Y'all know i've posted about Memphis master luthier (that's gitar maker to you) and all-around good dude/madman before. Well Johnny has been super generous towards DBF and donated one of his one-string Lowebows as a give away to one of the first One Hundred ticket buyers for Deep Blues 2009. My pal Mutt says about his Lowebow:"...after playing my Lowebow...no fauxbow could come close...the soun...
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HONKEYFiNGER slayed people at Deep Blues. The power of his sound set of the tornado sirens and brought a fifteen minute deluge. No such anomalies at his post-DBF appearence at Big Vs. Other than a good 1/2 hour of ass kicking sqwonk and head bangin' boogie. I only got three songs before my trusty cam ran out of space but here they are. Even darker on stage than Mudlow's set but the darkness len...
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pinhole pic of Mudlow shot by nhungsta!Brighton UKs Mudlow played a post-DBF gig at Big Vs in Saint Paul MN on the monday following the fest. Sadly their sax man Trimble was under the weather but I filled in on Maraccas and Honkeyfinger hit the harp on a couple songs. The played a bunch of new material including a sweet cover of The Scud Mountain Boys song Silo which has always been a fave of m...
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Yr pal Chris Cotton has a fine new video out for the song Blues and Sadness off his excellent new album The Big Sea. You can read my review of The Big Sea HERE.Me playin' drums with Cotton at Deep Blues Festival '08. Video shot but Ol' Cuzn Wildweed. BTW Tix for DBF '09 are available HEREOnline Videos by Veoh.com
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"Some people complain that this isn't blues."-Chris Johnson "I think speaking for myself, and i'd think Chris might agree as well, we really aren't too interested in purity or authenticity. I'm not interested in getting all Marsalis about it and keeping what I call blues in a bell jar on a shelf and putting up a bunch of signs that say No Picture Taking and No Interpreting unless wearing white ...
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The official word has come down that Chris Johnson will begin putting together Deep Blues Festival 2009. It's size and shape depends on one thing: YOU! Read On:Deep Blues Presales 2009 Thanks to all the bands, fans, sponsors, and volunteers for making the past two festivals so much fun.We've grown quite a bit and learned a lot, but it has been hard to forecast the ticket sales for this unique e...
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Our pal at Ninebullets.net has a fine piece on Deep Blues participant Charlie Parr. Check it out HERE. He's also gotta a couple quick shots on three other DBF bands GravelRoad, Cicada Omega, and Scissormen. THANKS!
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American Relay will be playing The Deep Blues Festival on Sunday July 20th.Nick Sullivan(guitar)and Alex Hebert(drums)took time out of their busy schedule to emerge from their bunker-like blues fortress in the bowels of Denver's historic Armory building to answer a few questions via email:How long have you guys been playing together?Nick Sullivan- We played our first show just over three years ...
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Memphis by way of Arkansas' Ron Franklin is another late addition to DBF. Franklin's sound inhabits the the creme of america's musical history borrowing sounds from Buddy Holly, Chuck B., Jimmie Rodgers, the boys from Memphis and the hills beyond and that boy from the North Country. And like that boy, Franklin has absorbed the old sounds of the old masters and reworked them into service of his ...
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"From chips and shards, in idle times, I made these storied, shaped these rhymes; May they engage some friendly tongue When I am past the reach of song." --Byron Herbert Reece Willem Maker(aka Wes Doggett) is a last minute addition to The Deep Blues Music and Film Festival line-up (he'll play friday July 17th) and i'm delighted to have the opportunity to see him. Willem Maker was recently signe...
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Portland Oregon's Hillstomp will play The Deep Blues Festival Saturday July 19th. They are scheduled to play between Pearlene and Buffalo Killers. I feel sorry for 'em. Pearlene and Buffalo Killers that is. As I wrote before it rained like hell at the last DBF. We got pounded some freak storm and I was damn surprised we didnt get pummeled by hail. But for one brief moment during Hillstomp's set...
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ADVANCE TiCKET SALES FOR THE DEEP BLUES MUSiC AND FiLM FESTiVAL END JULY 8th. GET 'EM HERE!Mr. T-Model Ford. The boss of the blues. The Tale-Dragger from Greenville Mississippi, he's The Ladies Man and that's for damn sure. He's somewhere around ninety years old and he'll be breakin' necks and cashin' checks at The Deep Blues Festival Friday July 18th. To quote the man himself "T-Model Ford is...
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Are you going to Deep Blues? Did you know advance ticket sales are almost over?You can still get Advance tickets until July 8th right HEREPatrick's site HEREPatrick @ MySpacePatrick's WiKi
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Our pal over at the totally coral Ninebullets blog just did a nice piece on the Black Diamond Heavies and has allowed me to re-post it here. Read on:Ever since The White Stripes hit the scene, there has been no shortage of two man (or woman) bands out there releasing cds. Hell, there's been no shortage of coverage for them on this here web site, either. And while there are more two man bands ou...
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The Tarbox Ramblers will appear at The Deep Blues Music and Film Festivalon Sunday July 20th. Do not pass up the chance to see one of America's finest."early-twentieth century blues and back-country music. Between the fiddle, string bass, drums and slide guitar, you won't know what hit you." --- THE NEW YORKER "Michael Tarbox's unpolished but forceful vocals, folk music left gloriously undefine...
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Oh Indeed! The hot, blue, and rightous Reverend Deadeye will be healin' the afflicted at Deep Blues Festival. Here's just a taste:
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Print these babies out and take 'em with ye:Click HERE for the Music ScheduleClick HERE for the Film ScheduleFor general info and to purchase tickets click THiS.:Meanwhile lets watch us some Scott H Biram, shall we? Lets shall!Scott H Biram from ricksaunders on Vimeo.Scott H Biram from ricksaunders on Vimeo.
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photo courtesy of tiina liimuCHRiS COTTON plays THE DEEP BLUES FESTiVAL First of all let's get this straight: You can call Chris Cotton a lot of names. Call him Cotton, Slappy, Wingnut McSpazz-O-Tron, yr daddy, or Mr. Cotton, Sir. But don't call him a bluesman. And don't call his music blues, either. Gatemouth Brown suffered the same curse and carried a similar cross. What Mr. Brown played wasn...
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