Columbia Blues Festival Sat., Oct. 17

Saturday. Martin Luther King Park. Noon to 10 p.m.

http://wordofmouthproductions.org

If you love Blues, I'll see you there.
I'll see you there if you just like music!

Enjoy - and super thanks to all the WOMP workers/volunteers who bring us this lovely gift each year. Many thanks!

Blind Willie McTell book author speaks in GA this week

Hey ... for you Blind Willie McTell fans (and who isn't?):

I thought you might be interested in a synopsis of this article about the author of a book on BWMcT because the talks will take place in and near Augusta this Tuesday and Thursday.

Full story is at: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/10/15/rho_551890.shtml

Blind Willie McTell biography tells story of local music hero
Ramblin' Rhodes by Don Rhodes Columnist Augusta Chronicle
Thursday, October 15, 2009

The U.S. hardback release of British author, Michael Gray's biography, "Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell" (Chicago Review Press, $26.95) is tied to the 50th anniversary of Mr. McTell's death on Aug. 19, 1959. It originally was released in the United Kingdom in 2007.

"This is the ideal time to celebrate his life and work," Mr. Gray said by e-mail before heading for a speaking tour of Georgia cities.

That tour includes a stop at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the McDuffie Museum, 121 Main St., in Thomson. Admission is free. He also will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in Nessmith Lane Assembly Hall/Auditorium at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.

One of Mr. McTell's best known compositions and recordings is Statesboro Blues, made famous by The Allman Brothers Band.

"I should particularly like to stress that the book is scrupulously researched," Mr. Gray wrote in his e-mail. "It is aimed at the interested general reader and by no means simply at music fans, and contains a good deal of Georgia history."

Mr. Gray has authored or co-authored books about musicians Frank Zappa, Elvis Presley and Mr. Dylan, including The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (2006).

Don Rhodes has written about country music for 38 years. He can be reached at (706) 823-3214 or at don.rhodes@morris.com.

Free ticket giveaway for the SC Jazz Festival Saturday

Miss Lindsay has offered a set of tix to SC Jazz Festival in Cheraw for Saturday. E-mail me at bluesgoddess@gmail.com to enter for a chance to win.

I know this competes with the Columbia Blues Festival, but I have to be open-minded and allow for equal-opportunity enjoyment (yes, I DO think that is rather funny, now that I think about it, although the pun was not intended).

Here are some links/details:
South Carolina Jazz Festival
Make your plans now to join jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie's historic hometown of Cheraw at the South Carolina Jazz Festival October 16-18, 2009. ... www.scjazzfestival.com.

Blues Moon Radio Playlist and info Oct. 13. 2009

Welcome to tonight's Blues Moon radio show, with your host, Clair DeLune.

Tonight we'll be featuring some of the artists who will be entertaining us at Word of Mouth Productions' Columbia Blues Festival (www.wordofmouthproductions.org). We'll also feature many of the new Blues friends' music who have been kind enough to "friend" me on Facebook.

Keep refreshing as the show is live (and you can stream it via http://wusc.sc.edu, then follow the links to "listen") between 6-8 p.m. ET/USA and updates will be frequent.

Starting us out tonight is the scintillating Mac Arnold...

Mac Arnold and Plate Full of Blues - Ghetto Blues b/w Nothin' to Prove b/w The Truth

Eddie Turner - Jody b/w I'm Tore Down

Rev. Billy C. Wirtz - Sleeper Hold on Satan b/w Female Problems

Duke Robillard - Temptation

Nappy Brown - Keep on Pleasin' You b/w Don't Be Angry b/w Aw Shucks, Baby

-- Tribute to Nappy, whose birthday would have been yesterday -- we miss you, Nappy.

Bob Margolin - All You Left Behind

Deanna Bogart - Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar)

Sue Foley - New Used Car

Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s - Solid Gold Cadillac b/w Broke

Johnny Winter - My Time After Awhile

Tom Principato Band - Last Night

Candye Kane - Crazy Little Thing

Tommy Castro - Can't Keep Good Man Down

Shemekia Copeland - Salt in My Wounds b/w brief interview about her influences

Los Fabulocos - I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday

After the Columbia Blues Festival on Saturday, pop on up to Charlotte on Sunday at 6 for the Nappy Brown Tribute:

Nappy Brown Memorial Fundraiser

Sunday, Oct 18 6:00p

at Double Door Inn, Charlotte, NC

Please join the Charlotte music community and the Charlotte Blues Society in celebrating the great man's life with a concert to help raise money for a headstone. Musicians and friends from the early days of Nappy's Charlotte-based career to younger artists that appreciated and loved him are coming together for a special night. Maurice Williams, Robin Rogers, Mookie Brill, Scott Cable, Bob Margolin, Sandra Hall, Audrey Madison Turner, Mack Arnold, Betty Pride, Sandra Hall, Michael Wolfe and the Voodoo Brothers are scheduled to appear, with more to be added! Event Website

Blues News

Lickin' my lips for the Columbia Blues Festival this Saturday... check it out at http://www.wordofmouthproductions.org - see you there!

Want to also take notice that tonight would have been Nappy Brown's birthday... he was a dear friend and an amazing musician. My heart goes out to those who knew and loved him and his music.

UPDATED: There will be a tribute to Nappy in Charlotte on Sunday -

DETAILS:

Nappy Brown Memorial Fundraiser

Sunday, Oct 18 6:00p

at Double Door Inn, Charlotte, NC

Age Suitability: None Specified

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Please join the Charlotte music community and the Charlotte Blues Society in celebrating the great man's life with a concert to help raise money for a headstone. Musicians and friends from the early days of Nappy's Charlotte-based career to younger artists that appreciated and loved him are coming together for a special night. Maurice Williams, Robin Rogers, Mookie Brill, Scott Cable, Bob Margolin, Sandra Hall, Audrey Madison Turner, Mack Arnold, Betty Pride, Sandra Hall, Michael Wolfe and the Voodoo Brothers are scheduled to appear, with more to be added!

We also lost Freddie Robinson on Oct. 10. Sad, sad, sad.

Please tune in (via streaming Internet at http://wusc.sc.edu) tomorrow for the Blues Moon radio show 6 p.m. ET/USA. I'm still adjusting from Nashville time.

Nashville was wonderful - hilly, chilly and very Nash-villy!