Watermelon
Slim Hit
By Car,
but the
show
goes on!
(The
Daily O'
Collegian-Oklahoma
City) An
Oklahoma
City
musician
was hit
by a car
driven
by a
University
of
Oklahoma
student
at
walkaround
Friday
about
6:30
p.m.
Bill
Homans,
57, also
known as
“Watermelon
Slim,”
was
crossing
University
Street
toward
the Beta
Theta Pi
house,
where he
was
scheduled
to play
with his
band
during
walkaround,
when a
gray
Toyota
4Runner
crashed
into
him.
OU
student,
Danny
Vo, 18,
was
driving
the
sports-utility
vehicle.
Although
police
had not
closed
the
streets
at this
time,
the
streets
were
filled
with
people.
Slim
told
police
no
damage
was done
except
for
maybe a
sprained
wrist
and
declined
any
medical
assistance.
Despite
the
accident,
the show
still
went on.
“I work
real
well
when
wounded,”
he said.
The
former
OSU
graduate
student
said
although
he
probably
couldn’t
play the
guitar,
he could
still
sing and
play the
harmonica.
The
student
who hit
Slim
apologized
several
times to
the
musician,
but Slim
assured
the
student
he was
OK.
“Now,
young
man, I’m
sorry to
cause
you this
inconvenience,”
Slim
told the
shaken-up
student
whose
car hit
him.
This
isn’t
the
first
time an
accident
hasn’t
stopped
Slim.
During
his
truck-driving
career,
he fell
13 feet
flat on
his
back, he
said.
“And I
got up
and
drove
that
18-wheeler
home,”
Slim
said.
“That’s
just the
way I
do.”
Slim has
been
playing
music
since he
was 18
and has
been
recognized
as “one
of the
most
exciting
and
legitimate
contemporary
blues
artists,”
according
to the
musician’s
Web
site.
From his
watermelon
farming
and to
teaching
himself
the
slide
guitar
on a $5
guitar
and a
Zippo as
the
slide,
Slim’s
experiences
provide
inspiration
for his
music,
according
to the
Web
site.
Slim
moved
away
from
Stillwater
to
Oklahoma
City
about
two
years
ago but
has made
appearances
in the
town,
including
his
recent
performance
at the
Stillwater
Blues
Festival.
“I’m
your
local,
cultural
icon,”
Slim
said.
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It's been five years since Florida harmonica great,
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Bonnie Raitt and her ensemble travel on buses powered by biodiesel, part of her effort to rely less on fossil fuels
After
nearly 40 years of relentless
touring, Bonnie Raitt is doing
her best to soften the footprint
she leaves behind on the earth.
Instead of rolling around this
massive continent in a cloud of
fossil fuel fumes, the veteran
blues and R&B performer will be
traveling across Western Canada
on a bus fuelled by biodiesel.
"We run all our buses and trucks
on biodiesel. We've run on
99-per-cent bio the whole tour,"
Raitt said over the phone from
her northern California home,
where she had a two-day break
before boarding the tour bus
again to head north to British
Columbia, Canada.
"We're basically promoting a way
to get the economy and the
environment and our foreign
policy solved in one fell swoop
by figuring out why we have to
be addicted to oil. Why can't we
switch over to something that's
going to help our economy and
help the farmers?"
Raitt's legions of longtime fans
follow her for her remarkable
musical talent, but the
56-year-old would also like her
audience to learn a little
something while they're being
entertained. That notion is bred
from a life-long association
with political activism and a
Quaker background that instilled
in Raitt the motivation to do
good wherever possible.
"Quakers are known for wanting
to give back".
"Ban the bomb and the civil
rights movement and the native
American struggle for justice --
those things were very, very
front-burner in my childhood, as
were the ideas of working for
peace and if you have more than
you need, then you share it with
people who don't."
Raitt's track record of sharing
and giving back is exhausting --
from her environmental activism
in the mid-'70s to her current
efforts to help those left
homeless by hurricane Katrina.
CLIFFORD ANTONE DAY IN AUSTIN
City
of Austin recognizes the
man who made Austin's
music scene great.
Some would decree every
day is Clifford Antone
Day in Austin, but the
City of Austin is
formally giving October
28 to the Austin legend.
This Saturday, October
28, 2006, Mayor Will
Wynn will proclaim it
Clifford Antone Day in
Austin.
The city will unveil a
historical marker at
that ceremony to
commemorate the club and
remember Antone. Of
course there will be
music, including short
performances by Derek
O'Brien, Jimmie Vaughan,
and blues legend
James Cotton.
Antone passed away May
22 of this year, and
would be celebrating his
57th birthday this week.
Antone helped launch the
music careers of
well-known artists such
as Stevie Ray
Vaughan, The Fabulous
Thunderbirds, Los Lonely
Boys, Sue Foley, and
Candye Kane.
"Clifford Antone's
contributions to the
City of Austin go far
beyond just his music
connections, " said
Mayor Will Wynn. "His
continuous involvement
with community groups
that helped everyone
from kids at American
Youthworks to folks
displaced by Hurricane
Katrina exemplified the
best of Austin. Clifford
may be gone but his
presence is still felt
all over town. We should
all work to ensure his
legacy survives."
The following week, on
Nov. 2, Antone's
nightclub presents the
great Maceo Parker
and his band at the
Austin Music Hall. This
show is a tribute to
Clifford Antone and will
raise money to benefit
the fundraiser "Help
Clifford Help Kids, "
which Antone founded in
2000.
The Clifford Antone
birthday celebration
continues at Antone's
Nightclub this Saturday
night at 213 W. 5th St.
with a special show by
Jimmie Vaughan
and the Tilt-a-Whirl
Band headlining the
stage.
Candye Kane and All Star Cast leave for Europe
Seven
Time
San
Diego
Blues
award
winner,
Candye
Kane
will
embark
on a
three-week
tour
of
the
Netherlands
from
October
26
to
November
12.
Kane
has
assembled
a
stellar
band
for
this
amazing
and
philanthropic
tour,
United
by
Music.
www.unitedbymusic.nl
The
band
features
former
Mighty
Flyers
Bassist
Bill
Stuve,
Canadian
saxophonist
Johnny
Ferreira,
Harp
player
Billy
Watson,
Boogie
Woogie
pianist
Sue
Palmer,
trumpeter
Robbie
Smith,
Guitarist
Heine
Andersen
and
Drummer
Evan
Caleb.
United
By
Music,
in
the
planning
stages
for
over
a
year,
features
native
Dutch
singers
who
have
overcome
various
levels
of
disabilities,
performing
onstage.
These
young
adults
competed
with
other
young
hopefuls,
for
a
chance
to
appear
onstage
with
the
Candye
Kane
band.
All
will
perform
songs
in
English.
The
repertoire
includes
blues
standards,
Candye
Kane
songs
and
some
of
the
guest
singer’s
own
original
compositions.
This
inspirational
program
has
been
a
transformative
experience
for
both
the
singers
and
musicians
involved,
as
they
overcame
obstacles
and
stereotypes
and
came
together
to
share
the
healing
powers
of
blues
music.
While
in
Amsterdam,
Kane
will
record
a
track
with
Ana
Popovic.
Kane's
spring
2007
release
on
RUF
Records,
her
eighth
CD;
will
include
the
song
"Female
Trouble"
written
for
the
John
Waters
film
of
the
same
name,
by
drag
queen
diva,
Divine.
Kane's
upcoming
release
will
be
produced
by
blues
legend
Bob
Margolin
and
features
guest
guitar
performances
by
Popa
Chubby,
Nick
Curran,
Junior
Watson,
Poison
Ivy
of
The
Cramps,
Dave
Alvin,
Sue
Foley,
Kid
Ramos
and
Bob
Brozman.
The
bulk
of
the
recordings
will
be
done
in
early
January
2007
in
Hollywood's
New
King
Sound
studio.
December
will
find
Candye
back
on
the
road
in
the
states,
visiting
the
Northwestern
part
of
the
USA,
with
dates
in
San
Francisco,
Seattle,
Portland
and
beyond.
The Blues of Danfur
Charlotte,
NC
is
home
to
some
of
the
finest
blues
musicians
in
the
country.
It
is
the
site
of
famous
juke
joints
like
the
Double
Door
Inn
and
birthplace
to
legends
like
Luke
Jordan,
who
recorded
for
Victor
in
Charlotte
beginning
in
1927.
Blues
is a
particular
kind
of
soul
music
that
originated
in
the
terrified
but
enlightened
imagination
of
the
displaced
African
slave.
Many
ancestors
of
the
first
bluesman
hailed
from
countries
like
Darfur.
Today,
Darfur
is
in
bondage
in a
way
that
only
the
blues
can
describe.
Artists
and
activists
alike
must
join
forces
to
denounce
this
terrible
injustice.
For information on how you can help Contact:
George Cassidy Payne M.A.
987-654-3210
www.myspace.com/thebluesofdarfur
Eric Clapton Replica "Blackie" Stratocaster
Fender's
calling
November
24,
2006,
Black
Friday.
It's
the
day
their
Custom
Shop
will
release
the
Eric
Clapton
Blackie
Stratocaster
replica
to
the
public
exclusively
through
the
Guitar
Center
chain.
185
of
the
guitars
will
be
sold
in
the
United
States
and
carry
a
suggested
retail
price
of
$24,000
USD
(a
portion
of
the
proceeds
will
go
to
the
Crossroads
Centre,
Antigua).
The
Custom
Shop
Blackie
is
part
of
what
Fender
calls
its
Tribute
Series,
but
the
instrument
is
more
than
just
a
tribute,
it's
as
acurate
a
replica
of
the
original
Blackie
(now
owned
by
Guitar
Center)
as
the
Custom
Shop
could
make
it,
"...from
the
worn-to-the-wood
body,
to
the
neck
re-shaped
by
Eric's
hand
as
he
played
a
thousand
heartfelt
solos,
to
the
unmistakable
cigarette
burns
on
the
headstock,"
according
to a
recent
Fender
press
release.
"Lightning In A Bottle" - Hungry For Music Fundraiser with special performance by "The Nighthawks" on November 12th
(Arlington, Virginia) Hungry For Music with the help of Michael Joy is proud to announce a unique fundraising event. On Nov 12th we will screen the film "Lightning In a Bottle" After the film there will be a special performance by The Nighthawks.
The event will be held at the Arlington Cinema & Draft House on Sunday Nov 12th. Doors will open at 7pm. The film will start at 7:30pm. The Nighthawks will perform directly after the film. There will be a raffle for DVDs of the film and original concert. We are expecting to have DVDs signed by Shemekia Copeland and other stars of the film.
In 2003 Martin Scorsese produced a unprecedented concert to commemorate the Year of the Blues. An amazing line up of performers came together at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Many performers are legends of American blues, some artists outside of the blues world were collaborating with their blues heroes. Artists such as BB King, Buddy Guy, Hubert Sumlin, Bonnie Raitt, Shemekia Copeland and Robert Cray lent their musical talents. The result is a film that takes the viewer on a journey through the history of the blues. From the birth of the blues in the Delta to the electrified musical energy of Chicago. For more information about the film and to view the trailer please visit the film's websi!
te http://www.sonyclassics.com/lightninginabottle
The Nighthawks are Washington's own blues treasure. They are among the top musical acts to come out of the Washington, D.C. area. They were a roots rock band before there was such a thing as “roots rock.” They play a wide variety of music that has appeal to a diverse audience, mixing the blues, rock and soul—along with rockabilly and swing. They’ve played all over the U.S., with the East Coast and Midwest being particular strongholds. And they’ve toured around the world, establishing especially strong followings in Germany and Japan. http://www.thenighthawks.com
All of the proceeds will benefit Hungry For Music. Hungry for Music's mission is to inspire underprivileged children (and others) by bringing positive musical and creative experiences into their lives. Since becoming a non-profit in 1994, Hungry for Music has brought the healing quality of music to thousands of people through its musical instrument donations, concerts, and workshops. We support our programs through memberships, benefit concerts and events, raffles, and the sale of Hungry for Music produced compact discs. www.hungryformusic.org
Advance tickets are $15 at the Arlington Cinema and Draft website http://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com or $17 at the door. A bargain price for a film and a live performance on the same bill.
For more info please contact
Michael Joy
703-534-8188
Jimi is Probably Turning Over in his Grave
Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., the Seattle-based company founded in 1995 by Jimi Hendrix's father and sole heir James Allen ("Al") Hendrix, which owns and administers the Jimi Hendrix music rights including Jimi's songs and sound recordings, has issued a press release disputing a claim by an auction company regarding the sale a one-of-a-kind Jimi Hendrix Collection in The Ocean Tomo Fall 2006 Intellectual Property Auction on October 26 at Capitale in New York City.
According to a rep for Experience Hendrix, the auction winner will be left with a virtually worthless prize, reports TMZ.com. Apparently, what is for sale is a "claim" to Hendrix recordings and songs on behalf of the estate of Frank Jeffery, the father of Jimi's former manager Michael Jeffery. So you wouldn't actually be buying the songs. You'd be buying the rights to a "legal claim" asserting some interest in the songs. To make matters more complicated, or from their perspective simplified, Experience Hendrix says the legal claims have already been settled and that they are worthless. They explained in a statement that, in 1995, Al Hendrix obtained direct ownership of the Hendrix legacy after litigation in the U.S. District Court in Seattle. So, the auction set October 26th may or may not give the buyer any leg to stand on when it comes to controlling any of Hendrix's compositions.
Meanwhile Experience Hendrix has filed a restraining order to ensure all proceeds are paid to Experience Hendrix as part of a $941,000 debt owed by the alleged owner of the properties being auctioned.
CD Listening Parties - a new idea for fans & artists
The fan hosted listening party is the newest thing bands are doing to move CDs. Hosts makes some money and help spread the word about their favorite artists.
Anthony
Gomes has been experiencing tremendous success
with listening parties, and they have helped him turn in
some very impressive sales numbers for his new CD
"Music is the Medicine". Anthony offers 3
packages.
1. The Platinum Program - The package is for 100 CDs. It also includes a private acoustic show. Yes, Anthony will come to your home and play for you and your friends. The Cost is $1000.
2. The Gold Program - The package is for 45 CDs. It includes a brand new electric guitar signed by the band. Also your name will be entered in a raffle and the winner will receive a private acoustic show. The Cost is $450.
3. The Silver Program - This package is for 25 CDs, and includes a signed and numbered 11X17 photo from the Long Way Home CD cover. Also your name will be entered in a raffle and the winner will receive a private acoustic show. The Cost is $250.
Since announcing his CD Listening Party program on October 4th, Anthony has already sold 10 Platinum Programs!
Way to go Anthony! The Blues Festival Guide is proud to see our 2007 Cover Artist doing so well!
Songwriter Submit presents a revolutionary online service to connect songwriters and music professionals.
Songwriter Submit is changing the music industry, by providing its state-of-the-art technology for offering original written works to artists around the globe.
Attention: Songwriters
How many of you have songs lying around in a drawer somewhere and never did anything with them because you didn't know what to do?
Well, pull them out of the drawer and dust those songs off, because now there's Songwriter Submit!
Songwriter Submit introduces a whole new way for Professional Songwriters & Novice Songwriters from around the world, to get their songs heard by publishers, artists, record labels and record producers.
Songwriter Submit is the first site to offer this service in support of professional and novice songwriters. It has been designed to help writers get their songs out to music professionals in an attempt to get their songs recorded. Simply click the sign up button, load your song demos and your lyrics, along with your contact info and/or bio. It’s that easy. Artists, labels, publishers and record producers can choose to listen to your demo, and may contact you if they are interested in recording your material.*
Attention: Artists, Record Labels, Record Producers and Publishing Companies.
Simply sign into Songwriter Submit http://www.songwritersubmit.com and browse by songwriter name or by song genres to listen to newly written songs that have been submitted for recording. Simply click the Contact Songwriter Button and let the songwriter know you are interested in their song. It’s that simple and the service is FREE for all recording artists and their associates in the music industry!
The Perfect Pitch Tip Sheet
For songwriters that want to know which artist will be recording in the near future.
The Tip Sheet will feature contact info
about which artist will be recording, and
where songwriters should submit their songs.
For more information contact: Songwriter
Submit
email:
info@songwritersubmit.com
Website:
http://www.songwritersubmit.com
THE ROUNDERS SIGN WITH BLIND PIG RECORDS
Blind
Pig Records has announced the signing of The
Rounders, a young alternative roots band
from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band
burst on the scene right out of high school,
immediately gaining critical acclaim from
local media, which praised their refreshing
originality and natural ability to capture
and enhance the traditions of American roots
music while keeping it stripped down, raw,
and honest. By tinkering with familiar
forms of music in new and unique ways, the
band soon became one of the hottest acts in
the area before most of them were of
drinking age.
The group has fashioned a unique sound by
mining a variety of traditional music forms
and adeptly fusing them with elements of
modern music. As guitarist Ryan Taylor put
it, "We like to make old music sound new and
new music sound old." By piecing together
layers of acoustic and electric blues,
Southern folk, backporch country, and
ragtime melody, The Rounders have created a
true tapestry of American roots music for a
new generation.
The band has released two CDs on their own
label, "Little Bitty Can Of Worms" and
"Now-A-Days Songs," the latter becoming a
staple on college rock radio and XM
satellite radio. They were voted the "Best
Unsigned Band" by the Oklahoma Blues Society
and sponsored to compete in the Blues
Foundation's International Blues Challenge
in Memphis in 2002. They also won the
"Underground Talent Search" contest
sponsored by a local commercial rock
station, competing against a number of
alternative rock bands.
Label president Edward Chmelewski
said, "Signing these guys was a bit of a
departure for us, but we were so taken by
the creativity and freshness of their
music. We immediately heard something new
and distinctive here, imbued with an
infectious energy and enthusiasm that puts a
smile on your face."
The band line-up consists of guitarist
Michael Stone, guitarist Ryan Taylor, who
also pens most of the group's songs, singer
Brian Whitten, drummer Stu
Williamson, and bassist Dave
Spindle. The first CD for Blind Pig,
entitled, Wish I Had You,
will be released in late January.
The Blues Festival E-Guide and Sonicbids will soon be back ready to introduce you to our next "Blues Artist on the Rise"...
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This Week's Theme: Halloween Blues
Next Week (Nov 4 & 5) Guest: Ike Turner (The Father of Rock n' Roll)
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It's
the Haunted House of Blues. Be
afraid, be very afraid, for the witching hour is upon us. Join Elwood Blues as
he spins a sinister set of Halloween Blues that go bump in the night. Devils,
Hellhounds, Witches, and a two-headed woman or two, next time on your haunted
House of Blues Radio Hour.
Ike
Turner wrote "Rocket 88" back in 1951, making what many say was the very first
rock n' roll record. He has been a talent scout, songwriter, singer, guitarist
and pianist, and he has still got it. His new record, "Rising' with the Blues,"
is in stores just in time for his birthday. Ike Turner turns 75 on November 5,
and Elwood Blues is Celebrating next time on the House of Blues Radio Hour.
Courtesy of Roots Music Report "where only the music matters". This chart reflects the radio airplay spins of some of the most prominent people in the genre, worldwide. Reporters to the chart include over 100 radio stations who are playing blues; record stores and distributors selling the blues; clubs booking blues artists; and key music correspondents throughout the world.
For further information about the Roots Music Report, visit www.rootsmusicreport.com
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| TW | LW | Artist: | CD Title: | Label: | Weeks On: | Location: |
| 1 | 1 | LOS LONELY BOYS | SACRED | EPIC | 14 | TX |
| 2 | 2 | CHRIS SMITHER | LEAVE THE LIGHT ON | SIGNATURE SOUNDS | 8 | MA |
| 3 | 5 | TONY JOE WHITE | UNCOVERED | SWAMP | 8 | |
| 4 | 4 | GUITAR SHORTY | WE THE PEOPLE | ALLIGATOR | 14 | WA |
| 5 | 3 | DAVE ALVIN | WEST OF THE WEST | YEP ROC | 24 | |
| 6 | 13 | FIONA BOYES | LUCKY 13 | YELLOW DOG | 14 | AUSTRALIA |
| 7 | NEW | CANNED HEAT | INSTRUMENTALS 1966-1996 | RUF | 1 | |
| 8 | 37 | JONNY LANG | TURN AROUND | A&M | 4 | ND |
| 9 | 8 | WALTER TROUT | FULL CIRCLE | RUF | 20 | CA |
| 10 | 23 | IKE TURNER | RISIN' WITH THE BLUES | ZOHO ROOTS | 7 | NY |
| 11 | 9 | NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS | LIVE AT CHAN'S | BLUE BELLA | 7 | IL |
| 12 | 17 | WILLIE KING | ONE LOVE | FREEDOM CREEK | 4 | AL |
| 13 | 21 | SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK & BNOIS KING | MY HEART'S IN TEXAS | BLIND PIG | 7 | TX |
| 14 | 11 | JIMMY THACKERY | IN THE NATURAL STATE | RYKO | 11 | VA |
| 15 | 27 | CEPHAS & WIGGINS | SHOULDER TO SHOULDER | ALLIGATOR | 9 | VA |
| 16 | 28 | DEANNA BOGART | REAL TIME | BLIND PIG RECORDS | 3 | MD |
| 17 | 12 | FLOYD DIXON | TIME BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE | HIGH JOHN | 4 | |
| 18 | 16 | BONNIE RAITT | SOULS ALIKE | CAPITOL | 55 | TX |
| 19 | 29 | ROBERT CRAY | LIVE FROM ACROSS THE POND | NOZZLE RECORDS | 8 | |
| 20 | 19 | JACKIE PAYNE AND STEVE EDMONSON BAND | MASTER OF THE GAME | DELTA GROOVE | 4 | CA |
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For years, the Blues Festival Guide Magazine received numerous requests for updates on festivals via email, and on January 10, 2006, the Marketing Director of the Blues Festival Guide magazine, Nancy Edwards partnered with the magazine (RBA Publishing) and published the first emailed issue of the E-Guide E-Newsletter. The E-Guide is a wonderful resource for everyone interested in Blues! You can expect to see the E-Guide in your inbox weekly. Please email the editor with any questions at editor@bluesfestivalEguide.com. To reach thousands of blues enthusiasts, click here to learn how to advertise in this Blues Festival E-Guide E-Newsletter.
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