Blues Hugs from the Heart

This Saturday, September 13 is "Defy Superstition Day." Many people have a list of superstitions. The number 13 tops the list, then, gawd forbid, Friday the 13th. Some are wary of black cats (not to mention black cat bones) or walking under a ladder, or stepping on a sidewalk crack, and the list goes on. Many hotels don't have a 13th floor or a room #13. However, I have heard about a place in Baltimore called the 13th Floor that defies the superstition notion with incredible views, food, drink, music (including blues) and a cool atmosphere. Go ahead and try and use September 13th as a celebration to rid yourself of superstitions that have been haunting you. 

 

Before I wrap this week, I'd like to ask you to please bow your head in silence for a few moments today to honor those we lost on September 11, 2001. Blues hugs from the heart are definitely in order.

 

Birthdays of note: Sept 11 Barbeque Bob (1902); Sept 12 Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900), Gus Cannon (1885); Sept 13 Charles Brown (1922); Sept 15 Silas Hogan (1911), Snooky Pryor (1921); Sept 16 B.B. King (1925), Little Willie Littlefield (1931), Billy Boy Arnold (1935)

 

Your ever-grateful editor,

 

Send us fave photos with the 2014 BFG Magazine

 

Here's guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer

Mike Zito, who is on our 2014 cover, checking out a copy of the BFG with cover photographer Marilyn Stringer.

 

*Want a hard copy? Check with your local blues society, look for one at a blues festival or you can find our magazine order info here. Start snapping those pics with the 12th annual Blues Festival Guide magazine!

 

 

Russian River Jazz and Blues Festival with Gary Clark Jr., Trombone Shorty, and Many More! Sep 20 & 21

(Guerneville, CA) - Omega Events is proud to announce details of the 38th Annual Russian River Jazz & Blues Festival at Johnson’s Beach & Resort in Guerneville, CA on September 20 & 21, 2014. Headlining the festival this year will be performers Gary Clark Jr., Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Boney James & Larry Graham & Graham Central Station along with Goapele, Jon Batiste & Stay Human, Ana Popovic, Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Beso Negro, Davina & The Vagabonds, and Mitch Woods.

For the last 38 years, music festivals have been a vital part of the Russian River community. Johnson’s Beach in Guerneville offers a picturesque venue that rests along the beach of the Russian River, only a few miles from over 100 wineries.

Lake Cumberland Blues Society presents the 1st Blues, BBQ & Arts Festival – Saturday, September 13

(Somerset, KY) - Somerset’s very first “Blues, BBQ & Arts Festival” will be held at the Judicial Center Plaza in downtown Somerset, Kentucky on Saturday, September 13, from 2pm –10pm, with BBQ and live music by Shaun Murphy, Lightnin’ Rod and the Thunderbolts, TERABLU (pictured here) and the Thursday Kinda’ Blue Band.

 

The Lake Cumberland Blues Society, in conjunction with the City of Somerset and the Carnegie Community Arts Center, will provide an exciting day of activities for children and adults. The Festival will be free to the public, with the blues bands starting at 2pm.

The headliner for the festival is the award-winning Shaun Murphy of Nashville, Tennessee, voted as Best Female Blues Artist and Best Contemporary Blues Album of the Year (2013) by Bluesblast Music Awards.

~ KBA Submissions Due September 26

~ BMA CD Nomination Process

~ KBA Nominations Due September 26:  Affiliated organizations, past KBA recipients and members of The Blues Foundation’s Board of Directors are eligible to submit nominations. If you know a deserving person, seek out one of those who is authorized to nominate and help them make the submission.  Submit 6 copies of your printed nomination and documentation supporting your nominations to The Blues Foundation’s offices before September 26, 2014. - See more here.

 

~ 2015 BMA CD Nomination Process: The three-step 36th Blues Music Awards nomination procedure is set forth here. If you have released a CD since November 1, 2013, please enter it now. Read more

Alright! Everybody out of the pool! It’s time to go back to school.

 

But don’t worry. my school is Old School... Otis Redding, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Stray Cats, and more.

 

This is Elwood. a back to school special. Next time, in the Bluesmobile.

 

 

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