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The Third Annual Deep Blues Festival sported the largest and most ambitious combination of performers. 2009 spanned several days relocated to The Cabooze, an in-town venue, with indoor and outdoor stages. Many of the 2007 and 2008 performers made a return. Some … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – A Night In The Box, MN “Take a banjo, a fiddle, the guitar, drums and some damn fine hats, and you’ve got the Minneapolis-based A Night in the Box. The image is easily described, but … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – American Relay, Denver CO Born out of a love for American roots music, punk rock ethos, a serendipitous rencontre, and a mutual disdain for the state of popular music, two young men from the mountains of … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009, Bernie King, MN “KING is the first release by Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter Bernie Gibbs King (AKA Bernie King) and has been described as the unholy love child of Steve Earle and Bob Dylan. Not sure that there … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Black Diamond Heavies, TN “The Black Diamond Heavies hail from the Southern States of America, but currently live as “vagrants/citizens of the world.” Their music is urgent, raw, and full of ass-shaking soul. The live … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Black River Bluesman, Finland “The flag-bearer of Finnish alt.blues”, Black River Bluesman has always walked his own path, producing his uncompromising and original music with little regard for the mainstream. The line-ups have changed, but … Continue reading
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Blues Festival 200 – Black Smokers, “SMALL REFLECTIONS So, let’s see… We’ve always listened to a lot of Delta Blues: Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson… but unfortunately it was always our private passion, we always played with people who … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Bloody Ol’ Mule, Hell’s Fringe OK “From Hell’s Fringe, located on the edge of Grady County in Oklahoma, Bloody Ol’ Mule was born into Oklahoma’s music scene in 2004 as a one-man-band drenched in traditional honky … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Bluesboy Jag, North Little Rock AR “I started playing 30 years ago. Up until 4 years ago I always played with other people in a band. Then I learned how to play blues. I started playing … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Boogaloosa Prayer, Maumee OH “Formed out of the ashes of infamous Maumee rock’n’roll legends Henry and June whose rhythm section went on to form the world famous Soledad Brothers. Boogaloosa Prayer consists of Dooley Wilson … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Boom Boom Belam, MN “Boom Boom was birthed into the blue-collar belt of Minnesota, St Paul’s north side – Frogtown. He is reputed to snort gravel, chase whiskey and regularly slur obscenities.” from Half … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Brass Kings, Minneapolis MN (no bio – please check website for info as it becomes available) website: http://www.stevekaul.com/ www.myspace.com/brasskings
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Brethren, Hot Springs AR Brethren is the band behind Cedell Davis at Deep Blues Festival 2009 myspace: www.myspace.com/brethren3
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – C.W. Ayon One Man Band “Well, my name is CW Ayon and I am a One Man Band that plays bluesy/rock songs, (electric and acoustic) from Las Cruces, NM. I sing, play guitar and harmonica … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Cashman, Memphis TN myspace: www.myspace.com/raycashman (bio info coming)
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Cedell Davis, Pine Bluff AR “Cedell Davis was born Ellis Davis on June 9, 1927, in Helena, then a booming river town on the Arkansas bank of the Mississippi. He grew up there and in … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Chad Nordhoff, Memphis TN “The rambling brought me to Memphis so many times I finally moved here in 2007. Now I’m playin’ the blues for a living, mainly on Beale Street. I have a lot … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 - Chooglin’, MN “We’re a band of doods who make noise with musical instruments associated with the Rock and Roll genre. Like many bands of the said genre, we’ve made some records, toured all over the place, … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival – 2010 Chris Cotton, San Francisco CA “Harkening back to the days when the distinction between blues and country was hopelessly blurred, rising Americana / blues guitarist Chris Cotton places his own stamp on roots styles ranging … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Charlie Parr, MN “A confused and shy individual, Charlie Parr plays original and traditional folk and Piedmont-style blues, accompanying himself on National resonator guitars, 12-string guitar and sometimes a banjo. Parr has failed at most … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Crankshaft’s Primitive R&B Revue “Forging his own brand of high-energy, low-brow Upper Mississippi blues, the one-man band powerhouse Crankshaft has been gigging around Minneapolis for nearly three years.” … “Born into this world from gas … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Cicada Omega, Portland OR “Cicada Omega, from the Land Between the Lakes, the Dark and Bloody ground of old Kaintuck. So I say, GET UP! and hear the old country call’n. Hear the soul, gospel, and … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Dale Beavers & Bootsey X “Born February 9, 1964 in Lake Village Arkansas…. Father owned a South Arkansas honky-tonk ….Mother was a piano player in a Baptist Church ….Spent a few years in and around … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Davina and The Vagabonds, MN “Hardest -working Blues woman in Minnesota, but……two things remain consistent at all her shows, though: her throaty but cushiony voice, which has a sort of hard-mattress comfort to it that’s … Continue reading
Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Deltahead, Stockholm, SE “The band is a duo, toting guitar and stand-up bass, and each packing a 28” Ludwig kick. Their sound is a bizarre mutation of Hasil Adkins, laced with deadly doses of ‘76 Punk and … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Devin Miller, Carbondale IL (bio info coming) myspace: www.myspace.com/devinblues
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Dirty Trainload, Bari Italy Self described simply as: “Alternative Blues Duo” myspace: www.myspace.com/dirtytrainload website: http://www.dirtytrainload.com/
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Dubplate Connection, Stockholm Sweden Dubplate Connection started out in G-Daddys smoke filled kitchen one late night about five yers ago. For some reason mr G stored a very old Fender amp and bass in there, … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Dooley Wilson, Toledo OH Dooley is also with Boogaloosa prayer! In the photo above he is with High Plane Drifters. www.myspace.com/dooleywilson
Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Eric Bling, Bordeaux France www.myspace.com/blingeric
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 - Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early, MS Both Elmo Williams and Hezekiah Early are from Natchez, Mississippi. Hezekiah, formerly of Hezekiah and the House Rockers, is still the only man going who can simultaneously beat drums and … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Gabriel Sullivan, Tucson AZ www.myspace.com/gabrielsullivan http://gabrielsullivanmusic.com/ Gabriel Sullivan cut his teeth as a teen in Tucson’s punk scene. But his musical restlessness kept him seeking out new sounds. Somewhere along the way, he discovered some … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Gleam, Wyoming MN “Four! beautiful boys, from the same small town, went on an adventure. It was to become legend. It all began when they were digging out in the woods, adding on to their … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Gravel Road, Seattle WA “GRAVELROAD emerged from its hidden-in-plain-site womb ‘round 2005. The music that had begun under the influence of modern Dark Blues masters Jr. Kimbrough, RL Burnside, T-Model Ford, and Fred McDowell was … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – High Plane Drifters, Stockton On Tees UK “The High Plane Drifters are a Psychedelic Garage Blues two piece from Nothern England consisting of Wesley John Stephenson on Drums and Timothy James Oxnard on Vocals and … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Honkeyfinger, London UK “It’s all about a making one hell of a pounding, primal, amped-up & skronked out blues racket. Honkeyfinger is the one man band from the bowels of the earth, erupting molten fuzz … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Illinois John Fever, Iowa City IA “We’re a hill country blues outfit from up north and the other side of the river. Influenced by R.L. Burnside, Fred McDowell, Bukka White and others, we play to preserve … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – HUD, Minneapolis, MN (bio info coming) http://www.myspace.com/hudblues
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Jeff Ray, MN “Musicians from the Midwest have a knack for reinventing tradition. Jeff Ray is no exception. Go to any of his performances and you’ll hear his fans say the same thing, ”his music … Continue reading
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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Jim Mize, Little Rock AR Born out of honky-tonks, juke joints, post-punk and catastrophe, “Release It to the Sky” fits firmly in the Southern musical tradition, but still manages to sound unique. Mize, who’s in … Continue reading
