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Photo Moments with the 22nd Annual BFG Magazine!
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 I was honored to meet folklorist, author, lecturer, scholar, educator, historian and GRAMMY winner Dr. William R. Ferris in person after his induction into the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame in Memphis, TN.
Over the past 50 years Ferris has documented Southern culture focusing on African American folklore and the rich heritage of the American South, especially blues, gospel, and story telling through recordings, books, film and photography. He's the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-founded the Center for Southern Folklore in Memphis, Tennessee.
Ferris is also the author of ten books notably Blues From the Delta (1970) and Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues (2009), which showcase his commitment to exploring the social and cultural dimensions of the blues.
Photo: Michele Lundeen
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22nd Madison Ribberfest this weekend ...Aug 16-17
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 (MADISON, IN) - The 22nd Annual Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues is coming this Friday- Saturday, August 16th-17th, along the picturesque Ohio River on Madison, Indiana’s riverfront. This annual event features an amazing blend of top-notch BBQ and blues music, plus a 5K run/walk, cycling, cornhole, Riverboat Cruise, and more!
The music lineup includes Ana Popovic, Mr. Sipp " The Mississippi Blues Child," Sugaray Rayford, Eric Gales, Brandon Santini, Ally Venable Band, Shawn "Lil Slim" Holt & The Teardrops, King Bee and The Stingers, Sonny Moorman, and Jordan A. Wilson Music.
Plus... watch over 45 professional BBQ teams from around the nation battle it out in the Indiana State Championship Barbeque Cook-Off.
See the Madison Ribberfest website for full festival details.
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The Little Walter Foundation Blues Fest
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 (LANSING, IL) - Kasey's Beer Garden, located at 17800 Lorenz Ave in Lansing Illinois, is proud to be host to The Little Walter Foundation Fundraiser Blues Festival Aug 18 from 1-9pm featuring 3x Grammy Nominee Billy Branch, Freddie Dixon, The Elevation Band and many more. This is an all-day celebration of the blues featuring some of Chicago's finest artists.
There will be a raffle and an auction that includes an autographed Buddy Guy guitar.
A $10 donation at the gate will be used to continue the legacy of The Little Walter Foundation. Food and drink will be available for purchase. Lawn chairs are welcomed.
Little Walter’s harmonica playing defined the Chicago Blues sound. His virtuosity set the standard for future generations of Blues harmonica players around the world. The Foundation's mission is to honor the life and legacy of Little Walter Jacobs with inspiring events and creative arts educational programs.
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Blue Front Cafe’s celebrates their 76th Anniversary
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 (BENTONIA, MS) – The Blue Front Cafe will celebrate their 76th Anniversary Sept 20-21 in Bentonia, Mississippi. Get ready to juke up all weekend long.
Friday's music lineup starts at 6pm, and Saturday's at 4pm.
Performing over this weekend will be Kent Burnside, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Ben Levin, YZ Easley, Phillip Savell, Irene, and Candice Ivory featuring Mississippi Marshall and the Juke Daddies with special guest Hayden Everding.
There will be a raffle and a signed guitar to auction off, food vendors plus merch for sale including t-shirts, sweatshirts, tumblers, posters, albums and CDs.
Established in 1948 by Carey and Mary Holmes, the Blue Front Cafe is the oldest surviving juke joint in Mississippi. The cafe has been run by celebrated Bentonia Blues legend Jimmy "Duck" Holmes since 1970, after the passing of his father.
Come make some memories at this historic blues joint as they continue to preserve the Blues. The Blue Front Cafe is located at 107 W. Railroad Ave, in Bentonia, Mississippi. Find them on the Mississippi Blues Trail.
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Rolling out the Music… Rentiesville’s Dusk til Dawn #34 is on the way
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 (RENTIESVILLE, OK) – The Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival is Aug 30-Sept at DC Minner’s Down Home Blues Club, in Rentiesville, OK. 50 bands will be featured including from 7 states, and a rich showcase of the OK region's finest. Gates open 4pm each day. The first band each day will play 4-5 pm in the air-conditioned club before the 3 outdoor stages fire up 6pm-midnight. Headliners will play again after midnight inside.
Friday’s first set will be the return of one of D.C.'s 3 favorite female vocalists – Wanda Watson. Zac Harmon, who just returned from Europe and with a new CD about to be released, will play the main stage on Saturday at 10 pm and around 1am inside the Down Home Blues Club. Saturday’s Main Stage will bring Wichita's Main McMann and many others.
Sunday Piper and the Hard Times, the IBC (International Blues Challenge) 2024 winners will be stopping to perform on on the Main Stage on their way to Las Vegas to play the Big Blues Bender.
Also, appearing is the exciting and authentic Watermelon Slim from Clarksdale.
Check the festival website for the complete lineup. Admission is $20 per night per adult and kids are free.
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• Smoky Mountain Blues Society Blues Challenge & Cruise
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 (KNOXVILLE, TN) - The Smoky Mountain Blues Society (SMBS) will hold their International Blues Challenge on August 18, 5pm-9pm at Bluetick Tavern, 128 W Broadway Ave., in Maryville, Tennessee. The end results will be a Youth, Solo/Duo and Band winner that will represent East Tennessee at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis in January.
 Then on September 8, the SMBS continue their Blues Cruise series and will feature Ray Beltran & BlueMax, SVBS 2023 regional Blues Challenge winners, on the Tennessee Riverboat from 4pm-7pm. The cruise sails from 300 Neyland Dr. in Knoxville. Find details and tix here. |
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Chris Daniels and the Kings ::
40: BLUES WITH HORNS VOLUME II
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 In the liner notes of their effervescent new album, 40: Blues With Horns Volume II, by Chris Daniels and the Kings with Freddi Gowdy, Daniels describes Louis Armstrong's brilliant 1928 recording of “West End Blues” as the beginning of an era of “horn-band sound.” The Kings’ 20th album on their 40th anniversary proves that their magnificent big-band sound is still keeping that era alive... and funky, too!
The Colorado-based Kings have been pumping out music since their 1984 founding by Daniels, with the band membership shapeshifting along the way. The Kings of this album are: Chris Daniels, vocals, electric, acoustic, slide and synth guitars; Freddi Gowdy, vocals; Steve Ivey, drums; John Thornburg, bass and vocals; Colin “Bones” Jones, guitars; Bob Rebholz, alto sax and flute; Darryl “Doody“ Abrahamson, trumpet and vocals; Darren Kramer, trombone. Daniels and Gowdy share the vocals all through the tracks. Guests adding their talents throughout include Christian Teele, percussion; Mark Oblinger and Linda Lawson, vocals with Robert Johnson and Kenny Andrus; Sam Bush, mandolin and fiddle; Hazel Miller, vocals; Tom Capek, B3 and keyboards; Steve Conn, accordion, B3; and Sonny Landreth, slide guitar.
This exuberant and joyous session opens with horns blasting, then they move on to a full-on funky groove, and there's several to choose from. The album grooves, jumps, slides, shuffles and rocks with soul and pulsating and percussive rhythms.
Chris Daniels says, “Our goal from the start was to bring the incredible energy of 'call-and response' between a singer and the horn section to a new audience.”
...And forty years later, the Kings are absolutely still bringing that energy!
"I Need Some Good Luck Bad"
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Birthdays & Just In Case...
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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: Aug 15-Buster Brown (1911-1976), Jackie Brenston (1930-1979), Bobby Byrd (1934-2007); Aug 16-Eddie Kirkland (1928-2011), Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson (1915-1976), Eric Bibb (1951); Aug 17-Luther Allison (1939-1997); Aug 19-Earl Gaines (1935-2009); Aug 20-Issac Hayes (1942-2008), "Mighty" Mike Schermer (1967); Aug 21-Count Basie (1904-1984), Elmore James Jr. (1939); Aug 22-John Lee Hooker (1912 or 1917-2001) photo art by Jude Kane, Debbie Davies (1952); Aug 24-Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1905-1974), Wynonie Harris (1915-1969); Aug 26-Jimmy Rushing (1901-1972); Aug 29-Charlie Parker (1920-1955), Dinah Washington (1924-1963); Aug 30-Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson (1934-1976); Aug 31-Joanna Connor (1962), Van Morrison (1945)
CORRECTION: It was pointed out to us by a careful reader that John Lee Hooker's birth year of 1920 in our "Birthday" section conflicted with the 1912 one listed in last week's article from the Delta Blues Museum. I apologize and appreciate the heads up on our odd and unfortunate "Birthday" list error. In further research, I see that Federal census data added up to John Lee Hooker being born in 1912, yet official family sites claim he was born in 1917. I've updated for now...
 Just in case: August 26 is "National Dog Day"... Yes, we love dogs, man's best friend, faithful companion, etc. and they truly can be a gift, but they haven't always been necessarily complimented in the world of blues. Sure, we sympathize in "I wouldn't treat a dog the way you treated me," (Bobby Blue Bland), and Duke Robillard's "I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place of You," But what about, "you ain't nothing but a hound dog," (Big Mama Thornton) "I ain't gonna be your lowdown dog," (Big Joe Turner), "I'm just like a mad dog, I snaps at everything I meet" ("Mad Dog Blues" Mary Butler/Walter Vinson), I'm foamin' at the mouth baby can't you see" (Mad Dog" Johnny Winter"), and "I don't want no watch dog, I wanna man right now" (Etta James "Watch Dog"), or Mississippi John Hurt's invitation "baby, let me be your salty dog" ... the hot dog and dog house list goes on!
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Tony Mart Presents
Mardi Gras on the Boardwalk (Every Weds)
Through Sep-04-2024
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
31st Chenango Blues Festival
Aug-15-2024 - Aug-17-2024
Norwich, New York, USA
Big Bull Falls Blues Fest
Aug-16-2024 - Aug-17-2024
Wausau, Wisconsin, USA
Madison Ribberfest
BBQ & Blues
Aug-16-2024 - Aug-17-2024
Madison, Indiana, USA
White Mountain Boogie
& Blues Festival
Aug-16-2024 - Aug-18-2024
Thornton, New Hampshire, USA
Little Walter Foundation
Fundraiser Blues Festival
Aug-18-2024
Lansing, Illinois USA
Poulsbo Blues & Jazz Festival
Aug-22-2024
Poulsbo, Washington, USA
15th Crossroads Blues Festival
Aug-24-2024
Byron, Illinois, USA
Peoria Blues & Heritage
Music Festival
Aug-30-2024 - Aug-31-2024
Peoria, Illinois, USA
Marquette Area Blues Fest
Aug-30-2024 - Sep-01-2024
Marquette, Michigan, USA
Red's Old Timers Music Festival
Aug-31-2024
Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
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Rentiesville Dusk 'til Dawn
Blues Festival
Aug-31-2024 - Sep-02-2024
Rentiesville, Oklahoma, USA
30th Bowlful of Blues
Sept-1-2024
Newton, Iowa USA
Reunion Music Festival
Sep-01-2024
Riverside, California, USA
Tim Hortons Southside Shuffle Blues and Jazz Festival
Sep-06-2024 - Sep-08-2024
Port Credit, Ontario, Canada
Red, White & Blues Festival
Sep-06-2024 - Sep-07-2024
Fredonia, New York, USA
12th Stonebridge Wasaga Beach
Blues Festival
Sep-13-2024 - Sep-15-2024
Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada
Up the River Blues Festival
Sep-14-2024
Ossining, New York, USA
Kean University's
Jazz & Roots Music Festival
Sep-21-2024
Hillside, New Jersey, USA
Black Prairie Blues Fest
Sep-21-2024
West Point, Mississippi, USA
Crooked Eye Blues Fest
& Papapalooza
Sep-21-2024
Springfield, Tennessee, USA
Big Steam Blues & Roots
Music Festival
Sep-27-2024 - Sep-28-2024
Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
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