Sun, 24 January 2010  The Winners of the 2010 International Blues Challenge are:Bands Winner - Grady Champion (Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola) Second Place - Karen Lovely Band (Cascade Blues Association) Third Place - Cheryl Renee and Them Bones (Cincy Blues Society) Solo Duet Winner - Matt Anderson (Harvest Jazz & Blues) The 2010 Best Self Produced CD Competition was a tie. Both The Informants, "Crime Scene Queen" - Colorado Blues Society and Laurie Morvan Band, "Fire It Up!" - Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society were declared winners! Category: News -- posted at: 5:36 AM Comments[0] |
Sat, 23 January 2010  Hi there you,Andy & Chris from The Bonnevilles here, we hope you don't mind us contacting you like this, in fact we hope you even welcome it. We wanted to let you know what we're getting up to in the coming weeks as its going to be busy for us. GIGS & SCOTTISH TOUR First of all we've got a date next week in Belfast, on the 28th of Jan, helping to celebrate the Northern Ireland Charts' official 1st birthday. We're delighted to be able to give these guys something back as they've been very good to us in their short existence, so why not come down to Aunt Annies on the Dublin Road in Belfast next Thursday and see us along with Mojo Fury and Team Fresh. Its not often you see a line up like that in Belfast, also we'll be playing 2 brand new songs, never before heard outside our rehearsal space, be the first. You could say I was there when The Bonnevilles played those 2 awful songs.... haha, hope not. SCOTLAND We're embarking on a small Scottish tour on the 11th of February to launch our brand new single "Santa Muerte Murder Songs" on Eruption records. We'll be playing 6 dates including an in-store at Elvis Shakespeare Records in Edinburgh and a couple of radio things. Here are the dates if you want to try and make one of them. 11th Feb - Clyde Bar, Helensburgh with Thee Phantom Herd & The Wrong Boyfriends 12th Feb - Alan Glens Rugby Club, Bishopbriggs with Thee Phantom Herd & Burlesque show 13th Feb - Elvis Shakespeare, Edinburgh in store @ 2.30pm with Thee Phantom Herd & The Acid Facists 13th Feb - Eruption Single Launch @ Pivo Pivo Glasgow with Thee Phantom Herd & The Ghosts of Progress 14th Feb - The Ash Bar , Montrose. with The Ghosts of Progress and The Phantom Herd. 3PM Start. 14th Feb - FREE NIGHT HERE, BOOKING NEEDED. 15th Feb - Club Snafu Aberdeen, with Thee Phantom Herd & Tupelo Town Assembly We have a free night on the 14th so if you know anybody that could book please pass on our details or get in touch. NEW SINGLE "What's all this about a new single that you so casually glossed over" I hear you cry. We'll brother & lovely sisters, heres the skinny. Eruption records are releasing a split single on 7" vinyl only, with us and Thee Phantom taking a side each, it reads like this. SANTA MUERTE MURDER SONGS Split 7" vinyl release on Eruption records with Thee Phantom Herd Limited Edition of 300 only. If you don't have a record player, why not? But don't worry we'll be putting a CDR of the record in the sleeves of each. OUR SIDE - No Law in Lurgan - The Bonnevilles Murderers Love Song - The Bonnevilles OTHER SIDE - Lordy - Thee Phantom Herd ***NOTE*** This is a pre-order***Official release date 12th Feb'10 £5 & £1 Postage worldwide*** YOUR ORDER WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS WE GET BACK FROM OUR SCOTTISH TOUR ON THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY Have a look at our website or come get one on tour http://www.thebonnevilles.net/ GASOLINE RECORDS COMPILATIONS A while ago a nice man from Gasoline Records in El Segundo, California got in touch with us about contributing a couple of tracks to some killer compilations he was putting together. Thrilled to bits, we agreed and just a week or so ago we received a lovely box of CDs from the USA with copies of the comps. Entitled "The Sounds of Gasoline" each volume contains some killer stuff. Rock n Roll, Blues, even alt country and of course yours truly. If you fancy something that you'll be hard pressed to find in HMV I reckon you should try these. They're full of rock solid musical bombs and with 21 tracks for £9.99 plus £1 postage worldwide its got to be worth a punt. Go to our website and check them out http://www.thebonnevilles.net/ BANDWIDTH FILMS The very, very talented folks at Bandwidth have asked to film us for their In-Stores series, where they film bands in unusual places and stripped way down, in our case its looking like in a butchers shop in Belfast. This looks like its going to be happening on Thursday the 28th of Jan, next Thursday before our gig in Aunt Annies. If you want to come down and have a nosey and maybe even get your facog on celluloid, we'll give you location as soon as we know it, it would be great to see a few faces. we're going to be playing another brand new song called "Hell". Finally we got ourselves a new Tee shirt, available on pre-order, we're only picking these up in Scotland on the 11th of Feb so if you want to buy one we'll post it immediately when we return home. They've got the very very cool design by Ben Lyons featuring the The Bonnevilles mascot Blackbeards Jolly Roger. It will make you look cooler than you do already. They are heavyweight Fruit of the Loom tees and available in any colour you want as long as its black, £11 & £1 postage. Check them out on our website. http://www.thebonnevilles.net Thats all she wrote friends, hopefully we'll see you at a gig soon. Take care of yourselves and each other, this cruel cruel world is better because your in it. Andy & Chris The Bonnevilles Category: Tour News -- posted at: 7:51 AM Comments[0] |
Fri, 22 January 2010  Ian Siegal heads out on a bunch of dates around the UK in March with a two date visit to France to do a gig with Orchestre National du Jazz and a support slot with Eric Bibb.24/02/10 London, The Blues Kitchen - Solo 11/03/10 Beauvais, Theatre Du Beauvaisis (Zinc Festival) - Band 12/03/10 Manchester, Academy 3 - Band 13/03/10 Newcastle-on-Tyne, The Cluny - Band/evening 14/03/10 Newcastle-on-tyne, The Cluny - Band/matinee 15/03/10 Bristol, The Tunnels - Band 16/03/10 Swansea, Milkwood Jam - Band 17/03/10 Cheltenham, Vonnies Blues @ Charlton Kings - Band 18/03/10 London, 100 Club - Band 19/03/10 Quimper, Orchestre National du Jazz Broadway in Satin 20/03/10 Abbeville, Les Nuits De Blues - solo, w/Eric Bibb 25/03/10 Derby, The Flowerpot - Band 26/03/10 Lincoln, Terry O'Tool Theatre North Hykenham - Band 27/03/10 St.Albans, Maltings Arts Centre - Band 28/03/10 Sheffield, The Boardwalk - Band 29/03/10 Wolverhampton, Robin 2, Bilston - Band 30/03/10 Bournemouth, Champions - Band 08/05/10 Ripley, Ripley Blues Club - solo Category: Tour News -- posted at: 5:08 AM Comments[0] |
Thu, 21 January 2010  The following came in from Mark Easton in Australia this morning. hi blues dogs fistly, i appreciate the support you guys give my music! secondly, if youve ever seen my shows im always happy to get people up for a blow, ive had people like TJ play guitar (he'll be playing with me this sunday at tilba), lilly white play harmonica, ugly graham play harmonica, phil rado play bongos, blue dogs play harmonica, rory cotter play djembe, james southwell play guitar, canadian cath ford do vocals, hugo from the sydney blues society play harmonica etc etc, so if you know what your doing just come and have a bit of fun! i travel around oz on my own and it gets pretty lonely sometimes, i always love jamming with people so dont be a stranger! ok down to business im on tour promoting my new DVD live at the sydney blues festival, recorded at the fitzroy hotel october 2009. 11 foot stomping songs with 2 previously unreleased tracks, Hoochie Coochie Man and Black Betty. The DVD is available on the Plastic Donut label and distributed by Only Blues Music. heres a promo clip of the dvd on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch? You can also here tracks from the DVD on Marks MySpace, see link at top of piece. in the last year Marks latest CD Money is the Root of all Evil reached number 4 on the blues charts in the USA, number 1 on the blues charts in Australia and nominated in 2 categories at the Australian Blues Music Awards - Best New Talent and Best Album "Bandwagon" and also nominated in 3 categories at the Blues Star Awards - Best Australasian Blues Band, Best New Talent and Best Album "Bandwagon". ive had a bugger of a start to the year firstly i tried to kick my drum off stage on NYE and it just wouldnt fall off, so i stood up and gave it an almighty boot and missed the skin and copped my toe on the rim! it frickin killed, black and blue, had to go to hospital and get the nail drilled! on sudnay i kicked it off stage and it rolled along the floor and went down a stairwell and busted my kick pedal today i went for a surf at newcastle and got hammered by a huge wave, which drove me down so hard my board slipped out of my hands and forced the board up with the fin just grazing my forhead, any closer and i could have lost an eye! hopefully i will live long enough to finish the tour! heres the gig dates! (more dates to be added) 22 Jan 2010 8:30 P NORTH NOWRA TAVERN NOWRA, New South Wales 24 Jan 2010 5:30 P DROMADERY HOTEL CENTRAL TILBA, New South Wales (with tony jaggers) 26 Jan 2010 8:00 P MBAS ROYAL STANDARD HOTEL MELBOURNE, Victoria 28 Jan 2010 9:00 P ROYAL OAK HOTEL LAUNCESTON, Tasmania 29 Jan 2010 7:00 P ILUKA TAVERN COLES BAY, Tasmania 31 Jan 2010 3:30 P LONGLEY INTERNATIONAL HOTEL LONGLEY, Tasmania 4 Feb 2010 7:30 P BRIDGE HOTEL BALLARAT, Victoria 6 Feb 2010 9:30 P GREAT OCEAN HOTEL APOLLO BAY, Victoria 11 Feb 2010 7:00 P GILBERT ST HOTEL ADELAIDE, South Australia 12 Feb 2010 9:00 P WAIKERIE HOTEL WAIKERIE, South Australia 13 Feb 2010 8:30 P SANDBAR MILDURA, New South Wales (with teka maybe) 14 Feb 2010 3:00 P WELLINGTON HOTEL WELLINGTON, South Australia 18 Feb 2010 8:00 P WICKHAM PARK HOTEL NEWCASTLE, New South Wales 19 Feb 2010 8:00 P GALONG HOTEL GALONG, New South Wales 20 Feb 2010 1:00 P GALONG HOTEL GALONG, New South Wales 21 Feb 2010 1:00 P TOWRADGI BEACH HOTEL WOLLONGONG, New South Wales (with Anni Piper) 27 Feb 2010 1:00 P ROYAL MAIL HOTEL GOODNA, Queensland 13 Mar 2010 8:00 P KERIKERI BAY OF ISLANDS NZ 21 Mar 2010 4:00 P THE JOYNT BRISBANE, Queensland 5 Apr 2010 4:00 P LENNOX POINT HOTEL LENNOX HEADS, New South Wales 9 Apr 2010 7:00 P AUSTRALIAN HOTEL BALLINA, New South Wales 10 Apr 2010 1:00 P ROYAL MAIL HOTEL GOODNA, Queensland 17 Apr 2010 5:30 P PALMWOODS HOTEL PALMWOODS, Queensland 23 Apr 2010 8:00 P VILLA NOOSA NOOSA, Queensland (with 8 ball aitkin) 8 May 2010 5:00 P CAIRNS BLUES FESTIVAL CAIRNS, Queensland 20 May 2010 8:30 P STRAND HOTEL YEPPOON, Queensland 23 May 2010 1:00 P BUCCA MOTEL BUCCA, Queensland 29 May 2010 4:00 P BLUES ON BROADBEACH BROADBEACH, Queensland 30 May 2010 1:00 P BLUES ON BROADBEACH BROADBEACH, Queensland http://www.markeaston.com.au Category: Tour News -- posted at: 8:56 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 11 January 2010  The venue's for the premiere of the new Julien Temple film, Oil City Confidential have been announced. The event takes place in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Tuesday 2 February and starts at 7:45pm with the film being shown first and then followed by a live set by Wilko Johnson and his band with special guest Alison Moyet beamed live by satelite from Koko in London. Oil City Confidential is the last film in Julien Temple's trilogy on British music of the 1970s. It is a prequel to his landmark films about punk figureheads the Sex Pistols in The Filth & The Fury and Joe Strummer in The Future Is Unwritten. Rather than being standard 'rockumentaries', Julien uses the music as a prism through which he examines the social and cultural conditions of the times. The films share his characteristic cinematic language - an irreverent and anarchic style of montage of archive and fictive footage, which he pioneered in The Great Rock & Roll Swindle. The Sex Pistols' and Joe Strummer's roles are well known, but Dr Feelgood, who are the subject of Oil City Confidential, played a vital role in creating those conditions for that cultural explosion and is a story that is as yet untold. Oil City Confidential is a film noir feature length documentary and about Dr Feelgood; it's the story of four men in cheap suits who crashed out of Canvey Island in the early '70s, sandpapered the face of rock’n’roll and left all that came before a burnt-out ruin, four estuarine John-the-Baptists to Johnny Rotten’s anti-Christ. Cannibalising the visual flotsam and jetsam of our society, welding into an emotionally engaging and humorous whole, Oil City Confidential sets out to explore this unique time, place and social landscape - all of which was responsible for shaping the identity of the band and which, more than any other, defined the strange cultural vacuum which existed before the coming of punk rock. Ireland Castlebar - Mayo Movie World Dublin - Vue Dublin Dundrum - Movies@Dundrum Dungarvan - SGC Dungarvan Swords - Movies@Swords UK Aberystwth - Aberystwth Arts Centre Birmingham - Vue Birmingham Bristol - Vue Bristol Cribbs Causeway Camberley - Vue Camberley Cambridge - Vue Cambridge Canvey Island - Starr Cinema, Canvey Island Chelmsford - Odeon Chelmsford Edinburgh - Vue Edinburgh Omni Ellesmere Port - Vue Cheshire Oaks Glasgow - Glasgow Film Theatre Hull - Vue Hull Lancaster - Dukes, Lancaster Leeds - Vue Leeds Light London - Odeon Covent Garden London - Vue Islington London - Vue Shepherd's Bush London - Vue West End Manchester - Odeon Manchester Northampton - Vue Northampton Norwich - Vue Norwich Plymouth - Vue Plymouth Portsmouth - Vue Portsmouth Romford - Vue Romford Southend-On-Sea - Odeon Southend Swansea - Vue Swansea Thurrock - Vue Thurrock York - Vue York Category: News -- posted at: 3:36 PM Comments[0] |
Sun, 3 January 2010  Innovative Australian guitarist Jeff Lang, respected and admired by the
likes of Richard Thompson, and John Butler, on UK tour to
promote acclaimed 16th album ‘Half Seas Over’. The album was originally released in Australia in 2008. No doubt tracks from his 2009 album release 'Chimeradour' will also feature. A virtuoso guitarist with an achingly sweet voice and hypnotic performance style, Jeff Lang has carved out a unique niche for his compelling and continually evolving music transcending the boundaries of traditional folk, blues, country and other roots music. Over the past decade, Lang has built an international reputation and a loyal fan base with constant touring in the US, Europe and Australia. He is a favourite on the festival circuit and has enjoyed national airplay, rave reviews, multiple ARIA nominations and the respect of his peers around the world. He has toured with Bob Dylan, Ani Di Franco, Dr John, Loudon Wainwright III and countless others. Tour dates Sun 31/01 The Wave, Irish Street, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8AD Tel: 012392 472700 Tickets £12.50 -- From 8.00 p.m. Tue 02/02 Black Horse, High Street, Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9NL Thurs 04/02 Arts Centre, St. Benedicts Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4PG Fri 05/02 The Watersplash, Five Mile Road, St Ouen, Jersey, Channel
Islands, JE3 7FN Sat 06/02 The Bridge Inn, Bridge Hill, Topsham, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0QQ Sun 07/02 The Boardwalk, 39/41 Snig Hill, City Centre, Sheffield, S3 8NA Mon 08/02 The Ravenswood, Horsted Lane, Sharpthorne, West Sussex, RH19 4HY Tue 09/02 The Sea View Labour Club, Dock View Rd, Barry,
Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, CF63 3QQ Wed 10/02 Mr Kyps, 8 Parr Street, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0JY Thur 11/02 Battle Folk Club, Crowhurst Park, Telham
Lane, Battle, TN33 0SL Sun 14/02The Half Moon, Lower Richmond Road,
Putney, London, SW15 1EU Mon 15/02 Blue Front Blues Room, The Miners Arms, Whitecroft, GL15 4PE Tue 16/02 The Cluny, 34-36 Lime
St, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 2PQ Fri 19/02 Hunton Village Hall, West St, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0RR Category: Tour News -- posted at: 9:42 AM Comments[1] |
Thu, 10 December 2009 
You can see The Shawn Kellerman Band live without leaving your house on Thursday. We will be doing a live webcast from Rascal's in Moline, IL for the Mississippi Valley Blues Society from 6-9pm Central time. Which is midnight UK time. Just go to www.shawnkellerman.com and the live feed window will pop up on the homepage. There is also an event page at Facebook. Category: Vidcast -- posted at: 7:49 AM Comments[0] |
Wed, 9 December 2009  The Blues Foundation will present the Blues Music Awards at the Cook
Convention Center in Memphis, TN on May 6, 2010. Performers, industry
representatives and fans from around the globe will have the chance to
celebrate the best in Blues recording and performance from 2009. Among
those heading the list of honorees for the 31st Blues Music Awards is
Joe Louis Walker, who garnered five nominations, including Album of the
Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for
"I'm Tide" from his recent release Between a Rock and the Blues. Rick
Estrin, Tommy Castro, Louisiana Red and Duke Robillard, each received
four nominations. UK interest with Joanne Shaw Taylor nominated with the album CD White Sugar in the Best New Artist Category and Gary Moore in the Historical category for the recent Essential Montreux set. "Many nominators noted that narrowing each category to five was an especially difficult task this year, but I think the nominees are very reflective of the past year's releases. In this holiday season, I like to think of this as a present blues fans can open immediately," Jay Sieleman, The Blues Foundation’s Executive Director said. "I would hope Blues fans will add the nominated releases and tickets to their shopping lists!" Almost every nominee will be attendance and perform so it's safe to say it will be one of the best shows of the year; where else do you get the chance to see a lineup including the best of the best in blues all in one evening? The 30th Blues Music Awards were widely hailed as the best ever so order now to get the best seats for the show. Members get seating preference and are the only fans who vote to decide which nominees will actually take home the Blues Music Award. The complete list of nominees can be found by clicking the Blues Music Award icon above.Online voting is now open for members. Voting, ticket and host hotel information can also be accessed on the Blues Music Award pages. The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. The presenting sponsor will once again be The Gibson Foundation. 2010 BMA sponsors include ArtsMemphis, BMI, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and the Tennessee Arts Commission. The Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Charter Members' Dinner will be held the night before the Awards, May 5. Honorees will be announced in mid-February.
2010 Blues Music Awards
Acoustic Album Presenting Sponsor: The Gibson Foundation NOMINEES David Maxwell & Louisiana Red - You Got to Move Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy - Good Time Music for Hard Times Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women - Havin' The Last Word Samuel James - For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen Various Artists - Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the music of the Mississippi Sheiks Acoustic Artist Annie Raines & Paul Rishell Doug MacLeod Guy Davis Louisiana Red Samuel James Album Duke Robillard's Jumpin’ Blues Revue Stomp! the Blues Tonight Eddie C. Campbell Tear This World Up Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History B.B. King Entertainer Candye Kane Magic Slim Rick Estrin Super Chikan Taj Mahal Tommy Castro Band Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue Nick Moss & the Flip Tops Rick Estrin and the Nightcats The Mannish Boys Tommy Castro Band Best New Artist Debut Greg Nagy Walk - That Fine Thin Line Joanne Shaw Taylor - White Sugar Marquise Knox - Man Child Monkey Junk - Tiger in your Tank The California Honeydrops - Soul Tub! Contemporary Blues Album Candye Kane - Superhero Joe Louis Walker - Between a Rock and the Blues Rick Estrin and the Nightcats - Twisted Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters - Living in the Light Tommy Castro - Hard Believer Contemporary Blues Female Artist Bettye LaVette Candye Kane Janiva Magness Ruthie Foster Shemekia Copeland Contemporary Blues Male Artist Derek Trucks Joe Louis Walker John Nemeth Michael Burks Tommy Castro DVD Delmark Records - It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends Eagle Eye Media - Live at Montreux 1993 (B.B. King) Jo Films& Roadside Productions - Hot Flash - The Documentary (Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women) Mojo Rodeo Records - A Night in Woodstock (Paul Rishell & Annie Raines) Vincent Productions - Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1 (George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw) Historical Bear Family Records Taking Care of Business (1956-1973) (Freddie King) Chess Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters) Eagle Records Essential Montreux (Gary Moore) Hip-O Select The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (Little Walter) Landslide Records Sean's Blues (Sean Costello) Instrumentalist-Bass Bill Stuve Bob Stroger Larry Taylor Mookie Brill Patrick Rynn Instrumentalist-Drums Cedric Burnside Jimi Bott Kenny Smith Sam Carr Tony Braunagel Instrumentalist-Guitar Derek Trucks Duke Robillard Joe Louis Walker Lurrie Bell Ronnie Earl Instrumentalist-Harmonica Billy Branch Jason Ricci Kim Wilson Mark Hummel Rick Estrin Instrumentalist-Horn Al Basile Big James Montgomery Deanna Bogart Eddie Shaw Keith Crossan Instrumentalist-Other Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion) Gerry Hundt (mandolin) Johnny Sansone (accordion) Otis Taylor (banjo) Rich Del Grosso (mandolin) Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Bruce Katz David Maxwell Eden Brent Henry Butler Henry Gray Rock Blues Album Derek Trucks Band - Already Free Jason Ricci & New Blood - Done with the Devil Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat - Tijuana Bible Mike Zito - Pearl River Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil Song Cyril Neville & Mike Zito - “Pearl River” (Pearl River--Mike Zito) James “Super Chikan” Johnson - “Fred's Dollar Store” (Chikadelic--Super Chikan) Joe Louis Walker - “I'm Tide” (Between a Rock and the Blues--Joe Louis Walker) John Hahn & Oliver Wood - “Never Going Back to Memphis” (Never Going Back--Shemekia Copeland) Vyasa Dodson - “At Least I'm Not With You” (At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs) Soul Blues Album Charles Wilson - Troubled Child Darrell Nulisch - Just for You Johnny Rawls - Ace of Spades Latimore - All About the Rhythm and the Blues Mighty Sam McClain - Betcha Didn't Know Soul Blues Female Artist Barbara Carr Denise LaSalle Irma Thomas Shirley Brown Sista Monica Parker Soul Blues Male Artist Curtis Salgado Darrell Nulisch Jackie Payne Johnny Rawls Latimore Traditional Blues Album John Primer - All Original Johnnie Bassett - The Gentleman is Back Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - Back to the Black Bayou Super Chikan - Chikadelic Various Artists - Chicago Blues A Living History Traditional Blues Female Artist Ann Rabson Debbie Davies Fiona Boyes Shirley Johnson Zora Young Traditional Blues Male Artist Duke Robillard John Primer Johnnie Bassett Louisiana Red Super Chikan Category: News -- posted at: 2:16 PM Comments[2] |
Thu, 19 November 2009  JT Lauritsen and the Buckshot Hunters - The Bug from Live (Hunter Records)JT Lauritsen and the Buckshot Hunters - I Just Love You Like I Said from Live (Hunter Records) Crank Bros - Good Thing Goin from Black Midnights, Stars and Streetlights (Sonet) Alex Wilson - Come Back Baby from Tell Me Why (Rathskeller Records) Alex Wilson - The Moon Is Shinin from Tell Me Why (Rathskeller Records) Karl Morgan - Your Good Man from Talkin with the Hands (Pied Piper Records) Karl Morgan - Sweetness from Talkin With The hands (Pied Piper Records) Grana Louise - People Act Funny Pistol 44 - Call My Name (Self Release) Pistol 44 - Keep Rockin (Self Release) Heavy Trash - Isolation from Midnight Soul Isolation (Big Legal Mess Records) Jeff Jensen Band - Living In Los Angeles from I'm Coming Home (Swing Suit Records) Jeff Jensen Band - She's Evil from I'm Coming Home (Swing Suit Records) Cedars - The Colour (Self Release) Fraser Tilley Trio - A Love To Last from EP1 (Self Release) Danny Giles - I WOn't Let Love (Self Release) Melting Pot - Be My Baby (Self Release) Melting Pot - Hard To Be Me (Self Release) Crank Bros - Black Midnights, Stars and Streetlights from Black Midnights, Stars and Streetlights (Sonet) Comments[1] |
Fri, 13 November 2009  ******UPDATE******VENUE CHANGE******UPDATE****** Vonn Jazz Lounge 245 East Campus View Blvd. , Columbus , Ohio 43235 614-431-JAZZ Due to the immediate and unannounced closure of Whiskey Dick’s, this year’s event has been moved to the Vonn Jazz Lounge thanks to owner Yavonne Sarber and the bands she already had scheduled for the weekend. Thanks so much to all of them for helping us keep our event. We are nearly sold out of VIP seated tickets so act fast to secure a reserved seat for this event. ******UPDATE******VENUE CHANGE******UPDATE****** The third annual Sean Carney’s Blues For A Cure (“BFAC”) 2009 kicks off at Whiskey Dick's in Columbus, Ohio at 7pm, Friday, December 11 and continues at 1:30 pm, Saturday, December 12. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research at OSUCCC - James and The American Cancer Society Ohio Division. The Blues Foundation’s Joe Whitmer, producer of the International Blues Challenge and the Blues Music Awards, will join us as Guest Master Of Ceremonies for BFAC 2009. Featured will be an unprecedented line-up of IBC and Best Guitarist Award winners and legendary international Blues stars. General admission tickets for Friday only are $25 donation. Saturday general Admission is $50 and VIP Seating is $100 donation. Tickets are available online at www.bluesforacure.org, by emailing Mike Berichon at bear@bearinthechair.com or calling 614-361-0015. Friday night will feature the rockin’ Blues sounds of Central Ohio guitarist Gus Lambros & Electric Mud. Returning after a great showing at Summertime Blues For A Cure is 2006 Guitar Center “King of the Blues” champion Matt O’Ree and the Matt O’Ree Band. Delta Groove recording star and cancer survivor Candye Kane was a natural for BFAC and will be joined by her outstanding guitarist Laura Chavez. Category 5 Amplification endorsee and Telarc recording artists Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers will close out Friday night. Saturday’s headliner is legendary Detroit guitarist/vocalist and Sly Dog recording star Johnnie Bassett & The Blues Insurgents. Born in Florida in 1935, Johnnie began playing professionally in the early ‘50’s with Joe Weaver and has performed with artists such as Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, John Lee Hooker, Alberta Adams, Little Willie John, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jimi Hendrix and Tina Turner. Featured on Saturday will be event host and Columbus ’ very own Sean Carney Band, who have become an international Blues sensation after winning The 2007 IBC and Albert King Awards. Houston based guitarist Jonn Richardson, 2005 Albert King Award and IBC winner, will perform with 2006 NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipient and cancer survivor, the legendary pianist Henry Gray. Hailing from Kansas City is 2008 IBC winners Trampled Under Foot, led by 2008 Albert King Award winning guitarist Nick Schnebelen along with his brother Chris and sister Danielle. Cincinnati based Ricky Nye Inc. will be joined by 2009 IBC and Best Guitarist winner JP Soars. Sixteen-year-old blues guitarist and IBC Youth Showcase standout Micah Kesselring will perform solo. Central Ohio based Don Norman Blues Band will back up Chicago harp Bluesman Omar Coleman. We have an exciting number of auction items featuring a BB King autographed guitar that was signed at his recent concert in Columbus , OH on October 7. Our many thanks to auctioneers Mike Albert and Kevin Burchett. BB King Autographed Guitar On the evening of Monday, December 14, 6pm – 9pm, The Jazz Academy and Blues For A Cure will team up to present a Blues Guitar Master Class with Jimmy Thackery at The Jazz Academy located in the historic Lincoln Theatre. Registration for the guitar class is $100 and $50 for “observer only” fee. Sean Carney’s Blues For A Cure was created in 2007 to honor those afflicted with cancer, fund cancer research and survivor programs and perpetuate an American art form, Blues music. And remember if you can't get to the gig you can always buy the Studio Jam CD from the Blues for A Cure website, well worth the $15 donation. Last years event raised $10,000 over one day so it looks like more should be raised from this worthwhile cause. Contacts: Mike Berichon 614-361-0015 bear@bearinthechair.com Mark Puskarich 614-620-6786 mark@achristmastocurecancer.org Steve Mack 614-256-6728 smackoh@yahoo.com Category: News -- posted at: 9:47 AM Comments[0] |
