song by Gaye Adegbalola
September 4, 2008
>>>>> Elmore James Junior this Saturday Night at the Rhythm Room! Direct from Chicago, Elmore James, Jr., the son of slide guitar legend Elmore James, makes a rare Phoenix appearance at the Rhythm Room on Saturday, September 6, 2008! Like his father, Elmore Jr. is also a masterful slide player and stirring vocalist who carries forward his dad's eloquent blues style. His most recent CD, Daddy Gave Me The Blues on JSP Records, was produced by guitarist Cadillac Zack, whose band will be backing Elmore Jr. for this date. Opening the show will be a performance by Australia's Fiona Boyes in a duet setting with Bob Corritore. All this adds up to a great blues party this Saturday at the Rhythm Room. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Doors open at 7:30pm, cover charge is $12. Rack Shack Barbeque will be available at this event. This night will be a patio smoking only event; no indoor smoking will be permitted. To see a flier for this event, click here; and to visit Elmore James, Jr.'s MySpace, complete with song samples, click here.
>>>>> Chief Schabuttie Gilliame Added to the Lineup of Bob Corritore's Birthday Bash! Chief Schabuttie Gilliame will perform at Bob Corritore's Blues Birthday Bash on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Rhythm Room. Chief joins a stellar lineup that already includes Big Pete Pearson & The Rhythm Room All-Stars (with Chris James, Patrick Rynn, Brian Fahey, & Bob Corritore), and Texas guitar great Long John Hunter. To view the flyer for this event, click here. Please also note that Friday, September 12, 2008 we will honor drummer Brian Fahey's birthday, with Big Pete Pearson & The Rhythm Room All-Stars performing at the Rhythm Room. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Doors open at 8pm both nights, cover charge is $7 both nights. Rack Shack Barbeque will be available at these events. These will be patio smoking only events; no indoor smoking will be permitted.
>>>>> Tomcat Courtney/Downsville Blues Nominated for San Diego Music Award: Congratulations to Tomcat Courtney for his nomination for Best Blues Album by the San Diego Music Awards. His 2008 CD, Downsville Blues on Blue Witch Records, has been well received around the world. To read the entire list of nominees in all the categories, click here. To see a photo page devoted to Tomcat Courtney, click here.
>>>>> Chris James & Patrick Rynn Podcast Plus Dave Myers Videos Posted on Chris and Patrick's Website: Chris James and Patrick Rynn's new CD, Stop And Think About It on Earwig Music, has been receiving a wave of national and international attention and praise. Numerous radio stations around the country are giving this CD regular rotation, and each week numerous positive reviews come in. To see some of these reviews posted on Chris and Patrick's website, click here. On that same page to the far right, you will see a number of film clips recently posted of Chris and Patrick performing with their dear friend, Dave Myers. Note that on the first clip, Chris, who is a spectacular guitar player, demonstrates that he also has great prowess on the harmonica. Also check out this recently posted article/podcast interview on A1 Artist Spotlight by clicking here. Congratulations to Chris and Patrick for the well-deserved attention received for their fine CD.
>>>>> More Photos of Dave Riley and Bob Corritore from Cognac: Here are some links to some wonderful photos just posted of Dave Riley and Bob Corritore's recent appearance at Cognac Blues Passions Festival in France. Click here and here to view the photos.
>>>>> Virus De Blues Airs Bob Corritore Radio Special: Thanks to J.P. Savouyaud of France's Virus De Blues for his recent radio show titled Bob Corritore and Friends which featured selections from Chris James and Patrick Rynn's new Earwig CD Stop And Think About It, Tomcat Courtney/Downsville Blues, Chief Schabuttie Gilliame/Snakes Crawls at Night, Big Pete Pearson/I'm Here Baby, Various Artists/House Rockin' And Blues Shoutin!: Celebrating 15 Years Of The Rhythm Room, and Bob Corritore/All-Star Blues Sessions. Bob Corritore either played on or produced all these CDs. To see the playlist, click here.
DVDs From American Folk Blues Festivals 1967, 1968, and 1969 Forthcoming! This information from Scott Dirks: A German company called Tropical Music has obtained some extremely rare footage of tours produced by Lippmann & Rau in the 1960s, which included the American Folk Blues Festival tours, as well as tours by South American artists, plus gospel, country, and folk music tours of U.S. artists. (The man who runs Tropical Music worked for Lippmann & Rau as a road manager beginning in 1964, and worked with the daughter of the late Horst Lippmann to track down and obtain permission to release this rare footage.) The great news for blues fans is that Tropical Music is releasing a series of DVDs of complete German TV programs produced during the 1967, 1968, and 1969 AFBF tours. Of course, the 1967 tour is the one that included Little Walter, and unlike the footage from Denmark that was released a few years ago which shows him only as an accompanist behind Hound Dog Taylor and Koko Taylor, the German TV program prominently features Little Walter leading the band for three songs, “My Babe”, “Mean Old World”, and an untitled harmonica instrumental. In addition to these songs, he is also featured backing Koko and Hound Dog. All of the others from the '67 AFBF tour are featured as well: Son House, Skip James, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. The company has a website devoted to the DVDs, which includes sample clips from all of them. To see these preview clips, click here. At least as interesting, if not more so, is the footage from the 1968 AFBF tour, which will also be released. As far as video is concerned, 1968 was the one 'lost year' from the AFBF tours; although at least two programs were televised (one in Germany and one in England on the BBC), no footage from the 1968 tour has ever been uncovered until now. That year's tour featured T-Bone Walker, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Big Walter Horton, Big Joe Williams, and Curtis Jones, and all are featured on the video. The company is also releasing the full TV program from the 1969 AFBF tour, which included Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, Carey Bell, Clifton Chenier, and others. A few segments of the 1969 program have been released, but this is the first time the entire program will be available on DVD. Currently these DVDs are scheduled for October release in Europe only, and only in the PAL format (i.e., not playable on standard US video equipment, which uses the NTSC format.) U.S. distribution is still being sought, and if any company is interested in distributing the U.S. versions of these historic DVDs, they should contact Tropical Music at info@tropical-music.com. For more information, check www.legends-of.com – it’s mostly in German, but it’s pretty easy to figure out, and once a U.S. distributor is secured, that info will be posted there.
>>>>> Bob Corritore
August 26, 2008
>>>>> Down Home Blues Festival at the Rhythm Room this Sunday: For those of us that love an earthy, real quality with a strong sense of tradition in our blues, the Rhythm Room's 2nd Annual Labor Day Weekend Down Home Blues Festival is cause for celebration. The event combines the talents of a number of great national recording artists in a quickly-paced rotation, showcasing the individuality of each artist. Tail Dragger will be coming from Chicago, with his larger-than-life personality, and his Howlin' Wolf-influenced vocals. Eddie Taylor, Jr. is the son of Chicago blues guitar legend Eddie Taylor, and has an uncanny way of playing and singing in his father's beautiful, understated style. Tomcat Courtney is a master of Texas country blues, and possesses a beautiful style somewhat reminiscent of Lightnin' Hopkins. Big Pete Pearson is "Arizona's King of the Blues", and his zesty, energetic vocals are always a crowd pleaser. Paris James is a student of the late Reverend Louis Overstreet, and has represented down home blues in Phoenix for decades. The Rhythm Room All-Stars feature the full-toned Chicago harmonica playing of Bob Corritore, the unstoppable deep blues groove of guitarist Chris James and bassist Patrick Rynn, and the seasoned beat of Brian Fahey. The Rhythm Room All-Stars will serve as the house band for the event. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Doors open at 7pm, cover charge is $12. This night will be a patio smoking only event; no indoor smoking will be permitted. To view the poster for this event, click here.>>>>> New Photos Added to Tail Dragger Page! Thanks to Scott Dirks and photographer Rob de Fries for contributing additional photos just added to the Tail Dragger page. Rob provided some beautiful portraits of Tail Dragger appearing earlier this year at the Botermarkt Blues Festival in the Netherlands. Scott provided a photo of the poster for the 5105 Club (a regular gig for Tail Dragger in the 90s), and an amazing vintage photo of a 5 year old Tail Dragger! To see these new photos, click here.
>>>>> Dave Riley and Bob Corritore Interviews Posted on France's Route 66 Website! David Baerst, host of the blues radio show Route 66 (on RDL Radio in Colmar, France) held separate interviews with Dave Riley and Bob Corritore right after their July 28, 2008 performance at the Cognac Blues Festival. David reports that he will also air the interview and do a radio program devoted to Bob Corritore in October and to Dave Riley in October or November (exact dates forthcoming). The Route 66 interviews have been transcribed to French, and now appear on the Route 66 website. To see Dave's interview, click here; and to see Bob's interview, click here. Thank you, David!
>>>>> Another Dave Riley & Bob Corritore Cognac Performance Posted on YouTube! Here is a clip of Dave Riley and Bob Corritore performing at the Cognac Blues Festival in France last July. This is a version of the John Weston song "I'm Not Your Junkman". To see this clip, click here. Thanks to Nico and Soazig from the band Lazy Buddies for posting it!
>>>>> Bob Corritore's Birthday Party Announced: Bob was not going to have his annual birthday bash at the Rhythm Room, because he would be in Germany performing at the Lahnstein Blues Festival on his actual birthday (September 27). But with some persuasion, he will throw his party on September 13, 2008 at the Rhythm Room with his band The Rhythm Room All-Stars performing (Big Pete Pearson, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, Brian Fahey, and Bob). A special guest appearance with Long John Hunter will take place in the middle set, which will allow Bob to get around and greet his guests. If you attend, Bob requests no presents (just a card is great), as your attendance will be the greatest gift. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Doors open at 8pm, cover charge is $7. This night will be a patio smoking only event; no indoor smoking will be permitted.
>>>>> Maxwell Street Documentary Finally Available on DVD: The movie And This Is Free: The Life And Times Of Chicago's Legendary Maxwell Street is a 1964 documentary of Chicago's open-air market that brought together a melting pot of musicians, street corner evangelists, businessmen, and hustlers in a true cultural phenomenon. The street's deep tradition of blues is prevalent throughout the movie, with performances by Johnny Young, Blind Arvella Gray, Robert Nighthawk, and Blind Jim Brewer. This spectacular "slice of life" cinematic achievement brings you right into the hectic, glorious hustle that gathered all elements of a diverse Chicago together each Sunday morning. Maxwell Street was redeveloped and moved, and will never be the same; but at least this documentary exists as a time machine to reflect of the beauty and character of the Maxwell Street Market. Also included is the film Maxwell Street: A Living Memory, as well as a CD featuring some of the great blues artists who emerged from Maxwell Street (Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, J.B. Hutto, Snooky Pryor, Johnny Williams, John Henry Barbee, Baby Face Leroy, Robert Nighthawk, and more!), and a beautiful booklet filled with classic photos. For more information on this DVD, click here. Thanks to Shanachie Records for finally making this priceless film available, and for presenting it in such a lovingly articulate package.
>>>>> Koko Taylor Band in Van Accident; Koko was not in Van and is OK. This news from Jim Themelis: Koko Taylor's band was in an accident on Saturday, August 23, 2008. The van hit an embankment and threw all passengers out of the vehicle. Vino Louden, Shun Kikuta, and Ricky Nelson were named as being in the van, and sustaining serious but non-fatal injuries. Bassist Melvin Smith (who was in Brazil on tour with Lurrie Bell) was not in the vehicle.
>>>>> Little Arthur Duncan Funeral Information Here is the information for the services for Little Arthur Duncan:
Visitation
Friday, August 29, 2008 (after 4pm)
AA Rayner & Sons Funeral Home
318 East 71st Street
Chicago, IL 60619
Tel. (773)846-6133
Funeral
Saturday, August 30, 2008 10AM-11am visitation; 11am-12pm service
Second Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church
7922 South Hoyne Ave.
Chicago, IL 60620
Tel. (773)874-4510
>>>>> Gearing Up for the Bisbee Blues Festival: Bisbee, Arizona is a historic mining town that has become an arts community in Arizona. Bisbee's annual blues festival on September 20, 2008 is a great reason to check out this beautiful landmark town. This year Big Pete Pearson and The Rhythm Room All-Stars (Big Pete Pearson, Bob Corritore, Chris James, Patrick Rynn, & Brian Fahey) bring their award winning blues sound to the festival along with Doyle Bramhall, Blue Mystics, 56 Deluxe, Hans Olson, Train Wreck, and other great acts. To find out more about this great festival click here.
>>>>> Bob CorritoreOffBeat Weekly Beat Newsletter
Keeping you up-to-date on New Orleans and Louisiana music, culture and cuisine.
August 21, 2008
Volume 6, No. 34
ON MY MIND...
Am sitting here on a beautful late summer day on Frenchmen Street. I've had three meetings cancelled today--all because of Gustav. If you haven't heard, this little boy is the latest hurricane that's threatening the Gulf Coast. A few minutes ago I checked the National Weather Service's Web site, and it looks like it's heading bullseye towards New Orleans. Of course, we're still five whole days away from the storm making landfall, but the local media is having a blast scaring the hell out of all of us...big news days for the next week! That's not to say we're not taking the threat seriously. We all remember- -and will for the rest of our lives--what happened three years ago. Hurricanes are notorious for turning at the last minute, though, so we'll all sit tight, keep an eye on the weather, stock up on batteries, water and dry goods--just in case. And if we're told to leave, well I seriously doubt that anyone in their right mind would want to stay in New Orleans, after the last time. In the meantime, just say a little prayer for us and hopefully you'll get your Weekly Beat next week. Read Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Jan Ramsey's monthly commentary "Mojo Mouth".
As always, we appreciate your reading OffBeat, and the Weekly Beat, our e-publication, and welcome your comments on what can make it better. OffBeat's "VOODOO FEST" deadline for space reservations is September 17.
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TOURS:
Carlos del Junco (CAN) Trio - multi-award winner - harmonica world-champion
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Finland Tour 13. - 19.10. / Sweden Tour 20. - 26.10.
Tour 29.10. - 09.11.2008 - EUROPE
29.10. - 02.11. Trossingen (D), Master-Class Workshops
05.11. Germany - tbc
07.11. Oupeye (B), Chateau d'Oupeye
08.11. Saint Saulve (F), MJC Espace Athena
...more dates tbc soon.
Mem Shannon (USA) & Band - New Orleans funky Blues -
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Tour 23.10. - 02.11.2008 - EUROPE
01.11. Eslöv (S), Eslöv Blues Festival
....more dates tbc soon.
Wes Mackey (USA) & Band - Swing-Blues from South Carolina
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Tour 31.10. - 16.11.2007 - EUROPE
01.11. Seclin (F), Le Croque Notes
04.11. Ensisheim (F), Caf Conc
05.11. Ensisheim (F), Caf Conc
06.11. Brussels (B), Nekkersdal
07.11. Merlebach (F), Maison des Cultures Frontieres
08.11. Hastieres (B), La Cave
09.11. La Charité-sur-Loire (F), Le Chat Musiques
12.11. Kandern (D), Chabah
15.11. Italy - tbc
16.11. Swiss - tbc
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The Holmes Brothers (USA) - multi-award winners - Blues & Soul
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Tour 17.11. - 24.11.2008 - FRANCE
20.11. Mantes la Jolie/F - Blues sur Seine
21.11. Luxembourg (Lux), Sang a Klang
22.11. Tremblay/F - Espace JR Caussimon
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Sean Carney Band (USA) - Westcoast Rhythm´n´Blues
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Tour 27.11. - 07.12.2008 - EUROPE
28.11. Frauental (A), Bluegarage
29.11. Italy - tbc
02.12. Ensisheim (F), Caf Conc
03.12. Kandern (D), Chabah
05.12. Luxembourg (Lux), Sang a Klang
06.12. Germany - tbc
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At the Black and Tan site you can find all this information plus lots of other and interesting stuff (pictures, links, opinions). The content is updated almost daily.
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T O P 1 0 0 R E A L B L U E S M A G A Z I N E
REAL BLUES MAGAZINE (Canada) regularly makes a list of the TOP 100 Blues, Soul, Gospel & Zydeco CD's All CD's on the list have been graded as 'Highly Recommended Purchases' and all selections are based solely on Artistic/Spiritual Merit. It is a Bribery-free listing so you can take-it-to-the-bank. On the latest Top 100 (August 2008) we find the following Black and Tan releases.
# 6 Billy Jones - my Hometown
# 7 Ernie Payne - Coercion Street
# 21 Boo Boo Davis - Name Of The Game
# 22 Boo Boo Davis - Drew Mississippi
# 41 Billy Jones - tha Bluez
# 96 Harrison Kennedy - Voice & Story
B O O B O O D A V I S
http://www.booboodavis.com
http://www.myspace.com/booboodavis
More great feedback on the new record
- Esa Kuloniemi / national radio (Finland): Great production, good songs, good sounds!
- Hans Theessink: Fantastische sound - lekker rauw en de bas ontbreekt geen sekonde
- Nate / The Blues Room (New Zealand): rich, raw and real!! My feature album this week
- Bjorn Wiksaas / Radio UNG (Norway): a great recording
- Dave Raven / Raven ?n? the blues (UK): great album
- Vincent Abbate (Germany / USA): I liked it
- Real Roots Café (Holland): geweldige plaat, staat in onze Amazing Ten September
- Slawek Turkowski / Jazzradio (Poland): very interesting, will play it very often
- Dana Fargnoli / WCNI (USA): Solid release here.. excellent work
- Eyvind Henriksen / Nye Radio Larvik (Norway): wonderful CD
- Luke Symons / CKUA (Canada): wicked good blues
- Mikse Sanders / Blues Quest (USA): his best album yet
quote from the review on ZICAZIC.COM (France):
Boo Boo Davis et consorts nous offrent avec ce nouvel effort un très bon résumé de ce qui peut se faire de meilleur quand on a été piqué par le blues dès sa plus tendre enfance. Ca ne se raconte pas, ça sécoute !
read the complete review at the Black and Tan site at Aug 27
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quote from the review in BCR LA REVUE (France):
une de ses galettes les plus brutes, qui est certainement une de ces meilleures.
read the complete review at the Black and Tan site at Aug 28
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Boo Boo’s new record is now also available for downloading at Itunes. Here is the direct link:
http://tinyurl.com/62pz9z
D O U G M A C L E O D
http://www.doug-macleod.com
http:///www.myspace.com/dougmacleod
Doug will be in the UK and Ireland in the first half of September. Catch him live at
Sept 5, Monaghan (IRL), Harvest Time Blues
Sept 6, Monaghan (IRL), Harvest Time Blues
Sept 7, Monaghan (IRL), Harvest Time Blues
Sept 11, East Boldon, Tyne And Wear (UK), Boldon Cricket Club
Sept 12 (afternoon) Arbroath, Angus (UK). Arbroath Academy (school concert)
Sept 12, (evening) Arbroath, Angus (UK), Seaton Estate
Sept 13 (afternoon), Dundee (UK), Dexters
Sept 13 (evening), Carnoustie (UK), The Aboukir Hotel
Sept 15, Brighton (UK), Komedia
Sept 16, Taggs Island, Hampton (UK), house concert at Dave Raven’s
Sept 17, Leeds (UK), The New Roscoe
Sept 18, Oswestry (UK), Hooker Blues Club @ Number 35
Sept 20, Lisburn (UK), Island Arts centre
B L A C K A N D T A N W E B S H O PEvery customer in the web shop you will get a brand new sampler for FREE with their first order. We accept payment by MASTER, VISA and PAYPAL. We have everything in stock and ship the same day. We lowered the prices for the older titles and skipped the shipping costs. Our prices are listed in USD and EURO.
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D O W N L O A D SAt this web page will find direct to all our releases (including the download only) at the two main download platforms (Emusic and iTunes).
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P O D C A S T S and B L O G SAlmost the entire Black and Tan catalogue including the new Boo Boo Davis CD are available for podcasts and blogs at:
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E M U S I C
One of the first companies that started selling legal downloads was eMusic and together with iTunes they are still our main outlets on the internet. They have a great introduction offer; if you start your free trial now you get 25 tracks for free and you're not only doing your self a big favour but you also generate a nice finder's fee for us. I know that in general blues/roots music lovers are a bit traditional but believe me. downloading works and I say that with authority both as a music consumer and a music producer.
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>>>>> Jan Mittendorp
GAIL MULDROW & THE FUNKIN' BLUES BABY ONE
http://www.feelingoodproductions.com/pdf_artists/artists/gail_muldrow.pdf
Available from june 1st to August 31th, 2008
EUGENE "HIDEAWAY" BRIDGES
http://www.feelingoodproductions.com/pdf_artists/artists/eugene_hideaway_bridges.pdf
Available all months of june, july, august, 2008
MIKE SANCHEZ
http://www.feelingoodproductions.com/pdf_artists/artists/mike_sanchez.pdf
Available all months of june, july, august, 2008
PAUL LAMB & THE KINGSNAKES
http://www.feelingoodproductions.com/pdf_artists/artists/paul_lamb.pdf
Available all months of june, july, august, 2008
BOB HALL's BRITISH BLUES ALLSTARS
http://www.feelingoodproductions.com/pdf_artists/artists/bob_halls_british_blues_all_stars.pdf
Available all months of june, july, august, 2008
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