Click Me - MEMBERSHIP FORM | WCBS NEWSLETTER - Click Me| September 10, 2010 | ||
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| September 11, 2010 | ||
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| September 12, 2010 | ||
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Lotsa blues and more in BBQ in Burbank. Click the link for poster & details: http://www.chucksfest.com/
| August 28, 2010 | ||
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Steve Jones here from the Crossroads Blues Society in the Rockford area. I thought I’d drop you a note to tell you about a new, small blues festival we have launched….a one day blues fest for Saturday, August 28th that is off and running!
The festival will be located in downtown Byron, Illinois, on the “Crossroads” of Union Street and Second Street just a block off of Blackhawk Drive/Illinois Routes 2 and 72. The festival features five bands and costs $5 in advance, $10 at the door and is free for accompanied children 5 and under. Sponsored by the Crossroads Blues Society and Downtown Byron Tavern Association, the festival proceed will go in part to fuel future Blues in the Schools (BITS) efforts. Crossroads runs BITS under the auspices of a nationally acclaimed effort to bring blues music into the classrooms in the US . By the start of the festival, Crossroads will have already run 81 school programs that have reached out to over 22,000 students since 2001. Funded by a grant from the Rockford Area Arts Council and their own fundraising efforts, Crossroads is a registered non-profit corporation and will receive a portion of the festival proceeds to expand their programming.
Featured at the festival are some great acts. The Resistors, a blues band made of member from Rockford, IL, to Clinton, IA , nominally calls Rockford home and they will open the fest at 2 PM. Acoustic blues is up next with the noted artists Filisko and Noden from Chicago . At 4 PM we switch to some down home and greasy Chicago styled blues with The Cashbox Kings delivering their style of rocking blues. Madison , WI , is home to the Westside Andy/Mel Ford Band. They will swing their way through a hot set of music. Closing out the show are Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames. Their hot and rocking electrified Chicago blues will warm even the coldest souls.
Gates open at noon. The music starts at 2 PM and runs until about 11:30 PM.
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| September 9, 2010 | ||
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Windy City Blues Society Presents…
VOLUNTEER MEET & GREET
September 9th – 6:30-9:00p
BillyGoat Tavern
130 South Wells St, Chicago, IL
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
MEET THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. LEARN
ABOUT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!
Walk over to Buddy Guys Legends Af terwards!
Click the attached image for details…
WCBS SEP 9 MEET & GREET
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| August 19, 2010 | to | August 21, 2010 |
FELLOW UPPER MIDWEST BLUES SOCIETIES:
The BIG BULL FALLS BLUES FESTIVAL is coming up in Wausau
August 19, 20 & 21st and we at the Great Northern Blues Society would
appreciate you featuring the festival on your web sites and sharing event
information with your members.
Wausau Area Events ADDED a day to this year’s festivities!
Thursday August 19th features a Battle of the Bands on the festival grounds
in Fern Island Park with the winner getting a spot on the 2011 festival
bill. Three bands will compete for the honor followed by a performance by
Wausau’s own MEANTOOTH GRIN after the contest.
Friday August 20th Robert Allen, Jr. kicks things off at 5 PM
with Johnny & the Mo-Tones following. BIG JAMES & THE CHICAGO PLAYBOYS headline starting at 9 PM.
Saturday August 21st features the Jimmy’s at 1 PM, JOHN PRIMER
at 3, HARPER at 5, RUTHIE FOSTER about 7 and TOMMY CASTRO crowning the night at 9 PM.
If you visit the Great Northern site at www.gnbs.org you’ll see
quite a few upcoming events listed right on the main/home page. Currently
these include the Waukesha Blues Festival, the Paramount Blues Festival and Tuesday Night Blues concerts.
Earlier this year the Madison Blues Picnic, Prairie Dog Fest and
Hot Rods ‘N’ Blues were featured on that same page. In addition under “GNBS related and other events” you’ll find info on Bayfest, the Byron Crossroads and the Marquette Blues Festivals with links to their main sites. All of the above are or were included in all of the “Who’s On First” electronic
mailings sent to GNBS members and Blues Fans.
Yours in the Blues;
Bob Decker for GNBS
Here’s a detailed listing of Important Delta Blues Recordings. We hope it’s of use/interest, and you are urged to listen to, and learn about, all of these important delta blues artists: important-delta-blues-recordings
click on the link for article…
http://lagrange.patch.com/articles/harry-garner-knows-the-blues-in-philly-cleaveland-and-la-grange
