Big Gigs

From Mac Dobbins, some big blues and soul gigs!

Friday, December 18th, 2009
Willie Clayton - 7:00 pm
Willie Clayton

US

Willie Clayton - Minglewood Hall, Memphis, Tennessee

Friday,

December 18th, 2009
T. K. Soul

Chicago, IL

Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Karen Wolfe - 7:00 pm
Meridian Missisiippi
7:00pm
Venue/TBA

Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Willie Clayton
Trotter Center, Columbus, Mississippi

Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Christmas Fest

Friday,

Friday, December 25th, 2009
T. K. Soul - (Christmas Night.) Winn Civic Center, Winnfield, Louisiana

Friday, December 25th, 2009
Karen Wolfe - 7:00 pm
Jackson Mississippi
Venue TBA

Friday, December 25th, 2009
8:00 pm
Kenne Wayne

Saturday,

Friday, December 26th, 2009
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bobby Rush, Mel Waiters, Sir Charles Jones, Shirley Brown, Floyd Taylor, Omar Cunningham
Festival

2nd Annual Holiday Blues Festival. Bobby "Blue" Bland, Bobby Rush, Mel Waiters, Sir Charles Jones, Shirley Brown, Floyd Taylor, Omar Cunningham. Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, Mississippi. 1-800-745-3000

Saturday, December 26th, 2009
T. K. Soul - Union Springs, AL

Saturday, December 26th, 2009
9:30 pm
Putters

6040 South SR 48
Maineville, OH 45039
US

Recording Artist Special in Concert.

Directions: I-71 North to OH-48 exit towards South Lebanon (located behind Wendy’s) 9:30pm-1:30am (513) 494-2054

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
L. J. Echols - 8:00 pm
Turning Point Blues Lounge, 28th Street, Gulfport, Mississippi. New Years Eve Throw Down

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Sweet Angel - Doors Open at 9:00 pm
Vicksburg City Auditorium

901 Monroe Street
Vicksburg, MS 39180

Sweet Angel will be performing on New Year's Eve at the Vicksburg City Auditorium.

Bring in the New Year right!

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
"New Year Eve Bash Starring MiLaJa Records Recording Artist - 8:00 pm
Falisa Janaye'

"New Year Eve Bash Starring MiLaJa Records Recording Artist Falisa JaNaye'" on Thursday, December 31 at 8:00pm. The Bone Shaker Club, 614 Ladino St., W. Helena, AR

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
New Year's Eve Bash with Zakiya Hooker
Zakiya Hooker

Event: New Year's Eve Bash with Zakiya Hooker
"Party, New Year's, Blues"
What: Holiday Party
Start Time: Thursday, December 31 at 9:00pm
End Time: Friday, January 1 at 12:30am
Where: Kingfish, 201 South B Street, San Mateo, California. 650-343-1226.

Zakiya says, "We hope you can come celebrate with us at Kingfish to ring in the New Year! Start it off right by supporting live music. Be sure and call for your
reservations now. Wishing you and yours Happy Holidays!".

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Mel Waiters
Price: General Admission $28.50

Showtime: Dec 31, 2009 9:30 PM

The Monarch Event Center

Austin,TX

Lightning Red: Just LIke an Angel

Lightning Red at the Eureka Springs Blues Festival

Soul Searchers Update

the soul searchers
click here for our website
click here for our myspace page
click here to buy the CD

wednesday, december 16, 8pm

greenwood lounge

3707 ingersoll ave, des moines

"the soul searchers lay down authentic west coast blues from their des moines, iowa surroundings" -BLUES REVUE magazine "the soul searchers are a veteran group of players who roll along slickly and confidently" -BLUESWAX "this band puts down energetic jump-blues with a vintage vibe that harks back to early fabulous thunderbirds" -OMAHA READER

Blues Historian Review: Mike Zito, Pearl River

Mike Zito is an amazing guitar player who can not only sing, but has an amazing voice suited for blues and soul. Then add a very tight band, great songs, with good arraignments. Add Reese Wynans on keyboards. Have Cyril Neville write you a great song and sing with you, add a few more great musicians, get them all in a studio and mix it perfectly and you have Zito's latest release Pearl River.

This Electro Groove release was sent to me recently in the mail, and I have enjoyed listening to it as I have crisscrossed the state of Iowa. Zito knows what he is doing on guitar, and he is blessed with a great soulful voice. this CD is pretty much what you would expect from a contemporary blues band. Solid tunes, well rehearsed, and expertly mixed presentation of blues and soul. Only once was I shocked, and that happened at the beginning of Shoe Blues. It started out great, and for some reason I thought he was covering Robert Johnson's Walking Blues. Zito sings about waking up and looking for his shoes, and then Susan Cowsill, repeats the next verse, and I am thinking Oh-no! Not a duet of a classic Robert Johnson song! However, had I been listening closely I would have noticed that the lyric is different, and by the third line, I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized that it was not the classic Johnson song. Needless to say the song rocked.

If I have one problem with Pearl River, is that it is too perfect. The solo's are perfect, the band is tight, and the vocals don't waver. Perhaps it is the old school in me, but I really like the live feeling of blues. I like to hear a guitar player going out on a limb, or a vocalists straining to hit a note. I know that the old chess recordings were made quickly because the Chess brothers didn't have the equipment, or the time to perfect the sound, but my personal quirk is the live sound.

This is a buy, go out get it and listen to it!

Taylor Hicks: Maybe You Should

For all the Taylor Hicks fans. Merry Christmas! A recent performance recorded in Madison Wisconsin.

David Honeyboy Edwards on NBC News

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Murali Coryell Update

Great CD Review of "Sugar Lips" by The Blues Blogger-http://thebluesblogger.com/809/murali-coryell-sweet-new-release-sugar-lips-cd-review

Buy "Sugar Lips" @ CDbaby http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/murali7

Buy "Sugar Lips" @ Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Lips-Murali-Coryell/dp/B002UOKXUQ/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_lnk

Performing Live:

Monday, December 21st, 2009
Murali Coryell Band w/Dorian Randolph-drums & Steve Aldi-bass - 9:30pm
The Bitter End

147 Bleecker St
New York, NY 10012
(212) 673-7030

Price: $10

Christmas with Murali
Give the gift of Music! and get the latest CD "Sugar Lips" at The Bitter End

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Murali Coryell Band w/Dorian Randolph-drums & Steve Aldi-bass - 9:00pm
Frank Guidos Little Italy

14 Thomas St.
Kingston, NY 12401
845-340-1682

Price: $49.95

News Years Eve entertainment and dinner package @ delicious Frank Guidos Little Italy!

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Murali Coryell Band w/Dorian Randolph-drums & Steve Aldi-bass - 8:30pm
The Tin Angel

20 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 928-0770

Price: $10

Friday, January 8th, 2010
Murali Coryell Band w/Dorian Randolph-drums & Steve Aldi-bass - 9:00pm
Madams Organ

2461 18th St NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 667-5370

Price: TBA

Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Murali Coryell Band w/Dorian Randolph-drums & Steve Aldi-bass - 9:00pm
Black-Eyed Sallys

350 Asylum St
Hartford, CT 06103
860-278-7427

Price: $10

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Murali Coryell Band w/Lorenzo Farrell-bass & J. Hansen-drums - 7:30pm
Don Quixote's International Music Hall

6275 Highway 9
Felton, CA 95018-9710
(831) 335-2800

Price: $10

Friday, January 15th, 2010
The Coryell Brothers-Featuring Murali and Julian Coryell - 7:45pm
The Mint

6010 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
323-954-9400

Price: $10

Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Murali Coryell-solo acoustic - 6:00pm
TBA

Newburgh, NY

Price: N/A

Party to promote efusjon-acai berry energy drink

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Murali Coryell Band w/Dorian Randolph-drums & Steve Aldi-bass - 9:00pm
Theodores Booze Blues & BBQ

201 Worthington St
Springfield, MA 01103-2304
(413) 736-6000

Price: Free!

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
Murali Coryell-solo acoustic - 3:00pm
Barnes and Noble

1177 Ulster Avenue
Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 336-0590

Price: Free!

Promoting the CD release of "Sugar Lips" by Murali Coryell

Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Murali Coryell Band w/Dorian Randolph-drums & Steve Aldi-bass - 6:00pm
The Grog

13 Middle Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
978 465-8008

Price: $7

w/Parker Wheeler & Friends

Friday, January 29th, 2010
solo acoustic - 8:00pm
Caffe Lena

47 Phila St.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-583-0022

Price: TBA

named Best Small Venue in North America by the International Folk Alliance!

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Murali Coryell Band - 9:00pm
The Slippery Noodle Inn

372 S. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46225
317-631-6974

Price: $5

national blues night

Saturday, February 6th, 2010
9:00pm
The Blue Shop

320 N 4th St
Burlington, IA 52601-5314
(319) 758-9553

Price: TBA

Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Murali Coryell Band - 8:00pm
BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups

700 S Broadway
St Louis, MO 63102-1602
(314) 436-5222

Price: $10

Friday, February 12th, 2010
9:00pm
Nathan P. Murphy's

218 S Campbell Ave
Springfield, MO 65806-2048
(417) 863-1909

Price: TBA

Murali Coryell

Soul Searchers Update

QUICK ITS GOING ON NOW!!!!!!!

the soul searchers
click here for our website
click here for our myspace page
click here to buy the CD

friday, december 11, 9pm

greenwood lounge

3707 ingersoll ave, des moines

"the soul searchers lay down authentic west coast blues from their des moines, iowa surroundings" -BLUES REVUE magazine "the soul searchers are a veteran group of players who roll along slickly and confidently" -BLUESWAX "this band puts down energetic jump-blues with a vintage vibe that harks back to early fabulous thunderbirds" -OMAHA READER

The Blues Buffet:Dirty Water And Mower Man

Got an email from New Zealand, from the Blues Buffet. They are a cool blues band that has some videos on their myspace page (HERE) I am posting two of them here, Dirty Water and Mower Man. Enjoy!!


The Blues Buffet

The Blues Buffet | MySpace Video

Paul McCartney: Wonderful Christmas Time

One of the nice thing about the Beatles is that every Christmas they created some cool songs and recordings for their fans. Paul in 1979 made this song, with his band Wings in that spirit. Of course John Lennon also made a Christmas recording in 1972. Happy Xmas the War Is Over.

Jimmy Witherspoon: Ain't Nobody's Business

Witherspoon's signature song Ain't Nobody's Business.

Johnnie Taylor: Good Love

The late great Johnnie Taylor. Live in Dallas Texas.

Big Gigs

From Blues News Entertainment.

Thursday, December 10th, 2009
T. K. Soul

Columbus, MS

Friday, December 11th, 2009
Simone De - 7:00 pm

Price: $20.00

Simone De - Christmas Show, Classic R&B Soul, Grand Hall, 3556 Hallsmill Road, Mobile, Alabama 36605, Tickets: $20.00 per person. Contact: 251.533-6261

Friday, December 11th, 2009
8:00 pm
Kenne Wayne

Corpus Christi, Texas

Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Lil' Fallay - 8:00 pm
Lil' Fallay, Lafayette Hilton, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Karen Wolfe, Andre' Lee, L.J. Echols
Grotto Hall

Pensacola, FL

Saturday, December 12th, 2009
William Bell plays The 21st Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam
Location: The Asheville Civic Center
Street: 87 Haywood Street
City/Town: Asheville,NC
Phone: 828-259-5544
Organized By: Larry Eaglin with WILBE Records

William Bell plays The 21st Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam which also features Counting Crows,Ani Difranco,Gov't Mule,Moe & special guests Troy"Trombone"Shorty Andrews,Adam Deitch,DJ Logic,Audley Freed,Jackie Greene,Col.Bruce Hampton,Robert Kearns,Kevin Kinney,Eric Krasno,& George Porter Jr.

Saturday, December 12th, 2009
KEM featuring Laura Izibor - 8:00 pm
THE CANNON CENTER

MEMPHIS, TN

Sunday, December 13th, 2009
BIG DON VALENTINE AND THE HOLLYWOOD ALLSTARS FEATURING NATE DOGG - 8:00 pm
Wing City

Memphis, TN

Price: $8.00
OL SCHOOL SUNDAYS @ WING CITY 2291 AIRWAYS BLVD WITH BIG DON VALENTINE AND THE HOLLYWOOD ALLSTARS FEATURING NATE DOGG & A SPECIAL BLUES GUEST EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT. DOORS OPEN @ 7PM SHOW STARTS @ 8PM $8 ADMISSION

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! FOR NYE!!!!

NEW YEAR'S EVE 2009

	with Bob Dorr & The Blue Band also Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts Fat Tuesday & The Grease Fire Horns Joe and Vicki Price Rob Lumbard Soul Fusion Tom Gary December 31, 2009 Hilton Garden Inn Des Moines/Urbandale, 8600 Northpark Drive, Johnston, IA for hotel reservations call: 515-270-8890

Sweet Angel: Good Girls Do Bad Things

Sweet Angel doing her soulful best!

Gig Update From Sonny Rock

This just in from Sonny Rock

Seasons Greeting to All!


I'm proud to be helping the Police Benevalant Association with their annual fund raiser and Christmas Toy Drive.


This event will be on Saturday December 12th at Windham Mt. Ski Slope.


6:30pm-7:30pm will be cocktail hour at the bar on the 3rd floor of the lodge.

7:30pm-8:30pm dinner will be served in the dinning room at a cost of $20.00.

7pm music will start on the main stage. There will be 6 bands playing jazz, blues, & rock untill 11pm.


You are not obligated to have dinner!

A small donation or an unwrapped toy will do the trick!

Once again, I am proud to be the musical coordinator of this very special event. I hope we can make Christmas very special for the the children.

Thank You Very Much!! Sonny

Andy Coats Update

Hey everyone,

Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving.

I’m pleased to announce that the Bank Walkers will be playing at a new venue this week.

Show begins right after the wine tasting, Woo Hoo!

Hope to see you there!

Best

Andy

www.andycoats.com
www.myspace.com/andycoats
www.myspace.com/andycoatsandthebankwalkers

Bob Dorr And The Blue Band Update

S-N-O-W?! I was convinced that global warming was beneficial for me when I was enjoying the 60 degree temps last week, but Noooooooo, the ground is now totally covered by snow here in Sparkle City and the reality of winter for the next 90 days is blowing in on the north wind. Damn...

TONIGHT! (Fri.) It's the First Friday gig at The Hub, 4th & Main, in downtown Sparkletown. We'll be playing 4 or 5 of our Christmas tunes as well as fan favorites and we'll have some merch specials for Holiday shoppers. I love this gig. Pizza by the slice, great sound system, roomy dancefloor, and cool company. Bunky and Doug Huey will make up the horn section. Like Avis says, "what's not to like?" We play 6-9p, bring fruitCAKE!!...

Unfortunately, Santa has not brought us any more gigs for the rest of the month, until the BIG New Year's Eve/Wedding extravaganza. We're still hoping for that last minute gig in your basement or a club cancellation fill in gig. Let us know if you need last minute Holiday entertainment...

Today (12/3) was the 30th anniversary of my current half-time position at UNI Broadcasting Services. It's exactly 28 days before my retirement date. YIKES! That makes me think (and panic) too much...

Speaking of the radio shows, Saturday night, 7-10p will be another LIVE Backtracks Rock 'n' Roll history show (advance requests, just respond to this note) and Sunday, the Blue Avenue show will start a 3 week survey of the best blues releases of 2009. If you want to be hip to the 2009 blues scene, but you've only got three hours to invest in your hipness (?), I suggest the first hour (5-6p) of the next three Blue Avenue shows. You'll be SO hip, you'll probably just be walking around screaming IT'S THE BLUES, BABY!! (it doesn't get any hipper than that) More info: www.iowapublicradio.org...

Central Iowans: I've been invited by TV8 to be a "celebrity phone answerer" next Tuesday evening during the Toys For Tots promotion that runs during the TV8 newscasts. (they must be desperate for "celebrities" if I'M on the list!) I'll be answering phones 5-7pm, so make that call, we'll chat...

The Hilton Garden Hotel says that room packages/ticket sales for the NYE bash/wedding are really going well and we're all hoping for a sellout (there's only 400 tickets) Carolyn and I would love to have you dance I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock'n'Roll with us after the ceremony. And don't forget about wedding CAKE! Get reservations at http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=DSMUHGI...

I am being interviewed by the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier in 7 hours about my "retirement", so I gotta sleep (BTW, IPR and I are VERY close to finalizing the deal for me to continue producing Backtracks and Blue Avenue as an independent producer) Be careful on the slippery Blue highway, play your zydeco tie to the tune of Santa's Got A Lot On His Mind (speaking of lots, I've got a very nice 3 bedroom house for sale, all reasonable offers considered) (Christ, I'd even consider an unreasonable offer at this point!) (how's that for putting Christ back into Christmas?) and always remember we love you! Bob Dorr & The Blue Band