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Around
town:
Don't
miss the first appearance by
former Mighty Flyers guitarist Rick
Holmstrom, with his new
band, at the Rhythm
Room on Saturday, September
14th. Rick's been a favorite of
the Phoenix Blues Society
members dating back to his work
earlier this decade with
legendary harmonica player
Johnny Dyer.
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Kelly Joe Phelps
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The
Rhythm
Room and E-Tickets are
presenting a special show on
Wednesday, September 18th with
acoustic guitar master Kelly
Joe Phelps, touring in
support of his latest album, Sky
Like a Broken Clock. Our
own Hans
Olson opens the show.
Advance tickets for $17 are
available at all Ticketmaster
outlets (480-784-4444).
Phelps
will then appear the next
evening, September 19th, in
Tucson at Cushing Street Bar
& Restaurant. Call
520-297-9133 for more info. |
PBS
Upcoming Events:
Sunday,
November 11 & 18
Arizona
Blues Showdown,
at the Rhythm Room, open to
all bands and solo acts in
Arizona. Check our Events
page to download the rules,
application and stage plot.
Sunday,
February 23
Blues
Blast 2003,
11 am - 6 pm, at the Mesa
Amphitheatre. Details to be
announced later this year.
Phoenix
area blues clubs:
Char's
Has the Blues
4631 N. 7th Ave.
602-230-0205
Fever
Blues
2031 W. Peoria
602-331-8033
Monroe's
3 W. Monroe St.
602-258-1046
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
Other
blues news:
The
Rocket 88s, who will be
hosting the big harmonica
showcase at the Rhythm Room on
Thursday, September 19th, have
again been invited to appear at
the prestigious Long
Beach Harmonica Festival.
This annual event, being held
at the Golden Sail in Long
Beach, California on November
27th, will also feature
acclaimed harp blowers Rod
Piazza, James Harman, Juke
Logan, Robert Lucas, and more.
Honeyboy
Dupree and the Smokehouse
Players,
last year's winner of the Arizona
Blues Showdown, will be
part of the West Coast
Blues Cruise, sailing
out of Long Beach on Friday,
May 16th, 2003. It's a three
night cruise to Ensenada,
Mexico. Send e-mail to croozty@pacbell.net
for more info; tell 'em The
Smokehouse Players sent you.
Blind
Pig Records
has a special deal for blues
fans. To celebrate its 25th
anniversary, they're offering
their entire catalog in a
"5 for 50" sale ...
lots of great blues CDs
available at $10 each, with
free shipping. Check www.blindpigrecords.com/5for50/
for more info. My own
personal favorites from the
Blind Pig catalog include CDs
from Chris Cain, Otis Clay, the
Gospel Hummingbirds, Bob
Margolin, and Snooky Pryor.
Former
Valley blues musician and
bassist for Cold Shott &
the Hurricane Horns, the late Ted
Kowal, was profiled in last
Sunday's Arizona Republic
in the "A Life
Remembered" column. The
article can be found online.
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| Rumor
has it that there's a new blues
venue in town. Fat Cat's
is located on Van Buren St., at
Grand Ave., in Phoenix, and will
be doing blues on Thursday
nights. More details will posted
when available.
J.D.
Simo
recently finished traveling
9,000 miles, promoting his new
CD, One Night Stand (Blue
Star Records), and will be back
on the road soon. One of the
highlights of the Midwest Tour
was performing at Milwaukee's Summerfest,
before Buddy Guy. Another thrill
for J.D. was visiting his old
friend Kevin and his wife Julie
at their new CDGB's location in
Mason City, Iowa.
J.D.
will be featured at a CD release
party for One Night Stand,
presented by Nobody In
Particular Presents, at The Bash
On Ash in Tempe, Saturday,
September 28th. Special guests
will include Hans Olson, Tres
Ikner, and some surprises.
Tickets are $10.00, available in
advance at Ticketmaster
(480-784-4444) or at The Bash On
Ash box office.
This
is an ALL AGES SHOW, Liquor with
ID.
Monroe's
will be hosting Lil' Debbie
& Blue Plate Special's
release of their debut CD, What's
So Special? on Friday,
September 13th at 8:30 pm. Come
out and join the fun and witness
a whole lot of blues coming out
of such a little lady!
No
meeting this month:
The
Phoenix Blues Society monthly
membership meetings are normally
held on the second Wednesday of
each month. This month's meeting
would have fallen on September
11th. We debated whether to have
a meeting that evening or leave
the date open in order to allow
our members to choose how to
commemorate the tragic events
that happened one year ago.
The
argument could be made that we
never want to let the terrorists
change our lives, that we should
go on as before. But there will
be time for that in future
years. For the first anniversary
of this tragedy, we believe that
September 11th should be a day
to remember what happened one
year ago.
We'll
be back in October on our
regularly scheduled day, October
9th. The location will be
announced. Thanks for
understanding.
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