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1.
"LIVE" BLUES THIS WEEK (and beyond)...
Just
updated! Go here for the Greater Delta's latest "live"
blues
shows, including the Bobby Rush DVD event and 1st Skip James Festival:
http://www.cathead.biz/livemusic.html
2.
BOBBY RUSH DVD TAPING and SKIP JAMES FEST this weekend...
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This Friday and Saturday nights, June 27 and 28, Bobby Rush will
put on special "live" performances at Ground Zero Blues
Club in Clarksdale, MS to be recorded for a forthcoming DVD release.
Don't miss your chance to be part of history at this rare event.
Also, look for special commissioned artwork back drops behind
the stage courtesy of Lamar Sorrento, Willie Kinard and Cat Head.
PLUS, Saturday only at Mr. Freeman/Luckett's nearby fine restaurant
Madidi, there's a very special pre-fixe 5-course menu. Call 662-627-7770
for details or reservations. Eat here, and then go to the show
down the street!
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ALSO on Saturday, it's the 1st Annual Skip James Festival in Yazoo
City, MS: Bobby Rutledge, Jay Kirgis, Steve Cheseborough, Pat
Thomas, Paul "Wine" Jones, Bud Spires and Jimmy "Duck"
Holmes. Plus "live"" blues in clubs after...
3.
NEW AT CAT HEAD DELTA BLUES & FOLK ART...
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New on Cat Head web site: Please check out the new web pages for
"Dela's Stackhouse" and the "Riverside Hotel"
in our "Links" section. (Two great Clarksdale businesses
that deserve your support!)
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New CDs at Cat Head: Jay Kirgis' "Oxford Blues," BB
King's "Reflections," Bob Margolin's "All-Star
Blues Jam" (with tons of special guests!), Skip James' "Studio
Sessions: Rare & Unissued," Howlin' Wolf's "1951-52,"
Otis Taylor's "Truth Is Not Fiction" and John Mellencamp's
"Trouble No More" (No, really! The Cougar-man does the
blues pretty well...).
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New books at Cat Head: Restocked "Music Makers" book
with bonus CD from the Music Maker Relief Foundation. Wonderful
photos by Tim Duffy, Axel Kustner and others plus text. Great
compilation CD. Just $35.-
Play the Cat Head: Blues bands and book authors... Please call
me if you are interested in doing an in-store promotion to push
your CD or book.
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Bring your tour group to Cat Head: Contact me before your tour
group of 12+ folks comes to town, and I'll set up a little free
or low-cost music in store to entertain you. Email or call to
see what we can do.4.
OTHER LOCAL MUSIC/ARTS NEWS...
From Clarksdale Press Register:
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* Clarksdale girl signs recording contract
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For most kids, summer means swimming at the local pool, riding
bicycles in the street or just hanging out with friends. (By:
Emily Le Coz - Staff Writer)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8495154&BRD=
2038&PAG=461&dept_id=
230617
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* Commission backs bus station plan
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Members of the Coahoma County Tourism Commission and the Clarksdale/Coahoma
County Chamber of Commerce backed plans to turn the newly remodeled
Greyhound Bus Station into a welcome center for tourists. (By:
Emily Le Coz - Staff Writer)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8467874&BRD=2038&PAG=
461&dept_id= 230617
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* Allen promotes Delta in U.K.
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The Coahoma County Tourism Commission has sent one of its own
abroad.
(By: Emily Le Coz - Staff Writer)
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8336694&BRD=2038&PAG=
461&dept_id= 230617
5.
NEW BLUES CLUB IN OXFORD, MS...
Da
Spot has just opened on the square in Oxford. (I believe it is
in the old Bodega Pizzeria & Pub spot at 1008 Jackson Av E
Oxford, MS 38655. I don't have a phone number or email address
to confirm yet!)
During
the next two weeks, enjoy these great shows there:
- Fri., 6/27, noon-2pm & 6-8pm - Da Spot, Oxford, MS (on the
square):
Wesley Jefferson Blues Band.
-Fri., 7/4 - S&S Productions presents a Year of the Blues,
Mississippi Style event entitled the "Blues Explosion"
with Denise LaSalle, Lee Shot Williams & Bobby Warren. Show
times 8 pm and midnight. For info, call 323-582-3654 or 662-902-8788.
6.
RECENTLY OPENED CLUB ADDS "LIVE" BLUES LINE-UP...
Club
Junction R&B Club on Hwy. 61 (north of Clarksdale at Jonestown
Road), 662-358-4750:
- most Fridays - DJ Sweet Daddy Bridge
- 7/12 - Wesley Jefferson Band
- 7/19 - Razorblade with the Deep Cuts
- 7/26 - Howl-N-Madd and the Perrys
- 8/16 - James "Super Chikan" Johnson
7.
HELENA, AR's 2003 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES...
IT'S
FREE! The Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Arkansas, presents
the 2003 Summer Concert Series.Additional performers and dates
will be announced, but thus far they have:
Saturday, July 12th, 8:30 PM-Billy Lee Riley
Friday, July 18th, 7:30 PM-Sam Carr and Dave Riley
Friday, July 25th, 7:30 PM-John Weston
Friday, August 1st, 7:30 PM-CeDell Davis
Friday, August 8th, 8:30 PM-C.W. Gatlin with W.S. ³Fluke²
Holland - All concerts are free and will be held at the Thad Kelley
Courtyard stage at 415 Cherry Street, Helena. Attendees may want
to bring lawn chairs, etc. The Delta Cultural Center is an agency
of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.
8.
DELA'S STACKHOUSE TO PUT ON 3RD ANNUAL FEST...
Nancy
Kossman has announced the date for her 3rd Annual Exile on Sunflower
Festival (in gazebo on Sunflower Ave.). It will be held Sat. Sept.
27. So far blues performers include: Super Chikan and Mr. Tater...
with more to come! This is a wonderful event. To help sponsor
or if you have questions, please call her at 662-627-5514.
9.
OVER IN ALABAMA...
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Wed., June 25 - Alabama Blues Project, Summertime Blues Camp,
Rehearsal open house! 5-6pm at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Tel:
758-1193
- Wed., June 25 - Tuscaloosa Cancun Mexican Restaurant, Debbie
Bond and Radiator Rick will be playing on the deck from 7:30 -
10pm. - Sat., June 28 - Tuscaloosa, Mellow Mushroom, Willie King
and the Blues Revelators
10.
FINALLY, VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN...
An
artist friend of ours needs your vote. If you feel like it, please
go to http://www.austinchronicle.com/feedback/bestof/, put "Grego
Anderson" in the artist/sculptor box, and email it in. (You
can vote till July 1.) Cat Head thanks you.
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THANKS.
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