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Deep Blues Festival Poster 2010

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After exhibiting his work at the Second Annual Deep Blues Festival, several artwork commissions for posters, album covers and illustrations later, Christoph Mueller is no stranger. He produced a stunning design for a winter Deep Blues Film and Music event. … Continue reading →

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Deep Blues Festival Poster 2009

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The most robust event of the last three years. Neltner designs the Third Annual Deep Blues Festival poster. Each year building on the last. Unique ties to the music and a visual tradition spill forth in his visual interpretation and … Continue reading →

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Deep Blues Festival Poster 2008

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The Second Annual Deep Blues Festival was very fortunate to have poster designer, artist, Amy Jo create the 2008 poster. Her artwork and understanding of the music clearly and visually defines the influence of the original music on this new … Continue reading →

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Deep Blues Festival Poster 2007

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A hand drawn poster, again inspired by the Robert Palmer Book and Mugge/Palmer documentary Deep Blues. Apt for a festival of music and artists provoked by the same.

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Deep Blues Festival 2010 Artists

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A winter event of films and performances with Kenny Brown, Possessed by Paul James, Mark “Porkchop” Holder, Reverend Deadeye, Chris Cotton and guests. Mark “Porkchop” Holder, Kenny Brown, Chris Johnson -Deep Blues Festival 2010 A Deep Blues Festival 2010 photo … Continue reading →

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Deep Blues Festival 2009 Artists

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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 Artists

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2008 expanded to three days. Black Diamond Heavies, Scott H. Biram, Chris Cotton, John Schooley, Smokestack and the Foothill Fury came back for another year. Friday afternoon, performers from all four points including coastlines and mountains converged on a central destination. With … Continue reading →

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Rick Saunders writes about the 2009 bands

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Rick Saunders has been listening to, writing, following and researching Deep Blues with a prolific passion. With this lengthy cast, he had something to say about the artists. “I don’t just make a song and say ‘It is good.’ Just … Continue reading →

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Deep Blues Festival 2007 Artists

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A long drive from the backyard along midwest roads lined with cornfields. Just past a nondescript junction a stage is set on an open stretch. The First Annual Deep Blues Festival 2007 featured: Robert Belfour, Black Diamond Heavies, Hillstomp, Moreland & Arbuckle, … Continue reading →

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The Blues Is Not Dead: The New Blues Underground Rises Up

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Gibson Lifestyle - Blues Is Not Dead - 2009

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by Ted Drozdowski, Jan.27 2009 for Gibson Lifestyle “When music fans talk about underground sounds they’re usually referring to indie rock, electronica, crunk or some other cutting edge form. But now blues has become a new force in the international … Continue reading →

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.357 String Band

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(photo coming!) Deep Blues Festival 2008 – .357 String Band, Milwaukee, WI “Steeped in old-school punk, outlaw country, Irish and mountain madness. The .357 String Band are here to break-open the mold of a genre vastly overlooked. The .357 String Band … Continue reading →

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Adam Posnak

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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Adam Posnak “Archaic, post-apocalyptic, country blues, desperately trying to gain a foot-hold in the long line of low down rounders that includes Charlie Patton, Hambone Willie Newbern, Joshua Peg Leg Howell, R.L. Burnside, and Tom … Continue reading →

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A Night In The Box

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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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American Relay

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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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Bernie King

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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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Black Diamond Heavies

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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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Black-Eyed Snakes

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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Black Eyed Snakes, Duluth MN “The Snakes are Blues-based, punk-infused and influenced by the 80s noise scene.” excerpt from myspace page. “The Black-eyed Snakes are a right-thinking music fan’s nightmare. They’re white guys from Duluth … Continue reading →

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Black River Bluesman

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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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Black Smokers

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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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Bloody Ol’ Mule

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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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Bluesboy Jag

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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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Bob Log III

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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Bob Log III When Bob Log III was a child, he lost his left hand in a boating accident. It was soon replaced with a monkey paw, and a new guitar style was born. “It’s … Continue reading →

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Boogaloosa Prayer

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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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Boom Boom Belam

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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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Brass Kings

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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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Brethren

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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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Brimstone Howl

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Deep Blues Festival 2007 – Brimstone Howl “Brimstone Howl embrace that random line where punk and the blues intersect. – Mike Manning / Hypertrack” “A pretty well crafted and surprisingly enjoyable slab of retro rock that manages to avoid sticking … Continue reading →

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Buffalo Killers

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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – Buffalo Killers, Cincinnati, OH “What the Jesus and Mary Chain were to the ’80s, Buffalo Killers may well be to this decade, brilliantly bringing the beloved sounds of yesterday into a new millennium.” – by: … Continue reading →

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C.W. Ayon One Man Band

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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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Cashman

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Deep Blues Festival 2009 – Cashman, Memphis TN myspace: www.myspace.com/raycashman (bio info coming)

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Cedell Davis

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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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Chad Nordhoff

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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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Chooglin’

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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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Chris Cotton

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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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Charlie Parr

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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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Crankshaft’s Primitive R&B Revue

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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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Cicada Omega

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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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CuzN Wildweed

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Deep Blues Festival 2008 – CuzN Wildweed It appears that CUZ is very much his own man. It also appears that this Hasil Atkins fan and documentary filmmaker Ron Smith carries an alter ego, ergo “My favorite toys are guitars … Continue reading →

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