Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Lowcountry Blues opportunities

Passing along some Lowcountry Blues opportunities from our friend Gary Erwin... there are some red-hot shows goin' on down Charleston-way!

Let us know if you have some S.C. shows to post by sending complete info to Clair DeLune at Blues Moon Radio via: clearbluesday@yahoo.com

From Gary Erwin
Dec 2 (3 days ago)
 
 

Hard to believe, but it's December already. The holidays loom and the blues continues to bloom!

Don't forget that a blues CD/LP/cassette/8-track makes a wonderful gift - especially if autographed by the artist (HINT: go to a show and buy the band's CD!)...so just do it, OK?

Cascading into this festive season, we offer you the following suggestions for LIVE BLUES in the eastern part of South Carolina:

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Tuesdays in December (4,11,18), 5-8 pm
"BLUES HAPPY HOUR" with SHRIMP CITY SLIM (solo)
Mad River Bar & Grille (Charleston, SC market area / N. Market & East Bay)
FREE
www.shrimpcityslim.com
www.madrivercharleston.com
This is the old brick church (now a club/bar/resto) in the heart of it all!
Great food, drink specials and ambience....Charleston funk under one roof.
Piano blues & boogie, meditative ballads, and swampy escapism...come on!

Thursdays in December (6,13,20,27), 5-8 pm
"BLUES HAPPY HOUR" with SHRIMP CITY SLIM (solo)
Toast of Charleston (corner of Meeting & Cumberland, downtown CHS)
FREE
www.cdbaby.com/shrimpcityslim10 (the new solo piano album)
www.toastofcharleston.com
Yes, this is the old White Horse Tavern, located in what is now the Day's Inn, a place with tons of debauch history.
Cool little pub with folks stumbling in from all over the world. And the food is excellent! This is the Heart of Charleston and Shrimp City Slim rolls the 88s for bottomless mimosa lovers and mo'...see you there!

continuing...

Thursday, December 6, 6-9 pm
SWAMP POP SHELLY DUO @ The Shelter Kitchen & Bar
Coleman Blvd, Mt. Pleasant
(just across the Big Bridge from Charleston)
FREE
South Louisiana songstress strums and sings with Dangerous Dave on a battery of hand percussion....swampy perfection and classic Americana, too. The new venue in "East Cooper".
www.reverbnation.com/swamppopshelly and watch for the debut CD!

Friday, December 7, 9 pm
SCREAMIN' JUNIOR & THE UTTER TUGGERS
Smokey's Place (1213 Remount Rd., corner N. Rhett, North Charleston)
843 566 1191 phone for info & directions if you need it.
Facebook: Smokey's Place, John Clam Chop Etheridge
Local music icon John Etheridge (aka Clam Chop, often found beating the skins with Shrimp City Slim) in his guitar/vocal persona, accompanied by a new band of gypsies. Wild party rock, R&B, blues, Top 40 chestnuts, and loads of theatre. It's a free-for-all and you will love it! Consider a d.d. for this show :)
NB: venue is smoker-friendly.

COMING TO CHARLESTON IN THE NEXT DAYS:

DAVIS COEN at Home Team BBQ on December 7
Accomplished guitarist/singer divides his time between the Delta and the East Coast...enjoying airplay on XM-Sirius Radio.
www.daviscoen.com
www.hometeambbq.com
FREE

THE MOBROS at the two Home Team locations, Dec. 12 & 13
Creative, vibrant young blues brothers band out of Camden, SC.
www.themobros.com (check out their "Mississippi Woman" on Youtube!)
www.hometeambbq.com (for info on the venues)
More on them in the next bulletin.
FREE

SHRIMP CITY SLIM trio featuring JUKE JOINT JOHNNY
Fri-Sat December 14-15 @ Jazz'd Tapas (Savannah, GA)
www.jazzdsavannah.com (great club in superb funky Southern town)
www.myspace.com/jukeharp (JJJ's site)
FREE
More on this one later, but always a sensational time!


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A very happy start to the holiday season and hope to see you soon.

PEACE LOVE BLUES
Gary Erwin
Lowcountry Blues Society (est. 1986)
Charleston, South Carolina USA

 

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012



Welcome Blues fans... Tuesday is Bluesday, so get your Blues licks at six and don't be late because we are gone at eight for the Blues Moon with Clair DeLune, a radio show that has been bringing you the Blues, the whole Blues, and nothing but the Blues - so help me God - since 1990. Tune in at WUSC-FM 90.5 and HD1 Columbia (SC) or via the Internet at: www.wusc.sc.edu (follow the links above the playlist to stream globally... 6 p.m. ET is -5 GMT, btw).


Blues Moon Radio Playlist for Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012

We'll open with some of our dear friend and venerable Bluesman, Drink Small...

Drink Small - If It Had Not Been for You (Drinkisms)

Note: his latest "Drinkism" is about his recent wedding and the upcoming holidays:
 "Everyone else will be singing Merry Christmas... I'll be singing Marry Christmas"

He also asked if his friends and fans will please say a little prayer for his health.

Next we'll commemorate the first half of December's birthday celebrants (Days 1-17):

Larry Davis - Three O'Clock in the Morning
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral and My Trial b/w My Younger Days

Irene Scruggs - The Voice of the Blues
Mager Johnson - Travelling Blues

Blind John Davis - Everyday I Have the Blues
Johnny Mars, Boogie Woogie Red and Baby Boy Warren - Met Me in the Alley

Junior Wells - Junior's Whoop b/w Look on Yonder's Wall b/w Messin' with the Kid

Guitar Slim - The Things I Used to Do
Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama b/w I'm Feeling Alright

Lonesome Sundown - They Call Me Sundown
Jesse Belvin - Love, Love of My Life
Peg Leg Sam - Fast Freight Train

Pee Wee Crayton - The Telephone is Ringing
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Just a Dream
Lonnie Brooks - A Man's Got to Do What a Man's Got to Do

Then we'll have a holiday song...
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers - No More Pretty Presents
and maybe a few more if time allows...

Enjoy your evening and thanks for tuning in...