Issue 157 The Publication of the Linn County Blues Society- lcbs.org August 2007
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Bill Perry Dead at 49KCCK Celebrates!Reverend Raven SpotlightedNew Bohemia Music FestivalRobert Randolph ReviewedWillie King DVD Documentary2007 Solo IA Blues ChallengeBig Mo’s CD ReviewLocal LIVE Music
BluesmoreJust a gentle reminder that
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The Kinsey Report, Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang w/ Mary Lane and Craig Erickson!
The Linn County Blues Society is a way cool, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Blues music in Eastern Iowa as well as to provide charitable contri-butions to other community organizations. LCBS is an Affiliated Organization in the Blues Foundation’s international network. The BLUESPAPER is a monthly publication of the LCBS.Website: lcbs.orgBluesline: 319.399.5105
LCBS OfficersPresident - Andy DergoVice President - Evan VulichSecretary - Steve SpringerTreasurer - Sue Dergo
Directors at Large-Bob DeForest, Bill Meeks, Bob Dorr
ChairsEducation - OpenEntertainment - OpenMembership - Kevin CutsforthMerchandise - David AndrewsParliamentarian - Bill MeeksProgram - Bob DeForestPublic Relations - OpenWeb Administrator - Evan Vulich
The Bluespaper folksEditor - Evan Vulich Photographers - See bylines each issueStaff Writers - See bylines each issueDistribution - Andy Dergo, Bill Meeks
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Wed. 8-1 Bryce JaneyThurs. 8-2 Kevin B.F. BurtFri. 8-3 Dennis McMurrinSat. 8-4 Terry McCauleyTues. 8-7 Nick StikaWed. 8-8 Bradley MangrumThurs. 8-9 Jason BrownFri. 8-10 Bryce JaneySat. 8-11 Tony BrownTues. 8-14 Tim DaughertyWed. 8-15 Bryce JaneyThurs. 8-16 Kevin B.F. BurtFri. 8-17 Matt MaybanksSat. 8-18 Jason BrownTues. 8-21 Justin CripperWed. 8-22 Kimberli MaloyThurs. 8-23 Kevin B.F. BurtFri. 8-24 Nick StikaSat. 8-25 Tony BrownTues. 8-28 Matt MaybanksWed. 8-29 Bryce JaneyThurs. 8-30 Kevin B.F. BurtFri. 8-31 Jason Brown
Dead at 49!Bill Perry
Blind Pig Records
Daniel Arthur’sBlues in August
Bill Perry died on Tuesday, July 17th. According to Greg Schwark, Perry’s road manager for seven years, the musician was found at his apartment in Sugar Loaf, NY. Emergency medical personnel tried to revive Perry, but he died on the way to the hospital, an apparent heart attack victim, although no official cause of death has been determined.
Perry was known as an outstanding gui-tarist whose go-for-broke technique com-bined effortless fluidity and incredible at-tack. Guitar One magazine called him a “six-string superman more powerful than a locomotive.” He was also gifted with a distinctive, raspy voice full of grit and gravel that particularly suited the drama and emotion so essential to blues music.
Perry first made his mark in the clubs of New York City in the 1980’s, where he was spotted by folk-rock singer Rich-ie Havens. Perry spent four years on the road as the featured guitarist in Havens’ band. During the same period, he also did some touring with The Band’s Garth Hudson and Levon Helm. In 1995 he signed a deal with Pointblank/Virgin and released two albums for them. In 1999 he released a live album recorded at New York’s blues hotspot, Manny’s Car Wash. In 2001 Perry released the first of four titles for Blind Pig Records, with Jimmy Vivino, music director of “The Conan O’Brien Show” serving as producer on the first two CDs.
Good friend and labelmate Popa Chub-by produced Perry’s next two releases for Blind Pig, the most recent being 2006’s Don’t Know Nothin’ About Love. Upon hearing the news while on tour in Germa-ny, Popa said, “The best thing about Bill was that his talent was effortless. He was
a natural. He could sing the phone book and draw you in. He didn’t have a mean or a bad bone in him. I never heard him say a bad word about anyone. He was a brother and I’ll miss him dearly.”
Buddy Fox, Perry’s manager for four years and the long time booking agent for Manny’s Car Wash, said, “Bill was a very singular and unique talent. He had a natural blues voice, and an uncanny ability to sing at the same time that he was playing a virtuoso guitar solo.”
Blind Pig President Edward Chmelewski said, “We are indeed saddened by the loss of Bill and his incredible talent. His inten-sity on the guitar was frightening. He was a mesmerizing performer who played with passion and excitement, and he had that wonderful sandpapery voice that you could listen to forever. Truly a unique artist that will be missed.” Perry, age 49 at the time of his death, is survived by his only son, Aaron, 25, three brothers, and a sister.
Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps – The Bottom Line – New Light EntertainmentRelease Date – May 15, 2007
Kicks My Butt!
I’ve listened to piano player/ singer/ songwriter Teresa James’ new CD “The Bot-tom Line” three times (I’ve got three more CD’s in the li-brary) and it truly knocks me out. Her Texas meets L.A. style really works. The songs and the pacing are outstand-ing and the playing is extra tasty. Features former Ce-dar Rapids guitar player Billy Watts and co/songwriting from bass player Terry Wil-son. I hope this band gets the recognition it deserves with major distribution and promotion from New Light. Give it 5 stars.
See you at Bluesmore! —John Heim (A.K.A. “Big Mo”)
Two Decades of Jazz Under the Stars!KCCK Celebrates!
...To get the traction I’m ridin’ the clutch. My pressure plate’s burnin’ -that machine’s too much!
—Brian Wilson/Roger Christian
KCCK-FM will celebrate 20 years of Jazz Under the Stars in 2007 with an exciting lineup of concerts. From humble begin-nings back in the 1980s when only a few hundred people attended the first concerts, Jazz Under the Stars has become one of the area’s biggest outdoor concert series with thousands turning out each Thurs-day night in August. The free concerts in Noelridge Park in northeast Cedar Rapids start at 7 p.m. The performance schedule includes:
August 2 – Rod Pierson Big BandAugust 9 – Eddie Piccard QuartetAugust 16 – EuforquestraAugust 23 – GrooveShip
Station Manager Dennis Green says, “This year’s Jazz Under the Stars is ob-viously very special. Not many concert series of any kind – let alone jazz festi-vals – last this long. We’re very excited to still be going strong.” Green says this year’s lineup encompasses what makes jazz great: big band, small group, world beat “and some funk just for fun.”
The Rod Pierson Big Band, a 12-piece ensemble that features vocalist Craig Boche is in its 20th year of performing ar-rangements of songs that have a message and a recognizable hook. Pierson says the band uses the actual arrangements of the original artists and their staff arrangers. Everyone in the group except Boche has performed at Jazz Under the Stars before. Pierson says, “We always love playing at Jazz Under the Stars. It truely is a unique series that provides Eastern Iowa a yearly opportunity to celebrate what’s right in the world.”
The Eddie Piccard Quartet includes Piccard on piano and vocals, Dave Green on bass, Jon Wilson on drums and Rich Martin on vibes. Martin is a recent ad-dition to what had always been a trio and Piccard says the vibraphone has added a new dimension to the band. He says they’ll play straight-ahead jazz and swing with some Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong arrangements and a Ray
Charles tribute. This will be Piccard’s third appearance at Jazz Under the Stars and he says he’s looking forward to it. “The 20th anniversary makes it special,” he says, “and I hope there will be a record crowd.”
Euforquestra is an eclectic world-beat ensemble from Iowa City with interests in different cultural and traditional music from all over the globe, including Afro-beat, Afro-Cuban, Samba, Soca, Funk, Reggae, and Bluegrass. The band has per-formed in several states in the Midwest and at a number of festivals. Two members of Euforquestra have studied in Cuba. They promise Jazz Under the Stars concert-go-ers, “You will hear something new, you’ll dance, and you’ll be sure to have a good time.” GrooveShip consists of Marcus Perkins, bass/vocals; Saul Lubaroff, saxo-phone, flute and vocals; Nik Gruber and Thomas Ott on guitars; and Brian Cooper on drums. GrooveShip grew out of Per-kins’ desire to put together a funk band that played the music that was on the ra-dio in the 1970’s -- bands like The Meters, Sly and the Family Stone, Earth, Wind and Fire, Buddy Miles, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, and The Isley Brothers. Perkins has performed at Jazz Under the Stars in the past with Thick as Thieves and Mean Street and the Hell Horns. Lubaroff per-formed in 2003 with his quartet and in 1995 with Shade of Blue.
Dennis Green says KCCK is inviting all musicians who have played during the 20 years of Jazz Under the Stars – potentially several hundred musicians -- to return this summer to be recognized. The station will also be offering special 20th Anniversary Jazz Under the Stars T-shirts. Food will be available again this year and concert-goers are encouraged to bring picnic baskets and lawn chairs and to sit under the stars and listen to the music with friends and family.
The scheduled rain date for all concerts is Thursday, Aug. 30. Sponsors and sup-porters for the concerts a part of the com-munity outreach of Kirkwood Community College.
& the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys... Simply Smoke!Reverend Raven
Thunder Bay Review
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is justifi-ably renowned for three Bs, beer, brats and baseball. As
the home base of Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys, the city should also be famous for a fourth B – boister-ous blues. The four-time winners of the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award (WAMI) for Best Blues Band have been blazing a trail across the American mid-west for the past seventeen years arousing overt fan reaction and dance floor acrobat-ics in the wake of their combustible style of guitar and harmonica driven blues. To the delight of a welcoming crowd of some 300 eager new converts, the Reverend and his fellow blues preachers extended their range north across the 49th parallel to Scuttlebutt’s Bar & Grill on Friday, April 27, 2007.
At a time when sonic bombast is the norm and hot shot guitar players are still popping out of the wood work with alarm-ing frequency, it was refreshing to attend a show where the ghost of Hendrix didn’t make an appearance and straight-from-the-hip blues in the tradition of Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo and Hound Dog Taylor packed a dance floor and elicited shouts and whistles from the audience. “I believe in ensembles, I like that tra-ditional mix.” Precisely picked melodic lines interwoven with smoldering har-monica leads and fills enameled over classic meat-and-potato grooves, Richard “Reverend” Raven’s team work approach to blues music wasn’t fancy but it certain-ly was effective. When the Altar Boys got cooking, the alternating dart and weave of Raven’s incisive guitar riffs and gruff tenor vocals with the chromatic crunch of Benny Rickun’s harmonica was truly stunning. Bassist P. T. Pedersen and local drummer Dave Campbell (who did a ter-rific job filling in on the sticks and skins) locked tenaciously onto shuffle, jump and delta grooves bringing everything togeth-er in a tapestry of sound.
The Altar Boys had Scuttlebutt’s hop-ping from the very first note of their per-formance with Benny’s Bounce, Rickun’s lip-twisting ode to harmonica virtuosity.
The frisky buzz of Big Bee segued into You Ain’t No Friend of Mine, a lonesome lament to a non-committal lover. The com-ical staccato chatter of guitar and harmon-ica on Loving You effectively illustrated the frustrating futility of trying to satisfy a woman who simply won’t be pleased and there was plenty of close dancing to the inflamed yearning of I’ve Got to Be with You Tonight. Always an audience favorite, Bee Hive Baby loped along with the grace of a gazelle. Strapping on his trademark duct tape Harmony guitar, the Reverend tied into a strident slide guitar rendition of Hound Dog Taylor’s Wild about You Baby and Rickun took an opportunity to match his impassioned reed work to the sorrow and pain atmospherics of George Har-monica Smith’s The Telephone Song. The Back Scratcher and I Can’t Get You Off My Mind pulsed with a hypnotic beat that was as primal as the first time a club made contact with a hollow log. An underrated guitar player, the Reverend saved his most ardent sermonizing for the end of each set strolling through the bar, out onto the patio and standing on chairs, his six-string testifying burning long after most players would have run out of things to say. Visit their web site at; reverendraven.com.
P.J. Harrinton at Check-ers Tavern & Eatery, has had Rever-end Raven & the Chain Smokin’ Al-tar Boys out at his place a number of times and
just recently as July 22. Touring with Reverend Raven on the following dates will be Crossroads Records artist, R.J. Mischo (rjblues.com) who tours the world fronting his own band and playing occassional gigs with Jimmy Thackery, Junior Watson, Kid Ramos and others. (See ad on Pg. 7)
The Rock-O-Rama will be held on Fri-day, August 3 at Green Square Park. The Cedar Island Band will be playing from 5pm to 8pm. Must be 21 or old for admission. Admission is $5.00 per person. This is a benefit concert for the
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cedar Rapids.
The New Bohemia Group is announc-ing the 1st Annual New Bohemia Mu-sic Festival, Saturday, September 1st, 2007, 3PM – 10PM, 3rd Street (between 8th and 14th Avenues). The festival will feature 7 live stages with over 50 groups performing. There will be an eclectic mix of musical genres – everything from alternative to gospel. Street performers will in-clude traveling minstrels, street ma-gicians, and jugglers.The Children’s Fair will include the New Bo Music Maze, the Sound Machine Factory and Box City. Food vendors will pro-vide a variety of traditional and ethnic foods. Admission to this street festi-val is $10.00 advance, and $15.00 at the gate.12 and under are free. In ad-dition to the day stages, Head East will perform at Third Street Live! Sat-urday evening. Admission to Head East is $10.00 advance, $12.00 at the door. Festival wristband wearers will receive a $2.00 discount for the Head East concert. Please plan to attend this wonderful New Bohemia event on Labor Day weekend! Visit our website at newbohemiamusicfesti-val.com for an updated schedule of events.If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please call 573-2537 or drop us an email at; [email protected].
Robert Randolph and the Family BandLive at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, Davenport, Iowa Friday, June 29, 2007
Robert Randolph is the victim of too much hype. Following his performance at the Mississippi
Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, Iowa, people I interviewed gave mixed reviews. I was expecting the glowing accolades from most, but I was surprised by those who said he wasn’t that good – no big deal. I have concluded that all the hype surrounding the young Sacred Steel play-er gone secular, including gigs with Eric Clapton, have led the uninformed and semi-familiar to think he doesn’t just play music, he can walk on water.
Their disappointment didn’t even center on the fact he is not really a blues artist (and didn’t play blues) playing at a blues festival. That part I could have under-stood. One woman complained that Ran-dolph opened with a ten minute version of “We’re Gonna Have A Good Time.” During those minutes she kept wondering when the “good time” was going to start. Well, to her credit, if she is not having a good time by 11:00 pm at a festival where the bands started at 5:00 pm and the cold beer was copious, one more band was probably not going to knock her little man out of her boat.
What all that buzz surrounding Ran-dolph did do, is bring the largest Fri-day night crowd ever to the 23rd annual MVBF. It also brought a younger crowd. As one pundit said, “Hopefully, they came in early enough to catch an act or two be-fore Randolph so that they can get turned on to ‘Blues.’”
Briefly, Robert Randolph is a mega tal-ented singer, steel guitar player, six string guitar player, dancer, and energetic enter-tainer. He learned to play steel guitar in East Coast Pentecostal churches where, beginning in the 1930s, a sub genre of Gospel music developed called Sacred Steel. Often criticized by church elders for taking the music into the secular
world, Randolph has become the toast of the contemporary music scene (especially Jam music) landing on the cover of maga-zines and garnering gigs with the likes of Clapton.
The Family Band expanded by one ad-ditional guitarist from the four members on their first two records for the live show. Robert was seated center stage at his custom 13 string pedal steel with keyboard, bass, drums, and guitar surrounding him. The crowd was on their feet grooving through-out the show and shouting their approval. The tempo was always rapid with a Funk beat often morphing into an Allman-esque jam. Robert and his guitar player even did twin lead guitar, ala Betts-Allman of the original Allman Brothers. Things slowed only slightly for “Press On” with the fan-tastic falsetto voice of cousin and bassist Danyel Morgan. Later, Randolph picked the opening to Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile (slight Return)” on his steel guitar to thunderous approval.
Wearing a New York Mets (#15 Bel-tran) jersey, a black doo rag, and a constant smile, Robert would often leave the guitar and dance around the stage demonstrating movements for the audience members to copy. Later, he strapped on a metal-flake red Telecaster guitar and sang four part harmony with the band on “Soul Refresh-ing.”
During the encore on a differently tuned, second steel guitar, joyous fans began to climb onto the six foot high stage. At first security removed them one by one, but, Randolph sensed no danger.With Robert’s permission, fans were grudgingly allowed by security to climb on stage during the encore. “The fans just want to dance,” he said, and he had given them plenty reason to do so, often jump-ing up from his steel guitar himself to get jiggy. Finishing at 12:37 am, Randolph had at least 25 fans dancing beside him.
By the end, one could understand why young people like him so much.
Too Much Hype?Robert Randolph & FamilyJames “Skyy Dobro” Walker Courtesy of IllinoisBlues.com
• The Fifth Gear• 1�th Avenue Prod.• KCCK 88.�• Checkers Tavern• Home Town Restyling• Next Door
August Blues CalendarThur. 2 J.M. O’Malley’s DDog & the BBits 9-1
Fri. 3 Chrome Horse
Ernie’sCheckers Tavern
Large Midgets, 6:30PM outsideFunk 101 - inside 9PMDan Johnson & Tom Bruner 6-9PMTriple Shot 9PM
Sat. 4 Chrome HorseChappy’s
Jeff BrunerConcrete Moon
Sun. 5 Chrome Horse
The ShackCheckers Tavern
Hank Williams III with Assjack, Outside. Gates Open 3PMBryce Janey & Dan Johnson 6-10PClay McClinton 6PM
Thur. 9 J.M. O’Malley’s 4BoxORocks 9-1
Fri. 10 Chrome Horse
Ernie’sNext DoorCheckers Tavern
Major Healey, 6:30PM outsideSuper Size Seven, 9PM insideMcMurrin & Johnson 6-8:30Billy Janey Trio w/ DJ 9-1O’Connell Brothers Band 9PM
Sat. 11 Chrome HorseChappy’s
Electric Mule4 Box ‘O Rocks 9-1
Sun. 12 Chrome Horse
Mahoney’sCheckers Tavern
Black Oak Arkansas, Outside.Doors open at 3 p.mMcMurrin & Johnson Band 6-10Li’l Dave Thompsen 6PM
Mon. 13 George’s Buffet, IC cannonSaul, Kilowatt & Count 8-12
Wed. 15 Rumors Dan Johnson & Tom Bruner 8:30PM
Thur. 16 Checkers Tavern McMurrin & Johnson 5-9PM
Fri. 17
NEW Venue
Chrome Horse
Ernie’sNext DoorLitttle Chicago
Well Lit - 6:30 pm outside. 5 of Hearts - 9 pm insideMcMurrin & Johnson 6-8:30PMMcMurrin & Johnson Trio 9-1Johnny Kilowatt 9-1, Williamsburg
Sat. 18 Chappy’sChrome Horse(March of Dimes Ride)Metro HarleyDrinks Pub
StifleMe and Rosie B - outside, 4PMGibbs Brothers, 9PM inside4BOXOROCKS 11A-3P Open HouseJohnny Kilowatt, 9-1 N.Liberty
Sun. 19 Mahoney’sThe Shack
Grooveship 6-9PMBryce Janey & Dan Johnson 6-10P
Wed. 22 Rumors McMurrin & Johnson 8:30-11:30PM
Thur. 23 Checkers Tavern Troy Harper & Tom Bruner 5-9PM
Fri. 24 Chrome HorseCheckers Tavern
Monkey Business 9 pmBoogie Woogers 9PM
Sat. 25 Chappy’sChrome Horse
Soul FusionO’Connell Brothers Band, 9 pm
Sun. 26 Checkers Tavern Eric Jerardi Band 6PM
Tues. 28 Rumors DNA Band Reunion 8-11PM
Wed. 29 Rumors McMurrin & Johnson 8:30-11:30PM
Thur. 30 Checkers Tavern Joe & Vicki Price 5-9PM
Fri. 31 Chrome HorseCity BeatCheckers Tavern
Cedar Island Band, 9 pmMcMurrin & Johnson 7-10PMFrequent Loop 9PM
Sun.- Checkers Tavern-Blue Sunday-6PMSun.- Mahoney’s - Various artists-Never a Cover, 6pmSun.- Charlie’s, Coralville-Blues JamTues. - Rumors - Jam hosted by Dan DJ JohnsonWed.- Checkers Tavern-Kevin BF Burt solo 6-9Wed.- Mahoney’s-D-Licious Vinyl w/ Bobby D 8-12Thurs.-J.M.O’Malley’s-T-Bone Giblin Jam FestEV
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This publication of the LCBS is dedicated to the support of LIVE music and is guaranteed to be heart-healthy, low in fat, low in sodium and completely Karaoke FREE!
The LCBS meets the 1st Monday of each month. See you at the Longbranch on August 6, 6:30PM for the
LCBS Board & Member meeting. Guests are welcome!90 Twixt Town Rd., Marion • 377-6386
Willie King DVD Documentary “Down in the Woods” Released
“Down in the Woods” is a DVD about the life and music of Alabama bluesman Willie King. The film takes viewers on a journey into the world of Willie King, a backwood, juke-joint musician who lives and breathes the blues every moment of his life. The DVD is a fascinating collage of Willie King’s life and many activities, illuminated with searing live perfor-mances and encounters with his family, friends, fellow musicians like T-Model Ford and music experts such as PeterGuralnick. It enables the viewer to expe-rience what it is like to be a bluesmanliving in the Alabama Black Belt, “down in the woods.”
Born on a cotton plantation in Prairie Point, Mississippi in 1943 the son of
poor sharecroppers, Willie was drawn to the blues at an early age. He made his first guitar out of bailing wire when he was sev-en and has been playing ever since. Cotton picker, moon shiner, juke joint owner, civil rights activist and social worker, Willie has done them all and now is one of the most popular blues musicians around.
He plays big stages and festivals but al-ways returns to his beloved Old Memphis, a small and mostly African-American com-munity in rural Alabama where he lives in an old trailer and preaches the blues at house parties and in ramshackle juke joints. Willie spends much of his time supporting his local community and teaching young people the traditional culture and survival skills passed on to him from his people’s share cropping and slave ancestors.
Willie King is one of the true innova-tors of the blues in the tradition of Howlin’ Wolf and John Lee Hooker. His music is powerful, an exciting, danceable mix of ru-ral blues, soul and boogie, all in his own distinctive style.King’s lyrics are often po-litical, fighting racism and a voice for poorblacks in the South. He preaches a message of peace, togetherness and social justice for all people around the world.
Dutch filmmakers Saskia Rietmeijer and Bart Drolenga of Visible World Films came to America with the intention of producing a documentary about African American arts and culture in the deep South. When they met Willie, they were so impressed that they decided instead to de-vote their efforts to creating a DVD about Willie’s life and times.
We are now seeking applicants for the 2007 Iowa Blues Chal-lenge Solo/Duo competition.
Preliminary round competitions will be held in Des Moines, Iowa on Thurs-day, August 16 and in Davenport, Iowa on Friday, August 17. The finals will be held at Blues on Grand in Des Moines on Sunday, September 2.• Prizes include cash, travel expens-es, as well as performance opportu-nities PLUS participation in the Inter-national Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN.The competition is open to any solo or duo act from the state of Iowa. “Solo/Duo” is defined as any act with one or two musicians. Vocalists are counted as musicians for the purpose of this competition. Both electric and acoustic instruments are allowed. Participants will be judged by the same criteria that are used in Mem-phis for the International Blues Chal-lenge. Each band is judged based on Blues Content, Talent, Originality and Stage Presence.Any artist whose name has appeared on a final Handy/Blues Music Award ballot is ineligible. No other entry restrictions apply. This means that management contracts, booking agent contracts, recording contracts, performance contracts (even those that include regular television or radio broadcast) and nationally distributed recordings have no bearing on eligi-bility. The deadline is July 16, 2007.
The 2007 Iowa Blues Challenge is proudly sponsored by Central Iowa Blues Society, Mississippi Valley Blues Society, Lizard Creek Blues So-ciety, Budweiser, KGGO/98.3 WOW.
Friday-• 6-10 PM - Da Friday Blues with John Heim• 10-11 PM - Backstage Blues• 11 PM to midnight - Beale Street Caravan• Midnight Blues CDSaturday -• 6-10 PM - Da Blues with Bobby D• 10-11 PM - The Crawfish Circuit• 11 PM -midnight - The Melting Pot• Midnight Blues CD
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Bluesmore 2007 • August 4Time is NOW to get your tickets at:• Brucemore• Tic Toc• Checkers• Cocktails• Music Lofts• West Music• J.M. O’Malley’s• Chappy’s Safari• CD Warehouse• The Longbranch• Bob’s Guitars, Cedar Falls
Tickets:$10 w/ coupon from The Gazette $13 at the gate*$11 in advance
Children 10 and under admitted FREE when accompanied by an adult. Advance tickets available now at outlets through August 3. *No refunds on advance tickets.
No discounts the day of the show.
Brucemore Mansion2160 Linden Dr. SECedar Rapids, IA
