Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Blues News you can use - Blues gigs - top picks for this weekend

Weekend Blues News - Blues Moon Radio's top picks for Aug. 30- Sept.2, 2013:

Friday's pick:

THIS Friday night, your Blues Moon Radio live music recommendation is:

Elliott & the Untouchables
Friday, Aug 30
Utopia Food & Spirits
3830A ROSEWOOD DRIVE
Columbia, SC, 29205
803-782-8522
Show starts at 8:30 PM
No cover charge...
Dinner is served until 10PM

MORE Untouchables Shows
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Sept 20 - Biltmore Estates - Antler Hill Village 4PM to 9PM (Asheville, NC)
Oct 18 - Biltmore Estates - Antler Hill Village 4PM to 9PM (Asheville, NC)
Oct 26 – Utopia (Columbia, SC)
 

Saturday, Aug. 31 -

Bill's Pickin' Parlor West Columbia SC
Shelly Waters, Swamp Pop Princess (from Louisiana, more recently Charleston)
 

Sunday, Sept. 1 top pick (Lowcountry, SC area)

Drink Small "The Blues Doctor"
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Bowen's Island gig down Charleston/Folly way this weekend with Smoky Weiner... you will enjoy this show! Call your old pal, Drink Small and tell him you love him. Better yet, some see Drink at the beach - Drink and Smok(y)... it don't get no better'n'that!

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Drink Small Band and Smoky Weiner & the Hot Links
Sunday, Sep 1 4:00p to 8:00p
Bowens Island Restaurant Charleston, SC
80 year old SC Blues Legend Drink Small and his band play raucous wild sexy original blues in the dockhouse at Bowens Island. Accompanying him will be the inimitable Smoky Weiner & the Hot Links, humorous, harmonica-led band.
 

Sunday, Sept. 1 Top Pick for Midlands area:

Ceasar, "the Louisiana Boy" at the 145 Club in Winnsboro, SC - a short drive from Columbia and Charlotte. This man will entertain you - he's a must see!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Sunday, Sept. 1 Top Pick for Mountains (NC):

Come dance in a mountain meadow, wade in the sparkling river and enjoy a roster of the legends, luminaries & lifeblood of blues. Great food and drink in scenic beauty. Less than 2hrs from Charlotte, Greensboro, Johnson City, Roanoke. ~~~We keep our ticket price low to make sure no one misses out. GET TIX NOW IN ADVANCE & SAVE EVEN MORE!
Roster: 
..DOCTOR DIXON
..IRONING BOARD SAM
..GAYE ADEGBALOLA
..BIG RON HUNTER
...THE KING BEES & friends and MUCH MORE!! 
 

Monday, Sept. 2 - Upstate:

UPDATE - DELAY for Plate Full of Blues

Labor Day was the date that Mac Arnold's Plate Full O' Blues Restaurant was scheduled to open. The date is moved to Oct. 3. We'll let you know more as time nears.
 

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Blues Moon Radio playlist - Tuesday Aug. 27, 2013


Tonight's show:

Drink Small - Drink Small Boogie (appearing at Bowen's Island with Smoky Weiner Saturday)

Adelaide Hall - Creole Love Call
Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day
Sam Carr - You Need Love
Hop Wilson - Love's Got Me All Fancied Up

Mac Arnold - Play the Blues for You b/w I Don't Know

Interview with Shelly Waters - appearing at Bill's Pickin' Parlor this Saturday
Ray Sawyer - Bells in My Heart

Corey Harris - High Fever Blues b/w Let 'em Roll (w/ Henry Butler)

Harper - The Comfort Zone
Harlem Song - Dream Deferred
Paul Butterfield - Shake Your Moneymaker
Professor Longhair - Every Day, Every Night
Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much

Dick Dale - Esperanto
Chris Smither - Dust My Broom
Otis Rush - Natural Ball

Shirley Ceasar - You Gotta Serve Somebody
Sounds of Blackness - Solid Rock
Big Joe and his Washboard Band - When You Said Goodbye

Illinois Jacquet - Bottoms Up
Cab Calloway - Shotgun Boogie

Good night! Thanks for tuning in... and we hope you enjoyed the show! Glad to be back - see me again next Tuesday at 6 ET

Clair DeLune



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