(Memphis, Tennessee) With each succeeding year, the IBC improves in both scope sheer size and also quality. Above photo from Hammond Workshop, Joe Boogie, featured guest Tullie Brae, and Helge “Nick” Nickel of Bluesfest Eutin, Germany. This year’s big Blues week was highlighted by some cool new stuff: Bigger and better… Hammond Organ Workshop This [...]
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Tedeshi Trucks Wins Best Blues Album!
Other Blues Winners: Booker T. Jones, Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Rebirth Brass Band, Levon Helm, and Hear Me Howlin’
Tedeschi Trucks Band 2012 Grammy Nominees
Tedeschi Trucks 2012 Grammy Nominees After a wet cold morning, The Rock Strong 4 Life Benefit on Saturday turned out to be a perfect evening at Popa John’s Stadium. The sun came out just in time to warm up the 1000 plus audience and The Tedeschi Trucks Bandtook over from there to deliver a performance that may have [...]
2012 Grammy Nominee Marcia Ball at BB King’s in New York
Marcia Ball and her band at the BB King Blues Club http://www.rosebudus.com/ball/ What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! For this post I am revisiting some photos I took of 2011 Living Blues Award winner Marcia Ball. The photos are from her April 2011 show in New York. Marcia is also a 2012 Blues Music Award [...]
2011 Grammy Winner Buddy Guy at BB King’s in New York
Buddy Guy at the BB King Blues Club in NYC http://www.buddyguy.net/ What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! For my post this week I have some photos of the legendary Buddy Guy from his Nov. 2011 show at the BB King Blues Club in New York. That was my first time seeing Buddy and he surely [...]
The word on the street ….
The streets are busy with the influx of blues fans. In a few hours, blues musicians will be scurrying to their designated venue. It is a site to behold… players carrying their guitars and such…cleaned up and ready to do battle. They will all walk tall with a purpose…knowing that they ALL were winners just [...]
Walking in Memphis
“Walking in Memphis…” Memphis is eagerly opening its arms to the masses of blues fans as they converge on Beale Street for the 2012 International Blues Challenge. That famous street was alive and well last night when I arrived in town….as part of the ‘advance’ team. Those ever familiar flashing lights from the various clubs [...]
International Blues Challenge- Past Winners
Michael Burks What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! With the 2012 International Blues Challenge (IBC) soon approaching I wanted to post a few photos of some past IBC winners. The IBC will be held January 31 – February 4, 2012 in Memphis, TN. The IBC is a pretty big deal for those artists that are [...]
Four Roses Joins as Sponsor for IBC Hammond Workshop
(Memphis, Tennessee) We are proud to announce that our friend Dan Gardener of Four Roses Bourbon has announced that Four Roses will be a proud sponsor of this year’s IBC Hammond Workshop in Memphis at Club 152 on Beale at 11 AM Thursday, February 2 and Friday February 3, 2012. Four Roses joins Amro Music [...]
RIP Johnny Otis
From Bob Corritore: RIP Johnny Otis – December 28, 1921 to January 17, 2012. Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, who is best known as Johnny Otis, was one of the true bedrock figures of blues, rhythm & blues & early rock & roll. He died at age 90 at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of [...]
Mississippi Blues Trail Markers
(Memphis, Tennessee) Many Blues fans have taken the time to check out another facet of the Blues music experience, visiting some or all of the various Mississippi Blues Trail Markers. In fact an iphone app has been made available to further enhance the experience. The free app, currently available only for iPhones, has a variety [...]
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines
Annie Raines and Paul Rishell at The Triad in New York What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! I did not mention this in my last post but I brought in the new year at Iridium Jazz Club with the Mike Stern Band, which consisted of John Patitucci on bass, Randy Brecker on trumpet, and the [...]
Quinn Sullivan- 12 year old Bluesman
Quinn Sullivan at the BB King Blues Club in New York City What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! Happy New Year! Hope your entry into the new year was a smooth and enjoyable one. 2011 was a heck of a year but I look forward to all sorts of good things in 2012. In January [...]
Bluestock Festival Canceled in 2012
From the Bluestock Festival: It is with great sadness that we share with you that our beloved co-founder, Jeff Simon is terminally ill. While we are all totally consumed with this situation, we have decided that we cannot give Bluestock 2012 the attention it needs to be a great Blues festival, and we have decided [...]
Here Comes the Second Annual IBC Hammond Organ Workshop!
(Memphis, Tennessee) As January rolls around again, we turn our sights on the upcoming International Blues Challenge which will take place in Memphis starting on the last day of this month. Last year, with the help of our friend, Joe Whitmer, of the Blues Foundation, we produced the first Hammond Organ Workshop, an event designed [...]
