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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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: Making it safe for the blues to be dangerous again, an interview with Chris Johnson by Christopher Bahn, J. Diers, July 14, 2009 for A.V. Club Twin Cities “It’s fitting that the Deep Blues Festival began three years ago … Continue reading
