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 Here's two young, extraordinary talents that performed on the Oct 2023 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise (LRBC).... funky keyboardist, songwriter, producer DeShawn "D'Vibes" Alexander (lt) who tours with Kingfish, and 2023 IBC "Band" and "Best Guitarist" winner, Texas native guitarist, singer, songwriter Mathias Lattin, showing off the BFG mag aboard
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A Bluesy Holiday party sample...
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 Zoo Bar 1st Annual “Winter Blues Party”
(LINCOLN, NE) - Saturday, December 16 the Zoo Bar presents its 1st Annual
"Winter BLUES Party." Kicking off at 6pm is The Rex Granite Band featuring Sarah Benck, then Emily Bass & The Near Miracle at 8pm, and Big Daddy Caleb & The Chargers at 10pm. Rickabilly, Host of KZUM's "Rockin' Bones" will be this night’s MC. Advanced tickets $20 online or at the venue. Day of show $25.
The famous Zoo Bar at 136 North 14th St. in Lincoln, Nebraska has been a hotspot for music since the early 70s and continues to be an important stop for bands on the touring circuit. In July the bar celebrated its 50th anniversary at  their annual ZooFest.
Sammy Eubanks' "Blue Christmas"
(SPOKANE, WA) – The Sammy Eubank Band presents a gathering in the Christmas spirit by sharing music and love together at his “Blue Christmas” concert, Sun, Dec 17, at The Knitting Factory, 919 W. Sprague Ave., Spokane, Washington.
The multiple award-winning artist known as “The Voice” from coast to coast, has won "Best Male Vocalist" 10 times in the state of Washington alone.
Doors open 5pm and special guest Justyn Priest will kick off the show at 6pm with his soulful, rocking blues. Tickets are $15. The concert is in support of the Rayce Rudeen Foundation.
“Southern Avenue's Holiday Hangout”
 (MEMPHIS, TN)- Mempho Presents an all-ages “Southern Avenue's Holiday Hangout” featuring Southern Avenue, The Sensational Barnes Brothers, and special guest Cody Dickinson on Dec 22 at Minglewood Hall in Memphis, Tennessee.
The award-winning 5-pc Southern Avenue band heads up this holiday party. Deep Soul Gospel duo, Sensational Barnes Brothers is formed by siblings Chris and Courtney. Multi-talented Cody Dickinson is the other half of the North Mississippi Allstars siblings. Doors open 7pm and showtime is 8pm.
Tickets are $26-$34 at Ticketmaster. Southern Avenue will donate $1 to the Mid-South Food Bank for every ticket sold.
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South Orange Int'l Blues Festival 1st Winter Edition
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(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) - New York City-based Blues guitarist Popa Chubby joins forces with Asbury Park Music Awards winner Billy Hector and North Jersey’s 2023 International Blues Challenge winners Blues People for three hours of Blues on the SOPAC Mainstage, Saturday, January 27 at 7:30pm. The South Orange International Blues Festival Winter Edition will be held at SOPAC (South Orange Performing Arts Center), One SOPAC Way, in South Orange, New Jersey.
Throughout his almost 30-year career, Popa Chubby has developed a unique style that he describes as “the Stooges meets Buddy Guy, Motorhead meets Muddy Waters, and Jimi Hendrix meets Robert Johnson.” Billy Hector has 14 albums to his name and has been praised as “A New Jersey state treasure” by New Jersey Stage. Blues People, led by SOPAC Creative Community Brain Trust Music member Mike Griot, is a SOMA staple perfecting the New York Blues’ edgy, honest, and one-of-a-kind sound.
“I am happy to announce the return of “the greatest Blues reunion in NJ”—and invite you all to a historic music event celebrating our beloved South Orange International Blues Festival— in its first Winter Edition,” exclaims Groit.
“It’s truly exciting for me to team up with SOPAC and (once again) present world-class Blues artists… connect with friends and family… and meet at a beautiful venue in the town where it all started 13 years ago!”
Don’t miss this historic reunion concert featuring the best of Mike Griot’s legendary South Orange International Blues Festival at SOPAC. Tickets are $25, in advance or $35, at the door.
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Backstory on CBS’ “Blues revival in Mississippi Delta” special
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 From Roger Stolle at Cathead:
“The long-running CBS TV news program, 60 Minutes, ran major features on Clarksdale blues and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram in October, putting Mississippi blues in millions of living rooms.
Musicians and personalities shown or interviewed included Super Chikan, Kingfish, Big T, Big A, Ghalia Volt, Sean "Bad" Apple, Morgan Freeman and more. Producer David Levine worked on the feature for a year and a half — first filming at 2022 Juke Joint Festival and then returning with the on-screen correspondent to complete the main interviews.
I truly enjoyed working with David and his crack team of professionals behind the scenes (from JJF recommendations to artist contacts, from location suggestions to fact checking) and was really looking forward to my on-screen interview (to discuss Clarksdale's bigger picture of maximizing blues music and history to fuel downtown redevelopment, etc.).
Unfortunately, when the show returned a year ago November to do the correspondent interviews… wait for it… yup, I had Covid. Ha! Well, as I like to say, Morgan and Christone handled things for me instead (not really). In all seriousness, it was a great (and I would say pretty-well-balanced) piece re: the center of the blues universe and our 20 years of marching steadily into a better future for locals and visitors alike.”
You can watch “Blues revival in Mississippi Delta brings "Kingfish" to music scene…” special on YouTube here.
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Piedmont Blues Preservation Society "Spirit of Giving Toy Drive and Fundraiser" Dec 9
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 (WINSTON-SALEM, NC) – The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society (PBPS) annual Spirit of Giving Toy Drive and Fundraiser Dec 9. This PBPS annual holiday event is free to attend and serves as the end-of-year party. Get in on the Spirit of Giving 12pm-3pm at Gas Hill Lounge at the Ramkat, 170 W. 9th, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Live music will be provided by The Dylan Jackson Band, winner of the Road to Memphis Blues Challenge.
Attendees are asked to donate unwrapped, new toys for children ages 0-13 years, or make a cash gift to PBPS. All event donations will support underprivileged children in partnership with the local nonprofit, His Laboring Few Ministries.
Gather with others to celebrate the holiday season with music and community along with a cash bar and light hor d'oeuvres. Please share this giving opportunity with others to benefit underprivileged children.
Please note, Piedmont Blues Preservation Society is also seeking monetary gifts to total by Dec 31st, 2023 to help Triad community supporters. All gifts are tax-deductible. Funds are used to support programs that share Blues culture in communities across the Piedmont/Triad region. PBPS presents programs that visit elder care facilities, special needs facilities, schools, and places of worship.
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Jason Ricci and The Bad Kind :: BEHIND THE VEIL
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Behind the Veil is the solo label debut on Gulf Coast Records from New Orleans-based harmonica master Jason Ricci and his band, The Bad Kind. The album was produced by Jason Ricci and Tony Daigle and recorded at Dockside Studio, Maurice, Louisiana. The band is Jason Ricci - diatonic and chord harmonica, vocals, and backup vocals; Ricci’s wife Kaitlin Dibble - vocals and backup vocals; Brent Johnson - guitar and backup vocals; Jack Joshua - double bass, electric bass, vocals, and backup vocals; and John Perkins - drums and backup vocals. Special guests include Joe Krown - piano and Hammond B3 organ (tracks 2, 8, 12); Gulf Coast labelmate Joanna Connor - guitar (track 10) and Lauren Mitchell - backup vocals.
Three singles were released ahead of the 12-track album drop. “5-10-15,” Ricci explains, “was actually the song that made me want to record this CD… I love the New Orleans R&B feel and I really think we captured it here thanks to Tony Daigle, Kid Andersen and the band, of course. The whole reason we recorded this CD live in one room was centered around this number.”
“St James Infirmary” was second. “This old standard is almost the ‘Mustang Sally’ of New Orleans music so if I didn't think we had something really special here I would have never let it on stage - much more this record.”
One of the album's originals, “Why Don’t We Sleep On It,” came from when “Kate and I were having a rare argument,” says Ricci, “and the band was in need of some more music. So I sat down to write a tune about how much better I would be doing without her and then kept hearing her voice or my own telling me the truth or her side... So I wrote both our parts; she loved it; we made up and had this fun duet.“
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"All Night Long" - Cody Dickinson
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Just In Case... plus upcoming Holidays & Birthdays
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 • Dec is the Month of Giving!
Birthdays: Nov 30 Robert Nighthawk (1909-1967), Brownie McGhee (1915-1996), Smokin’ Joe Kubek (1956-2015), Shuggie Otis (1953); Dec 2 Tal Wilkenfeld (1986); Dec 4 Larry Davis (1936-1994); Dec 5 Alec "Rice" Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912-1965), Kim Simmonds (1947-2022 photo by Jim Summaria), "Little Richard" Penniman (1932-2020); Dec 6 Sean Carney (1972); Dec 8 Gregg Allman (1947-2017); Dec 9 Junior Wells aka Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. (1934-1998), Dec 10 Guitar Slim aka Eddie Jones (1926-1959); Dec 11 Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984); Dec 12 Joe Williams (1918-1999), Lonesome Sundown (1928-1955); Dec 13 Lurrie Bell (1958), Lucky Peterson (1964-2020); Dec 15 Andrew “Big Voice” Odom (1936), Mark Hummel (1955), Nick Moss (1969); Dec 16 Billy Gibbons (1949); Dec 17 James Booker (1939-1983), Paul Butterfield (1942-1987)
 Just in Case:
Dec 4 is "National Cookie Day!" Just sayin'... Oh, maybe they mean time to bake holiday cookies not just eat them! How about these cool blue guitar ones pictured?!
 Dec 8th "Pretend to Be A Time Traveler Day"
Okay, I know that might sound silly, but honestly, if you could move across the time, where would you want to go and who would you want to meet?
Maybe visit a long forgotten juke joint or go back in the day when you could experience an artist you dig that was still alive and playing there? Or just sit and have a simple conversation?
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Bradenton Blues Festival
Dec-01-2023 - Dec-02-2023
Bradenton, Florida, USA
New Orleans
Cigar Box Guitar Festival
Jan-18-2024 - Jan-20-2024
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Go Mexico Tequila
Rock 'n Blues Explosions Fest
Jan-19-2024 - Jan-28-2024
Zihuatanejo & Ixtapa, Mexico
South Orange International
Blues Festival - Winter Edition
Jan-27-2024
South Orange , New Jersey, USA
Winter Blues Fest
Feb-09-2024 - Feb-10-2024
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Cincinnati Winter Blues
Experience V
Feb-10-2024
Mason, Ohio, USA
Pigz in Z Hills BBQ & Blues Fest
Feb-10-2024
Zephyrhills, Florida, USA
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Winterfolk Blues
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Feb-16-2024 - Feb-18-2024
Toronto, Canada
Poulsbo Blues & Jazz Festival
Feb-24-2024
Poulsbo, Washington, USA
Vero Beach Blues Festival
Feb-24-2024 - Feb-25-2024
Vero Beach, Florida, USA
St. Kilda Blues Festival
Mar-01-2024 - Mar-04-2024
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
24th Annual Blues Café
Mar-08-2024 - Mar-09-2024
Rothschild, Wisconsin, USA
Blues Bash at the Ranch
Mar-15-2024 - Mar-17-2024
Bradenton, Florida, USA
Tampa Bay Blues FestivalApr-12-2024 - Apr-14-2024 St Petersburg, Florida, USA
Milwaukee Blues FestivalApr-19-2024 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Buffalo Blues & Roots FestivalApr-20-2024 Buffalo, NY, New York, USA
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