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membership meeting:
Our
next meeting will be held on
Wednesday, March 12th, beginning
at 7:00 pm at the
Rhythm Room. Following
the meeting will be a special
concert featuring world-renowned
singer Maria Muldaur,
beginning at 8:00 pm. There will
be a discount for any PBS member
who wishes to stay for the show.
Please note: our meeting
will start 30 minutes earlier
than normal due to the starting
time of the concert.
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Around
town:
Cold
Shott & the Hurricane Horns
featuring Small Paul
are still making it around
Arizona in celebration of their
new CD, If You Got The Blues.
The guys will be at the Apache
Gold Casino in Globe this
Sunday, February 16th from 3
until 7 p.m. They will then be
at the Rhythm Room on Friday,
February 21st, followed by
another CD release party at
Char's Has The Blues on
Saturday, February 22nd.
The
other hot shows at the Rhythm
Room during the Blues Blast
weekend include Kid Ramos
on Saturday night, February
22nd, with a special early
evening concert by James
Intveld, and the annual Blues
Blast Afterparty on Sunday,
February 23rd, with blues/soul
maestro Johnny Rawls.
Looking
ahead to a special show at the
Rhythm Room on Sunday, March 2nd
will be a Sunday Showcase
hosted by One
Class Act, and featuring
Chico Chism, Rhythm:::,
Leroy Sinclair & The
Smoking Section, Benny
Dixon, Susan L, Bernie
Bear, Sheik Daddy, Phil
Juarez, Larry Dee,
and others.
Rhythm:::
hosts a Valentine's Day party at
Warsaw Wally's on Friday,
February 14th and Saturday,
February 15th.
A
couple of local bands, Honeyboy
Dupree & the Smokehouse
Players and Thermal
Blues Express, both have
new web sites for all to check
out. Just click on the band
names to view their sites.
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Tucson
happenings:
Buzzard
Luck
will be playing on the patio
(weather permitting) at the Frog
& Firkin this Friday,
February 14th.
Lisa
Otey
and Mr.
Boogie Woogie will be
hosting a joint CD release party
on the 14th at the Rialto
Theatre (138 E. Congress),
beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets at
the door will be $15. Proceeds
will benefit the restoration of
the historic Rialto. Lisa and
Mr. B-W will also hit Phoenix on
Friday, February 21st for an
early evening appearance at the
Rhythm Room as part of the Blues
Blast weekend events.
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Phoenix
area blues clubs:
Blues
Alley
1028 E. Indian School Rd.
602-277-7729
Brass
Rail
3738
E. Thomas
602-258-6900
Char's
Has the Blues
4631 N. 7th Ave.
602-230-0205
Fat
Cats
915 W. Grand Ave.
602-252-0988
Malone's
15220 N. Cave Creek Rd.
Monroe's
3 W. Monroe St.
602-258-1046
Pat
Murphy's
32nd St. & Thomas
602-522-0669
Robin's
Nest
706 W. Southern Ave., Mesa
480-668-7867
Rhythm
Room
1019 E. Indian School Rd.
602-265-4842
Sugar
Daddy's
3102 N. Scottsdale Rd.
480-970-6556
Warsaw
Wally's
2547 E. Indian School
602-955-0881
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How
to win free tickets to Blues
Blast:
Be
sure to stop by Virgin
Megastore at the Arizona
Mills Mall next week to enter a
contest to win tickets for Blues
Blast 2003. All
card-carrying members are
eligible for a discount on their
purchases at Virgin Megastore.
Listen
to the 501 Blues
on KSLX (100.7 FM) each weekday
at 5:01 p.m., as their daily
dose of blues will be sponsored
by the Phoenix Blues Society.
Ticket giveaways will take place
throughout the week.
KJZZ
(91.5 FM) will be giving away
tickets to Blues Blast 2003
during their regular programming
and on Those Lowdown Blues
on Sunday evening.
Look
for the Free Stuff
contest entry on the New
Times web
site.
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PBS
Upcoming Events:
Sunday,
February 23
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Tommy
Castro
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Blues
Blast 2003,
11 am - 6 pm, at the Mesa
Amphitheatre. Headlining the
show will be The Holmes
Brothers. Also appearing
will be San Francisco-based act
Tommy
Castro Band. Other acts
on the bill are soulful singer Trudy
Lynn, dynamic blues
guitarist/singer Roy Gaines
& the Rhythm Room All-Stars
with special guest Mr.
Boogie Woogie, Bad
News Blues Band, Midnite
Blues, and Paris
James.
Tickets
for Blues Blast 2003 are
now on sale. Specially priced
tickets for PBS members and
their friends are available
directly from the Phoenix Blues
Society for $13 each; you may
purchase these special advance
tickets at the upcoming
membership meeting. That's a
discount from the regular
advance price of $15, and all
service charges are waived. Buy
as many as you like.
If
you'd like to order the special
$13 tickets by mail, just send
a check or money order to the
Phoenix Blues Society, P.O. Box
36874, Phoenix, AZ. Please
include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your
order. Mail orders received
after February 17th will be
held at Will Call.
If
not purchased directly through
the Phoenix Blues Society,
advance tickets are available
from the Mesa Amphitheatre box
office (480-644-2560) and all Ticketmaster
outlets.
For
more info, check the Blues
Blast site.
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Blues
Blast
artist profiles:
Those
who know and love
gospel-drenched soul music know
and love The Holmes Brothers.
Originally from Virginia but
based in New York City for
almost 40 years, Sherman Holmes,
Wendell Holmes and Willie
“Popsy” Dixon create some of
the most spiritually uplifting
and down-right funky music
today.
The
Holmes Brothers effortlessly mix
together soul, blues, gospel,
R&B and country sounds.
Their breathtaking harmonies
resonate with a passion and
conviction matched only by their
superior musicianship. They’ve
played with Peter Gabriel, Van
Morrison, and Joan Osborne, and
have gigged worldwide. Their
label debut on Alligator Records
— the inspirational, stirring
and totally contemporary Speaking
in Tongues (AL 4877) —
amazes and delights everybody
who hears it.
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
said it best in describing their
music: “The Holmes Brothers
suggest holiness but breathe
late-night juke joint air.”
We
are pleased to be able to bring
the Holmes Brothers to Arizona
for Blues Blast 2003.
 Born
and raised in Houston's
music-rich Fifth Ward, vocalist Trudy
Lynn began singing in an era
when the neighborhood's blues
and early R&B culture was
first turning on to a new sound
known simply as soul. As a
younger female working with
established hometown favorites
such as guitarists Albert
Collins and Clarence Green,
Trudy learned how to fuse
classic blues elements with the
music of the moment.
As she's evolved – as both
singer and songwriter – it's
been the fundamental philosophy
behind her distinctive,
multi-faceted style. "I'm
not so much a blues singer; I'm
a soul-blues singer," she
says. "Now I can do
traditional. I can do all types.
I can even do country, you know.
But my first thing is really
soul – kind of soul and blues
mixed together."
Whether
the final form is a love ballad
such as the nostalgic
"Memories Of You" or a
slick blues such as the
philosophical "No Deposit
No Return", her songs are
all Trudy, through and through.
But
as Trudy reminds us, "I'm
from Texas, so I know about
country music too." Then
she adds with a smile, "I'm
giving it all a pretty funky
flavor though." Ultimately
these genre-blending experiments
make perfect sense for a
open-minded singer whose primary
theme is the core reality of
human relationships.
It
all goes back to what she
learned starting out in Fifth
Ward, creative self-statement
can be enhanced by a grasp of
tradition and the fundamental
truths. Trudy Lynn understands.
Listen and you will too.
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tell your friends and family
about Blues Blast 2003!
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