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Photo Moments with the 22nd Annual BFG Magazine!
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 July 24th, 2024, 6:30pm, Harlow's Nightclub, Sacramento, California... Mark Hummel is set to perform with the James Cotton's Blues Band. BFG pal, singer, songwriter Pinkie Rideau, poses Hummel with the burning question...
"You are in New York City's Battery Park, you are on a bench looking at the Statue of Liberty and your options are this.... hot dog or pizza?" After some fun debate, Hummel decides on pizza. But, as it turns out, his fave places for pizza are actually in Connecticut and Rhode Island, much to Pinkie's surprise!
"If you have the opportunity to see this band perform, don't miss them," adds Pinkie. They are "Stellar!"
Group photo L-R: Tom Holland (guitar),  June Core (drums), Randy Bermudes (bass), Mark Hummel (harp), Steve Freund (guitar)
Photos: Pinkie Rideau
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Reunion Music Festival arriving over Labor Day Weekend
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 (RIVERSIDE, CA) - Positive Vibes Musician Movement presents the Reunion Music Festival at the historic White Park (3901 Market St.) in Riverside, California on Sunday, September 1, over Labor Day weekend featuring Blues, Reggae, Pop, R&B, Soul, and more! Gates open 12 noon and music 2pm-10pm.
Festival MC is Sirius-XM radio personality (B.B. King’s Bluesville) Big LLou - The “coolest voice on the planet.” Music lineup includes Grammy Award-nominated Blues artist Eric Gales – widely regarded as one of the top blues guitarists in the world, R&B party band B.I.G. (brothers igniting a groove), Jazz saxophonist sensation J Boykin (JSQ), Jamaican Reggae artist Errol Bonnick, A Tribute to Bobby Womack with the Jimmy Sterling Experience, Pop/Soul artist Ericka Guitron, and more artists TBA!
The venue provides the perfect backdrop for this music extravaganza. With its lush greenery and spacious grounds, there’s plenty of room to dance, sing along, and make lasting memories. Food and drinks will be available for purchase, as well as arts and crafts booths.
J. Boykin, Chairman and Co-founder of Positive Vibes Musician’s Movement, believes “This year will be one of the best years by far. With the help of our sponsors, volunteering organizations, individual volunteers, family, friends, and ticket patrons, we’ve had an opportunity to grow, learn, reinvent the wheel and perfect our brand. We’re ready to host this event and bring renewed energy to our festival."
Tickets range from $40 (plus fees) for GA (bring blanket or chair) to $100 (plus fees) for VIP seating. Tickets available on Eventbrite and at the gate. Special seated sections and tables available for additional fee.
Get ready to sing and dance like nobody's watching, and create unforgettable memories at the Reunion Music Festival at White Park!
For more info email or visit the website.
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Help Launch Community Radio in Clarksdale, Mississippi
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 Are you passionate about the roots of the Blues? Do you believe in preserving and promoting American musical history and Black musical art forms? Are you a listener of community radio run by and for the people? Do you get tired of corporate radio washing away the distinct regional sounds of this country?
Open Sky Radio (OSR) Corp., a California-based 501c3 non-profit has built over a dozen non-commercial FM radio stations in rural west towns (CA, NV, OR), and eventually turned them over to local non-profits.
You are now invited to join in their exciting next venture to launch a non-commercial, community radio station in Clarksdale, Mississippi – the birthplace of the Blues.
They have done the planning and engineering and have a perfect host in place for this transmitter site that will expand far beyond the crossroads. With your support, they will build a 'terrestrial' radio station that will be as rich as the soil it radiates from.
WAIT 88.1FM will be programming a blues-centric, Jiveradio music platform that celebrates virtually all music genres, providing a space for both classic recordings from the deep vault and new, up-and-coming artists to be heard. Their goal is to not only entertain but also to educate listeners about the rich history and cultural impact of the music born from this significant place.
A Go-Fund-Me campaign has been started to help this town get a great blues-centric radio station of its own. Please help support this landmark radio station project for the nursery of the Blues.
Email for more info
Non-Humanic voicemail: 541.233.5224
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Prepare for Denmark's Ultimate Blues Experience
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 (FREDRIKSHAVN, DE) - Mark your calendars for the ultimate blues experience of the Blues Heaven Festival November 8-9 at Arena Nord, Frederikshavn. The 18th edition of Denmark’s most prominent blues and soul festival invites you to 14 concerts and a fantastic atmosphere where a music-loving audience and top international musicians meet.
This year, the festival presents 50 musicians from 9 countries, many of whom are top multi-award winners. Look forward to a spectacular weekend filled with raw energy, emotional music, and true blues spirit each day from 5pm-12am.
Friday’s Headliner: Mississippi blues extraordinaire Mr. Sipp, “The Mississippi Blues Child,” is a 2024 GRAMMY® winner. Accolades include International Blues Challenge winner, “Gibson Best Guitarist Award,” “Bobby Rush Entertainer of the Year,” BMA “Best New Artist,” several Jackson Music Awards including “International Male Blues Artist,” “Blues Artist of the Year,” and “Entertainer of the Year,” and the “The Spirit of Little Walter Award.” Sipp is now one of Mississippi’s most important blues ambassadors!
Saturday’s Headliner: Chicago’s pride and blues powerhouse, Ronnie Baker Brooks, is a bluesman to the bone: a blistering guitarist, an innovative, boundary-pushing songwriter, and an intensely soulful vocalist. As a live performer, his boundless energy and monumental, crowd-pleasing personality keep his fans on their feet. RBB is the artist most requested to return to Blues Heaven! Alligator Records announces the signing of RBB’s label debut, which will hit the streets just in time for Blues Heaven.
These incredible performers are also guaranteed to entertain: The Nick Moss Band (US), The Cash Box Kings (US), Mark Hummel w/ Anson Funderburgh (US), Nora Jean Wallace (US), Blues Beatles (BRA), Robert Jon & The Wreck (US), Dawn Tyler Watson (CAN), Big Daddy Wilson (US), JW Jones (CAN), Nathan James (US), Harrell Davenport (US), Big Creek Slim (DK) and Kent Erik Thorvaldsen (NOR).
Visit the website for more information about artists, transport, hotels, tickets, etc.
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Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude
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 The sound. The suits. The sunglasses. The Blues Brothers have firmly cemented their place as pop-culture icons in the annals of entertainment history. But how did a band that debuted as a goofy sketch on Saturday Night Live in 1976 go on to have a hit movie and a number one record in the space of just four short years? Simple. They were “on a mission from God.”
Now, nearly 50 years later, Elwood Blues (aka Dan Aykroyd) is on another mission—to tell the full story of how two young actors went from blues lovers to Blues Brothers. In this fascinating two-hour audio documentary, Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude, Aykroyd “gets the band back together,” taking listeners on a road trip through time — from late nights in the early days with John Belushi at Dan’s speakeasy in Toronto, to working with blues legends Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and Ray Charles on The Blues Brothers movie, through the founding of House of Blues, the Blues Brothers 2000 sequel, and beyond.
Along the way, Aykroyd is joined by band members, friends, filmmakers, and cohorts who witnessed the Blues Brothers’ birth and meteoric rise firsthand, including Jim Belushi, Paul Shaffer, Curtis Salgado, John Landis, Steve Jordan, and more. Also featuring conversations with the late Judy Belushi Pisano, and a previously unheard interview with John Belushi himself.
Thoughtful, entertaining, and endlessly illuminating, Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude is a joyous celebration of the legendary band that kick-started a blues revival and launched a lasting legacy. The audible documentary dropped today, July 25 on Audible.com and Amazon.com.
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Making a Guitar From Muddy Waters' Childhood Home
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 A fitting tribute for a legend...
Billy Gibbons' guitar collection has countless custom guitars and vintage gems. In this article, we'll highlight one special custom guitar that was made from wood salvaged from the childhood home of blues legend Muddy Waters.
The importance of Muddy Waters in rock and roll history cannot be understated. The Rolling Stones borrowed their name from a Muddy Waters song. He was such an inspiration to so many musicians over the years, not the least of which were the boys from Texas, ZZ Top.
As Billy Gibbons recounted on his website:
"I had phoned Jim O'Neil, founder of Living Blues magazine – he now lives in Mississippi – and accompanied him to the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. It so happened that Sid Graves, the director, said he was making a trip to Stovall Farms [Mississippi], where Muddy Waters was raised, to inspect the cabin that was in danger of being taken down upon request of the Highway Department for safety reasons. The cabin had been hit by a tornado and they figured, well, it might fall down. As we were looking about, the director picked up a piece of scrap lumber and said, 'Why don’t you take a souvenir here.' There was quite a large beam left over, and we loaded it into the car."
Gibbons brought the beam to Pyramid Guitars in Memphis, Tennessee and gave it to Rick Rayburn and Rick Hancock. The piece of wood was cypress, which is not a common tonewood in electric hollowbodies but is used a lot in acoustic backs and sides – particularly in flamenco style guitars. It is typically quite soft and light, making it resonant.
Using reclaimed wood has its pros and cons…
Read full story by Justin Beckner/Ultimate Guitar
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• Canberra Blues Society Int'l Blues Music Day Celebration
• Trinity Blues Society Blues Fest feat. Blues Challenge
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(CANBERRA, AUS) - Canberra Blues Society’s celebration of the 12th International Blues Music Day will be held at the Harmonie German Club from 3pm on Saturday, August 3. The event will feature nine acts on two stages performing across seven hours and will feature headliner Sydney-based singer, guitarist and songwriter Shane Pacey, one of Australia’s finest “blues triple threats.” Fellow headliners include The McNamarr Project, plus The Marvellous Hearts, star guitarist Aaron Pollock, Canberra’s The Stage Invaderz, and Big Mama and the Medicine Man.
Hot Rod display from 12 noon, busking - Manchild & The Blues Kids, and specialty market stalls from 1pm. Raffle prizes and CBS members’ lucky door prize.
Tickets via the CBS event page or email for more info.
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 (DALLAS, TX) - The Trinity River Blues Society’s Blues Fest, featuring North Texas Blues Challenge, happens August 11, starting at 12pm, at Poor David’s Pub, 1313 Botham Jean Boulevard, Dallas, Texas.
Email for more info and/or if you want to be an event vendor.
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Curtis Salgado :: FINE BY ME
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 Rest assured whatever songs Curtis Salgado brings to the table are going to have his personal soul stamp on them. It’s the singer’s magic bullet, the key element that stirs listeners and sets Salgado apart as one of the most riveting performers on stage today. Fine By Me (Little Village) is the latest evidence of Salgado wielding his impressive songwriting and vocal skills to a wide variety of styles. His music has dashes of blues, gospel, R&B, jazz, funk, rock ’n’ roll and soul at any given moment. “I just call it American music,” says Salgado, who produced the album and has been singing and playing harmonica in bands for five decades. “All I know how to do is write songs, sing them, and entertain people. I’ll use whatever I can to achieve that goal.”
From his days with the Robert Cray Band in the early 1980s through stint as the singer in Roomful of Blues and a long and distinguished solo career, Salgado has been known for his passionate and convincing vocals and a desire to move people. For him, it’s all about the soul. “I really believe that gospel is the mothership of all American music. It all flows out of gospel, no matter what kind of music it is. I’ve always loved and respected that.” Salgado also understands the power of clever turns of phrase and how that burrows into the hearts of his audience.
Fine By Me features 10 songs that Salgado wrote or co-wrote and two cover versions, but the recording shines in unexpected moments. Salgado admits that he is sometimes surprised how some songs surface. The top-notch cast includes Robert Cray and Anson Funderburgh among others.
With a lifetime of musical experiences, Salgado maintains a fresh approach to his music. “This is just a skill I’ve been learning,” he says. “I just go with it.”
Fine By Me reflects the soul of American music.
"Better Things To Lie About"
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John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers "Oh, Pretty Woman"
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Rest in Paradise the great John Mayall Nov 29, 1933 - July 22, 2024
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Just In Case... plus upcoming Holidays & Birthdays
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 It might be the dog days of Summer but
"Hard times ain't nothing
that music won't help heal..."
Birthdays: July 26 Popsy Dixon (1942-2015), Mick Jagger (1943); July 28 Roy Rogers (1950), Mike Bloomfield (1943-1981), Junior Kimbrough (1930-1998); July 30 Buddy Guy (1936), Big Jack Johnson (1940-2011), Otis Taylor (1948), Michael Burks (1957-2012); July 31 Roy Milton (1907-1983), Ahmet Ertegun (Atlantic Records founder 1923-2006); Aug 1-Dietra Farr (1957) Robert Cray (1953), Bill Stuve (1951); Aug 2-Big Walter Price (1917-2012), Mark Naftalin (1944); Aug 3- Mercy Dee Walton (1915–1962), Matthew Skoller (1962); Aug 4-Louis  Armstrong (1901-1971); Aug 6- Willie Lee Brown (1900–1952), Corey Stevens (1954)
Just in Case: "National Friendship Day" is August 4, and celebrates the importance of loving platonic relationships and is a day to nurture relationships, new and old. Friendships are the purest type of human relationships.
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Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk (Every Weds)
Through Sep-04-2024
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
W.C. Handy Music Festival
Jul-18-2024 - Jul-28-2024
Florence, Alabama USA
Prairie Dog Blues Festival
Jul-25-2024 - Jul-27-2024
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, USA
Porretta Soul Festival
Jul-25-2024 - Jul-28-2024
Porretta Terme, Italy
Salmon Arm Roots
and Blues Festival
Jul-26-2024 - Jul-28-2024
Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Bilbao Blues Festival
Jul-25-2024 - Jul-28-2024
Bilbao, Spain
Bigfoot Blues Brews BBQ Festival
Jul-27-2024 - Jul-28-2024
Brookings, Oregon, USA
Anson B Nixon Park
Roots and Blues Festival
Jul-27-2024
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Kalamazoo Blues Fest
Jul-27-2024
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Calgary International
Blues Festival
Jul-29-2024 - Aug-04-2024
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jus' Blues Music Awards & Conference
Jul-31-2024 - Aug-03-2024
Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
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Notodden Blues FestivalAug-01-2024 - Aug-04-2024 Notodden, Norway
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TD Kitchener Blues FestivalAug-08-2024 - Aug-11-2024 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Nanaimo Blues FestivalAug-08-2024 - Aug-11-2024 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Heritage Music Blues FestAug-09-2024 - Aug-11-2024 Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
Waukesha Blues FestAug-09-2024 - Aug-10-2024
Delafield, Wisconsin, USA
Bayfront Blues Festival
Aug-09-2024 - Aug-11-2024
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Sunflower River Blues Fest
Aug-09-2024 - Aug-11-2024
Clarksdale, Mississippi USA
31st Chenango Blues FestivalAug-15-2024 - Aug-17-2024 Norwich, New York, USA
Madison Ribberfest BBQ & BluesAug-16-2024 - Aug-17-2024 Madison, Indiana, USA
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