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Peace, Love & Blues in 2023...
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Happy New Year from our Blues-Lovin' Family to Yours...
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Sending all our best to you and yours now and into 2023.
May you enjoy peace, joy, laughter, good health, and true friends
and allow the music to soothe your soul!
...Team BFG
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Photo Moments with the 20th Annual BFG Magazine!
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 Multi-award winning, Grammy nominated songwrite, piano player, vocalist, Lady Bianca, Queen of the Blues, Gospel, boogie and soul, was surely one of the highlights in the Piano Bar aboard the October 2022 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. Between her rousing piano skills, passionate vocals, witty banter, and sumptuous outfits complete with a variety of wigs, she was quite the entertaining package.
We were delighted to catch Lady Bianca on the Oct 2022 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise (LRBC).
Photo: Michele Lundeen
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Anyone can Order here! Once you receive, have fun, get creative and SNAP A PHOTO of you, your friends, and/or artists, etc. with the BFG magazine and EMAIL photo, caption (120 words or less), URL if applicable, and photo credit to e-Guide editor!
The Blues Foundation is official sponsor of the 20th Anniversary Blues Festival Guide!
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It's Not Too Late To Make A Difference if you act right now!
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Little Village Foundation (LVF) just received the Keeping the Blues Alive award from the Blues Foundation for their outstanding work with artists. They focus on seeking out, recording, and promoting artists whose music has not yet been discovered outside of their communities.
They are able to accomplish this through the generosity of donors. Still need to make an end-of-year gift? You can help make the music happen now - and if you act fast you can make your gift go twice as far thanks to an anonymous donor matching gift challenge that runs through the end of 2022.
Little Village Foundation is a nonprofit record company that seeks to shine the light of awareness on those who might not otherwise be heard. The artist owns 100% of their content and owes nothing for all services provided by Little Village, including recording, manufacturing, marketing and promotion.
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Ring in The New Year in Rentiesville, OK
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 (RENTIESVILLE, OK) – Performer, event planner, bassist, singer and proprietor Selby Minner of the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame, D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum, and Blues Club, invites you to celebrate the New Year, Saturday Dec 31st from 8 pm until late. It’s BYO whatever, all ages, lots of music with the SelbyBand, and munchies.
To get there, take the Checotah Rentiesville Exit, 2nd Exit up US 69 from I-40, third Exit south of Muskogee, Oklahoma: North one mile, East (paved road) 2 Miles. GPS: OK BHOFame
The Sunday Jam Sessions in Rentiesville will still rock on at 5 pm at the Down Home Blues Club, now in their 14th year and also at the OK Blues Music Hall of Fame Thursday Jan 5th.
The Blues Club will also be open on First Saturdays and the January “Birthday Party” is coming up January 7th.
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13th Annual Pigz in Z'Hills BBQ & Blues Festival Jan 13-14
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(ZEPHYRHILLS, FL) - The 13th Annual Pigz in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues will be held Jan 13 from 5-9pm and Jan 14 from 10am-6pm at 39421 South Avenue, Zephyrhills, Florida (across from the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport). This annual event benefits local youth and education programs.
There's something for everyone at this fun, family event… blues concerts, BBQ, vendors, kidz zone, cornhole tournament, and more!
The Zephyrhills Annual Pigz in Z'Hills BBQ & Blues Festival is the Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce signature event. As the name suggests, BBQ & Blues features a friendly BBQ competition amidst a background of the blues music.
Fri, Jan 13th will feature Vendors, Cornhole, Kidz Grillin' Competition, and a live Blues Concert (6-9pm). Admission is $5 per person, and kidz under 42” no cover.
Sat, Jan 14th features Vendors all day 10am-6pm, the Military History Museum 11am-5pm, a Cornhole Tournament, Well Seasoned: 12pm, Still Marinating: 2pm, a Business Exp, and a live Blues Concert (12-5pm). Admission is $8 per person, and kidz under 42” no cover.
No coolers, and service animals only are permitted. Parking is free. Drive-In and enjoy great BBQ & Blues.
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13th Clarksdale Film & Music Festival Jan 27-29, 2023
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 (CLARKSDALE, MS) - The Clarksdale Film & Music Festival returns Jan 27-29 with another stellar weekend of movies, music and Mississippi. This year's pop-up theater venue is the new Shared Experiences headquarters at 121 Delta Avenue in historic downtown Clarksdale.
"As always, the Clarksdale Film & Music Festival is exactly that — a cool, curated mix of blues movies and Mississippi-connected films topped off with live music performances and very special guests," said co-founder Roger Stolle. "Unlike big city festivals, ours is what we like to call 'small but mighty,' and as a result, it offers nonstop opportunities to make those super special memories that Clarksdale known for."
This year's featured films include a remastered edition of what Stolle called "quite possibly the greatest blues documentary of the past 30 years"—Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads. Filmed partly in Clarksdale, the festival screening will be introduced by its creator Robert Mugge. The award-winning director will also present a special two-hour cut of his Blues Divas concert film—an unprecedented weekend happening captured for posterity just down the street at world-famous Ground Zero Blues Club in 2004 with the help of Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and club co-owner Bill Luckett.
Other featured blues music films include the Mississippi premieres of Bonnie Blue: James Cotton's Life in the Blues (presented by executive-producer Judy Laster and co-producer/acclaimed blues musician James Montgomery), Tail Dragger (presented by the legendary Southern-born Chicago bluesman himself, James Yancey Jones a.k.a. "Tail Dragger," and special guest Tamara Jackiw), and Harmonica Bean (presented by Emmy/Oscar award-winning director Ted Reed, editor Nolan Dean and the Mississippi bluesman himself, Terry "Harmonica" Bean).
Plus, as part of the Mississippi Film Office's 50th anniversary, office director Nina Parikh and marketing manager Carey Miller will be onhand to present the new Juliette Binoche/Morgan Freeman/Frank Grillo R-rated thriller Paradise Highway. Principal filming took place in Clarksdale over the summer of 2021.
Additional screenings include brand-new features and shorts by Clarksdale's Will Goss, Helena's Nolan Dean and Nashville's Tim Hardiman.
Festival blues performances include Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Libby Rae Watson, Sean "Bad" Apple and Lucious Spiller. Plus, Clarksdale will feature its normal live blues in the clubs and jukes every night after the films have gone silent.
Full festival details here. Clarksdale's 7-nights-a-week music calendar, and a full listing of unique local lodging.
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Pikes Peak Blues Community seeks to raise funds Jan 13 for Blues Challenge Winners
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(FLORENCE, CO) - Springstown Shakers, winners of the Pikes Peak Blues Communiy (PPBC) Blues Challenge, wilL perform Fri Jan 13th 7pm at The Rialto Theater, 209 W Main St, Florence, Colorado. The band will represent PPBC at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in late January. The Rialto Theater is hosting this concert to help raise money for their travel expenses. Come listen to some great music and help out a local band in the process. Tickets $10. Available at Big D's Superfoods, City Market, The Rialto Theater website, and at the Rialto Theater box office.
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Which Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise Hits Your Groove?
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- #38 Eastern Caribbean: Sold Out
- #39 Mexican Riviera: BOOK YOUR CABIN Now!
- #40 Western Carribbean: Now Prebooking!
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#38 Eastern Caribbean SOLD OUT! Jan. 28 ~ Feb. 4, 2023
Sailing on Holland America’s ms Nieuw Statendam from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to St. John, St. Maarten & Half Moon Cay (Bahamas Private Island).
LRBC #39
Mexican Riviera
Oct. 28 ~ Nov. 4, 2023
Sailing on Holland America's ms Koningsdam from San Diego, CA to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan & Puerto Vallarta.
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#40 Western Caribbean
Jan 28 ~ Feb 4, 2024
Sailing on Holland America’s Nieuw Statendam from Ft. Lauderdale, FL to Grand Cayman, Roatán, Honduras & Costa Maya, Mexico. By placing a fully-refundable prebook deposit of $500 per cabin, you’ll reserve a space in line to book a cabin once the bands are announced in early Spring. Visit online reservations or call (816) 753-7979 to place your deposit!
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Dyer Davis :: DOG BITES BACK
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 “With fire and soul, 23-year-old Florida-based singer/guitarist, Dyer Davis’ carefully crafted music and dynamic performing completely satisfies any aching desire for something heartfelt, original, brilliant, and exciting. Fulfilling the hungriest of roots music lovers with a bluesy feast fit for a king. Dog Bites Back plants Dyer firmly in a seat at the table amongst titans. He transcends the norm, while tipping his hat to the greats that came before.” - Victor Wainwright
As a child Dyers’ father, also a musician, turned him on to the music of the 60’s
and 70’s. The artists that spoke to him the most were the blues-based rockers,
especially the early Jeff Beck records featuring Rod Stewart. This instilled in him
the importance of the blues as the key foundation of the music he was drawn to.
What surely separates Dyer from other blues rockers is his exceptional soulful voice, tasteful guitar playing, and strong writing ability.
In late 2021, Dyers long-time supporter, producer/engineer, Billy Chapin (Don Henley, Sister Hazel), reached out to award-winning producer, WildRoots Records
Stephen Dees to consider co-producing and co-writing with them. After a couple of sessions Dees was completely won over by Dyers’ talent and engaging personality. So much so that Stephen invited Dyer to perform on the WildRoots latest release, WildRoots Sessions Volume 2. Dyer delivers a stunning vocal on the track “The Bad Seed,” one of the top tracks off that album.
Now a part of the WildRoots Records team, Dyers’ debut recording Dog Bites Back features guests; Grammy nominated Victor Wainwright (keys), Billy Dean
(drums), Stephen Dees (bass), and Patricia Ann Dees (saxophone), with Billy Chapin (guitar) and Dyers’ trio David Weatherspoon (drums) and Jacob Barone
(bass), and special guests Stan Lynch (The Heartbreakers - drums), Doug Woolverton (trumpet), and Mark Earley (bari sax).
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Matt Murphy - "Murphy's Boogie" 1963 (live)
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Just In Case... plus Holidays & Birthdays
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 • Dec 31 New Year's Eve
• Jan = "International Creativity Month"
• Jan 7, 2022 Orthodox Christmas Day
Birthdays upcoming of note:
Dec 29 Matt "Guitar" Murphy (1929-2018), Terry Hanck (1944); Dec 30 Bo Diddley (1928-2008); Dec 31 Odetta (1930-2008); Jan 1-Frank Stokes (1888-1955), Estelle "Mama" Yancey (1896-1986); Jan 2-Little Smokey Smothers (1939-2010), Rubin “Rube” Lacy (1901-1969); Jan 4-Laurie Morvan; Jan 5-Johnny Adams (1932-1998), Wilbert Harrison (1929-1994), Sam Phillips (1923-2003 founder of Sun Records); Jan 6-Kim Wilson (1951); Jan 8-Elvis Presley (1935), Tampa Red (1904), Bill Graham (1931 promoter at legendary Fillmore)
 Just in Case: Jan 1st is "International Public Domain Day" celebrated every year to shed some light on the copyright laws in the U.S., and what happens when they end. The answer is that copyrighted items become part of the public domain. This means that the works of numerous artists, including writers, photographers, and musicians, can then be used or rewritten for numerous information sites, and yes, the permission of the artist is no longer needed. According to a source, songs enter the public domain 50-75 years after the death of the last surviving creator (writer, composer, etc.). Different countries have different copyright protection tenures.
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20th Annual Blues Festival Guide Magazine
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 You can not only get a hard copy of the magazine via select festivals, blues societies or by ordering, but our 20th Anniversary digital edition of the Blues Festival Guide is available on our website! Click the image at left to read and enjoy all 84 pages. Turn on the speaker to hear Tulle Brae singing "Seven Bridges."
Blues legend Bobby Rush calls our magazine: "The roadmap to everything blues." Indeed, the articles offer something for everyone, all blues related, of course. This year’s engaging editorial from aficionados in the blues community includes articles from Victor Wainwright, Mitch Woods, Reverend Billy C. Wirtz and Roger Stolle among others.
Our cover by photographer Marilyn Stringer features the talented Tullie Brae and Calvin Johnson at the 2021 North Atlantic Blues Festival!
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MLK Blues Festival
Jan-12-2023 – Jan-15-2023
Chester, South Carolina, USA
Pigz in Z’Hills BBQ & Blues Fest
Jan-13-2023 – Jan-14-2023
Zephyrhills, Florida USA
Go Mexico Rock ‘n Blues
Explosion Festival
Jan-21-2023 – Jan-29-2023
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Clarksdale Film & Music Festival
Jan-27-2023 – Jan-29-2023
Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
The February Blues XXIV
Feb-02-2023 – Feb-26-2023
Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada
Cincinnati Winter Blues
Experience IV
Feb-11-2023
Mason, Ohio, USA
Baton Rouge Mardi Gras Festival
Feb-18-2023
Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
Vero Beach Blues Festival
Feb-25-2023 – Feb-26-2023
Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Saskatoon Blues Festival
Feb-27-2023 – Mar-05-2023
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Leeds Blues, Rhythm
& Rock Festival
Feb-26-2023
Leeds, United Kingdom
2023 Byron Bay Bluesfest
April-6-2023 - April-10-2023
Byron Bay, Australia
Juke Joint Festival
& Related Events
Apr-13-2023 – Apr-16-2023
Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Tampa Bay Blues Festival
April-14-2023 - April-16-2023
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
Baton Rouge
Blues Festival
April-22-2023 – April-23-2023
Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA
Lincoln Blues, Rhythm
& Rock Festival
May-6-2023
Lincoln, United Kingdom
10th Annual Big Island
Jazz & Blues Festival
Jun-01-2023 – Jun-03-2023
Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA
Billtown Blues Festival
Jun-09-2023 – Jun-10-2023
Hughesville, Pennsylvania, USA
Waterfront Blues Fest
July-1-2023 - July-4-2023
Portland, Oregon USA
North Atlantic Blues Festival
July 15-16, 2023
Rockland, Maine USA
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Michele is also a singer, songwriter, performer and bandleader based in the San Diego County, California area and nicknamed the "Queen of Steam" for her high energy and passionate style.
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