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David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Simply The Blues Festival 2007

     Photo Copyright 2007 by Tom Foley , All Rights Reserved

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Featured Blues Festivals

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Chicago Blues Festival
    2007 June 7-10, 2007
    Grant Park in Downtown Chicago
    Free Admission
    11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.

             Six Stages of Blues Each day

Click see schedule - Thursday June 7  Friday June 8  Saturday June 9  Sunday June 10

Fest Website: http://www.chicagobluesfestival.us/

2007 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
CLICK HERE for complete schedule with performance times

Friday June 29th
Damon Fowler Group  Albert Cummings  Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band  Robert Randolph & the Family Band  Robert Belfour  Paul Oscher  Big Bill Morganfield  Nappy Brown  Bob Margolin  Willie “Big Eyes” Smith  Mookie Brill

Saturday June 30th
Kelly Richey  Jason Ricci and New Blood  Big James & the Chicago Playboys  The Jackie Payne and Steve Edmonson Band  Blues harp blowout featuring Mark Hummel  James Harman  Paul Oscher  Bad Luck City featuring Matt Woods and Michael Swanger  Jimmy “Duck” Holmes  Alberta Adams & RJ’s Rhythm Rockers with CeeCee Collins  Ari Brown Quartet  Watermelon Slim  Trudy Lynn with The Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings

Sunday July 1st
 Dona Oxford  Tom Principato  Ruby Wilson  Little Charlie & the Nightcats  Drink Small “The Blues Doctor”  Dave MacKenzie  Bruce Katz  Henry Gray & the Cats

Festival website  http://www.mvbs.org

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Prairie Dog Blues Festival

The only Blues festival in the Midwest held on an island in the middle of the Mississippi River!
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  July 27th & 28th, 2007
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin on St. Feriole Island

Click HERE for Complete Schedule

Friday, July 27, 2007

The Tom Hunter Band - Shannon Curfman - Alvin Jett & Phat noiZ - Tab Benoit 
Plus Big Daddy Cade & The Blues Masters 

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Everett Smithson Band - Kevin "B.F." Burt & the Instigators - Mark Sallings & the Famous Unknowns 
Steve Arvey & The Saxtelles  - Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials  Anthony Gomes
Plus  Pete Cornelius  (from Australia)

Festival Website http://www.prairiedogblues.com/

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 Best Blues Links of the Week

"Blues Highway"
Great article about Blues music in the south since the days of slavery.
From National Geographic Magazine (1999)

Photos from the article including pics of Willie Dixon and Luther Allison are located at: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/blues/index.html

Mosquito Gumbo Links page
A little world of Zydeco & Cajun links

Click HERE to visit our Blues Links Page

 Blues Radio - Streaming Link of the Week

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Want to listen to GREAT BLUES MUSIC 24X7 for FREE? Visit our Blues Radio Page! We have streaming Blues radio links from all over the US and links from other countries. This week we feature:

http://www.blueears.com/main.htm
Paramaribo - Surinam (South America)
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The BEST of the Best Blues Radio Streams is.....

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 Blues Society News

2007 Central Illinois Blues Challenge
Sunday, June 3

Mackinaw Valley Vineyard
Mackinaw, IL 61755 (309) 359-9463
15 miles west of Bloomington on Route 9  (4 miles east of Mackinaw on Route 9)

Eight bands competing - 30 minute sets

Barb Hamilton 12:30

Bridget & The Boogiemen 1:15

Knights Of Crisis 2:00

Rooster Alley 2:45

The Low Down Blues Band 3:30

Southside Cindy & The Sliptones 4:15

Trouble No More 5:00

Kim Massie Band 5:45

Melvin Taylor 6:30

For more information click HERE

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