Hard Rock Announces Plans For a Unique Rock N' Roll Park in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 2008

 $400 Million Rock 'n' Roll Park Slated to Open in 2008

 Hard Rock Park, which will celebrate the spirit of rock n' roll in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina will be located on approximately 140-acres at Fantasy Harbour on the corner of U.S. 501 and the Intracoastal Waterway.

Hard Rock Park is billed as a totally immersive, full-day attraction, appealing to visitors of all generations. The groundbreaking park will reflect the brand's commitment to music featuring six unique, custom-designed zones celebrating rock's culture, lifestyle, legends and irreverence. Positioned to blow traditional park visitors away, Hard Rock Park will include more than 40 attractions, a multi-purpose live music amphitheater, shows and state-of-the-art sound systems -- uniquely developed for the project, roller coasters, children's play areas, restaurants, cafes and retail stores.

Alabama Blues Project

Meet the Alabama Blues Project Kids

The Alabama Blues Project Blues Camp Band is composed of thirteen students who have participated in the ABP after-school program in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The after-school program and Summertime Blues Camp formed in 1998, drawing students from the Tuscaloosa Boys and Girls Club, the Tuscaloosa Methodist Children's Home, the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority and the wider community. The program is completely voluntary and free to students, and brings in sixty new beginning students each year. The advanced blues band is composed of many students who joined the original program in 1998, as well as more recent members. 

The band meets once a week for rehearsals with professional blues musician instructors. They regularly perform at community events including Cityfest, Kentuck Art Festival, Tuscaloosa Crawfish Festival, and the University of Alabama’s Earthfest. Most recently the Blues Camp Band performed in Memphis at the Blues Foundation’s Keeping the Blues Alive award ceremony. This year, the group is planning to record a CD during the summertime blues camp.  

The Alabama Blues Project has a mission to promote and preserve the blues as a traditional and contemporary art form through educational programs, exhibitions and live performances that educate while they entertain. ABP sponsors include the Children's Trust Fund, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Alligator Records, Kenny Neal, Bonnie Raitt, and many more!

GIMME FIVE !

Checks Given to New Orleans Musicians during Mardi Gras

During the 2006 New Orleans Mardi Gras Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine—Robert Jr. Whitall and Shirley Mae Owens with the help of many, many people (thank-you Detroit Blues Society, B.B.’s Lawnside BBQ, Knuckleheads Saloon, The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Georgina Moore, Bill Wax - XM ‘s Bluesville and all who contributed to Gimme 5!) presented checks to New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina. Many are still displaced and have been unable to work for several months.

Gimme 5! will continue at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (4/28 – 5/7) as well as through the summer relieving the pressure in a small way but to a very appreciative group of people. Please do not hesitate to donate to Gimme 5! Make your tax deductible donations payable to: Gimme 5!/Detroit Blues Society, P.O. Box 488. Goodrich, MI 48438 or contact Robert Jr. Whitall at 248-582-1544, bluesbigcitybluesmag.com   or www.bigcitybluesmag.com

For further information about the Roots Music Report, visit www.rootsmusicreport.com
 

Generated on: Wednesday 05th of April 2006 12:09:57 AM
TW	LW	Artist:	CD Title:	Label:	Weeks On:	Location:
1	3	DELBERT MCCLINTON	COST OF LIVING	NEW WEST	27	TX
2	2	LEE ROY PARNELL	BACK TO THE WELL	UNIVERSAL SOUTH	4	TX
3	8	ERIC LINDELL	CHANGE IN THE WEATHER	ALLIGATOR RECORDS	3	CA
4	1	SUSAN TEDESCHI	HOPE & DESIRE	VERVE	25	IL
5	5	THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND	SONGLINES	COLUMBIA	6	GA
6	4	BONNIE RAITT	SOULS ALIKE	CAPITOL	26	TX
7	NEW	VARIOUS ARTIST	ALLIGATOR RECORDS 35X35: 35 SONGS, 35 YEARS OF GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN' MUSIC	ALLIGATOR	1
8	11	MARKUS JAMES	CALABASH BLUES	FIRENZE	14	VA
9	18	GUY DAVIS	SKUNKMELLO	RED HOUSE	2
10	14	JANIVA MAGNESS	DO I MOVE YOU?	NORTHERNBLUES	4
11	NEW	DOUG MACLEOD	WHERE I BEEN	BLACK & TAN	1
12	NEW	FREDDIE KING	LIVE AT THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM, 1974	SHOUT FACTORY	1
13	12	VARIOUS ARTIST	BLUES GUITAR WOMEN	RUF	5
14	7	JAMES HUNTER	PEOPLE GONNA TALK	ROUNDER	2	UK
15	27	JOHNNY & THE MOTONES	TWO HITS FOR THE KITTY	ALTENBURGH	2
16	17	TREVOR FINLAY BAND	SHOW ME WHAT U GOT	BKSA RECORDS	6	CANADA
17	31	THE PORKBELLY FUTURES	WAY PAST MIDNIGHT	WILDFLOWER RECORDS	20	CANADA
18	16	ANGELA STREHLI	BLUE HIGHWAY	M.C. RECORDS	26	TX
19	22	B.B. KING	B.B. KING & FRIENDS - 80	GEFFEN	4
20	9	DION	BRONX IN BLUE	DIMENSIONAL MUSIC RECORDING	10	NY

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