Some Establishments that Support Blues
Are you a blues band looking for a place to play? Or are you just visiting and want to find some local clubs of interest? Below is a listing of clubs that play BLUES music (although not exclusively).
Please leave a comment to tell us of some we have missed (we hope there are more).
Posted by bluesy on 08/07 at 12:06 AM
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Tapestery Interview
From the WBHM site:
Blues music is as native to the south as barbecue and grits. But many of the blues legends are getting up in age and some folks are beginning to worry the tradition will suffer. Not if the Magic City Blues Society has any say in it. The society started nearly 15 years ago in hopes of preserving this Blues. This weekend, fans will converge on Sloss Furnaces for Blues Fest 2007. WBHM’s Tanya Ott invited Magic City Blues Society president Paul Walters and musician Leonard Watkins to get us in the mood.
You can hear the inteview and read more at WBHM
Posted by bluesy on 08/31 at 08:25 AM
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Friday August 31, 2007
Homemade Jam - Chip’s - Winder, GA
Michael Burks - Rum Boogie Café - Memphis, TN
Posted by bluesy on 08/26 at 11:35 PM
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Wednesday August 29, 2007
Glen & Libba - Satterfields
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Thursday August 30, 2007
Rickie Castrillo - Marty’s Bar
Elnora Spencer - Ivory’s - Wynfrey Hotel
Liz Melendez - Capitol Oyster Bar - Montgomery, AL
Tinsley Ellis - Twilight Concert Series - Kingsport, TN
Microwave Dave - The Nook - Huntsville, AL
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Tuesday August 28, 2007
Microwave Dave -Humphrey’s -Huntsville, AL
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Family Membership
Family memberships are available for $35.00.
Join the Blues Society:
When we receive your order we will contact you to find out the names of your family members.
Or you can give them to us in the memo field of the PayPal cart.
Family Membership
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Posted by bluesy on 08/18 at 08:43 PM
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Magic City Blues Fest Lineup
The next few entries give some information about the performers at the Magic City Blues Fest.
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Posted by bluesy on 08/16 at 02:14 PM
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Bob Margolin
Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin is a Blues guitar player and vocalist, a recording artist who tours worldwide both leading his own band and The Bob Margolin All-Star Blues Jam. He has won many awards including a W.C. Handy Award in 2005 for Guitar. Bob played guitar in Muddy Waters’ Band from 1973-’80. He can be seen with Muddy Waters and The Band in The Last Waltz, the classic music documentary.
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 07:20 PM
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Nappy Brown
Appearing as a special guest with Bob Margolin, Nappy Brown is truly a legend. The mid-1950s was an era of radical musical change. Big-voiced Blues shouters belted out their tunes backed by rocking bands of guitars, drums and horns. During these golden years, a group of performers emerged in the forefront as pioneers of this sound. Napoleon “Nappy” Brown was one of these.
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 07:18 PM
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Debbie Davies
Born in 1952 in Los Angeles, CA, Debbie Davies was exposed to the music scene at an early age through her musician parents (her father wrote arrangements for Ray Charles and made sessions with such industry heavyweights as Frank Sinatra and Pearl Bailey). She came up playing in Blues and rock ‘n’ roll bands in the San Francisco Bay Area before returning to
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 07:13 PM
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Microwave Dave and the Nukes
Microwave Dave & The Nukes garnered the 2007 Birmingham Weekly’s BAMA (Birmingham Area Music Awards) for Best Blues Artist. There is good reason, this band smokes. Eighteen-plus years of performances in the U.S and Europe and six albums—with more on the way—have helped Microwave Dave & The Nukes establish a wide multinational audience. Formed in 1989,
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 07:08 PM
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Mikey Jr.
When the oldest continuously running Blues society in the world says you’re the “real deal”, it has to mean something. When Blues forums toss your name round with the likes of harmonica masters like Little Walter and Sonny Boy...that has to mean something. Of course, there will always be skeptics; but to the Blues fans of the northeast United States, there is no doubt that at just 26 years old, Mikey Jr. is chasing the masters at a pace that’s frightening. Growing up on the tough streets of Trenton, New Jersey, Mikey Jr. is a self-taught prodigy.
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 12:34 AM
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Sharon “Shar-Baby” Newport
Shar-baby was introduced to music as a child by her father who was a Gospel singer and Aunt Rosie who dated Little Walter. When she was eleven, Sharon acquired her first guitar. When she was 15 her music teacher heard her voice and asked her to join their band Check-Mates part II.
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 12:30 AM
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Harpdog Marson
“Harpdog” Marson
Harmonica workshop for kids
Dan “HARPDOG” Marson will be doing a harmonica workshop with kids in the auditorium at Sloss from about 2:30 -4pm. Each child will receive a free harmonica to take home with them. At 4:30pm, all the participants in the workshop will hit the big stage for a short performance. So bring your child out and have Harpdog teach him/her the original alternative music…BLUES!
By day Daniel Marson , J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Neurology, Director of the division of Neuropsychology, and Interim Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. With his jam-packed schedule by daylight, Marson isn’t a prime candidate to pop up in a smoky bar at 2 a.m. This Neuropsychologist (likely the only one ever nicknamed “Harpdog") traces his fondness for the harmonica to his teenage years, when he was influenced by harmonica greats such as Little Walter and Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band.
Posted by bluesy on 08/15 at 12:28 AM
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