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CD and DVD Releases Announcement: The Blues Festival Guide 2007 magazine is looking for the perfect cover shot!
(2006 Cover - Anthony Gomes & Biscuit Miller photographed by Vividpix)
Once chosen, your photo will not be used for any purpose without written permission. Send examples to our editor at Michele@BluesFestivalGuide.com or mail hard copies to BFG Editor, 15627 Via Calanova, San Diego, CA 92128. A web link also works well for viewing if available. Note: Photos will also being considered to use within the magazine articles as needed. Only cover shots will receive compensated. Credit is given in the masthead and next to any photos published. |
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NEW CONTEST ANNOUNCED 10 WINNERS!
Win Bobby Rush's DVD "Live at Ground Zero" Just answer these trivia questions 1. What was the name of the hit song that first propelled Bobby Rush to national prominence, what year was it released and on what record label? 2. How did Bobby Rush earn extra pay from a club owner during his first stint as a bandleader? 3. What was the name of the documentary film that spotlighted Bobby Rush as part of the Martin Scorsese series on the Blues? [HINT: all answers are available on Bobby Rush's website www.bobbyrush.net] Email your answers to nancy@bluesfestivalguide.com before December 15, 2006. Be sure to include your name and mailing address. 10 winners will be drawn at random from entries received containing the correct answers to all 3 trivia questions. |
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2007 Keeping The Blues Alive Awards Announced
The Keeping The Blues Alive Awards recognize the significant contributions to Blues music made by the people behind the scenes. Each is selected on the basis of merit by a select panel of Blues professionals. This year's Keeping the Blues Alive Award recipients are:
Blues Club:
Rum Boogie Café, Memphis Tennessee
Festival:
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana Historical Preservation: Howlin’ Wolf Blues Society, West Point, Mississippi International: Lucerne Blues Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
Internet:
Pollstar.com, Fresno, California
Literature:
Peter Guralnick, West Newbury,
Massachusetts
Producer:
John Porter, Los Angeles, California
Publicist:
Karen Leipziger, Nashville,
Tennessee
Retailer: Electric Fetus,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Congratulations to all the
recipients, and Thank You for all
that you do. CHRISTMAS HARMONICAS
But they'll be able to give musical voice to their feelings when 2,600 Delta Blues harmonicas, one for each soldier, land as gifts from a Halifax-based musical instrument retailer.
OWN A PIECE OF BLUES HISTORY, CLUB EBONY FOR SALE
ERIC CLAPTON'S "BLACKIE" STRATOCASTER
16th Annual
MARK HUMMEL's BLUES HARMONICA BLOWOUT
The Winter 2007 tour includes ROD & HONEY PIAZZA, KIM WILSON, BILLY BOY ARNOLD, RICK ESTRIN, & PAUL OSCHER with special guest guitarist RUSTY ZINN.
Try Some Jimi Hendrix Vodka
ATTENTION BANDS
(Dallas) The Texas Independence Day Music Festival will be returning to the Sons of Hermann Hall, Friday and Saturday March 2 & 3 , 2007. Any bands that would like to perform at this years event, please send a complete promo-kit to J & B Productions P. O. Box 720251 Dallas, Texas 75372 Call 214-823-3966 or email jeb@brightok.net All types of music are welcome.
WILL PLANNERS GIVE JIMI THE BOOT?
City planners will soon have to decide whether or not the Jimi Hendrix statue outside Dimbola Museum in the Isle of Wight, can stay. The statue was erected in June 2006 as a tribute to Hendrix's performance at the 1970 Afton Festival. In September Dimbola heard from the Isle of Wight council that it would have to apply for permission to retain the statue. Museum officials argue that the statue has brought many extra people to the museum and thus more revenue and it has given them badly -needed publicity. AUSTIN, TX LOVES THEIR SRV STATUE
Many
Austin,
TX
sites
and
businesses
incorporate
photos
of
this
statue
on
their
Web
sites
or
in
literature
because
the
statue
and
the
subject
are
so
closely
tied
to
Austin.
On
the
anniversary
of
Stevie
Ray
Vaughan's
birth
and
death
fans
often
leave
floral
tributes
and
notes
of
remembrance
at
the
base
of
the
statue.
Blues Musicians work together to aid Riegelwood families  Some of you heard about the terrible storms we had recently in Riegelwood North Carolina. An entire section of the city next to us was wiped off the map. Homes flattened and lives lost. One of our area blues societies (Roots & Blues Alliance) is holding a fundraising concert to help out. All of the details are below. If you cannot make the event but do have a few dollars to spare, please call them directly to make a donation. Think how you would want to be treated if your home was blown away.
Thank you for considering this matter as it weighs heavy on many of our areas residents.
Sincerely,
Michele
Michele and the Midnight Blues
PRESS RELEASE December 9th, 2006, at The Front Street Music Hall in Wilmington N.C. an impressive line-up of musicians comes to the aid of those in need. Organized by the Roots and Rhythm Alliance (a not-for-profit music organization based in Wilmington, NC), the event features a stellar cast of international, national and regional talent all on one night for a special cause. The residents of Riegelwood, NC were recently severely affected by life-taking storms that descended on their small town without notice. Homes were destroyed and lives were lost. With the holiday season upon us, the Roots and Rhythm Alliance called on friends and fellow musicians to help insure that the community of Riegelwood could and would have support during this trying time. The event will hopefully raise much-needed funds and holiday gifts for the small town. Appearing at this special event will be: DOWNLOAD BEATLE SONGS SOON
MISSISSIPPI BLUES TRAIL UNVEILINGS
First Unveiling Second Unveiling Third Unveiling
Music Promotion In St. Louis Takes Huge Leap Forward!
For more information visit www.stlblues.net COOKIE BLUES
Click Here for a really funny Blues Video TAJ MAHAL AND LOS LOBOS Good Vibez Entertainment & Otter Productions are proud to announce two legendary artists at the Santa Cruz Civic for a very special acoustic show!
Ticket prices increase by $5 day of show. [paid advertisement] FROM THE BLUES FOUNDATION: Record Number of Entries in Best Self-Produced CD Contest A record 46 entries have been submitted by our Affiliated Organization for the Best Self Produced CD. The CDs have been sent to the first round judges. Stay tuned, we will soon be announcing who will proceed to the next round.
The 2006 award for Best Self Produced CD went to Roxy Perry for "Back to Bluesville" Good Luck to all of this years entries.
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ALLIGATOR SIGNS JJ GREY & MOFRO
TOMMY CASTRO FINISHES NEW CD
Said Castro, "When I started looking for a producer, I realized that John had produced some of my favorite records of the last ten years. After working with him in the studio I understand now why that is. With John, everything just seems to be right, all the parts work and flow together." The album, which was recorded at Laughing Tiger Studio in San Rafael, California, will be released in January 2007. It features another spirited dose of Castro's patented brand of infectious Rock 'n' Soul music. Castro and his electrifying band tear it up again and welcome special guests Coco Montoya (who teams with Castro on a smoking version of an Albert Collins tune), singer Angela Strehli, pianist David Maxwell, and singer/pianist Theresa James. |
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The Blues Festival E-Guide and Sonicbids are proud to announce our newest "Blues Artist on the Rise" winner. Bev Conklin
Bev Conklin has become the most recognized and highly awarded female blues vocalist in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania since her 1992 debut as a performer. Born in New Orleans, LA she is pure Creole. Like a chameleon her warm and passionate voice can swing and swoon an Irma Thomas signature style, belt and growl a nasty Koko Taylor Chicago-style, soulfully work a Freddie King Texas-style, smoothly do a slow Sade standard or soothingly pierce your soul with her vocal range and dynamics on her own songs. Her articulation and voice is engaging.
Bev
Conklin continues to work festivals and
private shows with her band, The Blues
Crew and also works with an area
favorite acoustic group called Bluzin
and a very successful and new acoustic group
called The Girls. On occasion she has
the opportunity to work with one of her
longtime friends in the business, Lea
Gilmore. She'll tell you over and over
again how God has graced her with many
blessings including a strong family and a
continually growing circle of wonderful
friends and an extraordinary opportunity to
work with musicians that continue to create
her amazing experience of life and music.
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SPECIAL
HOLIDAY DEAL FOR READERS OF THIS E-GUIDE 
Twenty-one
individuals and organizations will
be honored with The Blues
Foundation's 2007 Keeping The Blues
Alive (KBA)Award during a
recognition brunch Saturday,
February 3, 2007, in Memphis
Tennessee. The KBA ceremony will be
part of the International Blues
Challenge (IBC) weekend of events
that will feature the semifinals and
finals of the 23rd IBC competition,
as well as seminars, presentations
and receptions for blues societies,
fans and professionals. 
Christmas
may already be blue for
Canadian troops
separated from family
and friends while posted
in Afghanistan this
year. 
Ruth
Brown, was
the Grammy- and
Tony-award blues
songstress known
as "Miss
Rhythm".
She was 78.
Robert
"H-Bomb"
Ferguson,
was a bluesman
and pianist who
urged listeners
to "rock baby
rock" at the
dawn of the rock
'n' roll era.
He was 77
INDIANOLA,
MS —
Mary
Shepard
has seen
them
all.
Shepard
hadn't
changed
anything
about
Club
Ebony's
appearance,
leaving
intact a
blue-and-white
polka
dot wall
and a
matching
loveseat.
King
wasn't
having
any of
that.
Reproductions of Eric Clapton "Blackie" Stratocaster guitar, which were true to the original down to the cigarette burn marks, went on sale through the Guitar Center retail chain on Friday (November 24th), and were gone in about seven hours. There were only 185 instruments made, so the quick sell-out might not be surprising -- until you factor in that each guitar was priced at $20,000+.
Since 1991, West Coast harp ace MARK HUMMEL has been producing and performing at his annual BLUES HARMONICA BLOWOUT. Over the years, Hummel's presented many giants of blues harmonica including Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Carey Bell, Huey Lewis, Magic Dick (J. Geils), Lee Oskar (War) & Jerry Portnoy (Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton). 
It's
time to
raise a
toast to
the
spirit
of Jimi
Hendrix
- with
the new
spirit
of Jimi
Hendrix!
The late
guitar
great
now has
his own
liquor,
Hendrix
Electric
Vodka, a
100%
grain
vodka
hand
crafted
in
Idaho.
The
Texas
Independence
Day
Music
Festival
features
eight
hours of
continuous
music
from 6
p.m.-2
a.m. It
features
Tejano,
country,
rock,
and
rhythm
and
blues.
The
event
honors
not only
Texas
independence
but its
rich
musical
heritage.
Part of
the
proceeds
will go
to the
Texas
Music
Association
which
helps
support
and
promote
local
musicians.
Event
hours
are 6
p.m.-2
a.m
Friday,
and 4:00
p.m.-12
Midnight
Saturday.
Past
performers
include
Cold
Blue
Steel,
Joe
Jonas
and the
Whalers,
Mark
Pollack,
Matt
Snow
Band,
Tim
Alexander,
Curly
"Barefoot"
Miller,
Tropical
Depression,
Texas
Topcats,
Holland
K. Smith
Bank,
Randy
Willis
Band,
Mike
Morgan,
Donnie
Ray
Ford,
and
Grammy
award
winning
group
Little
Joe y La
Familia.
Eric Clapton will kick off the second leg of his North American tour Feb. 28 in Dallas, hitting 11 states in the Southwest, Midwest and on the West Coast, as well three Canadian provinces. Robert Cray will again open, as he did on Clapton's recent East Coast dates. 
CAREY BELL (pictured at left)/SCOTT CABLE; L’IL RONNIE OWENS/JOHN FRAYLIN; POLAR BEAR BLUES BAND FEATURING HARVEY DALTON ARNOLD; THE VISTAS; and TOM DONALDSON AND FRIENDS 
Reports say that the Beatles are finally making their catalogue available online. Britain's Sunday Times reported that David Munns, the head of EMI Records' North American division, which distributes the group's entire catalogue, told a web-industry conference in San Francisco that the group's music will be available for download, "soon."
Creating the Mississippi Blues Trail is one of the Blues Commission’s primary projects. The Mississippi Blues Trail will be composed of scores of historical markers and interpretive sites, and will include locations throughout the state. The Trail will be developed in phases as funding becomes available. “Phase 1” of the trail will consist of 11 markers that will focus on higher profile locations.
Saturday, February 17
Tickets for reserved seats are $65 or $55, plus service charge. 
Alligator
Records is pleased to announce the signing of
down home roots, rock and soul artist JJ Grey
& his band MOFRO. Grey’s Alligator
debut, Country Ghetto, will be released
in February 2007. Country Ghetto (produced by
Dan Prothero) features 12 original JJ Grey
compositions that come right out of the Southern
musical and literary tradition. While his
songwriting inspirations range from Bill
Withers, Van Morrison, and Dan Penn,
Grey’s songs are always his own, oftentimes
relating to the loss of his natural surroundings
and the marginalization of the Southern culture
he grew up in.
Grey,
with longtime musical partner, guitarist
Daryl Hance, has released two previous
albums under the band name MOFRO: 2001’s
Blackwater (named by Amazon.com as one of
the best CDs of the decade) and 2004’s
Lochloosa. From the beginning, Grey’s songs
have been connected to his ancestral Florida
homestead 40 miles outside of Jacksonville, a
landscape he writes about with passion and
devotion. 
Blind
Pig recording artist Tommy Castro has
just finished work on his latest studio album,
entitled Painkiller. The album was
produced by John Porter, whose impressive
list of credits includes Los Lonely Boys, Taj
Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Santana, B.B. King, Elvis
Costello, and Buddy Guy. 
Fondly
known as 'BC', Bev Conklin is a force of
nature and the Queen of sultry.
Unfinished
Business (1997; re-released 2002)
Creole
Etouffee (2000)
Live
& Unplugged (2003)
BC
& Lea Live @ Godfrey Daniels (2005)
Watermelon
Slim learned to play slide guitar while serving in Vietnam. He's been a farmer,
a teacher, a truck driver, and who knows what else. He's also one of the best
blues singers out there. Let Elwood Blues introduce you to the wild world of
Watermelon Slim, this week on the House of Blues Radio Hour.
Jimmie
Wood has been a session man with just about everybody - from Bruce Springsteen
and Megadeath to the Blues Brothers. Now he as teamed up with a couple other
L.A. heavy hitters to form a powerhouse band. The Imperial Crowns. Join Elwood
Blues and his friends Jimmie Wood and The Imperial Crowns, next time on the
House of Blues Radio Hour.
