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CD and DVD RELEASES |
How It Is
From sensitive to soaring,
JoAnne Redding’s vocals shine like a multi-faceted gem.
Spending three months in the Top Ten of Roots Music
Report’s Blues Chart, her latest CD, How It Is,
is a soulful mix of self-penned roots music—blues, country,
and rock n’ soul—that resonate from her own life
experiences.
Hear song clips now on
the
Blues Festival
Guide Jukebox or go to
www.JoAnneRedding.com
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
30th Anniversary Collection
To celebrate our “Pearl” anniversary – 30 years as purveyors of the
finest in blues and roots music - we cast before you 33 audio and 6 video
treasures from Blind Pig's illustrious history – musical moments that are
polished, timeless, and rare as pearls. “Pearls From Swine” - two CDs plus a
bonus DVD at a single CD price! --Blind Pig Records
Tracks:
DISC 1
1. Tommy Castro -- Just Like Me
2. Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King -- I Saw It Coming
3. Arthur Adams & B.B. King -- The Long Haul
4. Big Bill Morganfield -- Evil
5. Reneé Austin & Delbert McClinton -- Pretend We Never Met
6. Popa Chubby -- Back In My Baby's Arms
7. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells -- Hoodoo Man Blues
8. Walter Horton -- Put The Kettle On
9. Debbie Davies -- 24 Hour Fool
10. Omar & The Howlers -- Monkey Land
11. Otis Rush -- Feel So Bad
12. James Cotton -- Honest I Do
13. Elvin Bishop -- What The Hell Is Going On
14. Reverend Billy C. Wirtz -- Jerry Rig
15. Savoy Brown -- Shake It All Night
16. Jeremy Spencer -- Precious Little
DISC 2
1. Magic Slim & the Teardrops -- I'm A Bluesman
2. John Mooney -- She Ain't No Good
3. Harper -- Last Cup Of Coffee
4. Mighty Joe Young -- As the Years Go Passing By
5. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith & Kim Wilson -- Believe Me
6. Nick Curran and the Nitelifes -- Beautiful Girl
7. Hamilton Loomis -- No No No
8. Albert Cummings -- You Say You Love Me
9. Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers -- Moving In A West Coast Way
10. E.C. Scott -- Sweet Man Of Mine
11. Norton Buffalo & Roy Rogers -- All I Want
12. Deanna Bogart -- Real Time
13. George "Harmonica" Smith -- Blowing The Blues
14. Bill Perry -- Down In New Orleans
15. Pinetop Perkins -- After Hours
16. Otis Clay -- A Nickel And A Nail
17. Dr. Duke Tumatoe -- Moanin' The Blues
DVD
1. Tommy Castro -- Can't Keep a Good Man Down
2. Popa Chubby -- If the Diesel Don't Get You Then the Jet Fuel Will
3. Magic Slim & the Teardrops -- Goin' To Mississippi
4. Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers -- Tough & Tender
5. Reverend Billy C. Wirtz -- Female Problems
6. Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King -- My Heart's in Texas
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NEWS FLASH |
Martin
Scorsese to Direct Documentary on Rolling Stones
 Acclaimed
director Martin Scorsese is working on a
documentary starring The Rolling Stones.
Scorsese will
film the band's upcoming concerts at New York
City's The Beacon Theatre between Oct. 29 and
Oct. 31.
It is not clear if the documentary will
encompass the band's entire history or just
their current A Bigger Bang tour.
Martin Scorsese
is the acclaimed director of many
internationally famous films, including Taxi
Driver, Raging Bull and The Gangs
of New York. Mr. Scorsese also has a long
and distinguished career as a documentarian. He
worked as an editor on such documentary classics
as Woodstock, and as a director for
The Last Waltz and the acclaimed Bob
Dylan documentary No Direction Home.
 Scorsese
served as Executive Producer for the
Emmy-nominated documentary Eric
Clapton-Nothing But the Blues which explored
the influence of the blues on the music of Eric
Clapton. Also of great significance was
The Blues 6-part television documentary,
which was the culmination of a great ambition
for Scorsese: to honor the music of which he is
so fond, to preserve its legacy and to work
together with skill skilled feature film
directors, who were united in their desire to
celebrate the music, yet who, at the same time,
were free to pursue their own personal visions.
Even Better Salgado News--
Portland musician Curtis Salgado
received a new liver Saturday
evening at an Omaha, Neb., hospital
from a deceased donor. He had been
planning on transplant surgery this
week with a liver donated by a
friend who had traveled with him to
Omaha.
Curtis was in Omaha and ready for
surgery last Tuesday, but the
surgery was postponed due to the
surgical team's schedule. On Friday
they reviewed his lab tests and
upgraded him to being eligible to
receive a full liver (he was
previously ineligible for a
donation, so the friend volunteered
half of hers). On Saturday morning,
a liver was donated, the operation
was done, and Curtis is now out of
intensive care. He'll be in the
hospital for another week, and stay
in the Omaha area for about a month
for observation.
For more information on Organ
Sharing visit
www.unos.org
TOMMY CASTRO
HONORED IN SAN
FRANCISCO
 Tommy
Castro
is being honored
on two occasions
in his home town
of San
Francisco. First
of all, San
Francisco Mayor
Gavin Newsom's
office has
announced that
October 14th
will be declared
"Tommy Castro
Day" in
recognition of
his unselfish
efforts in
support of
various
community
projects as well
as his musical
achievements.
Patti Carlise,
the
Entertainment
Arts Liason for
the Mayor's
Office, will
present Tommy
with the Mayor's
Proclamation at
the band's show
at Slim's
nightclub on the
evening of
October 14th.
Castro has been
serving for
years as The
City's
unofficial
musical
ambassador,
taking his
infectious brand
of home-grown,
blue-collar rock
'n' soul music
to every corner
of this country
and numerous
countries
overseas, where
fans always
identify him
with San
Francisco. Says
Castro, "This is
a huge honor.
San Francisco is
the greatest
city in the
country. There's
no place else
I'd rather
live."
 The
second honor was
bestowed by the
North Beach
Chamber of
Commerce, which
announced that
Castro's image
will be painted
onto a
building-wide
mural at the
intersection of
Broadway and
Columbus Streets
which depicts
the cultural
icons and heroes
from that
storied
neighborhood's
illustrious
history.
Informed of the
honor, Castro
said, "I'm
excited about
the mural
because that's
where the band
started. We came
out of that
neighborhood, so
this is a big
deal to me!"
When Castro
started his band
fifteen years
ago, they would
play seven
nights a week in
North Beach,
building a
following that
would soon make
them one of the
most popular
acts in The
City, and
launching
Castro's career
as a highly
sought-after
international
performer.
Paul Reed Smith
Guitars Breaks
Ground on
Multimillion Dollar
Expansion
 Paul
Reed Smith (PRS)
Guitars, Ltd., broke
ground on a
multimillion dollar,
100,000-plus
square-foot factory
expansion on October
2, 2006. The
expansion is
expected to take
approximately 18
months to complete
and the finished
building will be
five times larger
than the existing
factory space,
presently located in
Stevensville,
Maryland .
Upon
completion, the PRS
factory will be home
to more than 82,000
square feet of
manufacturing and
warehouse space as
well as 18,000
square feet of
office space. the
additional square
footage will provide
room for an
expansive PRS museum
that highlights the
history, innovations
and progress of the
PRS guitar line. New
zones of creativity
are already planned
that include more
room for the
research and
development team to
design, create and
perfect new guitar
models, a sound
recording studio and
additional
photography/art
studio space for the
in-house creative
team.
Clapton looks back
on career
In his 40-year-plus
career, Eric Clapton
has rolled up plenty
of honors - numerous
hits, 18 Grammys and
becoming the first
musician inducted
three times into the
Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame.
He still sells out
arenas across the
globe as fans make
the pilgrimage to
hear one of the
greats in action.
Yet when asked to
give an assessment
of his own play,
Clapton offers a
blunt review that
might seem unkind
coming from someone
else's mouth.
"I think I'm
definitely on the
decline," the
61-year-old said, a
few hours before
kicking off the
North American leg
of his world tour.
He recently watched
video of his 1997
blues tour and says
he was "shocked by
how much more
proficient I was
then than I am now."
"It was a good
thing, in a way,
because I get the
reality of what my
life is like,"
Clapton said. "I
can't do what I used
to be able to do,
with my hands or my
voice or anything."
Still, the guitarist
dubbed "Slowhand"
isn't conceding much
to age.
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Eric Clapton
Rethinks
Playing
"Cocaine"
 Eric
Clapton is
playing
'Cocaine' in
concert
again. The
recovering
drug addict
and
alcoholic,
who founded
the
Crossroads
Centre
addiction
recovery
center on
the
Caribbean
island of
Antigua,
stopped
performing
the song
written by
J.J. Cale
when he
first got
sober.
'I thought
that it
might be
giving the
wrong
message to
people who
were in the
same boat as
me,' Clapton
recently
told The
Associated
Press.
'But further
investigation
proved ...
the song, if
anything, if
it's not
even
ambivalent,
it's an
anti-drug
song. And so
I thought
that might
be a better
way to do
it, to
approach it
from a more
positive
point of
view. And
carry on
performing
it as not a
pro-drug
song, but
just as a
reality
check about
what it
does.'
Clapton's
band shouts
out 'dirty
cocaine'
during the
song.
'It's one of
those songs
that you can
take it any
way you
like,'
Clapton told
the AP. 'But
it very
clearly says
in the
opening
verse, `If
you wanna
get down,
down on the
ground,' I
mean,
that's, I
think, the
focal point
of the song.
That's what
the song's
about, is
that, you
know,
there's a
price.'
Clapton also
said he
missed
playing
'Cocaine,'
with its
signature
guitar riff,
'just purely
from a
musical
point of
view.'
Six-Sided Harmonica (no this is not a typo)
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 Made by the renowned Hohner instrument company founded in Germany in 1857 and manufacturer of harmonicas used by such Blues luminaries as Howlin Wolf, Little Walter, and Junior Wells, this unique musical instrument, which has been in continuous production since before 1900, combines six harmonicas into a single component, creating the largest tonal range available in any Hohner tremolo model.
Tremolo harmonicas employ two reeds per note, and each harmonica on this instrument has 24 double holes for a total of 48 reeds per harmonica that produce a warm vibrato characteristic of the world-famous Hohner sound. Each harmonica is tuned to a different key: C, D, F, G, A and B flat, and each comb (the central air chamber component) is made of maple for a rich, full tone. The harmonica can be played in its unified wheel-mount form, or dismantled for individual play.
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Most Popular Funeral Songs
 James
Blunt is the most popular
musician to soundtrack a
funeral, it has been confirmed.
The star came top of a British
poll conducted by the
Bereavement Register, which
surveyed 5,000 U.K. funerals in
compiling the chart.
Mark Roy, of the Bereavement
Register, commented: "The top 20
really shows how far we have
come in terms of saying goodbye.
Gone are the dirges of yore,
instead we are seeing
contemporary music that is
easier to relate to. Everyone
has a favorite song that means
something very special to them,
often connected to a particular
time and place. When the song is
played this can be a very
emotive reminder of that person
and a reassurance in our time of
grief."
The full top 20 is as follows:
1. "Goodbye My Lover," James
Blunt
2. "Angels," Robbie Williams
3. "I've Had The Time Of My
Life," Jennifer Warnes & Bill
Medley
4. "Wind Beneath My Wings,"
Bette Midler
5. "Pie Jesu," Requiem
6. "Candle In The Wind," Elton
John
7. "With Or Without You," U2
8. "Tears In Heaven," Eric
Clapton
9. "Every Breath You Take," The
Police
10. "Unchained Melody,"
Righteous Brothers
11. "Danny Boy," Daniel
O'Donnell
12. "Time To Say Goodbye", Sarah
Brightman
13. "What A Wonderful World,"
Louis Armstrong
14. "Knocking On Heaven's Door,"
Bob Dylan
15. "I Don't Want To Miss A
Thing," Aerosmith
16. "Bright Eyes," Simon &
Garfunkel
17. "Eternal Flame," The Bangles
18. "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead,"
Bon Jovi
19. "Want To Live Forever," Fame
20. "Reach For The Stars," S
Club 7
Robert
Plant
To
Play
Fundraising
Gig
for
Neighbor
 Robert Plant is playing a fundraising gig to pay for his neighbor's medical expenses. The kind-hearted singer will perform under the name The Honeydrippres when he takes to the stage at Kidderminster Town Hall in England on December 23.
Billed as 'The Return Of The Honeydrippers', the concert is designed to raise funds for Jackie Jennings to pay for treatment for a brain tumour in Boston, Massachusetts. The treatment costs $180,000, of which Jennings has already got $135,000 together. Plant hopes his fundraiser will raise the remaining $45,000 needed.
The Honeydrippers' 1984 album featured Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, although it is unclear whether either guitar great will join Plant in December.
LA TIMES REPORTS ON THE DELTA
Delta, land of sweet misery
In the Mississippi birthplace of the blues, the music pours from the clubs and juke joints. You won't find it more authentic than this.
By Joshua Clark, Special to The Times
October 1, 2006
"SOME call it boogie-woogie, some call it blues; I got my rhythm from a fox-trotting mule!" croons James "Super Chikan" Johnson as his golden retriever twirls between his stomping feet, howling right along.
 Super Chikan winces with the ecstasy of every note as he puts the hurt on his new slide guitar. This isn't just any guitar; it's an electric "Chikantar" he built himself, using a cigar box for the body, a muffler bracket for a tailpiece, a screen door handle for a bridge, an ax handle for the neck, a piece of cyclone fence for reinforcement and a cabinet door latch for a nut. And, of course, his trademark rooster head is carved into the end.
The instruments double as folk art on which Johnson paints scenes of his native Mississippi Delta, and they have made some scenes themselves, including the Delta's largest blues festival. "Man, I tore that audience up at the Sunflower Festival last summer," he said. "Dude who was headlining after me got up in a rage, said I didn't leave nothing left for him."
 Johnson is sitting in his Clarksdale studio just down the road from the crossroads of two highways — U.S. 49 and U.S. 61 — the solar plexus of blues traveling, where legend has it that another bluesman, Robert Johnson, sold his soul to the devil so he could play this music.
From Robert Johnson and others, a tradition spread that has made this landscape world famous. Super Chikan's unique sound is yet another thing that Chicago and Memphis, Tenn., will never have. Nor will New Orleans, on whose streets the other true American art form, jazz, was born.
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Paul McCartney gets back rights to Beatles Songs
Sir Paul McCartney is to get his hands back on the rights to The Beatles back catalogue of songs - which he l ost 21 years ago.
The musician lost the rights to the majority of the Fab Four's hits to then close friend Michael Jackson in a bidding war in 1985.
Jackson paid nearly £40 million for the collection leaving McCartney, who dueted with Jackson on worldwide hit 'The Girl Is Mine' in 1982, fuming.
Now the former Beatle has learned the rights to many of the songs, which include 'Come Together' and 'Getting Better', are set to return to him automatically.
He revealed to Britain's Dai ly Express newspaper: "In about 10 years a lot of the back catalogue returns to me, just legally. Some of the important rights are about to return which I didn't realize."
McCartney, 64, has previously admitted he hates the fact he has to pay Jackson money every time he plays one of his own songs on tour.
He recently said: "You know what doesn't feel very good is going on tour and paying to sing all my songs. Every time I sing 'Hey Jude' I've got to pay someone."
Jimi Hendrix Audio Recordings, Rare Video & More To Be Auctioned Oct. 26
 The largest collection in the world of Jimi Hendrix music, film, and artifacts is going to be auctioned on October 26 at Capitale in New York City. This remarkable lot, which contains more than 15,000 Hendrix assets, is considered by industry experts to be the most comprehensive Jimi Hendrix collection in existence.
Jimi Hendrix is the ultimate rock icon, with his influence still resonating throughout music, fashion and popular culture nearly 35 years after his untimely death. His handful of releases still sell well more than 1 million copies a year worldwide; his songs and image are a constant presence in the world of advertising -- whether on the covers of magazines, on television or on the internet.
The main attraction in this lot is certainly the group of nearly fifty 7" reel-to-reel tapes usually referred to as the "Personal Reels of Jimi Hendrix." These are thought to be Jimi's own tapes of studio mix-downs, jam sessions and band rehearsals, which contain a conservative estimate of sixty hours of unreleased material.
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RECORD LABEL NEWS:
 UPCOMING
HOLIDAY PROMOTION (Starting November 1st):
Order any three or more releases from the
Delta Groove website this holiday season and
receive a FREE LIMITED EDITION CD
full of PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE
RECORDINGS from all your favorite Delta
Groove artists! ONLY 500 ARE BEING PRINTED!
This limited edition CD can also be purchased
individually starting November 1st, 2006.
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The Blues Festival E-Guide and
Sonicbids
are proud to introduce you to our
next "Blues Artist on the Rise"
Graham
Wood Drout and Iko-Iko
.
Award-winning "swampadelic" Roots/Rock band,
Iko-Iko is about great songs and
performances. They reaches audiences with
musicianship and energy beyond "jam band."
Drout's songs are covered by artists of
various styles. Work appears in films, "Cape
Fear" and "Contact" plus radio and TV.
Their live shows
include a mix of originals with updated
covers to Muddy Waters, John Prine, Van
Morrison, and other songs with a new edge
and vocal harmonies over a backbeat.
The band was formed in
1982. Now 24 years and 5 CDs later, Graham
Wood Drout is the one constant and
continuing member of the original line-up.
 2006
- The Bittersweet Sessions, Little Silver
LSR05-001
 2000
- Shine, Little Silver LSCD005
 1996
- Protected By Voodoo, Little Silver LSCD001
 1991
- Riding on The Rims - Live, Little Silver
(out of print)
 1986
- Snowstorm in The Jungle, Kingsnake (out of
print)
Graham Wood Drout and Iko-Iko can be found
performing somewhere in Florida every single
weekend.
Oct 6 2006 10:00P/Alligator Alley Ft.
Lauderdale, FL
Oct 13 2006 10:00P/Tobacco Road Miami, FL
Oct 16 2006 10:00P/Tobacco Road Miami, FL
Oct 21 2006 8:00P/Hollywood Arts Festival
Downtown Hollywood, FL
Oct 21 2006 9:30P/Sushi Blues Hollywood, FL
Oct 23 2006 10:00P/Tobacco Road Miami, FL
Oct 27 2006 9:00P/Pirates Den Cutler Ridge,
FL
Oct 30 2006 10:00P/Tobacco Road Mia,mi, FL
Oct 31 2006 9:00P/O'Hara's Halloween Howl
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nov 1 2006 7:00P/Graham Wood Drout's Day of
the Dead art show Miami, FL
Nov 4 2006 9:30P/Sushi Blues Hollywood, FL
Nov 18 2006 12:00P/Fernstock!!! Homestead ,
FL
Dec 22 2006 10:00P/Green Parrot Key West, FL
Dec 23 2006 10:00P/Green Parrot Key West, FL
Dec 31 2006 9:30P/Sushi Blues New Years Eve
Hollywood, FL
For more information visit:
www.iko-iko.com,
or
http://www.myspace.com/grahamwooddroutsikoiko
or
http://www.sonicbids.com/IkoIko
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Attention
Promoters:
Know your 2007 festival dates?
Get a head start and post them
today on
www.bluesfestivalguide.com. It is easy and free.
Hear and
see the Blues in Traverse City, MI
Photographers show off
gritty portraits of blues artists
 Photographer
and radio host Robert Barclay brings
his blues works to the Dennos Museum
Center.
TRAVERSE
CITY — Sight will meet sound when the
Dennos Museum Center exhibits about 25
photos of blues musicians to coincide
with its series of blues concerts.
The
exhibit and concert series will both
kick off on Saturday, Oct. 7, when Rod
Piazza and the Mighty Flyers appear in
concert in Milliken Auditorium.
The
photos featuring the gritty world of
blues — and such artists as Memphis
Slim, Albert Collins, Junior Wells
and Sippie Wallace — are the work
of Robert Barclay of Mt. Pleasant
and David Fox of Traverse City,
both of whom have photographed top blues
artists for years.
"Blues
men and women were so accessible,"
Barclay said, talking about why he
started shooting them after having taken
pictures of such rock artists as Bob
Dylan, Elton John and Bruce
Springsteen.
"I didn't
get the attitude that you'd get from
some rock star's agent," he said. "You
don't have to have Rolling Stone
(magazine) behind you to get to even the
top blues artists."
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Bank cooks up major
blues fest
Promoters hope to spark annual event.
 Grammy
Award-winning blues musician Chris Thomas King was
on hand this morning at Courthouse Square to sing
and promote the Roots ’N Blues ’N BBQ Festival
planned for Sept. 7-8, 2007
By
KEVIN COLEMAN of the Tribune’s staff
Published Thursday, September 28, 2006
(Columbia, Missouri) Boone
County National Bank plans to celebrate its
150th anniversary next year by hosting a free blues
festival city leaders hope will become an annual
event that could draw thousands of people downtown.
"We’ll start it and see what happens," bank Chief
Executive Officer Steve Erdel said this morning.
Erdel called the planned music and food festival
"formidable and interesting." He said it will
feature up to 20 bluegrass, gospel and folk
musicians from throughout the nation, including
King.
Promoters said it stands to generate more than $7
million in local economic activity. MU economist
James Kaufman said a similar event launched in 1983
in Lexington, N.C., population 18,000, attracted
30,000 people its first year. More than 120,000 now
attend every year.
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'Greener Festival' Launches
 U.K.
music festival organizations and operators have
joined forces to launch a new Web site that
promotes more environmentally efficient outdoor live
events.
Called
A Greener Festival, the not-for-profit project
aims to encourage music festival organizers to
debate and share best practices that ensure large
outdoor music events limit damages caused to the
immediate surroundings.
Among the topics of debate to be tackled on the new
Web site are the impact of waste, traffic, carbon
dioxide emissions, noise, water pollution and land
damage before, during and after music festivals.
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The Blues
Festival E-Guide will be following for
the next several weeks the blues travels
of newlyweds Tom Yearnshaw and Cheryl
O'Grady. Cheryl is a sales rep for The
Blues Festival Guide magazine, enjoying
the fruits of her labors.
ON THE BLUE HIGHWAY WITH TOM AND CHERYL
(Installment # 5)
We’ll it’s wrap-up time for our trip and there is so
much you could talk about, but we can’t miss the
food highlights and a chance meeting with Big
Jack Johnson.
Barbeque, BBQ, and More – Across 13 states,
there are many opportunities to sample BBQ -- read
that ‘Smoked Meat’ – we’re not talking burgers and
hot dogs!!! Here are three favorites, in order of
appearance along the way.
Willie Mae’s Rib House (321 W Broadway St, West
Memphis, AR) – We were drawn to West Memphis because
it was the once the home of Willie Johnson,
the wild, talented, often unheralded guitarist on
Howlin’ Wolf’s early recordings. Johnson’s creative
guitar licks -- he was an early influence on his
replacement, Hubert Sumlin -- met Wolf’s raw
country blues style head-on, and while the two
reportedly fought as often as they collaborated,
Johnson helped forge a sound that laid the
foundation for much of what was to follow. We went
to West Memphis to see if we could learn something
about Willie Johnson. Instead, we found Willie Mae’s
Rib House, definitely a down home joint located on
old Hwy 70 in the middle of an older part of town.
Juicy ribs, tangy-sweet sauce. Greens are the pick
of the sides. Dine in the bare-bones dining room or
take out.
E & L Barbeque (1111 Bailey Ave, Jackson, MS) –
You can spot E & L by the plume of smoke from the 10
foot tall stack on the roof. Looks like an old
coal-burning steam locomotive, and coincidently, E &
L is close to the rail yards. There’s only one
variety of sauce at E & L -- just right for Cheryl
but a bit bland for Tom -- but the tasty rub,
applied to ribs smoked to perfection makes a stop at
this restaurant a must. Again, dine in or take out.
Big Jack Johnson – Big Jack is a Clarksdale
institution, but we missed seeing him play by
several days. While talking ‘smoke’ at Big Jim’s one
evening, Jim says Big Jack is a customer, lives
nearby, and we should drive up the road a couple of
blocks to take a look at his house and yard, which
are decorated with a multitude of farm tools and
equipment. About that time, Jim points across the
street toward a pickup turning into the mini-mart.
“That’s Big Jack right there,” so we trekked across
Hwy 61 for a bit of gab and got a few photos. Tom
showed him the digital viewer and Johnson says, ever
the character, “Hey, I look good. I need to get my
picture taken in this pickup all the time.”
Unusual Mississippi Food (Pig Ear Sandwich) --
It isn’t unusual for Mississippi, just unusual for
us! Tom sampled one from E & L Barbeque. About all
he could say was that he’d stick to BBQ, and he got
a “second” from his nephew Thomas in Denver, who
also tried a bite. By the time the frozen remnants
arrived in California, Tom’s dad and brother just
turned up their noses and walked off. No offense to
the folks at E & L -- a lady in line said, “My
husband just loves these” – but this must be an
acquired taste.
Just like everything about our trip the BBQ joints
were an adventure and if they were playing music it
was Blues and the folks were always eager to share
there blues stories. We all know BBQ and Blues go
together like peanut butter and jelly!
Stay tune for next week and some final tidbits and
reference material to make your trip to the South
the best it can be!
Back on the Blues trail,
-- Cheryl and Tom
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| HOUSE OF BLUES RADIO HOUR |
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This Week's Guest:
ERIC BURDON
 For
years, fans have been asking Eric Burdon to release a pure blues album, and now
the former Animals frontman delivers. "Soul of a Man" is a powerful collection
of blues classics passionately updated by a master vocalist. Join Elwood Blues
and his guest, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Eric Burdon. Next time on the House
of Blues Radio Hour.
Next Week (Oct 15 & 16th)
Guest:
LUTHER DICKENSON
from The NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-Stars
We have
seen the future of Rockin’ blues and it is...The North Mississippi All-Stars.
Join Elwood Blues as he spends an hour rapping with Luther Dickenson, guitarist
and visionary behind these 21st Century Blues Leaders – The North
Mississippi All-Stars. Next Time, on Your House of Blues Radio Hour.
[Click
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| ROOTS BLUES AIRPLAY CHARTS |
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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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Artist: |
CD Title: |
Label: |
Weeks On: |
Location: |
| 1 |
3 |
LOS LONELY BOYS |
SACRED |
EPIC |
11 |
TX |
| 2 |
2 |
CHRIS SMITHER |
LEAVE THE LIGHT ON |
SIGNATURE SOUNDS |
5 |
MA |
| 3 |
14 |
IKE TURNER |
RISIN' WITH THE BLUES |
ZOHO ROOTS |
4 |
NY |
| 4 |
4 |
LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS |
RATTLESHAKE |
ALLIGATOR |
17 |
IL |
| 5 |
10 |
DAVE ALVIN |
WEST OF WEST |
YEP ROC |
21 |
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| 6 |
1 |
ALBERT CUMMINGS |
WORKIN' MAN |
BLIND PIG |
13 |
|
| 7 |
NEW |
JACKIE PAYNE AND STEVE EDMONSON BAND |
MASTER OF THE GAME |
DELTA GROOVE |
1 |
CA |
| 8 |
19 |
JEREMY SPENCER |
PRECIOUS LITTLE |
BLIND PIG |
13 |
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| 9 |
8 |
FIONA BOYES |
LUCKY 13 |
YELLOW DOG |
11 |
AUSTRALIA |
| 10 |
13 |
JIMMY THACKERY |
IN THE NATURAL STATE |
RYKO |
8 |
VA |
| 11 |
6 |
RORY BLOCK |
THE LADY & MR. JOHNSON |
RYKO |
12 |
NE |
| 12 |
7 |
ROBERT CRAY |
LIVE FROM ACROSS THE POND |
NOZZLE RECORDS |
5 |
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| 13 |
9 |
BONNIE RAITT |
SOULS ALIKE |
CAPITOL |
52 |
TX |
| 14 |
11 |
WALTER TROUT |
FULL CIRCLE |
RUF |
17 |
CA |
| 15 |
15 |
SUSAN TEDESCHI |
HOPE & DESIRE |
VERVE |
51 |
IL |
| 16 |
NEW |
WILLIE KING |
ONE LOVE |
FREEDOM CREEK |
1 |
AL |
| 17 |
12 |
NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS |
LIVE AT CHAN'S |
BLUE BELLA |
4 |
IL |
| 18 |
16 |
MADELEINE PEYROUX |
CARELESS LOVE |
ROUNDER |
7 |
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| 19 |
32 |
TONY JOE WHITE |
UNCOVERED |
SWAMP |
5 |
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| 20 |
30 |
BERNARD ALLISON |
ENERGIZED - LIVE IN EUROPE |
RUF |
4 |
IL |
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BLUES FESTIVALS |
Thursday-Saturday,
October 5-7,
2006
Carolina
Downhome Blues
Festival
10 venues
Camden, South
Carolina, U.S.
www.bluesbash.com/camden
Hotline:
843-762-9125
Thursday-Saturday,
October 5-7,
2006
Arkansas Blues
and Heritage
Festival
(formerly the
King Biscuit
Blues Festival)
Cherry Street
Helena,
Arkansas, U.S.
www.bluesandheritage.com
Hotline:
870-338-8798
Friday-Sunday,
October 6-8,
2006
Bayfest Mobile
Downtown Mobile
Mobile, Alabama,
U.S.
www.bayfest.com
Hotline:
251-208-7835
Friday-Sunday,
October 6-8,
2006
Gretna Heritage
Festival
Gretna,
Louisiana,
U.S.
www.gretnafest.com
Hotline:
888-447-3862
Saturday,
October 7, 2006
Rawa Blues
Festival
Spodek
Katowice, Poland
www.rawablues.com
Hotline: none
Saturday,
October 7, 2006
Daytona Beer &
Blues Festival
Daytona
Beach, Florida,
U.S.
Hotline:
386-253-1760
Saturday-Sunday,
October 7-8,
2006
Central Valley
Blues Festival
Merced
Courthouse Park
Merced,
California, U.S.
www.centralvalleybluesfestival.com
Hotline:
209-383-4958
Saturday-Sunday,
October 7-8,
2006
Napa Valley
Blues Festival
in Calistoga
Calistoga,
California, U.S.
Hotline:
707-942-6333
Sunday,
October 8, 2006
Cat Head Mini
Blues Fest
Clarksdale,
Mississippi,
U.S.
www.cathead.biz
Hotline:
662-624-5992
Friday-Saturday,
October
13-14,
2006
Blues
Masters
at
the
Crossroads
Salina,
Kansas,
U.S.
www.blueheavenstudios.com
Hotline:
785-825-8609
Friday-Sunday,
October
13-15,
2006
Festivals
Acadiens
Girard
Park
&
Downtown
Lafayette
Lafayette,
Louisiana,
U.S.
www.festivalsacadiens.com
Hotline:
800-346-1958
Saturday,
October
14,
2006
Columbia's
12th
Annual
Blues
Festival
Dr.
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
Memorial
Park
Columbia,
South
Carolina,
U.S.
www.wordofmouthproductions.org
Hotline:
803-783-6420
Saturday,
October
14,
2006
Rowan
Blues
and
Jazz
8th
Annual
Festival
200
W.
Fisher
Street
Salisbury,
North
Carolina,
U.S.
www.rowanbluesandjazz.com
Hotline:
704-636-3277
Saturday,
October
14,
2006
Ric
Strome
Memorial
Blues
Rumble
Bowens
Island
Charleston,
South
Carolina,
U.S.
www.bluesbash.com
Hotline:
843-762-9125
Saturday,
October
14,
2006
Bluesapalooza
Rude
dog
bar
&
downtown
Covina
Covina,
California,
U.S.
www.rudedogbar.com
Hotline:
626
332-3665
Sunday,
October
15,
2006
Blues
Heritage
Fall
Festival
2006
Reid
Park
Tucson,
Arizona,
U.S.
www.azblues.org
Hotline:
520-795-3076
Sunday,
October
15,
2006
Ric
Strome
Memorial
Blues
Rumble
Bowens
Island
Charleston,
South
Carolina,
U.S.
www.bluesbash.com
Hotline:
843-762-9125
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Hatchie Fall Festival
Historic Downtown - Brownsville
Brownsville, Texas, U.S.
Hotline: 731-780-1641
Saturday-Sunday, October 21-22, 2006
Mountain Cove Blues Festival
Mountain Cove Vineyards
Lovingston (Nelson Co.), Virginia, U.S.
www.jamesriverblues.org
www.mountaincovevineyards.com
Hotline: 434-237-8080
Saturday-Sunday, October 21-22, 2006
Kentuck Festival of the Arts
Kentuck Park
Northport, Alabama, U.S.
www.kentuck.org
Hotline: 205-758-1257
Thursday-Sunday, October 26-29, 2006
Östersund Bluesfestival
Östersund, Sweden
www.jamtblues.nu
Hotline: +04670551866
Friday-Sunday, October 27-29, 2006
Bluesfestival i Eslöv
Eslöv, Sweden
www.bluesfestival.2ya.com
Hotline: +46 413 540619
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Sweetgum Bottom Blues Festival
Greenville, Alabama, U.S.
www.sweetgumbottomblues.com
Hotline: 334-382-8729
Saturday, October 28, 2006
16th Annual Carl Black GMC Sarasota Bluesfest
Ed Smith Stadium
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
www.sarasotabluesfest.com
Hotline: 941-377-3279
Friday-Sunday, November 3-12, 2006
The 12th Annual Lucerne Blues Festival
Casino Lucerne
Lucerne, Switzerland
www.bluesfestival.ch
Hotline: none
Saturday-Sunday, November 4-5, 2006
Blues Bash 3
Out-doors (TBA)
Taipei, Taiwan
www.bsot-bluesbash.info
Hotline: none |
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