IA

Starting Time: 7 PM

Presented By: The Central Iowa Blues Society

For Immediate Release

It may be cold outside, but the Downtown Marriott Ballrooms and Rock River Lounge will have temperatures rising Saturday, January 30th when the Central Iowa Blues Society welcomes 9 acts on 5 different stages. This multi-band event will culminate with an After Hours Jam in the Des Moines Ballroom in the Downtown Marriott.

Wristbands for the event are only $12.00 in advance and will give you admission to all of the Ballrooms on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors, as well as Rock River Lounge on the second level. Tickets are available at Blues on Grand or online at www.cibs.org now. Price will be $15 on January 30.

This year’s Winter Blues Fest has a little bit of everything to satisfy the soul; be it, Texas blues/rock, incredible Blues harmonica, fabulous guitar, zydeco (swamp rock), or howlin’-at the-moon blues!

Check out The Midnight Dogs, the 2009 Iowa Blues Societies Solo/Duo Challenge Winner, at Rock River Lounge from 7:00-10 p.m.

The sounds of The Avey Brothers, the 2009 IA Blues Challenge band winner, will fill the air in the Salon D Ballroom starting at 7:30 p.m., followed by Delta Highway, the 2009 nominee for the Blues Music Awards for Best New Debut Artist at 10:30 p.m.

The Salon E Ballroom will fire up with the 2009 Blues Society of Omaha’s Blues Challenge band winner, The Side Effects at 7:45 p.m., followed by the 2009 Kansas City Blues Society’s Blues Challenge winner, Levee Town at 10:45 p.m.

Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat, nominee for Best Blues/Rock Album in the 2010 Blues Music Awards, are sure to get things heated up in the Dubuque Ballroom at 8:00 p.m., followed by the 2009 Greater Twin Cities Blues Music Society’s Blues Challenge band winner, Brandon Scott Sellner Band at 11:00 p.m.

Everett Smithson Band will get things jumping in the Des Moines Ballroom starting at 8:30 p.m.

The After Hours Jam kicks off at midnight in the Des Moines Ballroom with a set from Trouble No More, who will be this year's host band, with the Jam starting at 1 a.m. The Jam, which will last well into the wee hours, has the potential for some interesting combinations of musicians. All musicians are welcome to sign up and join in.

Food will be served starting at 8:00 p.m. and continue during the Jam.

The Downtown Marriott is offering special Blues Fest rates for the night. You can make room reservations by calling 1-800-514-4681 or 515-245-5500. Be sure to mention that you are going to be there for the Blues Fest to receive your special rate.

Sponsors for this event are the Central Iowa Blues Society, Budweiser, 95KGGO/98.3, Cityview and Downtown Marriott.

For more information on the Winter BluesFest, you can call (515) 225-6638, (515) 830-4213. Listen to KGGO (94.9) and 98.3 WOW for wristband giveaways. Do not miss this sure-fire cure for cabin fever!

Serena James

Marketing Coordinator

Central Iowa Blues Society

Chicago Bluegrass And Blues

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CBB FESTIVAL 2009 - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12TH 2009

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS TO THIS SHOW

The all-ages one-day event, held on Saturday, December 12th,2009 from 11am to midnight, will
feature 3 stages and 25 bands, including six-time Grammy-winner B©la Fleck and the Flecktones
on their first Chicago date together since mid-2007. They’ll be joined by Philadelphia’s psych-folk
harmonizers, Dr. Dog, and the Emmitt-Nershi Band, who unite Leftover Salmon’s mandolin and
vocals (Drew Emmitt) with the songwriting and flatpicking of the String Cheese Incident. And Eddy
“The Chief” Clearwater, proudly declared “Chicago’s premier blues entertainer” by the Chicago Tribune, will properly represent the scene that put his city on the international music map. Tickets
for the festival go on sale on Saturday, September 12th at 9am CST for $35 through the event’s
website (cbbfestival.com) In addition to 13 hours of 3 stages worth of nonstop music, the day’s
activities will also include a pickin’ circle, a live-art exhibition and indoor gallery, charitable raffles,
film screenings, the original Blues Brothers car, and impromptu marching band performances. Last
Banjo Standing Contest: We will once again hold the “LAST BANJO STANDING,” an online contest
that scours Chicagoland to find the top bluegrass or blues inspired artist. The winner, as voted on
by fans, family, friends and music lovers around the city will join the headliners on the main stage
roster. Sign up and vote at cbbfestival.com/contest. About the Charities: And while the festival will
serve to break a band or two, festival-goers will get to help save children. A portion of ticket
proceeds will be donated to two non-profit organizations, the Saving tiny Hearts Society
(www.savingtinyhearts.org), and Prevent Child Abuse America (www.preventchildabuse.org)

Congress Theater 2135 Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60647 All Ages

HUGE GIG ALERT!! Memphis Tenn

I wish I lived in Memphis. This sounds like a huge show! Ten bucks to get in the place! If you live anywhere near this you have to go and let us know how it went!

Friday, December 4th, 2009

CC BLUES CLUB

1427 North Thomas Street
Memphis Tennessee

Admission $10.00

CC Blues Club Presents....

The Biggest Blues Show to Hit Memphis, Tennessee

featuring

Archie Love

Booker Brown

Karen Wolfe

Larome Powers

Miz B

Mr. Sam

Nate Dogg

Preston Shannon

Roy Hughes

Sheba Potts Wright

Sweet Angel

Terry Wright

The Duchess

Please contact venue at (901) 526-5566, artists may change.

Phucket Blues And Rock Festival 2010

Just got an email from a new reader to the blog who reminded me that the blues is alive and well in Thailand. Charlie Musselwhite headlines the show, which is a good thing. I don't know how many blues festivals I have seen lately where a burned out dinosaur rock band has headlined a festival. Charlie is the real deal as we say. He learned at the feet of the masters in Chicago and has played the blues the way it is suppose to be played.

To check out the website especially those of you in SE Asia, and Australia who will make the trek (Click Here for website)

A special thanks for the hot tip to Ed Martin. Thanks Ed.

Heart Of America Living History Blues Fest. Urbandale Iowa

The Central Iowa Blues Society, and Living History Farms present a huge blues festival September 5-6th in Urbandale Iowa. Urbandale is a western suburb of Des Moines. The Living History Farms is right off of the Hickman Avenue exit on I35/80. I have been to some large shows at the Living History Farm. They had a Chautauqua there in the 80s, with multiple stages, very cool show, and I met Pete Seeger there. Also Pope John Paul II said mass to 300,000 people back in the early 80s. So they can handle large crowds! This promises to be a great show so be sure to get your face in the place.

Sooooooooo, I wonder if they got a waver to allow dancing in Urbandale:-) Click HERE to read about Iowa's own Footloose.

Blues In Baxter Iowa

Just got this from my old pal Craig Peterson from the Newton Iowa area. They have some really great blues coming to little old Baxter Iowa!! I am not sure if the South Skunk Blues Society is involved in this show, but I am sure plenty of familiar faces are behind this cool event. Check it out if you happen to be in Central Iowa this summer.

HI Tom, O'Kellys here in Baxter has got a darn good blues lineup for
Wednesday nights bike night.  At least it looks pretty good to me.  I myself
especially like Lil Dave Thompson and  Brian Lee. But that is not to say
some of the others are not dynamite too.  Just thought I would share.  Sure
makes listening to the blues easy for me. I can walk to the show.

The shows are free admission on Weds evenings (bike night) and they usually
start around 6 PM. There are usually lots of bikers at O'Kellys and the bands
play outside.  Great venue.  Great lineup.    Like everything,  these could
change, I would call ahead to be sure the band that is scheduled is going on
(641) 227-3013 (weather and schedule changes may impact this, and more will
be added but don't know for sure who or when)  but for what it is worth...:
May 27th Lil Dave Thompson
June 3rd Matt woods & the thunderbolts
June 10th Eric Jerardi
June 17th Scott Holt
June 24th Craig Swallwell
July 1st Mike Mcabee
July 15th Curly Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
July 29th Bryan Lee
Aug 5th Joe Price
Aug 12th Mike Mcabee
Aug 19th Rockin Jake
Aug 26th Eddie Turner

Little Bobby And The Storm At The Fargo Winter Blues Festival Feb 21

Just received this short email about the Fargo Winter Blues Festival


Little Bobby & The Storm will be @ the Fargo Winter Blues Festival Feb 21st American L
505 3rd Ave. North Fargo ND

2009 Deep Blues Festival

The Deep Blues Festival has already announced their dates for this summer! 
It is a great festival located in the upper Midwest.  Check it out this summer if
you can.


Our dates and venue for the 2009 Deep Blues Festival have been set.

The fest will be Wednesday July 15th through Sunday July 19th.  The Weds evening
show will be at the 331 Club in northeast Minneapolis and the rest of the events
will be at the Cabooze on the west bank.

Advance ticket sales are available now.  Our budget for the bands is based on these
presales, so please support the fest and help us bring in as many bands as possible.
We'll announce the lineup in March.

Check our websites for additional information, paypal links to purchase tickets and
updates.

www.deepbluesfestival.com

www.myspace.com/deepbluesfestival

Hope you'll join us.
Chris

Austin City Limits: Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings/Carolyn Wonderland

This come from T-Bone of CIBS:

Hey all ... two great ladies are both going to be on Austin City Limits. They are both phenomenal.

Check your local station listings at www.pbs.org.

Set your recorders!

(Here in Iowa, you can catch it this Saturday, Sunday and next Thursday and Saturday if you have HD. Otherwise, like me, you will have to wait until next Saturday at midnight.)

For Iowa:

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings/Carolyn Wonderland (#3406) Jones performs classic soul and funk, followed by Wonderland's blend of rock, blues and soul. Sat, November 8, 8:00 PM on IPTV HD Sat, November 8, 11:00 PM on IPTV HD Sun, November 9, 3:00 PM on IPTV HD Thu, November 13, 1:00 PM on IPTV HD Sat, November 15, 12:00 AM on IPTV HD Sat, November 15, 12:00 AM on IPTV www.myspace.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings www.daptonerecords.com/sharonjonesandthedapkings.html (I love the Daptone label artists.) www.carolynwonderland.com/ www.myspace.com/carolynwonderland

2nd Annual Big Blues Night, Pearson Lakes Art Center, Okoboji Iowa, October 16th

Press release from Pearson Lakes Art Center and reminder that the big show is coming up next week! If you are in the area check it out.

To Broaden Horizons Through the Arts

PRESS RELEASE- For immediate release- pictures on request

What: 2^nd Annual Big Blues Night with Bryan Lee and Mississippi Heat featuring Carl Weathersby

When: October 16, 2008 at 7:30PM

Where: Pearson Lakes Art Center Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre

Cost: Students $11.00, Members $18.00 and Non-members $22.00

Pictures Available Upon Request

[Okoboji, IA] – The Pearson Lakes Art Center announces the 2^nd Annual BIG BLUES NIGHT, part of the Frederick Brown Jazz & Blues Series at the PLAC sponsored by Brown Medical and Blue Monday Monthly on Thursday, October 16^th. Blues expert, Tom Tourville will conduct a Curtain Talk beginning at 6:45PM and the show will start at 7:30PM in the Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre. This year’s BIG BLUES NIGHT will feature the Blind Braille Blues Daddy of Bourbon Street, Mr. Bryan Lee and Chicago’s Traditional Blues Band, Mississippi Heat featuring guitar legend Carl Weathersby.

Bryan Lee was a nominee at the 2007 Blues Music Awards for "Best Contemporary Blues Album" with his new release "Katrina Was Her Name" on Justin Time Records. A bona fide New Orleans blues guitar hero and longtime staple on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Bryan Lee is a natural born houserocker with a whole lot of soul that he brings to the bandstand night after night. Coming off a highly successful whirlwind tour with Kenny Wayne Shepherd's blues revue, Lee is primed and ready to unleash his own intensely passionate brand of blues power on tour this summer in the wake of his recent Justin Time release, Katrina Was Her Name. Bryan performed 2/14/07 on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno with Kenny Wayne Sheppard and Hubert Sumlin. The song played was "Tina Marie" written by Bryan which has become one of the top radio hits in the country. Bryan Lee is a true New Orleans name with over 30 years performing on Bourbon Street. Blind since birth, Bryan is a unique presence in the blues touring circuit.

As band leader and composer for MISSISSIPPI HEAT, Pierre Lacocque’s vision has never wavered since he founded his band in 1991 at Café Lura in Chicago. His mantra is clear and focused. The band has always had an ensemble sound: all musicians are featured and welcome to contribute on stage and on recordings. His music is traditional because it is steeped in Chicago’s golden sounds of the 1950’s, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, all the great harp players... Big and Little Walter, The Sonny Boy Williamsons, Junior Wells, George Smith, and many extraordinary contemporaries such as Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza and Paul deLay. On the other hand, Pierre’s blues is unique because he dislikes treading on old beaten paths. He always writes new stuff.

Mississippi Heat has now finished 7 CDs (as well as a DVD for Delmark Records in 2005). Some of their recordings have won awards such as “BEST CHICAGO BLUES CD OF THE YEAR” and “BEST BLUES PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR”

Over the years. MISSISSIPPI HEAT has been the subject of several TV and movie features.

French TV has released a documentary on Blues featuring the band and vocalist Inetta Visor has been featured on a prestigious program called ARTE. MISSISSIPPI HEAT has also been featured in countless trade magazines such as Living Blues and Blues Review. They are a remarkable group to hear. “One of the most exciting blues ensemble performing today. . .

MISSISSIPPI HEAT is one of those bands that defies clichés because each CD is better than the last. . . Pierre Lacocque’s harmonica technique and musical imagination is superlative. He plays with the finesse and golden tone. Horn players could take lessons from him from the lines he uses.” PHIL LLOYD (AMERICAN HARMONICA NEWSLETTER)

This amazing TRIPLE BILL performance will rock your Fall Blues away. Don’t miss this amazing night of fun music. Call 712.332.7029 or go to www.lakesart.org to buy your tickets. Sponsored by Brown Medical and Blue Monday Monthly

Thanks to our Gold Corporate Partners: Bank Midwest; Signe Kim Lauridsen-Jones; Wells Dairy Inc.; Pure Fishing; & Liberty Bank and Silver Corporate Partners: United Community Bank; Central Bank; Spirit Lake Hy-Vee; Midwest Coca-Cola; Northwest Bank; The Inn at Okoboji; the Bud Pearson Fund for Art Education; Tom Fuhrman’s Edward Jones Investments; Kum & Go; Piccadilly Circus Pizza/LandMark Products; and Arrowwood Resort of Okoboji

For questions please call Andrea at 712-332-7013 x 107 or andrea@lakesart.org

3rd Annual Bohemian Arts And Music Festival

Claudia Schwartz has another great blues showcase in Fayetteville.

Hello, everyone

Please come and join us for the following event:

3RD ANNUAL "BOHEMIAN" ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL

WHEN: SUNDAY, NOV. 2ND 2008 FROM NOON - 7PM

WHERE: PATE ROOM HQ PUBLIC LIBRARY 300 MAIDEN LN.

7 HOURS OF FAYETTEVILLE'S HOTTEST MUSICIANS AND VISUAL ARTISTS IN ANOTHER MEMORABLE SHOW OF EXCELLENCE..

BANDS:

ROBBIE REID IN THAT TONE RAY KING

MIGHTY BLUE THE DUTY'S CORKY JONES

ANDREA P. FLOSSIE WILSON WHO ARE WE?

KENNY HUFFMAN TONY BALDWIN GREG GRIMES

BLUE SKY CLAUDIA SWARTZ GIANT DRUM

MAMA'S PRIDE HENRY NIEVES DANNY NIEVES

VICTOR VILLAFONE NEIL RAY WILLIE BRADLEY

PITCH BLUE BRIAN FRAZIER

VISUAL ARTS:

JEFF COLEMAN, LYNN PALUGA, ROBIN GARR, COURTNEE HUMMEL AND THE FSU ART STUDENTS, ASHLEY JONES, TRACY LAZARO GOW, GOVINA TAYLOR, HAROLD GRACE, DOROTHY "Q" FINIELLO, AND OTHERS.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND LET US MAKE THIS EVENT THE BEST ONE EVER AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE IS CONCERNED. THANKLS FOR SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL MUSICIANS AND THESE PROJECTS.

CLAUDIA SWARTZ

BEATHEARTPRODUCTIONS

MUSIC AND ARTS EVENTS

2nd Annual Big Blues Night, Pearson Lakes Art Center, Okoboji Iowa, October 16th

Press release from Pearson Lakes Art Center

To Broaden Horizons Through the Arts

PRESS RELEASE- For immediate release- pictures on request

What: 2^nd Annual Big Blues Night with Bryan Lee and Mississippi Heat featuring Carl Weathersby

When: October 16, 2008 at 7:30PM

Where: Pearson Lakes Art Center Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre

Cost: Students $11.00, Members $18.00 and Non-members $22.00

Pictures Available Upon Request

[Okoboji, IA] – The Pearson Lakes Art Center announces the 2^nd Annual BIG BLUES NIGHT, part of the Frederick Brown Jazz & Blues Series at the PLAC sponsored by Brown Medical and Blue Monday Monthly on Thursday, October 16^th. Blues expert, Tom Tourville will conduct a Curtain Talk beginning at 6:45PM and the show will start at 7:30PM in the Lauridsen Performing Arts Theatre. This year’s BIG BLUES NIGHT will feature the Blind Braille Blues Daddy of Bourbon Street, Mr. Bryan Lee and Chicago’s Traditional Blues Band, Mississippi Heat featuring guitar legend Carl Weathersby.

Bryan Lee was a nominee at the 2007 Blues Music Awards for "Best Contemporary Blues Album" with his new release "Katrina Was Her Name" on Justin Time Records. A bona fide New Orleans blues guitar hero and longtime staple on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, Bryan Lee is a natural born houserocker with a whole lot of soul that he brings to the bandstand night after night. Coming off a highly successful whirlwind tour with Kenny Wayne Shepherd's blues revue, Lee is primed and ready to unleash his own intensely passionate brand of blues power on tour this summer in the wake of his recent Justin Time release, Katrina Was Her Name. Bryan performed 2/14/07 on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno with Kenny Wayne Sheppard and Hubert Sumlin. The song played was "Tina Marie" written by Bryan which has become one of the top radio hits in the country. Bryan Lee is a true New Orleans name with over 30 years performing on Bourbon Street. Blind since birth, Bryan is a unique presence in the blues touring circuit.

As band leader and composer for MISSISSIPPI HEAT, Pierre Lacocque’s vision has never wavered since he founded his band in 1991 at Café Lura in Chicago. His mantra is clear and focused. The band has always had an ensemble sound: all musicians are featured and welcome to contribute on stage and on recordings. His music is traditional because it is steeped in Chicago’s golden sounds of the 1950’s, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Rogers, all the great harp players... Big and Little Walter, The Sonny Boy Williamsons, Junior Wells, George Smith, and many extraordinary contemporaries such as Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza and Paul deLay. On the other hand, Pierre’s blues is unique because he dislikes treading on old beaten paths. He always writes new stuff.

Mississippi Heat has now finished 7 CDs (as well as a DVD for Delmark Records in 2005). Some of their recordings have won awards such as “BEST CHICAGO BLUES CD OF THE YEAR” and “BEST BLUES PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR”

Over the years. MISSISSIPPI HEAT has been the subject of several TV and movie features.

French TV has released a documentary on Blues featuring the band and vocalist Inetta Visor has been featured on a prestigious program called ARTE. MISSISSIPPI HEAT has also been featured in countless trade magazines such as Living Blues and Blues Review. They are a remarkable group to hear. “One of the most exciting blues ensemble performing today. . .

MISSISSIPPI HEAT is one of those bands that defies clichés because each CD is better than the last. . . Pierre Lacocque’s harmonica technique and musical imagination is superlative. He plays with the finesse and golden tone. Horn players could take lessons from him from the lines he uses.” PHIL LLOYD (AMERICAN HARMONICA NEWSLETTER)

This amazing TRIPLE BILL performance will rock your Fall Blues away. Don’t miss this amazing night of fun music. Call 712.332.7029 or go to www.lakesart.org to buy your tickets. Sponsored by Brown Medical and Blue Monday Monthly

Thanks to our Gold Corporate Partners: Bank Midwest; Signe Kim Lauridsen-Jones; Wells Dairy Inc.; Pure Fishing; & Liberty Bank and Silver Corporate Partners: United Community Bank; Central Bank; Spirit Lake Hy-Vee; Midwest Coca-Cola; Northwest Bank; The Inn at Okoboji; the Bud Pearson Fund for Art Education; Tom Fuhrman’s Edward Jones Investments; Kum & Go; Piccadilly Circus Pizza/LandMark Products; and Arrowwood Resort of Okoboji

For questions please call Andrea at 712-332-7013 x 107 or andrea@lakesart.org