Country Music today lost one of the industry's giants. Eddy Arnold, a
member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died around 4:40 a.m. today
at NHC Place in Cool Springs at the age of 89. He was the affable
Tennessee Plowboy who brought elegance, sophistication and millions of
fans to country music.
Mr. Arnold's contributions to the history of American popular music
were immense. He sold more than 85 million records, with 37 singles
charting on the pop charts and many more impacting the country charts.
He ranks as Billboard magazine's single most popular country artist
of all time. He was a star of stage and screen, and he was also a
public face of Nashville music for decades. Hits such as Make The
World Go Away, I Want To Go With You, Turn The World Around, I Really
Don't Want To Know and You Don't Know Me charmed a nation and moved
country toward the popular mainstream.
Mr. Arnold was preceded in death by his wife Sally Gayhart Arnold, who
died March 11, 2008. He is survived by their children, Richard Edward
Jr., of Nashville, and Jo Ann Pollard, of Brentwood, Tenn. He is also
survived by two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Music News Nashville would like to extend our condolences and
sympathies to Mr. Arnold's family and friends for their loss.
Please note that May's Bluegrass Monday concert is this Monday
night, May 12, and this is a show you won't want to miss!
Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike will perform a concert of bluegrass
music on Monday, May 12, at 7 PM at Atkins Celebration Hall, 101 South
Pruett Street, in downtown Paragould, Arkansas. The concert is part
of the Bluegrass Monday concert series presented by KASU 91.9 FM.
Admission is free, but KASU will literally "pass the hat" to collect
money to pay the group.
From singing as a child in church to appearing on the Grand Ol'
Opry with bluegrass legend Charlie Louvin, Valerie Smith is well-known
as an outstanding entertainer. Her soulful, unique voice has wowed
audiences at concerts across America as well as in Canada, the United
Kingdom and throughout Europe.
Smith is the winner of multiple awards from the International
Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA), and she has been nominated for
Song Of The Year and Emerging Artist Of The Year awards from the IBMA.
Her music has also been nominated for Grammy and Dove awards. She
has recorded five CDs, the three most recent of which have featured
her band, Liberty Pike.
Smith is a Missouri native now living in Bell Buckle, Tennessee,
near Nashville. Her upbringing in tiny Holt, Missouri, exposed her to
Western music, jazz, bluegrass and Gospel music. She attended the
University of Missouri Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, receiving
a degree in vocal music education, which led to stints teaching music
in schools. A chance encounter with old-time musicians Junior and
Betty Parker led to pursuit of a career as a bluegrass artist.
Featured in Smith's band, Liberty Pike, is acclaimed fiddler,
songwriter and vocalist Becky Buller. Buller is a native of southern
Minnesota who began playing violin using the Suzuki method at age ten.
At age thirteen, she joined her parents' bluegrass band and was
participating in fiddle contests, winning the Minnesota Junior
Fiddling Championship.
Buller graduated from East Tennesee State University, and while
there, she was an active participant in that institution's acclaimed
bluegrass and country music studies program. She has won multiple
acclaimed songwriting contests, and her songs have been recorded by
bluegrass artists such as Rhonda Vincent, David Parmley, Mark Newton,
IIIrd Tyme Out, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Recordings of her
songs have also been hits on numerous bluegrass music airplay and
sales charts. Buller has recorded two CDs of her own and has appeared
as a guest artist on over a dozen other releases.
Music by Valerie Smith will be featured extensively on KASU's
bluegrass music radio program, Down Home Harmonies, heard Saturdays
from noon to 3 PM and Sundays from noon to 2 PM on 91.9 FM. KASU's
Marty Scarbrough will interview Valerie on Down Home Harmonies at 1 PM
on Sunday. Valerie and Liberty Pike will also perform live on Midday
on KAIT-TV, channel 8, at 11:00 AM on Monday.
In addition to the concert by Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike at 7
PM, area bluegrass musicians are invited to come to Atkins Celebration
Hall beginning at 5 PM for an open jam session. Musicians are asked
to bring only acoustic instruments and to play only bluegrass music.
The jam sessions will end promptly at 6:45 PM prior to the beginning
of the concert.
Also, Simply Delicious Catering will provide a country-style
buffet meal beginning at 5 PM for a cost of $10 including tax and a
drink. Seating at the venue will around tables or in auditorium-style
seating.
Bluegrass Monday concerts are typically held on the fourth Monday
night of each month, however, for the month of May, the concert will
be held on the second Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday being the
fourth Monday of the month.
These concerts are presented with support from Backbeat Music,
Town and Country Realty, the Posey Peddler, the Northeast Arkansas
Bluegrass Association and KASU.
KASU, 91.9 FM, is the 100,000 watt public broadcasting service of
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. For more information, contact
KASU Program Director Marty Scarbrough at mscarbro@astate.edu or
870-972-2367.
I hope that you can join us this Monday night for a great night
of food, fellowship and bluegrass!
Sunday In The Park starts May 11 at 2:00 pm with a guitar workshop and
workshop jam session given by Chris "Stinger" Stevens. Then we're
having a big jam day with electric and acoustic jams. The Mudcats will
be hosting electric jams and Fred and Suzanne will be hosting acoustic
jams. So whatever you play bring your ax and jam.
George and I had a great time last March playing at the ASU
Multicultural Night and at Studio Joe in Little Rock. Here's the links
to the shows on archive.org.
If you have original tunes you'd like to promote on Delta Boogie Radio
or if you have internet videos you would like to see on Delta Boogie
let me know.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry
I've been making a video in a day. I call them MusePods.
Steve Winwood's newest offering, Nine Lives, was released by Columbia
Records on April 29. Before kicking off his national tour with Tom
Petty and The Heartbreakers next month, be sure to check out Winwood
on your TV. Winwood will be appearing and performing on Good Morning
America on Friday, May 2, Today Show Weekend on Saturday, May 3, Late
Show With David Letterman on May 6 and The View on May 7.
Songs on Nine Lives include "I'm Not Drowning," "Fly," "Raging Sea,"
"Dirty City," "We're All Looking," "Hungry Man," "Secrets," "At Times
We Do Forget," and "Other Shore." Additionally, fellow musical legend
Eric Clapton lends guitar work to "Dirty City."
Many of the original Blues Patrol musicians will be on hand as well as
a very select group of the finest musicians performing blues today.
"We Walked The Streets Like Giants" portrays the history of the "Blues
Patrol" (with rare videos) and also includes many of Gil's original
tunes he performs today.
Also, Peter Read with Nightflying will be selling "Blues Patrol" CD's
made in the 80's.
(We hope that the Arkansas River Blues Society members will turn out
for this one because the "Blues Patrol" were fixtures in the society
back in the 80's.)
This Saturday, April 19, 2008 on the North Shore Riverwalk.
Gates open a 2 pm, the John Craig Band starts at 3 pm with special
guest, Kimi Griffin!
They will be playing songs off his new CD, "Old School Way" , other
acts are : Betty Padgett, Floyd Taylor, Omar Cunningham, Henry Wayne,
and Bigg Robb.
2008 Eureka Springs Blues Weekend- May 29 through June 1, 2008
The "Queen of the Blues," Koko Taylor, and Native American blues band
Indigenous will headline shows at THE Auditorium May 29 and 30,
respectively, as part of the 2008 Eureka Springs Blues Weekend. The complete
weekend lineup, including 70 shows at 15 venues in 4 days, was announced
today by city Special Events Coordinator, Janet Alexander, and event
producer, Charles "Rags" Ragsdell.
"Earlier this year, Eureka was proud to host the King of the Blues, B.B.
King," commented Ragsdell. "And now we're bringing the Queen of the Blues to
town in the same year - fantastic!"
Blues Weekend begins May 29 and runs through June 1. Major acts are also
scheduled for The Barefoot Ballroom and Ozark Room in the Basin Park Hotel.
Friday blues diva LZ Love and Baton Rouge bluesman Larry Garner perform. On
Saturday the venue features Ruf Records artist Deborah Coleman, and
Arkansas' own Michael Burks.
Blues concerts are also planned at numerous clubs around town. Venues
include the Cat House Pub, Center Street, Chelsea's, Eureka Live, Henri's,
Jack's Place, Lumberyard, Pied Piper, Rowdy Beaver, Shawbee's, and Tiki
Torch.
The city's lineup of free Blues Weekend shows is the most extensive in
recent years. Eighteen free shows are scheduled at Basin Park. They run
hourly from Noon to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and from
Noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday. "It could be our most ambitious schedule ever,"
commented city Special Events Coordinator, Janet Alexander. "One of our
goals this year was to give people lots of quality choices, and I think we've
accomplished that!"
Acts appearing at the various clubs around town and in Basin Park are
Michael "Hawkeye" Herman, The Ariels, Rich Berry, Geri 'Black and Blues',
Delta Highway, The Eureka Street Buskers, Full House, Joe Giles and The
Homewreckers, Scott Holt, Anna Horton, Gary Hutchinson Duo, Jones Van Jones,
The Jug Band, Karian, Kosmik Debris, Jeff Lee, Brian Martin, Oreo Blue,
Oysters Rockefeller, Joe Pitts Band, Patrick Sweany Band, Penelope and The
Unusual Suspects, Pope County Bootleggers, Rockin' Jake, Spent, Stella Blue
& Maddog, The Tablerockers, Lil' Dave Thompson, Underground Mafia, Vance
Orange Project, and Dayton Waters. Other acts are still to be announced.
Trampled Under Foot, 2008 International Blues Challenge (IBC) winners, will
open for Koko Taylor on Thursday night. Featuring siblings Danielle, Nick
and Kris Schnebelen, the group bested some 100 bands from around the world
at The Blues Foundation's annual battle of blues bands in Memphis in
February. Danielle was the talk of Beale Street, wowing people with both her
bass playing and her amazing vocals, and Nick won a new Gibson guitar and
Category 5 amp for the Albert King Award for Most Promising Guitarist.
Opening for Indigenous Friday night will be acoustic guitar virtuoso Rory
Block. Her most recent album was a much-lauded tribute to blues granddaddy
Robert Johnson. As the second act on the bill that night, Phil Berkowitz and
The Sean Carney Band will perform a 100th birthday tribute to Arkansas' own
"Jukebox King," Louis Jordan. The Sean Carney Band was the 2007 IBC winner.
Louis Jordan was born in Brinkley, Arkansas in 1908, and went on to chart 57
Top-40 hits (54 Top-10), including Let The Good Times Roll, Caledonia,
Saturday Night Fish Fry, and Choo Choo Ch' Boogie.
"This year we will be offering VIP ticketing for rows in the center -front
at both the auditorium and Basin Park Barefoot Ballroom shows, so we
encourage everyone to get their tickets quickly" Ragsdell said. Tickets and
information for the 2008 Eureka Springs Blues Weekend are available by
calling 888-855-7823 or by going online at http://www.eurekaspringsblues.com.
With great pride, Columbia Records announces Bob Dylan was awarded an
honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, April 7, making history as the
first rock and roll artist to be honored. Singer, songwriter, author,
musician, and poet, was recognized for his "profound impact on popular
music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of
extraordinary poetic power." Bob Dylan is one of the world's most
popular and acclaimed songwriters, musicians and performers, having
sold more than 90 million albums and performed literally thousands of
shows around the world in a career spanning five decades. Dylan won a
Golden Globe and Academy Award in 2001 for "Things Have Changed" from
the movie Wonder Boys and 10 Grammy awards, including Album of the
Year in 1998 for Time Out Of Mind.
In other Bob Dylan news, Todd Haynes' unconventional Dylan biopic I'm
Not There will be released on DVD on May 6th. The soundtrack was
released on Columbia Records; the two-disc, 34 song collection
includes newly-recorded cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the
film celebrated contemporary musicians including Eddie Vedder, Sonic
Youth, Stephen Malkmus, Cat Power, Sufjan Stevens, John Doe, Karen O,
Jeff Tweedy, Willie Nelson, Antony, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova and
more. I'm Not There includes the original Bob Dylan recording of the
song, a rare oft-bootlegged outtake from 1967 which has never been
available on any official release.
"Goin' To Acapulco" Streaming Audio =96 Jim James & Calexico
New CD release by the Mike Dollins Band
Ginny Becton - Vocal, Steve Giles - Keyboards, Greg Jones - Drums,
Bill McCumber - Bass, John Thaden - Blues Harp, David Wollard -
Guitar.
You can hear the CD MP3's http://www.mikedollins.biz
High On The Hog is featuring Live Blues on the 1st and 3rd Friday
Nights each month from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. No Cover with purchase of
a BBQ.
Come on out to support the blues, and hog down on some mighty fine BBQ.
High On The Hog, 5407 Highway 5 North, Suite 19, Bryant, AR 72022
(Behind Letta's Flowers) I-30 to exit 123 - Reynolds Road, to Hwy 5,
turn left (north) and when you see Walgreens, High On The Hog is on
your right.
For more info contact Jon Brock 501-847-7720
Thursday, April 10, 2008: Bob Corritore will appear with Dave Riley on
the KTVK (Phoenix, Arizona - channel 3) show "Good Morning Arizona" at
8:30am to promote the 25th Annual Gibson Glendale Jazz & Blues
Festival.
Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12, 2008: Bob Corritore will
appear at the Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ with the Rhythm Room All-Stars
featuring Big Pete Pearson, with Chris James, Brian Fahey, and Patrick
Rynn. Each night will have a bonus midnight show by Dave Riley. Doors
open at 8pm, cover charge is $7. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E.
Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Rack Shack Barbecue will be
available at these events. These nights will be patio smoking only
events; no indoor smoking will be permitted.
Sunday, April 13, 2008: Bob Corritore will appear with Dave Riley at
the 25th Annual Gibson Glendale Jazz & Blues Festival. Dave and Bob's
set will be in Historic Downtown Glendale on the Blues Stage from
5pm-6:15pm. Also performing on that day will be Roomful of Blues,
David "Fathead" Newman with Papa John DeFrancesco Trio, Blues Band,
Dennis Rowland, Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns, the Chuck Hall
Band, and more. For More information on this event including the
Saturday lineup, which includes Big Pete PearsonTommy Castro and Mark
Hummel, click here. Admission is free.
Monday, April 14, 2008: This is a benefit show for Candye Kane, who
has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. It takes place at Candye's
Phoenix home, the Rhythm Room. Candye will be there and will perform
just days before her big surgery. Bob Corritore will appear with Dave
Riley and with Big Pete Pearson & Rhythm Room All-Stars (with Big Pete
Pearson, Chris James, Brian Fahey, Patrick Rynn and Bob) Also on bill
are Sistah Blue, The Rocket 88s, Mike Eldred, The Flamekeepers (Chico
Chism's last band), Kevin Casenhiser, Joann Powers, Darryl Porras, Jim
Glass, Tommy Grills, Rich Brydle, Rich Arnold, Gordie Lynde, and many
others. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road,
Phoenix, AZ 85014. Doors open at 6pm, a minimum donation of $10 is
asked, with opportunities to win gift raffles. This night will be a
patio smoking only event; no indoor smoking will be permitted. Please
support this event and help our dear friend Candye.
Corrected text: Last week a technical glitch jumbled the message
concerning the Mannish Boys so here it is as intended: The Mannish
Boys featured in Living Blues! A well earned congratulations to Randy
Chortkoff and his Mannish Boys for an amazing cover story/feature
spread in the latest issue of Living Blues Magazine which shows ,Finis
Tasby on the cover, and then speaks of the band collectively, as well
as each member individually. Writer Lee Hildebrand was in the studio
during the recording of the forthcoming Mannish Boys CD, which will be
out sometime this spring. The Mannish Boys represent the all-star
effort of some of the West Coast's and Southwest's finest players,
including Kid Ramos, Franck Goldwasser, Finis Tasby, Richard Innes,
Johnny Dyer, Kirk Fletcher, Bobby Jones, Tom Leavey, Ronnie James,
band leader Randy Chortkoff, and others. Since their inception 4 years
ago, the band has put out three highly acclaimed CDs (soon to be 4) on
the Delta Groove Record Label, and has headlined major blues festivals
around the globe. For more information on Living Blues Magazine, click
here, on Delta Groove Records, click here, and on The Mannish Boys,
click here. Also check out the 3rd Annual Delta Groove Showcase latest
information, with numerous additions including the great Johnny Dyer
as well as Kid Ramos' side project, Los Fabulocos, and Lynwood Slim!
This amazing event takes place at Ground Zero Blues Club in
Clarksdale, Mississippi on May 9, 2008, the day after The Blues
Foundation's Blues Music Awards Celebration. It will feature over 18
acts in 11 hours (from 2pm until 1am). For all the details and ticket
info on the 3rd Annual Delta Groove Showcase, click here, and for the
Blues Music Awards, click here. ______________________________
Bob has many great links with this release. To follow the links go here:
Hope you are doing fine. We have some excellent shows coming into
the Charleston (SC) area that you need to know about...
1. "BLUES GUITAR WEEK" April 15-20
Two of the scene's hottest blues guitarists will land in Charleston
in the coming week; one performing electric, the other performing
acoustic. Both are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Here's the info:
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Tuesday, April 15, 9 pm
WHO: MELVIN TAYLOR www.melvintaylorblues.com
WHERE: A Dough Re Mi Pizzeria & Blues Club
1220 Ben Sawyer Blvd (Sea Island Shopping Center), Mt. Pleasant, SC
29464, 843-881-6989 www.adoughremi.com
ADMISSION: $10
MELVIN TAYLOR, born in Mississippi in 1959 but a longtime resident of
Chicago, came to notoriety in his early twenties when he was chosen by
Pinetop Perkins to join the Legendary Blues Band for a 1981 European
tour. Melvin so impressed French record producer Didier Tricard that
he was ushered into a Paris studio to cut an album...1982's "Blues on
the Run" (which was finally released in the USA in 1994 on Evidence
Records). Melvin also appeared on Alligator Records' important 1987
compilation LP "The New Bluebloods: The Next Generation of Chicago
Blues", an album which helped publicize the general good health of
the Windy City blues scene at that time. He has released a number
of other albums since that time.
Long a star on the European blues scene, MELVIN TAYLOR is back home
now and ready to conquer his homeland. Combining the ferocity of
Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray with jazz leanings a la Wes
Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, MELVIN TAYLOR is a monster guitarist
whose unpredictable live shows are the stuff of rumor. He is also a
convincing singer and sports a very tough rhythm section.
This will be MELVIN TAYLOR's very first Charleston area appearance
and we hope that EVERY electric guitarist in the city will come out
and watch this master in action.
PS: A DOUGH RE MI is Charleston's ONLY dedicated all-blues club. We
urge you to SUPPORT this fine, independent family-run American
business...The PA is sounding great (thanks, Stuart) and the food &
staff are EXCELLENT!
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Sunday, April 20, 7 pm
WHO: GEOFF ACHISON www.geoffachison.com
WHERE: "Circular Blues Unplugged" (acoustic blues series at) The
Circular Church
150 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401
843-577-6400 or 762-9125 www.circularchurch.org
ADMISSION: $10, part of proceeds to benefit the Church's community
programs
GEOFF ACHISON hails from Australia, where he grew up listening to
American rock and blues. He is respected among his peers as a highly
technical but passionate guitarist and singer who is equally skilled
on electric (with his band The Souldiggers) or, as in this case,
acoustic guitar. Geoff is recipient of the coveted Albert King Award
and teaches annually at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Guitar Camp. He
recently relocated his family from Australia to Atlanta, GA but
continues to travel across the USA, UK, and Oz.
GEOFF ACHISON may be familiar to some of you from his once-a-year
performances at the Piccolo Spoleto Homegrown Blues Series. His
wild, virtuosic renditions of Jimi Hendrix, Delta blues numbers, and
great originals make him a MUST-SEE talent. Don't miss this "Blues
Thunder From Down Under!"
Other acoustic blues shows on the
"Circular Blues Unplugged" series:
Sun May 18: LIGHTNIN' WELLS
Sun June 15: DRINK SMALL
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Wanda Johnson's 3rd CD, "Hold What You Got", released in February,
continues to turn heads. The album has gotten stunning reviews in
the most recent issues of Living Blues (USA), Soul Bag (France),
Blues & Rhythm (UK), Cashbox, Beachmusic45.com, and others.
We'll be back and forth to the Upstate in the next few days...please
join us:
Fri April 11: GREENVILLE, SC
(Brown St. Club, 7:30-9:30 pm and 10 pm-1 am) www.brownstreetclub.com
Sat April 12: GREENVILLE, SC
(Brown St. Club, 10:30 pm-1:30 am; SCS ONLY) www.brownstreetclub.com
Mon April 14: MT. PLEASANT, SC
(Shrimp City Slim solo piano show at A Dough Re Mi, 6-9 pm) www.adoughremi.com
Fri & Sat April 18-19: GREENWOOD, SC
(Inn on the Square, 8-11:30 pm each night) www.innonthesqsc.com
Sat April 19: GREENVILLE, SC (day)
(Artisphere Festival, SCS plays 11 am-12:30 pm, Wanda and SCS 1-2:30
pm) www.artisphere.us
Mon April 21: FOLLY BEACH, SC
(Shrimp City Slim solo piano show at Folly Crabshack, 8-11 pm)
More dates at websites mentioned above.
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3) 4th annual BLUES BY THE SEA
WHEN: Saturday, May 10, 2-8 pm
WHERE: Mingo Point, Kiawah Island, SC (just outside gates of Kiawah;
a lovely small park on the marsh)
RAIN OR SHINE
HOW MUCH: Free, but advance tickets recommended (park has limited
capacity). Send SASE and indicate how many you want to: BBS, POB
13525, Charleston, SC 29422
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Kiawah Island ATAX Committee, Bill & Marilyn
Blizard (Kiawah's Blues Friends), and the Lowcountry Blues Bash
PLEASE NO: coolers (food & drink for sale) OR pets
PLEASE BRING: your own lawnchairs/blankets
INFO: 843-762-9125 /
href="http://www.bluesbash.com/kiawah">www.bluesbash.com/kiawah
LINE-UP & SCHEDULE...wow, are we psyched about this:
2-3 pm: REV. DR. JOHNNY MAC & THE BOOTY RANCH www.myspace.com/johnnymacrocks
One of South Carolina's most respected guitarists and his ace band
(Stevie Kent, drums; Chris Watts, bass) focus on the blues in this
special appearance. Longtime fans will remember Johnny and Stevie as
2/3 of The Jumper Cables, a blues-rock institution that ruled the
Carolina coast in the late '80s-early '90s. They continue to be one
of the area's top club draws.
3:15-4:30 pm: A TRIBUTE TO LITTLE WALTER, featuring DENNIS GRUENLING
and STEVE GUYGER www.dennisgruenling.com
Two of the East Coast's top harmonica players pay tribute to Little
Walter Jacobs, probably the greatest blues harp player of all time.
Dennis's new CD "I Just Keep Loving Him" (2007, Backbender) features
Guyger, plus Kim Wilson, Rick Estrin, and others. This will be a
classic show for anyone who loves the Mississippi saxophone.
First-time Charleston appearances for both Gruenling and Guyger
(formerly with the legendary Jimmy Rogers).
NOTE: We are considering organizing a harp workshop with Gruenling &
Guyger in Charleston on Friday, May 9. Please call to enroll:
843-762-9125 (9am-5pm EST).
4:45-6 pm: RANDY MCALLISTER www.randymcallister.com
The singing drummer/harmonica blower from Texas returns with his
feisty trio, performing his all-original songbook of mad Lone Star
blues/roadhouse rock/Tex Mex/swamp music. One of the most original
guys on the scene today and one of our favorites! If you haven't
seen Randy before, you need to check him out. His latest effort
"Dope Slap Soup" was nominated for a Grammy.
6:15-8 pm: EDDIE SHAW & THE WOLF GANG
From Chicago, the quintessential Windy City blues band. Eddie Shaw
led Howlin' Wolf's band for the last eight years of the Wolf's life.
Before that, Eddie worked with Magic Sam, Hip Linkchain, and others.
A master blues saxman and vocalist, Eddie Shaw is joined by his son
Vaan Shaw (on triple-necked guitar...I kid you not), Shorty Gilbert
on bass, and drums. It is a privilege to have Eddie Shaw & the Wolf
Gang once again grace our stage...ESSENTIAL CHICAGO BLUES. This is
the music you NEED TO HEAR.
Get your tickets & see you there!
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5. PICCOLO SPOLETO HOMEGROWN BLUES SERIES
May 23-June 8 in Charleston, SC. More on that soon, but if you want,
visit www.piccolospoleto.com
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That's it for now. Remember, recorded blues is fine, but nothing
beats LIVE BLUES. Don't hate yourself later for missing these
shows.
Peace,
Gary Erwin aka Shrimp City Slim
Lowcountry Blues Society (est. 1986)
Charleston, South Carolina USA
Monday March 24: Pat Wictor at 7:30 p.m. Concert, $10 admission
Tuesday March 25: Open Mic 6 til 10 p.m. (more oriented to singers) free
Wednesday March 26: Open Mic 6 til 10 p.m. (more oriented to
instrumentalists) free
Thursday March 27 [rented out for a private party]
Friday March 28; Carla Ulbrich at 7:30 p.m. Concert, $10 admission
This is, as far as anyone associated with the place can recall, the
first time there has been Something Happening there every night of the
work-week.
Pat Wictor and Carla Ulbrich are both folk musicians, but they come
from very different corners of the area covered by that genre.
An American by birth, Pat Wictor was raised outside of the United
States until his teenage years, living in Venezuela, Holland, Norway,
and England. This time abroad gave him an unusually deep awareness of
being a resident of a country while also a world citizen. Through
these early experiences, he gained an appreciation for taking
diffferent paths to arrave at the same destination. His
performances--part fireside chat, part meditation on matters earthly
and transcendent--feature his originals. In addition to his own tunes,
he is quick to offer up a newly-discovered lyric from another
performer, or a fresh arrangement of a traditional song, delighting in
introducing his audience to innovative material. With flowing red hair
and zen-like calm, Pat embraces his audience with the sincerity of his
music and the clarity of his voice, inviting them in.
If you listen to Dr. Demento, you've already heard of Carla Ulbrich:
she's the one who wishes she had the copyright on a certain
Four-letter word. She's also developing a whole new angle on her
career as the Singing Patient, exploring the lighter side of being
sick: she is stopping in Little Rock on her way to emcee a hospital
fundraiser in Alexandria, LA. Her basic material, though, remains her
distinctive Southern-rooted humorous folk music, with tales of sweet
iced tea, difficult last names, and the mystic side of Waffle House.
David Evans will be playing at Brittny's Steakhouse Monday, March 17
starting at 7:00 pm. Dr. Evans is a professor of Music at University
of Memphis. He plays acoustic blues in the country or folk style.
Admission is free. Don't miss this great performer.
Just wanted to give a update on Billy Lee. It was a rough week for us.
Billy went through hip replacement on the 20th and did great,
but on Thursday he developed chest pains, on Sunday he was taken in
for emergency bypass surgery (5 bypasses) he did fine
on that but on Tues he developed a bleed with a clot in the chest wall
that required another emergency surgery.We got out of
ICU on Friday afternoon. Billy is now doing great, he is in good
spirits and knows that a lot of people were praying for him.
He is a very strong and positive person and is planning a full
recovery and being in better form than he ever was. Just
keep us in your prayers and thoughts and Billy will soon be back
rocking.We love all of you.
March 7, 7:00-9:00 pm - The Edge Coffeehouse on Aggie near ASU
March 14, 7:30 pm - Studio Joe's in Little Rock!
March 21, 7:30-9:30 pm - Caffe Buono near Highland and Main
Come and see us if you can.
We have a web site
http://deltaboogie.com/hairylarryandgeorge
with links to recordings of some of our shows. Click above and then
scroll down to find lots of Hairy Larry and George to listen to. We
are hosted at archive.org and our shows are available as streaming,
mp3, ogg, and flac CD quality downloads. If you have broadband
download the flac files and burn them to CD for the best quality.
I am working on our not to be repeated for at least four years
February 29 appearance at The Edge and I am finishing up the new
Flying Hungarians CD.
And, of course, Sunday In The Park at the Craighead Forest Bandshell
is right around the corner in May. More on that next month.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com
http://deltaboogie.com
Please forward and publicize freely. If you would like to be added or
removed send me an email. This list promotes appearances by Hairy
Larry and George, The Mudcats, The Flying Hungarians, and Bunky's
Breakfast Emporium Orkestra including our Sunday In The Park and Blues
Fest festivals at the Craighead Forest Bandshell in Jonesboro.
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I've been making a video in a day. I call them MusePods.
March 4: Live at Montreux 1992, One of His Last Shows
New York, NY=97Eagle Rock Entertainment will release both the CD of
Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992 and its companion 102-minute DVD
on March 4. These stunning documents mark one of the last concerts
that the late bluesman (1932-1993) performed before he succumbed to
cancer on November 24, 1993. Prebook date is February 13.
Horacio Fields
Netreach/New Media
Universal Music Group Distribution- UMGD
Horacio.Fields@umusic.com
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I've been making a video in a day. I call them MusePods.
hi folks,
don't mean to bug you, but we need your help to fill the room for this
very important show February 18. Please. . . tell your friends all
about it, they'll thank you later!
*Mr. James Harman with Special Guests The Fremonts and Mighty Joe,
Chet & The Committee open. -Monday, February 18, Humphrey's Backstage
Lounge - 2241 Shelter Island Drive San Diego, CA.
Dancing, Cocktails, Good Food, Good Friends, Good Fun! Party 7:00 -
11:00 pm. *$15.00 at door
Proceeds will go to finance the 9th annual Spring Harmonica Festival
Benefit scheduled for March 22.
visit http://www.springharpfest.org e-mail BluShouter@aol.com or
BuddLite@cox.net with any questions.
see http://www.myspace.com/jamesharmanband or http://www.thefremonts.com or http://www.humphreysbythebay.com for
more on this cool music, important event and awesome venue. . . A Good
Time for a Good Cause. >This is President's Day, A Long Holiday and No
Work = Great Time For A Certified Blues Party!
La Hora del Blues February Reviews on-line include new CD's of Bryan
Lee, Mighty Mo Rodgers, Duke Robillard, Pura F=E9, Captain Luke, Mannish
Boys, Charlie Wood, Michael Osborn, Blue Cotton, Robert Lighthouse,
Gina Sicilia, Fruteland Jackson, Fathead, Al 'Coffee' McDaniel, Gary
Moore, Brian templeton, Shirley Jackson and more... at
www.lahoradelblues.com/criticas.htm
La Hora del Blues" Radio Show every Friday from 16.40 to 17,40 and
from 20,45 to 21,45
at 96.6 Barcelona FM (Spain) Now simulcast and live on the web at
http://88.2.32.168:8000/listen.pls For further information go to my
home page
A new Interview with the singer and guitar player Roger 'Hurricane'
Wilson by The Blues Stalker from The Suncoast Blues Society at:
www.lahoradelblues.com/entrevistas.htm
La Hora del Blues playlist is submitted every month since 1984 to Jim
McGrath of LIVING
BLUES Mag. for TOP 25 LIVING BLUES RADIO CHART and 'ROOTS MUSIC
REPORTS' among others.
"La Hora del Blues" does a continuous serious honest work and has
gained through the years a good reputation among record companies,
labels, artists and blues lovers all over the world.
Vicente Z=FAmel is president and founder of a Blues Society, a non
profit organisation created to promote blues in our country by
different means: gigs, blues jams, a magazine, talks, books....
Vicente Zumel is also member of the Webcaster Alliance,
http://www.webcasteralliance.com/modules/advisoryboard, a trade
organization dedicated to providing information, education, support
and services to every aspect of the streaming media community.
Vicente Z=FAmel also writes on the monthly on line magazine "Distrito
Jazz" www.distritojazz.com where he collaborates in the "Off Jazz"
section and in the one and only quarterly Spanish blues magazine "SBB
Blues Magazine"
Please, send yours CD's and DVD's for Review to
Vicente 'Harmonica' Z=FAmel
Radio PICA 96'6 FM.
'La Hora del Blues'
Apartado de Correos 12085
I sincerely hope 2008 has begun in wonderful style for you, and I wish
you nothing but health & happiness throughout the year.
Kicking off the proceedings, this is a very special year for one man
in particular. He celebrates 50 years of treading the boards & bending
the strings:
Mike "Whiskerfish" Dollins!
Mike for me continues to bring cutting edge Blues music played only
the way he can play it. He loads his blues with passion and enthusiasm
with a marbled thread of "True Delta Blues."
Mike also continues to turn heads in the Deltaland of Arkansas with
Radio Stations clambering to interview a man who has met and played
with the greatest and has seen 'em come and go. Yet Mike remains at
the for front of the Underground Blues Circuit locally and come to
think of it Nationally & Globally.
Its not just the about the playing with Mike, its about Putting the
Blues out there for a "World of People" to enjoy and be involved with.
Mikes countless websites pay testimony to he tireless work to keep our
beloved Blues alive and kicking. And kicking it is because Mike makes
it happen.
For stunning news, music and everything BLUE catch Mike on the below.
WARNING: You wont want to leave!!!
For me, this station has it all. Not only does it house arguably the
greatest independent Blues in the World. Its full to the rafters with
other great shows from Psychic Discussions, debates on Ufology to the
zany antics of Mac & Trav in the late night show. TV Sucks, but Radio
thrives right here on KCOR. All available at a click of a mouse! Great
eh?
Mark Kerr his Music And his "Blues Nation" & "Christian Blues Shows"
Kansas City Online Radio had the foresight and intuition to back what
are two simply stunning shows. I have been very privileged to be on
Marks show on numerous occasions, even without that. I am a fan. Why?
Because both shows are nothing but pure "Class".
The "Blues Nation Show" airs late here in England, 11pm to be precise.
You will catch me with a cold one in hand, feet up on my desk, my ear
phones on and my wife throwing empty cans at me to get my attention,
dream on! I get totally lost in to me, the greatest Blues Show around,
end of Story!
But, it must be pointed out that is just one element of what Mark has
stashed in his armoury.
Mark is also a "Top Flight" Musician & Guitarist. He can stand with
anyone, anytime, anyplace accept me when im listening to his show, he
will have to sit & wait til its over. But seriously if you haven't
checked on "Mark Kerr The Musician" you really should.
Mark can be found at the following address where you can hear & see
him in action:
I have been very overwhelmed at the amount of patronage my Store has
received, with T-Shirts, Caps, Mugs for adults and kids alike going
out the door in such large quantities.
I try to change the designs as often as time allows! Its U.S. based
because it was great service and it offered such a wide range of
products. Thank you all very much for your purchases id love to see
photo's of you wearing or using the products it will make a great
slide show.
The myspace "Wing" of the Official Blues Hall of Fame continues to
grow at pace. In the main, because of you. Thank you very much!
The Hall Of Fame is about recognising those who "Pay Their Dues in The
Blues". This is not purely about us musicians who play, record and
front the Blues. Its also about those who have a passion about it, and
have spent years promoting it either as a D.J. or a Fan who spreads
the word about Blues Venues, Artists, Radio Stations across the World.
Its about those who go "That extra mile" for the Blues.
I am not only very privileged to have been inducted, but to sit on the
"Ambassador Board" who review and Induct such wonderful people from
all walks of life.
Myself and my fellow board members are always looking for people who
can recommend anyone who bares the induction criteria above. If you
know anyone. Please do not hesitate to advise us of the person(s)
concerned. We do require your reasoning for submission, a website
address where they can be reviewed musically or otherwise should they
be a non musician. It is that simple.
The Myspace H O F site bares some stunning Blues Artists from Greece
to Germany, Australia to Scotland. It also includes some wonderful
Music Video's from the Masters! Its really worth visiting.
I want to name just a few great artists from the site for you to marvel at:
Well folks, that about wraps up my outing for February. A big one I
know, but a lot to advise since my last informative one in November.
If that's not enough to keep you busy, my blogs are loaded with
reviews & recommendations from the great "Smokin Joe Thunder" to
"Trimmed & Burning Amps & Guitars. That will keep you going.
Visit me on my site any time, there is always the warmest of welcomes waiting.
God Bless and have a great week & weeks til next time.
Cheers
Terry Knott
Blues Hall Of Fame Inductee
And Ambassador for the Blues
To London!
