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 THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

MAY 5-6, 2012

Buddy Guy now has an official Ebay Store… At the Buddy Guy Ebay Store, you can get autographed copies of LP’s, CD’s, DVD’s, you can even get a poka dot Fender Stratacaster that Buddy Plays…. I’m sure it’s a copy of one……and you can bid on rare unique art by Morgan Smith autographed by Buddy Guy…. The Blues meets High Tech…. I love it…..

The Jus Blues Awards show is August 1^st through the 3^rd…..

You can go on line now at Jus Bluesmusic.org and vote on your favorite artist in different genre of the blues and southern soul…..There are 16 categories that you can vote on, and one in particular caught my eye…. It’s Best On-Line Blues and Soul Radio Show, and to my surprise, there is Rojene Bailey and BluesTime In The City… OK, we do have a pod cast up… But the next category is Best Blues and Soul Radio Show… Rojene Bailey and BluesTime in the city is not there…. What’s Up With That???….. We’re more on air than on Line…. Don’t know the rationale behind that, But as they say in the industry, it’s nice to be nominated…. Go to JusBluesmusic.org and cast your vote in the 16 categories….The Jus Blues Awards show is August 1^st through the 3^rd   in Memphis TN…..

 

WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

Friday, May 11 in Vicksburt Mississippi….Mother Day Friday…Sir Charles, Tre Williams, Omar Cunningham, Calvin Richardson, Stevie J, Sweet Angel….

Friday, May 11 in Pittsburgh…Lee Fields

May 11…Grenada MS…T.K. Soul, Mr. Sam, Chris Ivy…

Sat May 12, Clarksdale MS…T.K. Soul, Steve Perry, Chris Ivy…

Sat May 12, Pomonkey MD…Big G… Jesi Terrell…Certified Slim

May 12 in Monroe LA…Sir Charles…Mel Waiters…Kenny Wayne…Latimore and Ms Jody

May 9^th through May the 16^th… B.B. King is on tour in Canada… He’s in about 6 cities through Canada…..

Sunday Mothers Day….Laurel MS….Sir Charles…T.K. Soul…Mel Waiters…Ms Jody…Latimore…..Kenny Wayne and Terry Wright…

Sun May 13 in Darlington SC…Roy C…Sir Jonanthan Burton, The Love Doctor and Maurice Wynn…..

May 13 in Jackson MS…..Willie Clayton….Denise LaSalle…Vick Allen…Calvin Richardson….Lacee…Shirley Jones…

May 13 in Whitehall AL…..Jeff Floyd…O.B. Buchana…Karen Wolfe….The Klass Band, and more….

Sunday May 13 in Slidell LA…Mel Waiters…

May 16 in St Louis Missouri…Chuck Berry…

May 19 in Pomonkey MD… Chick Willis and Bobby Parker and many more…

May 19 in Greensboro NC… Carolina Blues Festival… Eric Gale, ….and Bnois King, EG Kight and many more….

And the Hole In The Wall Juke Joint Shout Out this week goes to (The Hole… In Hooks Texas..) Don’t know where it is… or what they do… and may not want to go in the bathroom….But we do know they have lots of fun at The Hole in Hooks Texas.….

And that my friends is the bluesnews from the world of the bluesblues….And Where They At…Where They At….

 

 

 THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

MAY 5-6, 2012

 Buddy Guy now has an official Ebay Store… At the Buddy Guy Ebay Store, you can get autographed copies of LP’s, CD’s, DVD’s, you can even get a poka dot Fender Stratacaster that Buddy Plays…. I’m sure it’s a copy of one……and you can bid on rare unique art by Morgan Smith autographed by Buddy Guy…. The Blues meets High Tech…. I love it…..

The Jus Blues Awards show is August 1^st through the 3^rd…..

You can go on line now at Jus Bluesmusic.org and vote on your favorite artist in different genre of the blues and southern soul…..There are 16 categories that you can vote on, and one in particular caught my eye…. It’s Best On-Line Blues and Soul Radio Show, and to my surprise, there is Rojene Bailey and BluesTime In The City… OK, we do have a pod cast up… But the next category is Best Blues and Soul Radio Show… Rojene Bailey and BluesTime in the city is not there…. What’s Up With That???….. We’re more on air than on Line…. Don’t know the rationale behind that, But as they say in the industry, it’s nice to be nominated…. Go to JusBluesmusic.org and cast your vote in the 16 categories….The Jus Blues Awards show is August 1^st through the 3^rd   in Memphis TN…..

 

WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

Friday, May 11 in Vicksburt Mississippi….Mother Day Friday…Sir Charles, Tre Williams, Omar Cunningham, Calvin Richardson, Stevie J, Sweet Angel….

Friday, May 11 in Pittsburgh…Lee Fields

May 11…Grenada MS…T.K. Soul, Mr. Sam, Chris Ivy…

Sat May 12, Clarksdale MS…T.K. Soul, Steve Perry, Chris Ivy…

Sat May 12, Pomonkey MD…Big G… Jesi Terrell…Certified Slim

May 12 in Monroe LA…Sir Charles…Mel Waiters…Kenny Wayne…Latimore and Ms Jody

May 9^th through May the 16^th… B.B. King is on tour in Canada… He’s in about 6 cities through Canada…..

Sunday Mothers Day….Laurel MS….Sir Charles…T.K. Soul…Mel Waiters…Ms Jody…Latimore…..Kenny Wayne and Terry Wright…

Sun May 13 in Darlington SC…Roy C…Sir Jonanthan Burton, The Love Doctor and Maurice Wynn…..

May 13 in Jackson MS…..Willie Clayton….Denise LaSalle…Vick Allen…Calvin Richardson….Lacee…Shirley Jones…

May 13 in Whitehall AL…..Jeff Floyd…O.B. Buchana…Karen Wolfe….The Klass Band, and more….

Sunday May 13 in Slidell LA…Mel Waiters…

May 16 in St Louis Missouri…Chuck Berry…

May 19 in Pomonkey MD… Chick Willis and Bobby Parker and many more…

May 19 in Greensboro NC… Carolina Blues Festival… Eric Gale, ….and Bnois King, EG Kight and many more….

And the Hole In The Wall Juke Joint Shout Out this week goes to (The Hole… In Hooks Texas..) Don’t know where it is… or what they do… and may not want to go in the bathroom….But we do know they have lots of fun at The Hole in Hooks Texas.….

And that my friends is the bluesnews from the world of the bluesblues….And Where They At…Where They At….

 

 

THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

FOR APRIL 28-29, 2012

 It was announced last week that the Jus Blues Music Foundation and Carl Marshall worked out an agreement to make the song ‘Jus Blues’ the official song for The Jus Blues Music Foundation Awards program in Memphis in August….A third of the profits from the song Jus Blues will benefit the Blues Music Foundation……

It was announced in Greenwood Mississippi last week, and a ceremony was held for Early Blues DJ’s in Mississippi are getting markers on the Mississippi Blues Trail…. Some of the early Black DJs that played a role in the music of Mississippi are Early Wright, Ike Turner, Charles Evers, and Bruce Payne, just to name a few…. These names will be placed on a markers throughout the state of Mississippi…. This Mississippi Blues Trail is a very impressive project.  Throughout the entire state, you can see the history of the musicians that created the blues, the stations that played the blues, the record companies that recorded the blues, and much more of the blues history of Mississippi…The entire history of the Blues in and out of the state of Mississippi is referenced on these markers… Now, you can see some of the early DJ’s that played the blues are being referenced on these markers……

 

WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

Friday, May 4 in Gulfport Mississippi….Sir Charles Jones Birthday Bash…

Friday, May 4 in Thackersville Oklahoma….Al Grit Green (we just though we’d throw that in)

May 5^th on the Campus of Northwestern University at the School of Law…Otis Clay…

Saturday May 5^th in Dallas…Willie Clayton and Lil Jimmie..

May 3^rd in Wichita Kansas and May 5^th in Memphis TN…Buddy Guy will be there..

Wednesday May 9^th in Chicago…It’s Lee Fields

Friday May 11^th in Vicksburg Mississippi..It’s a Mother’s day special with Sir Charles, Omar Cunningham, Calvin Richardson, Sweet Angel, Stevie J and many more…

Saturday May 12 in Clarksdale Mississippi, another Mother’s Day Special….T.K. Soul and Steve Perry…

Sunday, May 13^th (mothers day) in Darlington SC…Roy C, Sir Jonanthan Burton, The Love Doctor and many more….

Sunday May 13^th in Jackson MS….Willie Clayton, Lacee, Denise LaSalle, Vick Allen, Calvin Richardson and Shirley Jones..

Sunday, May 13^th in Whitehall Alabama, O.B. Buchana, Jeff Floyd, Karen Wolfe, and The Klass Band,

May 19…Greensboro NC, It’s the Carolina Blues Festival….Eric Gale, Smokin Joe Kubec and Bnois King, EG Kight, and many more…emailer asked about this festival

And the Hole In The Wall/Juke Joint Shout Out this week goes to (The Excellior Club in Charlotte NC….)

If you have a hole in the wall in your town that you want a shout to go to…just reach out to me at ro@bluestimeinthecity.com….

And that my friends is the bluesnews from the world of the bluesblues….And That’s Where They At…Where They At….

 

 

 

 THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

FOR WEEKEND OF APRIL 21-22, 2012

 According to Billboard.biz magazine…BB King has been sued by the makers of his autobiographical film, B.B. King and I, to stop interfering with the production….It seems that Michael Zanetis, The “I” in the BB King and I, and of King Size Film Productions filed the lawsuit two weeks ago in California federal court and says that BB King has been attempting to use his trademarks and rights of publicity to interfere with the first amendment right to tell the true story of the two…….The film stars Patrick Fuigit of Almost Famous fame, and Wendell Pierce of The Wire fame.  It’s co-producer is Frank Capra III, the grandson of the legendary writer and director of It’s A Wonderful Life…. Zanetis moved to California in 1977 and was introduced to BB by his son Willie.  BB helped his young follower through many up and downs, including the death of his father, and In 2006, Zanetis wrote the screenplay, and shared it with BB, who autographed the cover…This is all in the filings… As it headed to production, The blues legend allegedly attempted to put a stop to the movie….A cease and desist letter was sent claiming the film and it affliated website violated trademarks, the anticybersquatting laws, and BB’s publicity rights….The demands by BB caused a delay in production and obstructed the producer’s efforts to obtain further investment in the project….this is according to the lawsuit…BB could not be immediately be reached for comment…. This is going to be huge because this could determine the infringement of many works across many mediums…. We’ll keep you informed on this continuing story….

Freddie King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame last weekend….There are three catogeries that you can be inducted into the hall…They are performers, early influences, and sidemen….Freddie got in as an early influence….Some of the performers that got in are the midnighters, the miracles, guns and roses, although axel rose declined to be inducted with the others in the group, the famous flames, the beastie boys, the comets, and a few other groups… It was a short but sweet ceremony…..5 hours…. It took place in Cleveland last Saturday night….Congrats to Freddie King’s family for the honor…

You can pre-order Buddy Guy’s new book…. It’s called “When I Left Home: My Story” and it’s by Buddy himself…. It’s about Buddy of course, and it talks about his unique voice… and it gives candid portraits of all the key players of the first generation of electric blues artists….. You can pre order the book from Buddy’s site…buddyguy.com…

 

WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Continental Club, Austin, Texas. Lee Fields

Friday, April 27, 2012. Viper Alley, Lincolnshire, Illinois. James Cotton

Friday, April 27, 2012. Continental Club, Houston, Texas. Lee Fields

Saturday, April 28, 2012. Milwaukee Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. James Cotton

Saturday, April 28, 2012. Buckingham Blues Bar, 5641 Buckingham Road,, Fort Myers, Florida. Backyard Blues Fest. Grady Champion

Friday, May 4, 2012. Good Deeds Community Center, 15101 Madison St., Gulfport, Mississippi. Sir Charles Jones Birthday Bash. Doors open at 8 pm. 228-219-6342

Buddy Guy will be in Witcha Kansas on May 3^rd, and in Memphis Tennessee on May 5^th……

And the Hole In The Wall Juke Joint Shout Out this week goes to (The Green Room in Huntsville Alabama…..)Don’t know who will be there… But I’m sure it will be jumping….

And that my friends is the bluesnews from the world of the bluesblues….And That’s Where They At… ….

 

THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

FOR THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 14-15, 2012

 Wynton Marcellus, the cultural correspondent for CBS TV  did a really nice piece on Juke Joints last week…He featured a Juke joint on the outside of Bessemer Alabama called the Red House, and another called Gip’s Place….The piece showed how those little hole in the wall joints still exist, even though you or I may not know where they are… A very commendable piece by Wynton for CBS News… Which gave me an idea…We need to start the Juke Joint/hole in the wall roll call on BTIC, so if you know of a real hole in the wall or Juke Joint anywhere in the country, let us know what it is and we’ll shout it out…I’ll start it out with Mr. Geno’s in Houston Texas, our first juke joint/hole in the wall shout out…People listening on KPVU in the prairie view/Houston area should know about Mr. Geno’s….

Moving on with the BluesNews….Living Blues Magazine is going digital… You can now subscribe for a free sample of the magazine or download a pdf by going to their site…. You can recieve the complete issue of Living Blues through your computer,  mobile device, or Ipad….Joe Louis Walker is on this month’s cover of Living Blues….

The Music Maker Foundation of North Carolina recently donated a guitar and amp to Arkansas blues man, CeDell Davis…. The Arkansas Blues man was recently robbed of all of his possessions, including his guitar and amp…. Davic also recently suffered a mild stroke, and the guitar and amp helps Davis with his physical therapy, and allows him to make music at the same time… The North Carolina based organization’s mission is to support senior American roots musicians in need, providing life essentials and expanding their professional careers…Kudos to the Music Maker Foundation of North Carolina…

 

WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

Friday, April 20, 2012. Vicksburg Riverfest, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Bobby Rush and many more

Saturday, April 21, 2012. State Theatre-The Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Aretha Franklin

Saturday April 21, 2012 in Gainesville GA at the American Legion, Theodis Ealey and Willie Hill

Saturday, April 21, 2012. Riverfest Ampitheatre, 100 E. LA Harpe, Little Rock, Arkansas. Blues On The River 2012. T. K. Soul, Clarence Carter, Sweeet Angel, Donnie Ray, Bigg Robb and more

Sunday, April 22, 2012. Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi. Crawfish Festival 2012. Willie Clayton, Lakeside

 

THE BLUES NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUES BLUES
FOR THE WEEKEND OF APRIL 7-8, 2012

 The Jus Blues Music Awards and Conference will take place July 312st through August 4^th in Memphis Tennessee…You can go to their web site, www.justbluesmusic.org, and vote for your favorite Blues and Southern Soul Song, Artist, Male and Female, in a plethora of categories… If you like a particular artist, then vote for them…. There is not an awards show or conference that look at Traditional Blues and Southern Soul like the Jus Blues Music Foundation… Vote now…

Soul Of The Man is the biography of Bobby Blue Bland…It’s been out a few months and is in stores now…It was written by Charles Farley and published by  University Press of Mississippi …It  is a great bio on Bobby Bland….It tells everything…This is a great gift for the blues lover, and a great read….. Bobby really deserves this….Kudos to you Bobby….

The 29th Chicago Blues Festival is June 8-10. Mavis Staples will headline this year’s annual festival…And speaking of the Chicago Blues Festival, Barry Dolans will make this festival his last as the coordinator of the Chicago Blues Festival… He’s been doing it over 25 years, and The Chicago Blues Festival has grown to be one of the largest in the world…. It was Barry Dolans that made a decision years ago to let a Kid name Rojene Bailey broadcast live from the Chicago Blues Festival…They had never done that before…. Now, everybody broadcasts live from there…Kudos and Good Luck to Barry Dolans…

 

WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

 Sunday, April 8, 2012. Crossroads, Livingston Road, Jackson, Mississippi. Queen B.’s Celebrity Birthday Bash. William Bell, Eddie Leon, Tina Diamond, Sorrento Ussery, Val McKnight, Sterling Williams

Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Kingston Mines, Chicago, Illinois. Charles Wilson and more. Charles Wilson and more

 Saturday, April 14, 2012. Batesville Civic Center, 290 Civic Center Drive, Batesville, Mississippi. Comedy and Blues Tour. Theodis Ealey, Karen Wolfe, Carl Sims, Toni Green

Saturday, April 14, 2012. American Legion Post 248, Hooks, Texas. Sweet Angel, The Duchesss (Jureesa McBride), Dave Mack

 Friday, April 20, 2012. Vicksburg Riverfest, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Bobby Rush

Saturday, April 21, 2012. State Theatre-The Playhouse Square Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Aretha Franklin

April 21, 2012. Riverfest Ampitheatre, 100 E. LA Harpe, Little Rock, Arkansas. Blues On The River 2012. T. K. Soul, Clarence Carter, Sweet Angel, Donnie Ray, Bigg Robb

 Saturday, April 21^st at the American Legion in Gainesville GA….Theodis Ealey and Willie Hill…..

Sunday, April 22, 2012. Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi. Crawfish Festival 2012. Willie Clayton

 And that’s the bluesnews from the world of the bluesblues….

 

THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES
FOR WEEKEND OF MARCH 17-18, 2012

 

Just finished looking at Standing the Test of Time, which is a 52 minutes documentary on the career and history of Bobby Rush. Bobby Bland, Steven Seagal, Lonnie Brooks, and many others are interviewed, and Bobby is forever creating…It’s very good…Even the big Boodie girls are good…. It makes you want to dig a little deeper into Bobby Rush… It’s a great documentary…..This thing has been out for a while, but I just ran up on it… BLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUES Etta James and Lionel Richie will be inducted in the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame……Lion Richie appeared with the commodores in the 70’s and Etta’s first appearance at the Apollo was 1957, and she was there through the 60’s….The induction ceremony is June 4th  at the Apollo……. So congrats to Etta And Lionel….. BLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUESTIMEINTHECITYBLUES   And speaking of Hall of Fames and inductions, I want to congratulate my grandmother, Mrs. Beulah Rucker Oliver of Gainesville Georgia who passed in 1963, …. Last week at Wesylan College in Macon Georgia, she was inducted into the Georgia Women of Achievement Hall of Fame….. and Yes, I was there and it was a beautiful ceremony and a great occasion for our family….Our sincere thanks go out to the board of Directors of the Georgia Women Hall of Fame for this honorable occasion…. This is not blues news, but for me, it’s worthy of mentioning…After all, she is my grandmother….

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WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Gillioz Theatre,. B. B. King in Springfield, Missouri

 March 20-24, Bobby Rush at the Martian Jazz Room in Switzerland…

 Thursday & Friday, March 22 and 23, 2012. House Of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. B. B. King.

 

 March 23, 2012. Beaumont Civic Center, 701 Main Street, Beaumont, Texas. 3rd Annual Beaumont Blues Festival. (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Shirley Brown, T. K. Soul, Millie Jackson, Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Floyd Taylor

 Saturday, March 24, 2012. Dallas Convention Center, 650 South Griffin St., Dallas, Texas. The 8th Annual Dallas Blues Festival 2012. (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Clarence Carter, Millie Jackson, Denise LaSalle, Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Latimore, Floyd Taylor

 

Sunday, Monday & Tuesday, March 25, 26 and27, 2012. Potawatomi Casino-Northern Lights Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. B. B. King

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And that my friends is the BluesNews from the world of the BluesBlues….

 

 

THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

MARCH 10-11, 2012

  The Actor Morgan Freeman is closing his upscale restaurant in the heart of the Mississippi Delta….The Restaurant called Madidi in Clarksdale Ms closed last week… They opened it as the town of Clarksdale took off and was really flourishing… But, it didn’t make any money… and according to Freeman, neither he or his partner had the time to manage it….Now, I don’t think this is to be confused with Ground Zero, which It’s been featured on 60 Minutes, CNN, Turner South, The Food Network… But, according to the partners, it didn’t make any money…… So, Madidi had to close…

Don’t want to confuse the people of Natchez Mississippi, but a 13 mile stretch of Interstate 55 that runs through Mississippi will be named for Robert Johnson, the great blues singer…There is a Rep Robert Johnson in the Mississippi House from Natchez, but it’s for him…It’s for Robert Johnson the legendary blues singer….The bill has been passed, and signs will soon go up declaring the 13 mile stretch Robert Johnson Highway…. It’s a lot of legends, myths, folklore out there about Johnson…It is said he went down to the crossroads, the corner of High 61 and Highway 49, and the devil tuned his guitar, making him one of the best guitarist at that time…. According to legend, Johnson could not play… Guys would run him out of the clubs because he couldn’t play…He left for a while, came back, and he could out play them all…They never figured it out…. Also, according to legend, the pact he made with the devil was that the devil would take him at a young age…he died at age 27….

 

 WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

 March 16, 2012. State Theatre-Playhouse Square Center, 1511 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. The 5th Annual Cleveland Blues Festival (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Bobby “Blue” Bland, Shirley Brown, Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Floyd Taylor, Theodis Ealey.

 Saturday, March 17, 2012. The Resistol Arena, Mesquite, Texas. Hip-Hop Cowboys Annual Spring Rodeo. T. K. Soul, Juvenile

Thursday & Friday, March 22 and 23, 2012. House Of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. B. B. King.

Friday, March 23, 2012. Beaumont Civic Center, 701 Main Street, Beaumont, Texas. 3rd Annual Beaumont Blues Festival. (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Shirley Brown, T. K. Soul, Millie Jackson, Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Floyd Taylor

 March 24, 2012. Saturday, Dallas Convention Center, 650 South Griffin St., Dallas, Texas. The 8th Annual Dallas Blues Festival 2012. (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Clarence Carter, Millie Jackson, Denise LaSalle, Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Latimore, Floyd Taylor.

 If your artist is appearing, or you truly know of an artist appearing anywhere….reach out to ro and let me know….Where They At!!!!

 AND THAT MY FRIENDS IS THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES FOR MARCH 10-11, 2012…

 

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THE BLUESNEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

FOR MARCH 3-4, 2012

 

There’s a new Blues Man on the horizon… He doesn’t have an official Blues name yet, but his official title is Mr. President… Here’s how he made his blues debut last Monday on PBS…..

 

 

Do you think this man can make it as a blues singer??? Reach out to Ro at Ro@bluestimeinthecity.com and weigh in….He had the right guys around him…BB King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Shemika Copeland… and of course the old dude, Mick Jagger…Moving like Jagger….Great show on PBS…..

 

On a sadder note, Louisana Red passed away last week… He was born Iverson Minter in 1932….He was a blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. He was best known for his song “Sweet Blood Call“.  He died in a hospital in Germany at the age of 79……

And in the Not The Blues Category of the week which has absolutely nothing to do with the blues, but we thought we’d put it in anyway…. That may be a bad choice of words…. In Greenville SC at a huge electronics store, some kind of way on the big 55 inch screen on display, a porno movie came on to the disgust of the shoppers there… How could something like this happen…… It seemed they were hacked… ….BTW, it took 45 minutes for some to report it to management…..No No No…I added that part……

 

WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

 March 9, 2012. Milwaukee Theatre, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 6th Annual Milwaukee Blues Festival (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Mel Waiters, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Sir Charles Jones, Bobby Rush, Shirley Brown, Theodis Ealey

 March 9, 2012. The SouthernSoul Blues Club, 5015 Old National Hwy, Atlanta, Georgia. T. K. Soul.

 March 10, 2012. The Civic Center, Albany, Georgia. T. K. Soul, Keith Sweat

Saturday, March 10, 2012. Whitehaven Celebration Complex, 3270 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, Tennessee. Sweet Angel’s Birthday Celebration. Sweet Angel, Sonny Mack

 Saturday, March 10, 2012. Star Plaza Theatre, 8001 Delaware Pl., Merrillville, Indiana. The 8th Annual Chi-Town Blues Festival. …Blues Is Alright Tour. Bobby “Blue” Bland, Shirley Brown, Bobby Rush, Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Floyd Taylor, Theodis Ealey

If you have a blues artist performing anywhere…. Reach out to Ro at bluestimeinthecity.com and let me know….WHERE THEY AT……

 

 

THE BLUES NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF THE BLUESBLUES

FEBRUARY 25-26, 2012

 

The Blues Foundation has announced the 2012 inductees for the Blues Hall of Fame…The inductees are:

 Chicago harp master Billy Boy Arnold;

Blues-Rock guitar virtuoso Mike Bloomfield;

Brother/sister recording act Buddy & Ella Johnson;

South Louisiana swamp blues artist Lazy Lester;

Memphis Bluesmen Furry Lewis and Frank Stokes;

Guitar genius Matt “Guitar” Murphy;

New Orleans musician, songwriter, and producer Allen Toussaint.

Other individuals being recognized are:

Chicago Blues radio force Pervis Spann;

German “American Folk Blues Festival” promoters Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau;

Songwriting legend Doc Pomus.

Albums being honored are:

 

Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues by Buddy Guy (1991)

Bad Influence by Robert Cray (1984).

 

Singles being recognized are:

“It Hurts Me Too” by Tampa Red (1940); “

Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie” by Pine Top Smith (1928);

“All Your Love” by Magic Sam (1957).

The induction ceremony will be held Wednesday, May 9, in Memphis, Tennessee, the night before the 33rd Blues Music Awards.  For more information, go to www.blues.org.

 

 WHERE THEY AT WHERE THEY AT:

 March 2, 2012. Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St., Augusta, Georgia. The 3rd Annual Augusta Blues Festival (Blues Is Alright Tour). Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Clarence Carter, Latimore, Klass Band Brotherhood

 Friday, March 2, 2012. Vicksburg City Auditorium, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 6th Annual Southern Soul 1st Friday. Lebrado, Bigg Robb, Ms. Jody, Nathaniel Kimble

 March 2, 2012. Couples Entertainment Center, 4511 Byrd Drive, Jackson, Mississippi. 7th Annual DJ Outlaw Celebrity Birthday Bash. Nellie “Tiger” Travis, Jeff Floyd, Floyd Taylor, Robert “The Duke” Tillman.

 March 2, 2012. The Brick House, El Dorado, Arkansas. Kenne’ Wayne.

 Saturday, March 3, 2012. Atlanta Civic Center, 395 Piedmont Avenue N.E., Atlanta, Georgia. The 8th Annual Atlanta Blues Festival. (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Denise LaSalle, Mel Waiters, Sir Charles Jones, Millie Jackson, Theodis Ealey, Clarence Carter, Shirley Brown

 Saturday, March 3, 2012. Leflore County Civic Center, Greenwood, Mississippi. Mississippi Blues Fest. O. B. Buchana, Willie Clayton, Bigg Robb, Kenne Wayne. 662-453-4065

 Sunday, March 4, 2012. Bi-Lo Center, 650 N. Academy St., Greenville, South Carolina. 3rd Annual Greenville Blues Festival. (Blues Is Alright Tour.) Clarence Carter, Sir Charles Jones, Mel Waiters, Theodis Ealey, Latimore, Klass Band Brotherhood

And that my friend is the bluesnews from the world of the bluesblues….