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Heading into the 50th season of Saturday Night Live, fans of the show and its original cast may feel they already know all of the lore surrounding them and their iconic characters, such as how Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi took two white guys in black suits and rocketed The Blues Brothers to the top of the charts with a multi-platinum album in 1978 and a subsequent movie in 1980 that co-starred Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and James Brown—and in doing so, revitalized the careers of those music legends. And yet, somehow, there are revelations aplenty in a new two-hour oral history, Blues Brothers: The Arc of Gratitude, debuting Thursday exclusively on Audible.

Aykroyd, now 72, narrates and presides over the retrospective, which features previously unheard audio from Belushi (who died in 1982), some of the last testimony of his widow, Judith Belushi Pisano (who died earlier this month), as well as anecdotes from Blues Brothers musical director Paul Shaffer, band members Lou Marini and Steve Jordan, plus drummer Willie Hall, Belushi’s real-life inspiration Curtis Salgado, filmmaker John Landis, and his wife, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis.

As Belushi’s widow explains, the real origin story of The Blues Brothers involved a lot more than what we saw on screen.

“They were characters. No doubt about it,” Pisano recalls. “They were somewhat alter-egos, as well. They were sort of characters on the stage of life. It wasn’t a bit, exactly, that they ended up doing. I know that it’s often referred to The Blues Brothers as developed from a skit on Saturday Night Live, and you know, that’s really just not true. It’s not how it happened.”

From road trips to roadhouses to 30 Rock

While the Aykroyd-Belushi partnership officially began on stage in Toronto at The Second City—after which they did listen to a live blues band that very first night and share their common tastes in music—the idea for them to perform music in addition to comedy came a bit later when the duo drove cross-country. “They sort of jokingly said, let’s do a band,” Pisano recalls. Belushi, then already a star of The National Lampoon’s off-Broadway musical, Lemmings, as well as The National Lampoon Radio Hour, had recruited Aykroyd from Toronto, and he was sleeping on a mattress on the floor of the studio apartment Belushi shared with Pisano on Bleecker Street.

Belushi would get up onstage with bands in NYC or on road trips and sing the old Robert Johnson tune, “Sweet Home Chicago,” which Pisano says “was a well-known, popular, easy to play song.” Lorne Michaels saw one of Belushi’s performances and suggested he do it to warm up the studio audience at Saturday Night Live. Belushi got Aykroyd involved. Willie Nelson gave Jake and Elwood their first big break

Belushi already had befriended Willie Nelson, according to Aykroyd, and they laid out their initial concept for a blues band to Nelson backstage during his residency at The Lone Star Cafe, a former nightclub on Fifth Avenue. “Within a few minutes, Willie had agreed to lend us his band as a backup for a trial show in which Jake and Elwood would open for him,” Aykroyd says. He and Belushi learned a few songs for the gig. “The reaction was favorable, although clear that neither John nor I were conservatory-trained artists, we had a good feel for the music, and we knew how to feature an all-star band.”

Comedian Lenny Bruce helped inspire their signature look

“The wardrobe was inspired by Lenny Bruce, who always wore a dark suit, black string tie and white shirt,” Aykroyd says. “The hat and shades were meant to emulate John Lee Hooker from the photo on the cover of his album House of the Blues. It delighted us that we were compared to IRS agents, Men in Black, and the reference in the movie when Aretha Franklin says that we resemble Hasidic diamond merchants.”

“They found the stuff in thrift shops,” Pisano adds, “and then once the movie hit, they were on—you got yourself a designer, and custom-made suits before you know it.”

Enter Landis’s wife, costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, who had outfitted Belushi’s “COLLEGE” sweatshirt for National Lampoon’s Animal House, and later picked out the fedora and jacket for Indiana Jones, as well as Michael Jackson’s red Thriller jacket. She recalls how haphazard their early outfits looked as Jake and Elwood: “They were using any jacket and any pair of black trousers, usually didn’t match. So they were not in suits, they were unsuited. And any hat, and any tie, and any shirt, and any glasses that looked OK.”

Lorne Michaels was initially skeptical the idea would work

That their first blues song onscreen happened in their SNL “Killer Bee” costumes? Not part of the plan. “Which John hated,” Landis alleges. “And I think it was Lorne sticking it to him.” But after that performance of “I’m a King Bee” on the Jan. 17, 1976, episode, SNL’s musical director Howard Shore dubbed Aykroyd and Belushi The Blues Brothers, and they were off and running.

Belushi tasked Paul Shaffer, an original SNL house band member (and later longtime band leader for David Letterman’s late-night reign), to hire the rest of The Blues Brothers band, which originally included Shaffer on keys, Marini on sax, Al Rubin on trumpet, Tom Malone on trombone, and Steve Jordan on percussion. “I just knew I was having a better time than I ever thought I would have in my whole life,” Shaffer recalls. “Everybody was having so much fun.” And of Aykroyd and Belushi, Shaffer says: “They were explosive individually,” but together, “like a tornado, that’s what the two were like.”

Malone suggested getting Otis Redding’s guys, Steve Cropper and Duck Dunn on lead guitar and bass to fill out the rhythm section, and then they added another guitarist, Matt “Guitar” Murphy, after seeing him perform elsewhere in the city.

“An odd mixture of people, but man, it worked,” Marini says. “But Lorne didn’t dig it. And then one of the shows late in the season, they were short, and he said, you guys want to do your silly song? Go ahead and do it. And so we did it on the show. And it was a tremendous hit. People just went crazy for it.”

Belushi was furious at anyone who dared criticize the band When The Blues Brothers scored a #1 hit with their debut album, 1978’s Briefcase Full of Blues, Belushi found himself that fall with the top album, along with a box-office smash in Animal House, to go with his fame on SNL. But he was not without his critics.

In a previously unheard interview conducted with journalist Steve Bloom for a 1979 profile in the Soho Weekly News, we hear Belushi brushing back criticism of The Blues Brothers as a novelty act or appropriating black culture.

“It’s just weird, you know. Why would I do these things?” he says. “First of all, it has nothing to do with ego. It has nothing to do with money. Or the need to be loved by an audience. I don’t have any of those feelings. What the fuck do these people think I am, anyway? I can’t fucking understand why they would attack—see when they attack me, they attack the band. And I hate when they attack the band, because then it makes them look like schmucks for doing what they did for me.” One famous scene from ‘The Blues Brothers’ film was inspired by real life

Aykroyd reveals that one scene in their 1980 film is a nod to their actual record deal: “Where we are about to escape from the Palace Ballroom and commence the final run for Chicago. A 350-pound, 6-foot-4-inch man resembling a Turkish spa attendant lunges out from the wings to offer a record deal. This scene is a direct reprise of what happened when John and I left the stage as The Blues Brothers that first night. In the dressing room halls of 8H, at the page stand, Michael Klenfner, who played the guy in the film and was an acquaintance of John’s, grabbed us and said, ‘You guys should do a record. I’m Michael Klenfner from Atlantic Records. Ahmet (Ertegun) will love this.’” Klenfner died at 62 in 2009.

Film distributors didn’t think Southern audiences could handle the film’s ‘Black’ music

Landis says he intended to make a 70mm “road movie” complete with an intermission, but he and Universal couldn’t even convince cinema distributors to roll out the film nationwide. He and Aykroyd claim exhibitors—Landis singled out Ted Mann of Mann Theatres, who’d bought the Fox Theater chain—worried that audiences in the South and elsewhere would object to a film filled with predominantly “Black” music and performers. So they only debuted in 600 cinemas instead of 1,400, and tried to mount a live concert tour to promote it.

Aykroyd saw none of the film’s massive box office profits

Even though the movie brought in more than $115 million at the box office, Aykroyd saw none of it. He says he received a $225,000 salary for writing and performing in the movie, “for which I was grateful then and am now, as I was only a net points participant in the proceeds, this is all the fee and money I have ever received from The Blues Brothers movie. Universal’s position is that due to the high costs at the time, my net points remain worthless.”

The Belushis fared a bit better, as Pisano said John Belushi used $150,000 he’d received as a bonus from Animal House’s success to subsidize the 1978 album recordings, which took place live at Universal Amphitheatre while they served as Steve Martin’s opening act. “We weren’t repaid [by Atlantic] until well after we recorded everything and they’d heard it, so I think we were probably a little naive to assume we were getting that money back,” Pisano says. “But: Best investment I ever made.”

Sean L. McCarthy @thecomicscomic

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Porretta Soul Festival 2019: dal 18 al 21 luglio la 32esima edizione

Porretta Soul Festival 2019: dal 18 al 21 luglio la 32esima edizione

Un festival al ritmo soul, blues e R&B con una line up impressionante. Questo sarà il Porretta Soul Festival 2019, il festival musicale che si aprirà il prossimo 18 luglio per la sua trentaduesima edizione.

Sul palco si avvicenderanno artisti in arrivo da tutto il mondo come Don Bryant & The Bo Keys, in arrivo da Memphis, Annika Chambers da Houston e J.P Bimeni dal Burundi.

Durante il festival…

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New music! This week featuring veterans like Alice Cooper, Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams, plus new discoveries like Anneka Van Giersbegen, The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness, Motorcycle Display Team and so much more. Enjoy!

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Today’s Walking Photos: Heyyyyyyy, didja miss me?! I’m so sorry. But see, this past Thursday through Sunday was the 32nd annual Waterfront Blues Festival – the 11th one that I’ve worked (volunteered, but worked) as a keyboard tech at the main stage. This year was a bit unique because in addition to my crew member duties, I was fortunate enough to wind up with four actual gigs playing at the festival, with three different bands. This added to the challenge of keeping up with the Walking Photos last week, because the days leading up to Thursday got pretty filled up with rehearsals, pre-festival gigs and all manner of other preparations. But at least I don’t come to you empty-handed – here’s a collection of iPhone images, all from my crazy-busy but massively rewarding long weekend. Below are comments on each image from top to bottom.

Here’s the festival logo printed directly onto the sidewalk near one of the stages. I believe this is one of many new things that were tried this year as the festival enters a new era of leadership and strategy, and I thought these were pretty cool.

On Day 1 of the festival, the 4th of July, I rose at 4:00 AM and arrived at the festival grounds at 5:30 AM in order to help facilitate a local news station’s live TV interview with rising star Sarah Grace (she was a semifinalist on TV’s “The Voice”), who played a set at the festival later that day. Because no crews were present at that hour and none of the sound equipment was in operation, I needed to bring the gear necessary to let her play and sing for the camera. While I have my own issues with the reality-show genre, particularly when it comes to music performance, Sarah herself immediately won me over. She was genuine and poised, remarkably comfortable and accommodating in the interview context, and she certainly can sing and play. I also enjoyed chatting with her dad, a super nice guy who is also her tour manager when he’s not at home being a firefighter.

Here’s my view from the stage when I was playing my second set of Day 1, with the Fenix Rising Band. At this particular festival stage they keep a very large wooden dance floor set up and it’s a popular destination all day for those who like to move to the music. Our set was a lot of fun.

One of my favorite things about working my stage at the festival is getting to watch and hear musicians whom I deeply respect, some of whom are personal heroes to me. One such musician is keyboardist Jim Pugh, seen here with fellow keyboardist Joe Heinemann as they play with the Curtis Salgado Band. Jim is digging into a Hammond organ solo as he works the Leslie speaker with his left hand. This guy is not only a stellar player on both organ and piano, but he has a sense of humor that aligns perfectly with mine. I’m honored that we get to chat occasionally, and I always leave those talks with a goofy grin on my face. Rather than resting on his laurels after touring with Robert Cray, Etta James and countless others, Jim’s currently running a nonprofit record label, Little Village Foundation, that is bringing some seriously worthwhile music to a wider audience.

My view from the North Stage of the festival, minutes before my set with Lisa Mann And Her Really Good Band. Everything looks so peaceful and perfect and ready, doesn’t it?

But then this happened. During the set, I broke a key on the Hammond B-3 organ. Given that most of these beasts are upwards of 60 years old, this kind of thing is not terribly unusual – but take it from me as a first-timer, it’s pretty startling to have it happen to you. It happened about midway through the set, so I had to keep it together and work my way around it until we were done. Fortunately there’s a second manual (keyboard) on the B-3, so I was able to move down there and just use the one.

Voilà! Broken key fixed! Interestingly, since the flipside of my musician identity is festival keyboard tech, it fell to me to repair the key I had broken. It turns out that if completely replacing the key is not a practical option (it requires taking apart the organ, which only qualified technicians should do), a quick and surprisingly durable solution is to super-glue the key back together. So someone ran to find said glue, and then I and another crew member performed the surgery. (I’d done it twice before, but on those occasions I wasn’t the ham-fisted culprit!) I’m happy to report that as of the festival’s end on Sunday night, the repair had held and all was well. PHEW.

Me with some of my friends on the crew, enjoying the waning hours of Day 2. That’s me, drum tech Wes, crew head Coach (Jim), whipsmart crew member Rebecca, and stage manager Jeff. I’d put my life in the hands of these folks. They’re the goldurn best.

The other cool thing about working the festival is when local friends of mine come to play on “my” stage. Day 3 brought Bay Area singer extraordinaire Marina Crouse to the stage, and she was backed up by a heavy-hitting band of standout Portland players who are all buddies of mine. In the photo you see Dave Fleschner on organ, bandleader Marina Crouse, guitarist/vocalist Ben Rice, bassist Melanie Owen and drummer/mad genius Dave Melyan. My friend Melissa Buchanan also sang backup vocals on that set but wasn’t onstage when I took this shot. A great bunch of musicians who worked hard and delivered a killer set.

During the very last set of the weekend by New Orleans’ Trombone Shorty, I took this shot of the Willamette River as seen from backstage. A flotilla of boats comes every year to anchor between the two largest stages and enjoy the music. The boats, the river, the Hawthorne Bridge and the lights of the city’s east side always make for a picturesque nighttime view.

So that’s it, another Waterfront Blues Festival is in the books. It was a unique experience this year for various reasons, but still worthwhile and immensely enjoyable. Did I mention that the whole purpose of the festival is to raise money and collect non-perishable food for the hungry? Yep, so it’s a pretty great thing all around. And by the way, click here to see Waterfront Blues Festival images I’ve posted here over the years – there are a few!

Thanks for looking; I’ll be back to good ol’ fashioned regular Walking Photos tomorrow.

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Grolsch Blues Festival Schöppingen 2019 | Timetable

Het 28ste Grolsch Blues Festival in Schöppingen (Duitsland) is op zaterdag 8 en zondag 9 juni. Zoals altijd zijn programmeur Richard Hölscher en zijn mensen er weer in geslaagd een zeer afwisselend en gevarieerd programma samen te stellen. @bluesfestival

28ste Grolsch Blues Festival in Schöppingen (Duitsland) op zaterdag 8 en zondag 9 juni.

met Biscuit Miller & The Mix, Cedric Burnside, Archie Lee Hooker & The Coast To Coast Blues band, The Paul DesLauriers Band, Ghost Town Blues Band, Fantastic Negrito, Afro Blues Project Feat. Randolph Matthews, Southern Avenue, Curtis Salgado & Band, Eric Bibb & Band, Danielle Nicole, Sugaray Rayford & Band.

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REVIEW: The Phantom Blues Band "Blues For Breakfast"

REVIEW: The Phantom Blues Band "Blues For Breakfast" @tajmahalblues #JohnApice #thephantombluesband #newmusic2022

Phantom Blues Band – Blues For Breakfast This 12-song album’s proceeds will be donated to musician Mike Finnigan’s School of Music at the Stiefel Theater in Salina, Kansas. Mike, a studio musician & member of the Phantom Blues Band (often backed Taj Mahal among other artists) passed away in 2021. Dedicated to Mike it features guests such as Bonnie Raitt (vocals on “Country Boy”), Curtis Salgado…

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New England Winter Blues Festival 02-03-22 Dan Busler Photography from Dan Busler on Vimeo.

Fusion Slideshow Video "New England Winter Blues Festival" at The Extended Play Sessions - Fallout Shelter in Norwood MA on February 3, 2022.

The night of blues music featured Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson (Muddy Water Band), Curtis Salgado (Robert Cray Band), Sonya Rae Taylor, The Wicked Lo-Down; which features Nick David, Paul Size, Brad Hallen, Jeff Berg, and Nick Toscano with special guests Ryan Taylor and Bruce Bears.

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Album Number One Hundred Ten "Briefcase Full of Blues" is the debut album by The Blues Brothers, released on November 28, 1978, by Atlantic Records. It was recorded live on September 9, 1978, at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, when the band opened for comedian Steve Martin. The album consists of covers of blues and soul songs from the 1950s to 1970s. My copy is on #atlanticrecords - SD 19217 (with "Manufactured by Columbia House Under License" on back.) The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum; according to #thebluesbrothers member #danaykroyd the album has sold 3.5 million copies in all. It is among the highest-selling blues albums of all time. Two singles were released from the album: "Rubber Biscuit", which reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Soul Man", which reached number 14. The album is dedicated to Curtis Salgado, the inspiration behind #johnbelushi ‘s creation of the Blues Brothers characters. #rockandroll #bluesrock #theseventies #snl https://www.instagram.com/p/CSmW51uLQmm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Curtis Salgado - Damage Control

Curtis Salgado – Damage Control Format: CD Label: Alligator Records Release: 2021 Release date: February 26, 2021 Produced by Salgado, ‘DAMAGE CONTROL’ is his first full band album in four years, and it’s packed with passionate, insightful, original songs. Award-winning singer/songwriter/harmonica ace Curtis Salgado, has been delivering soul-fired music for over 40 years. Celebrated for his…

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Thanks go out to the team at KTUH for including our song "Nowhere To Stand" on their radio show "Something Else" on 12/10/19 in Honolulu, HI... we appreciate you!!! http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/sblack/SomethinElse121019.html "Somethin' Blue" airs every Thursday from 9:00 AM - 12:00 Highnoon HST on KTUH FM Honolulu 90.1 "Somethin' Else" Playlist for December 10, 2019 9:00 AM - 12:00 Highnoon HST It Came Out Of Nowhere - Damon Fowler Track 1 The Whiskey Bayou Radio Nowhere - Roger "Hurricane" Wilson Track 7 Covers The Boss! So Near To Nowhere - Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager Track 2 Rough Cut In The Middle Of Nowhere - John Clifton Track 2 In The Middle Of Nowhere Nowhere To Hide - Ally Venable Track 1 Texas Honey Nowhere To Be Found - Kara Grainger Track 4 Living With Your Ghost Nowhere To Stand - Bushmaster Featuring Gary Brown Track 5 Dancing In The Belly Of The Beast New Year's Eve - Rick Estrin And The Nightcats Track 10 Contemporary Train To Nowhere - The Natural Born Schmoozers Track 3 Train To Nowhere Meet You Down The Road - Ghalia Track 2 Mississippi Blend Gonna Be A Darkness - The Jayhawks Track 3 Back Roads And Abandoned Motels When The Darkness Comes - The Paul Deslauriers Band Track 10 Bounce Beware Of Darkness - Sheryl Crow Featuring Eric Clapton Track 5 Threads A Shot In The Dark - Junior Watson Featuring Alabama Mike Track 5 Nothin' To It But To Do It In The Dark - Sparky Parker Track 1 In The Dark Dark And Dreary - Addi McDaniel Track 12 Strange Angels: In Flight With Elmore James Darkest Road I'm Told - Terry Robb Track 7 Confessin' My Dues Dark Night Of The Soul - Van Morrison Track 3 Three Chords & The Truth Dark Night Of The Soul - Sugaray Rayford Track 10 Somebody Save Me March Through The Darkness - Dave Specter Track 3 Blues From The Inside Out Give Me Some Light - Matt Andersen Track 5 Halfway Home By Morning Bringing Light (To A Dark Time) - Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Track 14 Beyond The Blue Door Lights That Shine - Long Tall Deb And Colin John Track 10 Dragonfly Jumping At Shadows - Troy Gonyea Track 8 Click Click Spark This Little Light Of Mine - Manx Marriner Mainline Track 9 Hell Bound For Heaven Light The Flame - Kat Danser Tr https://www.instagram.com/p/B82DEI0je1D/?igshid=1r13qzl5y9cis

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Too Slim and the Taildraggers appear at the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland OR July 4 at 6 pm!! Also appearing July 4 Roy Rogers, Ron Artis ll, Curtis Salgado, and the Robert Cray Band!! #blues #rock #music #festival #guitar https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzes4m1jKje/?igshid=1oj7i8vwk2kyz

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Kate Moss 3 with Sean Ryan McKee

Join us at our Hammond Brewpub for a night of amazing blues by the super talented Kate Moss Music, joined by smoking guitarist Sean Ryan McKee as well! Music starts at 8 PM and there's no cover so bring all your friends and kick off your Saturday night the right way! Kate Moss Kate Moss has enjoyed playing guitar since her teens, but it wasn’t until she met Buddy Guy at the age of 21 that she realized what genre of music commanded her focus: The Blues. Exploring Buddy's music and that of his contemporaries, she fell in love with the sound and the heartfelt, improvisational nature of the Blues. Over the years, Kate has been honored to share the stage with not only Buddy on several occasions, but other top performers in the biz, like her husband Nick Moss, Jimmy Vivino, Tommy Castro, Jimmy Johnson, Eddie Shaw, Curtis Salgado, Ana Popovic, Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Lurrie Bell, and Mud Morganfield, among many others. In 2012 Kate was part of an all-star outfit, The Healers, which also included members Jimmy Hall (of Wet Willie), Reese Wynans (of SRV’s Double Trouble), Samantha Fish, and Danielle and Kris Schnebelen (of Trampled Under Foot). The Healers released a critically-acclamed DVD/CD Live At Knuckleheads, with net proceeds from sales benefitting Blue Star Connection (bluestarconnection.org). Today Kate performs weekly with The Smiley Tillmon Band in and around Chicago, and hits the road from time to time for special events and festivals. Sean Ryan McKee Sean Ryan McKee, born 1996 in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, is a Singer Songwriter and Guitarist with a passion for Blues guitar, vintage guitars and classic cars. Sean has sat in and or played with Buddy Guy, Jimmy Johnson, Nick Moss, Joe Moss, Micheal Ledbetter, Anthony Gomes, Pete Galanis, Mike Wheeler, Biscuit Miller, Rocco Calipari, Tyler Mac, Paxton Norris, Shun Kikuta, Tom Holland, Tallan Noble Latz, Toronzo Cannon, Nigel Mack and many more…

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Diego Ricol Freyre recomienda:Diego Ricol Freyre recomienda: El Blues ya tiene sus nominados

El tecladista Anthony Geraci es el favorito en esta edición de los Blues Music Awards: recibió nominaciones para seis categorías. El premio se entregará el 9 de mayo.

Geraci, que nació en Boston, está en consideración para la Canción del Año (“Angelina, Angelina”); Álbum del año y Álbum de blues tradicional (“Why Did You Have To Go”); artista masculino de Blues tradicional; el Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award y, con su grupo, Boston Blues All-Stars, como Banda del Año. Geraci también es parte de la banda The Proven Ones, que obtuvo una nominación de Disco de Blues Contemporáneo por “Wild Again”. Sus compañeros de Proven Ones, Jimi Bott y Willie J. Campbell, fueron nominados como Mejor Baterista y Mejor Bajista, respectivamente.

Shemekia Copeland y el bluesman de Chicago Nick Moss fueron nominados en cuatro categorías. Ambos luchan contra Geraci en Álbum del Año; Copeland for “America’s Child” y Moss por “The High Cost of Low Living”. Además, Copeland está en consideración para el Álbum de Blues Contemporáneo, Vocalista del Año y Artista Femenina de Blues Contemporáneo. El single de Copeland, “Ain’t Got Time for Hate”, es candidato a la Canción del Año, de los compositores John Hahn y Will Kimbrough.

Las otras tres nominaciones de Nick Moss son para Album de Blues Tradicional, Artista Masculino de Blues Tradicional y Banda del año. Gruenling, mientras tanto, consiguió su propia nominación en la categoría de instrumentista de armónica.

Los nominados de este año tienen un aumento significativo del reconocimiento para instrumentistas femeninas, lo que refleja el trabajo continuo de la Fundación Blues de diversificar su gran grupo de nominadores. Laura Chávez se encuentra distinguida como guitarrista, mientras que Marcia Ball está nominada para el Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award (un título que ha ganado varias veces antes).

Todas las nominaciones

Álbum acústico: A Woman’s Soul, Rory Block Black Cowboys, Dom Flemons Global Griot, Eric Bibb Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues, Joe Louis Walker/Bruce Katz/Giles Robson Wish The World Away, Ben Rice

Artista acústico: Ben Rice Guy Davis Hadden Sayers Harrison Kennedy Rory Block

Album del año: America’s Child, Shemekia Copeland The High Cost Of Low Living, The Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues, Joe Louis Walker/Bruce Katz/Giles Robson Rough Cut, Curtis Salgado and Alan Hager Why Did You have To Go, Anthony Geraci

B.B. King Entertainer: Beth Hart Bobby Rush Lil’ Ed Williams Michael Ledbetter Sugaray Rayford

Banda del año: Anthony Geraci & The Boston Blues All-Stars Larkin Poe Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials Nick Moss Band Welch-Ledbetter Connection

Mejor álbum de artista emergente: Burn Me Alive, Heather Newman Free, Amanda Fish Heartland And Soul, Kevin Burt Tough As Love, Lindsay Beaver Wish The World Away, Ben Rice

Album de Blues Rock: The Big Bad Blues, Billy F Gibbons High Desert Heat, Too Slim and the Taildraggers Live At The ’62 Center, Albert Cummings Poor Until Payday, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band Winning Hand, Tinsley Ellis

Arista de Blues Rock: Billy F Gibbons Eric Gales J.P. Soars Kenny Wayne Shepherd Tinsley Ellis

Album de Blues Contemporáneo: America’s Child, Shemekia Copeland Belle Of The West, Samantha Fish Chicago Plays The Stones, The Living History Band Hold On, Kirk Fletcher Wild Again, The Proven Ones

Artista Femenina de Blues Contemporáneo: Beth Hart Danielle Nicole Samantha Fish Shemekia Copeland Vanessa Collier

Artista Masculino de Blues Contemporáneo: Kenny Neal Rick Estrin Ronnie Baker Brooks Selwyn Birchwood Toronzo Cannon

Mejor Bajista: Danielle Nicole Michael “Mudcat” Ward Patrick Rynn Scot Sutherland Willie J. Campbell

Mejor Baterista: Cedric Burnside Jimi Bott June Core Tom Hambridge Tony Braunagel

Mejor Guitarrista: Anson Funderburgh Christoffer “Kid” Andersen Laura Chavez Monster Mike Welch Ronnie Earl

Mejor Armoniquista: Billy Branch Bob Corritore Dennis Gruenling Kim Wilson Mark Hummel

Mejor trompetista: Doug James Jimmy Carpenter Kaz Kazzanof Mindi Abair Nancy Wright Vanessa Collier

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player (Mejor pianista): Anthony Geraci Bruce Katz Jim Pugh Marcia Ball Mike Finnigan

Mejor Cantante: Beth Hart Danielle Nicole Janiva Magness Michael Ledbetter Shemekia Copeland

Canción del Año: “Ain’t Got Time For Hate,” written by John Hahn and Will Kimbrough “Angelina, Angelina,” written by Anthony Geraci “Cognac,” written by Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge, Richard Fleming “No Mercy In This Land,” written by Ben Harper “The Ice Queen,” written by Sue Foley

Mejor Album de Soul Blues: Back In Business, Frank Bey Every Soul’s A Star, Dave Keller I’m Still Around, Johnny Rawls Love Makes A Woman, The Knickerbocker All-Stars Reckoning, Billy Price

Mejor Artista Femenina de Soul Blues: Annika Chambers Barbara Blue Candi Staton Thornetta Davis Whitney Shay

Mejor Artista Masculino de Soul Blues: Frank Bey Johnny Rawls Sugaray Rayford Wee Willie Walker William Bell

Mejor Album de Blues Tradicional: The Blues Is Alive And Well, Buddy Guy The High Cost Of Low Living, Nick Moss Band Featuring Dennis Gruenling The Luckiest Man, Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Tribute to Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell & the Bell Dynasty Why Did You Have To Go, Anthony Geraci

Koko Taylor Award (Mejor Artista Femenina de Blues Tradicional): Fiona Boyes Lindsay Beaver Ruthie Foster Sue Foley Trudy Lynn

Mejor Artista Masculino de Blues Tradicional: Anthony Geraci Cedric Burnside James Harman Lurrie Bell Nick Moss

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Blues Magazine Radio 101 | Album Tip: Eric Steckel - Polyphonic Prayer

Blues Magazine Radio 101 | Album Tip: Eric Steckel – Polyphonic Prayer

Blues Magazine Radio 101 – Non-Stop Mix, full with new blues music !

Featured Album: Eric Steckel – “Polyphonic Prayer” (2018)

Also in this mix new songs and releases from: Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa, Billy Walton, The Eric Hughes Band, Muddy Waters, Curtis Salgado & Alan Hagar, Sugar Queen & The Straight Blues Band, The Damned and Dirty, Black Operator, Nimmo Brothers, AJ Plug, Erwin Java,…

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The 9th annual San Diego Blues Festival took place at the Embarcadero Marina Park Park in downtown San Diego. The park is a beautiful location for an outdoor music festival. Views of downtown San Diego, the San Diego Marina, Coronado Bridge and Coronado Island. The park itself has lots of trees for shade and a large lawn to spread a blanket and enjoy some wonderful music.

The San Diego Blues Festival is an annual fundraiser for the San Diego Foodbank. The annual festival has raised over $950,000 and 14 tons of donated food for the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank. The festival has featured artist such as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Tommy Castro, Mavis Staples, Nikki Hill, Tab Benoit and the late, great Candy Kane over the years, as well as many local San Diego bands.

The lineup this year was no different. Opening the afternoon was National City’s own, The Sleepwalkers. The band incorporates blues, rockabilly, cumbias from its Latino heritage and rock into its music. They have been a staple in the San Diego music scene for over 25 years.

Another San Diego staple is the up and coming Whitney Shay. Shay is constantly on the go, if she’s not playing gigs, sometimes more than one a day, in San Diego, she is off to Europe or South America. As a matter of fact joining her on stage at the festival this year was an amazing guitaris she met while touring in Brazil, Igor Prado. Shay is also the 2019 winner of Artist of the Year and Best Blues Album of the Year from the annual San Diego Music Awards.

Black Market III is fronted by the husband-wife duo of Scottie Blinn and Roxanne Coverdale-Blinn. They are based out of San Diego as well but spend about 9 months of the year on the road. They are well know on the European Blues Festival circuit.

Chris James and Patrick Rynn, San Diego transplants from the amazing blues town of Chicago. Chris and Patrick met 30 years ago and have since recorded multiple albums together and traveled all over the world. James is also a world-renowned blues historian.

Curtis Salgado, who has performed as a part of the Robert Cray Band and Santana as a harmonica player had the crowd on thier feet from his opening gospel number to his last blues song. Curtis met and tutored John Belushi and was the inspiration for Belushi’s character in the Blues Brothers. Salgado has 18 Blues Music Awards nominations and has won 9 of them, including Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year four times and the coveted B.B. King entertainer of the Year Award in 2013.

Probably one of the most talked about and anticipated bands this year is led by sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, Larkin Poe. They did not disappoint . Rebecca plays guitar and in true rock star fashion is all over the stage. Megan plays the lap steel guitar, but she isn’t sitting when she does it. She too is all over the stage. These sisters use classic rock influences and infuse it with roots and American styles to have a sound all their own. They have used other organic percussive sounds like doors slamming, stomping on hardwood floors and the thumping of dresser drawers in their music. Larkin Poe were big winners at the recent 2019 Independent Blues Awards. Taking home Artist Of The Year, Best Modern Roots Band, Gateway Artist, Best Modern Roots Album — Venom & Faith, Best Contemporary Blues Song — “Good and Gone” and Best Modern Roots Song — “Ain’t Gonna Cry”.

Eric Gales has overcome a lot, nearly dying multiple times from substance abuse. Eric is now recovered and shares his story in both words and music on the stage. Gales picked up the guitar at the young age of 4 and copied his older brothers. By the time he was 16 years old he had his own recording contract. After being sidelined for many years because of his addicitons, Gales mounted his comeback in 2017 with his Middle of the Road CD featuring artists like Gary Clark Jr., Lauryn Hill, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.

Closing out the day was the legendary bluesman, Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues. Mahal, is an internationally recognized blues musician who folds various forms of world music into his offerings. A self-taught singer-songwriter who plays the guitar, banjo and harmonica, Mahal has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music during his 40+ year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific. Watching Mahal perform on stage I could easily see the influences of Muddy Waters and B.B. King on the 77 year old performer. Taj Mahal has won numerous awards including three grammys, a Lifetime Achievment award from the Americana Awards & Honors and has been nominated four times for the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award, winning it in 2018. In addition to that award he also won for best acoustic artist, album, and contemporary male blues artist, with a nomination for best song.

Show Review: SD Blues Festival Was Beautiful @blackmarketiii @curtis_salgado #sdbluesfest @larkinpoe @tajmahalblues @ericgalesband The 9th annual San Diego Blues Festival took place at the Embarcadero Marina Park Park in downtown San Diego.