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Keeping DC's dreams alive
THIS YEAR,
September 2, 3, 4 • 5pm - 5am
Nightly •
in Rentiesville OK
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Thirty bands from 9
states – 50 sets – 65 hours of music in all will be presented in
“the Blues Lover’s Paradise, right here in Rentiesville” three
stages each of three days/nights
What a way to wrap up the summer. Dance under the stars or sit
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Chuck Blackwell (seated left), Johnny Williams (seated right),
David Thayer (standing left), James Wallace and Ray D. Rowe,
pictured at the Church Studio in Tulsa, make up the band
Oklahoma Stew. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World
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Soul Album of the Year Winner
"Mr. Romance!!"
JOHNNY
RAWLS
Fri - Sat - Sun
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 Johnny
Rawls was born in Columbia, Mississippi in
1951 and raised in Purvis and Gulfport,
Mississippi. He acquired an early interest
in music when hearing his grandfather play
the blues guitar one Christmas morning. He
began playing professionally while still in
high school with such stars as ZZ Hill,
Little Johnny Taylor, Joe Tex and the Sweet
Inspirations. In the mid-70's, Johnny went
to work for OV Wright as Wright's band
director. After Wright's death in 1980,
Johnny led Little Johnny Taylor's band until
1985, when he began touring as a solo artist
and made his first solo recording under the
Rainbow label.
Recording under Touch Records, Rooster Blues,
Rock House, Reach and JSP Records, Johnny
has done it all from producing, songwriting,
horn arranging, Rhythm, Lead and Bass
guitar, keyboard, vocals and background
vocals. Johnny started his own record
company, Deep South Soul, in 2002 and has
released his CD's Lucky Man,
Live in Montana, and The Best of
Johnny Rawls. His newest CD entitled
Heart and Soul was released in
October 2006 and has been nominated for
"Best Soul Blues Album of the Year (2007)"
by the Blues Foundation . No Boundaries
was released under the TopCat, Catfood and
Deep South Soul labels in 2005.
Johnny has appeared on the cover of the
April 2002 Living Blues Magazine and has
been nominated four times for the W.C. Handy
Award. His most recent was in Memphis
winning the Handy Blues Award Soul Album of
the Year for Ace of Spades.
Johnny has performed at the Chicago Blues
Festival twice, The Russian River Blues
Festival, The King Biscuit Blues Festival,
The Portland Waterfront Blues Festival,
Poconos, as well as festivals in Sweden and
Poland. He tours constantly, playing well
over 200 dates a year. He can also be heard
on XM radio's Bluesville. Whether he is
playing in a small club or a large blues
festival, Johnny gives it his all and the
crowds love him!
Additional biographies can be read at: All
Music Guide, Catfood Records, Russian River
Blues Festival, and the Liner Notes to
My Turn to Win
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Click on
Listen! to upload music to your
computer
Listen to a
sampling of Johnny Rawls'
original music!
Ace
of Spades Deep
South Soul
Released October
2009
Ace
of Spades
Listen!Going
Back Home
Listen!
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SELBY MINNER
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Selby worked as D.C.'s bassist for 30 years across the US
and overseas. She has perfomed with Hubert Sumlin, Drink
Small, Albert Collins, Lowell Fulsom and garnered the KBA
(together with D.C.) Keeping the Blues Allive Award from the
Memphis based Blues Folundation for her work with kids doing
Blues in the Schools. Also an OK Blues Hall of Fame
Inductee. Like D.C. she switched back to guitar as it became
time for her to front the band. --all 3 nites |
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LEON BLUE
Las Vegas - plays in Europe several times a year and hails
from Las Vegas. he will be all over the Festival sitting in
with various bands--all 3 nites |
 
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http://www.randymcallister.com/PressKit/PressKit1c-Americana.pdf
Randy McAllister
(Dallas, TX) 2002 Grammy
Nominee, Randy McAllister is one of
the premier singer, songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist to emerge from
Texas. Heartbreak, humor, high hair
and tall Texas tales all play a part
in the song writing of Randy
McAllister. His music has been
hailed as some of the most original
and innovative being made today.
While comparison's are not easy, it
has been said that his music is a
cross between Doug Sahm, John Hiatt
and Delbe rt McClinton, with a blues
man's background and sensibilities
thrown into the mix.
www.randymcallister.com
www.myspace.com/randymcallister
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PAT MOSS
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PAT
MOSS of Tahlequah – a leader in his Cherokee tribe who
has
worked as a domestic violence prevention
advocate, an advisor to prisons on Native
American spiritualism, and is gifted in the use of herbal
medicine. Accomplished on harp and guitar, Moss approaches
the music with
humility then soars into powerful, moving
expressions of deeply felt appreciation for its
transcendent qualities.
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CHUCK
BLACKWELL
OK STEW
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Chuck Blackwell (seated left), Johnny Williams (seated
right), David Thayer (standing left), James Wallace and Ray
D. Rowe, pictured at the Church Studio in Tulsa, make up the
band Oklahoma Stew. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa WorldChuck Blackwell
(seated left), Johnny Williams (seated right), David Thayer
(standing left), James Wallace and Ray D. Rowe, pictured at
the Church Studio in Tulsa, make up the band Oklahoma Stew.
MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20110515_269_D7_CUTLIN261561
hear
music and more at the above link!!!
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Quotes
"That boy knows
what he's doing!"
~Hubert Sumlin~
“This guy plays
some great blues!”
~Les Paul~
“Not since seeing
Luther Allison have I experienced
such energy from any other artist!"
~Sam Veal~
Springing The
Blues Fest
Jacksonville Beach, FL
“Roger
“Hurricane” Wilson is the real
deal!”
~Walter Trout~
“A bluesman too
good not to enjoy!”
~Sonny Rhodes~ |
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Four decades ago he
taught hundreds of people to play guitar. In 1972 he
began playing
professionally. He’s jammed with Les Paul, Hubert Sumlin,
Willie “Big Eyes”
Smith, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Albert Collins, Roy
Buchanan, Magic Slim,
Michael Burkes, and Charlie Musselwhite just to
name a few. He’s
shared the stage doing shows with B.B. King, Buddy
Guy, Little Milton,
John Mayall, Marcia Ball, Delbert McClinton, Taj Mahal,
Leon Russell, and
Edgar Winter among many others. With 8 CD’s on the
market, Roger, with
his band, as well as solo, is working overtime,
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BAR ROOM PREACHER created in the best studio in
Memphis with the best musicians and PAT!!!
Pat Moss
hails from Tahlequah with his Native blues - slide,
harmonica. His hit song is Bar room preacher and he sure
rocks on Wang Dang Doodle... here he plays with Yogi on harp
on our main stage.
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CECIL
GRAY |
The Native
American blues band formally known as Cecil Gray and the Red
Dawn Blues Band has migrated to the Cecil Gray and the
Flying Eagle Blues Band. The southwest Oklahoma
bluesmen are currently working on a cd, which will feature
ten original songs by Cecil Gray. The band members are
Cecil Gray (lead singer, lead guitar, harmonica), Troy
Simmons (drummer), and C. F. Gray (bass player). The
talented musicians blend their musical abilities to
contribute to the continuation of the Blues music.
In 2004
an exuberate Cecil Gray and the Red Dawn Blues Band took the
stage and proudly accepted the prestigious NAMMY Award at
the 7th
Annual Native American Music Award. The “Best Blues / Jazz
Recording” award was for the cd “Indian Harmony”. The
music was unique as all twelve songs on the cd were
originals. The blues songs were composed and sung by
Cecil Gray, who plays lead guitar and harmonica. This
achievement was the pinnacle of his musical talents. The
four times NAMMY nominee has been heavily influenced by
Jimmy Reed, Robin Trower, and the great Jimi Hendrix.
Cecil
Gray is an enrolled member of the Kiowa Nation. He is
from the Saddle Mountain area near Carnegie, Oklahoma.
An accomplished singer, songwriter, and guitarist, he has
been playing guitar and harmonica for forty-one years.
At the age of fifteen, he was playing gospel music for his
aunt Stella Rivera. In the 11th grade he
formed his own band called the Shades of Gray. In 1973
he joined the Native American dance troupe and toured the
southwestern United States. In 1980 he formed the band
called the Flying Eagle Band. In 1986 Cecil obtained
his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a 3.2
GPA. For the next twelve years he sang and played lead
guitar and harmonica with the Blackhawk Blues Band.
The band recorded two cds titled “Gypsy Blue” and “Rainy”.
In 2002 at the 5th
Annual Native American Music Award, the second cd “Rainy”
was nominated in two categories: Best Blues / Jazz
Recording and the Debut Artist / Group of the Year.
Eight of the twelve songs on the cd were original songs
written and sung by Cecil. In 2003 he formed his own
blues band called “Cecil Gray and the Red Dawn Blues Band”.
The band’s first cd “Indian Boy / Indian Girl” was nominated
in 2003 for the 6th Annual Native American Music
Awards in the Best Blues / Jazz Recording category.
However, it was in the following year at the 7th
Annual Native American Music Awards that Cecil and his band
were publically announced as the winners for the “Best
Blues/Jazz Recording” award for the cd “Indian Harmony”.
In 2005 he sang and recorded the gospel cd “Prayer
Warriors”, whose singers featured his mother Dorothy Gray
and his aunt Vivian Komardly. In 2006 at the 8th
Annual Native American Music Awards the gospel cd was
nominated in the “Best Gospel/Christian/Inspirational
Recording”. In the testament to Cecil’s faith, all of
the proceeds from the recording go directly to the family
church “Cedar Creek Indian Methodist Church”. The
church was ministered by his grandfather Cecil HuntingHorse,
who was a preacher and a medicine man. After the
passing of Cecil’s close friend and bass player Melvin
Scott, he regrouped and transitioned the Native American
blues band into the present “Cecil Gray and the Flying Eagle
Blues Band”. In the last two years Cecil has been
lending his musical talents as a vocalist and guitarist to
front numerous professional blues bands.
Troy
Simmons is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation from
the Apache, Oklahoma area. He has been playing the
drums for thirty-two years. He began listening
and practicing to Steve Miller, Beatles, Kiss, soul, and R&B
8track music, since he was fourteen years of age. In
1978 thru 1980 he played with the Flying Eagle Band with
Cecil Gray, C. F. Gray, Terry Bennet, and Patrick Tointigh.
In 1988 thru 1990 he played with the hard rock band called
Speak Thunder. In 2001 he joined the
Grizzleheads, who play a variety of music from classic rock
and country for local and out of state events. In 2005
he joined the Red Dawn Blues Band and played numerous Native
American events, festivals, and casinos. In 2008 he
loaned his talents to the OIT (local Native American band)
and played local events in Oklahoma and Texas. In 2009
he migrated from the Red Dawn Blues Band to the Flying Eagle
Blues Band. He has been drumming for Cecil Gray’s band
for the last four years. His main influences are
Robert Cray, Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, John Hooker, Iron
Maiden, and BB King. Troy’s years of drumming
experience and his passion for drumming are readily seen
when he becomes so immersed in the blues music that he
twirls a drumstick overhead and does not miss a beat.
C. F.
Gray holds down the bottom as the bass player. He is
the brother of Cecil Gray and is also, an enrolled member of
the Kiowa Nation. He is from the Saddle Mountain area
near Carnegie, Oklahoma and has been playing bass for the
last thirty years. In 1980 he began playing bass with
the Flying Eagle Band. His main influences are Steve
Harris, who is the bass player with Iron Maiden and Geddy
Lee, bass player with RUSH. He has played with a
variety of music from rock and roll, heavy metal at numerous
local activities. Now he is back to the blues. In
2010 his unlimited musical talents are a very, welcomed
addition to round out the unique and distinctive sound of
this Native American blues band from southwest
Oklahoma.
Tara
Cargill is the back-up singer for the all Native American
blues band. Tara is an enrolled member of the Comanche
Nation. In addition, she is Kiowa, Navajo, Choctaw,
and Chickasaw descent. She lives in Cache, Oklahoma.
During high school, she sang at several local town festivals
in the southwest area. She admires Etta James and Koko
Taylor. Cecil asked Tara if she would like to audition
for the one of the original songs “I Need You”. The
results were magic and brought soul to the song.
Tara’s deep, rich vocals adds a new dimension to the songs.
Although, the newest addition to the band, she shows great
promise as a Native American female blues singer.
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ROLAND
BOWLING BAND |
Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Roland Bowling from OKC
and Vegas his wife/bassist. Biker Blues ... His hit " I want
to live in Rentiesville" and lots of other originals... |
INVITATIONAL JAMS
10 – Midnight, CLUB STAGE
--all 3 nites |
A NOTE ON
THE JAMS (Jam Sessions) – as it wouldn’t be fair to schedule
a band indoors while the headliners are onstage outside, the
10 pm til midnight INVITATIONAL JAM in the club is a chance
for any musician ever hired on the Festival to ‘musically
get to know’ any other…great surprises every night. THE ALL
STAR JAM from about 3 am on is the headliners who feel the
spirit working out together. In the past this has included
Kenny Neal jamming with Magic Slim…many magic moments.
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3 nites |
Also – each nite
the headliners come into the club and perform a short set
after midnight. Then, if we are lucky, they jam out til 5 am! |
PATRICK DUFFY POTTERY
JOANN McMILLAN |
face painting beading, home
made shakers to create rhythms…
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NOTE ON THE KID’S VILLAGE
– ongoing through entire fest, and free—
LINDA DIXON of Shawnee will
do facepainting all three nights
JOANN
McMILLAN, OK Arts Council Artist in Residence, is a mainstay
of the Kid’s Village, bringing in loads of costumes, puppets
and fun for the kids
PATRICK DUFFY runs The Ceramics Encounter – a chance
to get dirty and mom cannot complain – a pottery wheel!
HANDS on
DRUMMING, Drummer to be announced
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JOANN McMILLAN
 dancing to the
blues
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pottery
Blues Fest
Guide's Tom and Cheryl Yearnshaw wrote:
"In keeping with DC’s and Selby’s active participation in
the Oklahoma school system through their innovative ‘Blues
in the Schools’ programs, the Kid’s Village has also
been a big part of the event. Face painting, costumes,
‘dragons’ (a la Chinese New Years parades), clay pottery,
and puppet shows are made lovingly available by a group of
exceptional volunteers. These are all hands-on activities,
keeping young minds occupied while the hypnotic sounds of
blues slowly soak into the young minds that will be the
future of the blues. This Kid’s Village is unlike anything
we’ve seen before!!! " |
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TONY MATHEWS
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Inducted into our
own OK BLUES HALL OF FAME land about to receive the DC
Minner Lifetime Achievement Award as well.. Tony worked with Ray
Charles and Little Richard for years...has done too much
session work for him to remember :-) on other's records...
and keeps his own band together in Hollywood...grew up in
Checotah--all 3 nites
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SATURDAY,
September 3rd — Main Outdoor Stage
Mr. ROMANCE (JOHNNY RAWLS) AND DIVA
NIGHT
with MISS BLUES, ZORA YOUNG, SELBY, AND EG KIGHT!!!
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PETER KARP AND
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Peter Karp & Sue Foley
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Their first CD together the award
nominated "He Said - She Said" was
number 1
on the Roots and Blues radio charts for
8 weeks
- #4 most played for the tear! Their
story of how was carried on national
press, TV and radio. Working off that
success these two combustible talents
are finishing a new CD (release fall of
2011) of new songs that kick it up a few
decibels and pour fuel on an already
explosive stage show.
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SELBY
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This party
is in DC's back yard, he was born and grew up here, founded
the Fest and the OK Blues Hall of Fame together with his
wife/bassist/vocalist/guitarist Selby. The Blues Club is
still open the First Saturday of each month...As D.C.
recently passed after a long bout with illness, this year's
Festival is a tribute to him and his music. Several bands will
perform his originals... and since his fervent desire was to
keep the Fest going, we hope you will be here - Selby
Selby and YaYas at the Cimmarron
D.C. Minner |
JOHNNY
RAWLS
Fri - Sat - Sun
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Is the recent winner of the Blues Soul Album of the Year
with his Ace of Spades release, in Memphis at the
Blues Foundation (Handy) AwardsThis will be his third or
fourth time a t the Rentiesville Fest - we call him "Me.
Romance" - He will headline the stage on Saturday along with
the Blues Divas ...and also appear in Friday and Sunday. We
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WANDA
WATSON! |
WANDA WATSON from Tulsa and
Fort Smith – a good time hard rockin’ vocalist with powerful
chops, a great big heart, and a tight band. One of DC’s fave
singers. Ok Blues Hall of Fame inductee 2007 |
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SATURDAY, Sept. 3rd —
Indoor Club Stage
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the Down Home
Blues Club...an intimate setting, a true juke joint! |
Torrence 'Bear' Cushinberry
drumming at the Sunday
Jams with Selby Minner
and Blues on the Move |
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JIMMY
the Preacher
ELLIS
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JIMMY the
Preacher ELLIS
has lived in Seattle and Arkansas and Texas and Tulsa. One
of this year's inductees into the OK Blues Hall of Fame here
in Rentiesville. Throaty vocals, harmonica and guitar - lots
of fun, a great showman and real blues.
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EUGENE
HIDEAWAY
BRIDGES
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Selby:
" I met this man in Clarksdale. He had just performed at Catheads and
later that nite I saw him onstage at Ground Zero there. he
is the
complete package - singing, playing, fun and great
projection... I think he will be the 'sleeper' here this
year who will steal the show!!"
His new album is a stripped-down affair compared to his
previous discs, and he sparkles throughout ...(Blues
Revue)
It must have been sweet to hear young Eugene Bridges sing
hymns with his brothers in a rural Louisiana church.
Bridges’ honeyed, crystal-clear voice dazzles from the first
moments of 'Piece of the Mountain,' the joyful tune that
kicks off his self-titled fifth album. Bridges wrote every
song here, and each is deeply felt by both artist and
audience. Fortitude and happiness abound; the gospel music
he sang as a child is still an integral part of Bridges’
style. And if beautifully articulated soul isn’t enough, the
man also plays a mean guitar. His exquisite picking and
crisp tones are riveting, and his guitar work conveys the
same contentment that shines in his voice.
Bridges’ dad, blues guitarist Hideaway Slim, gave his son
these gifts, and the bloodline that runs from bridges’
mother to Tina Turner surely helped, too. A Texan since
moving to the Lone Star State to join the Air Force at age
16, this strikingly approachable bluesman is now mid-40’s
and is clearly hitting his stride. His new album is a
stripped-down affair compared to his previous discs, and he
sparkles throughout, whether playing solo or dueting with
Asleep at the Wheel’s pedal-steel guitarist Lucky Oceans or
Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard. A few gritty numbers do
appear – the boot-to-the-wood Delta blues 'Ain’t Got Time'
is one – but Bridges’ sublime, Wes Montgomery-styled guitar
drives the disc to its highest ground on 'Love’s Got the
Best of Me.' Those who enjoy the new-blood blues of
Fruteland Jackson and Eric Bibb, as well as fans of elder
statesmen such as Taj Mahal, will find it impossible to pass
on this album.
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INVITATIONAL
JAMS
10 – Midnight, CLUB STAGE |
As it wouldn’t be fair
to schedule a band opposite the headliners on the Main Stage, each nite between 9 and midnight we invite Festival
musicians to
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ALL STAR JAM
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Tony Mathews and the
Rentiesville YaYas Domenica & Janie
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SATURDAY, Sept 3rd —
Small Outdoor Back Porch Stage
KIDS VILLAGE
includes workshops
and is part of KID’s VILLAGE at this family-friendly
Festival.
F.O.R. Blues let's kids in free and buys some of the
best talent from OK Arts Council. |
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in the KID's
VILLAGE which is ongoing thru the entire fest - fun things
to do!
JAHRUBA
LAMBETH
DRUM CIRCLES for the kids!
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Kids on Back Porch:
BLUE FIRE FOLEY
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a passion for the blues from age
three or earlier. He's 13, now, and sings Muddy Waters -
growing all the time.
Blue Fire
creates blue fire - photo
by Holly roach
Blue Fire Foley slide guitar from a thirteen year old
and he can really wail on the deep blues. great stage
presence.
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TONY MATHEWS
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charming, true blues, a true master of the guitar--all 3
nites |
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Fifty Cent ready to fly! and
Joann's Sun Puppet in action
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Drums Help:
- Encourage students to think for
themselves.
- Develop rhythmic skills.
- Enhance musical abilities.
- Teaches self discipline and makes good
listeners out of those who normally are not good
listeners.
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SUNDAY,
September 4th — Main Outdoor Stage
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GOSPEL |
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Gospel
Show Sun:
Rev Tony Wise's
Church Chior form OKC
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Harry Williams
drummer |
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Selby Minner
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Blues
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Festival founders, you are at DC and Selby's home place when you come to the Festival.
Fun and true blues. Love songs.... |
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SUNDAY, Sept. 4 — Indoor Club Stage |
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HARRY & DEB BLACKWELL
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DEBBIE
AND HARRY BLACKWELL – the Fabulous Blackwell Bros. in from
Dunsmuir CA. West Coast Blues hippy style…running jams and
doing their own set – and coming in early, working to bring
you the fest as well. Deb has been a musician since 13,
fender and vocals. A “mountain girl originally from east
LA..I went through heavy culture shock but this place, Mt
Shasta, has lots of magic and I just can’t leave it too
long”. That’s where she met Harry, too…
www.myspace.com/debbieblackwell
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Debbie Blackwell and Harry Blackwell....in from
Dunsmuir CA - hippy blues and more!! |
EUGENE
HIDEAWAY
BRIDGES |
Born in 1963, son of the blues guitarist
Hideaway Slim, Eugene is the fourth child of five. His
mother was from the Bullock family (the same as Anna Mae
Bullock better known as Tina Turner) and Eugene claims he
got his guitar skills from the Bridges side and his voice
from the Bullocks. At five he was already playing with his
father around Louisiana. With his brothers as The Bridges
Brothers he sang gospel and was the musician of his church
touring with the Pastor, Elder A A Edwards. At thirteen
Eugene was entering R&B talent shows and had formed his
first R&B band The Five Stars.
Eugene moved to Texas to join the
Air Force at sixteen, playing in the Air Force band for the
next three years. On leaving he joined The New Chosen on
guitar and vocals and went on to play with The Mighty Clouds
of Joy.
Following a move to Houston, Texas
in the 1980’s Eugene released Blues, Gospel and R&B
recordings by the three bands he was running at the time.
These included the first line-up of the Eugene ‘Hideaway’
Bridges Band. They toured the USA from coast to coast.
Eugene then travelled alone to
Europe, where B B King Bassist Big Joe Turner spotted him in
Paris and offered him the position of Guitarist / Vocalist
with Big Joe Turners Memphis Blues Caravan.
A year later Eugene left to work
under his own name again and formed The Eugene ‘Hideaway’
Bridges Band. Signed to the Blueside label, Eugene recorded
Born to be Blue, produced by Mike Vernon. His live
performances received rave reviews and Eugene was awarded
UK's Blueprint magazine Vocalist of the Year. He also won
The Trophees France Blues 99 Chanteur De L'Annee.
In 2000 Eugene signed to Armadillo
and released his next CD, Man Without A Home, which got
worldwide airplay. Eugene appeared, often headlining, at
major festivals in the USA, all over Europe, Singapore, New
Zealand and Australia; whipping up a storm wherever he went
with his distinctive southern sound.
The 2003 release, Jump the Joint,
reached Number 4 in the US Living Blues Charts, charting for
three months. Eugene’s songs also appear regularly in The
National Association of Rhythm & Blues DeeJays charts. He
was nominated for three 2003 US Cammy Music Awards.
In September 2004 Eugene recorded
his next CD, Coming Home, at The Zone Studio in Dripping
Springs, Texas; using a full horn section led by Seth Kibel,
on several tracks. He also has Texan guitarist and friend
Rocky Athas joining him on two cuts.
After four CDs recorded with a full
band, for Eugene’s next self titled release, Eugene
‘Hideaway ‘ Bridges, he went into the studio with friends
and fellow musicians, met on the road. Lucky Oceans,
co-founder of the Western Swing band Asleep at the Wheel,
plays Pedal Steel on three tracks and Texan legend Ray Wylie
Hubbard lays down some fine Slide Guitar on I Can’t Wait.
This CD was nominate for two 2008 US Blues Music Awards.
March 2009 saw Eugene in San
Antonio to fulfil his fans wishes for a Live CD. With the
line up of Bobby Baranowski - Drums, Eric King - Bass, David
Webb - Keys, Seth Kibel - Sax and Justine Miller – Trumpet,
you have the real deal.
Live in San Antonio has now been nominated for a 2011 Blues
Music Award in the Soul Blues Album Category and Eugene has
also been nominated for Soul Blues Artist.
January 2011 and Eugene is back in the Zone Studio, Dripping
Springs, Texas with Pat Manske as Producer. Pat has
previously produced both of Eugene’s Blues Music Award
nominated albums.
The new CD ‘ROCK AND A HARD PLACE’
is Eugene and his big band; the horns again led and arranged
by long time collaborator and maestro Seth Kibel. Joining
Eugene are David Webb on Keyboards, Hammond B3, Piano &
Wurlitzer; Lloyd Maines on Pedal Steel; Eric ‘Lollipop’ King
on Bass Guitar; Calep Emphrey on Drums, Seth Kibel on Alto,
Tenor, Baritone Saxophones & Flute; Shane Pitsch on Trumpet
And Mark V Gonzales on Trombone.
Blues, Soul, Jump, Funk, Gospel,
Rock and Beach music make Eugene’s latest CD an upbeat
journey through all the musical influences that have made
Eugene the seasoned and versatile performer we have today.
Touring his new CD Eugene is
available for solo and band performances. For booking and
all enquiries please contact:
mail@bluearmadillo.com |
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INVITATIONAL JAMS
10 – Midnight, CLUB STAGE - 2 songs each
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catch your favorite Festival
performers doing a little extra - maybe someone from the
West coast jamming with someone from Chicago or Florida!
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SUNDAY, Sept 4— Back Porch Stage
includes workshops
and is part of KID’s VILLAGE at this family-friendly
Festival.
F.O.R. Blues let's kids in free and buys some of the
best talent from OK Arts Council. |
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pottery and face
painting fun in the Kid's VIllage... |
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Harold Aldridge guitar |
HARLEY HAMM
CHARLEY REDD |
Harley has mastered many styles on the
guitar andd is quite a showman. he recently completed a
stint in Las Vegas as the house band at the BB King Club
there. from Checotah/ Muskogee |
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WORKSHOPS and PERFORMERS |
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Dusk til Dawn Faves
From other years:
2010
Dusk til Dawn Faves
From other years
Dusk til Dawn Faves
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Dusk til Dawn Faves
From other years
Some of last year's headliners and more |
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Our
founder and inspiration, D.C. Minner
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ANDREW 'To-low 16' MILLER
and his Band of Brothers Andrew
'To-low 16' Miller
- New this year D.C. found this young man doing a residency
in OKC when Andrew was in the second grade - and could play
blues guitar. D.C. hired him and paid him his first $50 to
play the Moore Fireworks show.. Andrew is now 16 and tears
the guitar up....lyrical and versatile. His band of Brothers
includes Mathew, 18, on bass and Kevin Miller, 14 on traps.
Check them out, a must-see. |
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D.C. Minner Tribute year- thanks D.C. |
DC in action in the club |
Flash/DC
DC & SELBY MINNER,
R'vl
Festival founders, DC has been inducted into 3 halls of fame
here in OK.; see 2.DC and Selby
Minner link at page TOP |
Tony Gets Lifetime Achievement
from the OK Blues Hall of Fame, and D.C. |
TINY DAVIS
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Tiny Davis is currently the
bassist in Selby's band. He is also a fine singer, guitarist. People
love the tone of his deep vocals. See him between sets
outdoors tonite as well. --all
3 nites |
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BACKUPBLUESBAND
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KEVIN VAUGHN AND THE BACKUPBLUESBAND
kevin has played for little milton, johnny taylor
jr, tu tu
jones and r l griffin to name a few. he also has opened
for tyrone
davis, jennifer holiday, the ohio players, slave, kc and jo
jo, and the
lost lonley boys. In 2008 kevin performed live at the john
f kennedy
center for peforming arts with the soul crew.
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JONATHAN FOX
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Jonathan
Fox is a 14 year old blues guitarist who entertains audiences with some
licks and techniques normally seen in more experienced
guitarists. Originally from
Arizona
he migrated with his family to
San Antonio
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TX
at the early age of 3. He began playing guitar in June, 2003
and began public performance in October 2004. Jonathan has
been influenced by a number of guitar players, including
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Paul Gilbert,
Yngwie Malmsteen, Tommy Emmanuel, Buddy Guy and Eddie Van
Halen. He has been mentored by several local guitarists. In
addition to his instructor, Jorge Ortiz, Jonathan has
performed with; W.C. Clark, Gary Clark Jr., Shawn Pittman,
The After Midnight Blues Band, Will Owen-Gage, The Kristal
and Silver Band, The Bennie Harp Band, The Jimmy Spacek
Band, Delta Ryde, Albert Garcia and the Surprise Package,
Toatly Bluz, Seth Walker, Butch Morgan, Ruben V, Catherine
Denise, Joey Fender, Ed Wills, and The S.A. Blue Cats.
Jonathan has performed at Dusk To Dawn Blues Festival
(Rentiesville, OK) The Rolling Oaks Sports Bar, Casbeers,
Massimo's, Sam’s Burger Joint, Texas Pride Barbeque, The
Cove, Fiascos, Martini Ranch, The Blue Cactus Café, The
Hanging Tree Saloon, The Shade Tree Saloon, Santa’s Place,
Leon Springs Dance Hall and Chango’s Havana Club.
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tribute
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OKLAHOMA OLLIE
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OKLAHOMA OLLIE in from LA – years as a bassist and now
guitar and vocals as well… welcome home, Ollie! |
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James
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ODD SHEEP OUT
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winners of our Battle of the Blues Bands last year!! They
had a great time in Memphis at he IBC.... from the Tulsa
area... growing in leaps and bounds.
years
of time-in in this group. DFest video at
www.oddsheepout.com, vocalist
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ANDREW Jr.
BOY JONES
Andrew Jr Boy
Jones
TX -was a good enough guitarist to play in Freddie King's
band as a teenager and has been growing ever since...catch
him now before we can't afford him at all! |
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Tommy McCracken
Chicago -arrived singing. Grew up singing in church. He is
a showman in the vaudeville tradition and a "natural
entertainer who goes with the moment. His show offers a
disarming mix of reverence and ego as he rips through a
blues cannon that touches on hits from B.B. King to Z.Z.
Hill" - Steve Dollar, The Atlanta Constitution. -
here straight from Buddy Guy's Legends Chicago. He's toured
40 states and played in 4 foreign countries. |
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Clarence King jazz
sax will be at the High School in Checotah with a workshop
and then play with the Jazz Band on the first Set outdoors
Saturday nite.
CLARENCE
KING
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SUNSHINE jams with Tony Mathews,
Induction ceremony May 2007
Sunshine
is sweet and serious about the guitar. A lovely smile and
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MISS BLUES |
from OKC, originally Paris (near Direct) TX. Her mom died when she
was 8 and Miss Blues went from being very loved to the odd
step child… she educated herself, traveled the nation and
has published Hoe Cakes and Collard Greens with Patti
Cogshell – a beautiful offering of cultural tidbits and
wisdom complete with a CD www.hoecakesandcollardgreens.com
She
tours the festival circuit annually.
MISS BLUES
Miss Blues is a living blues legend. This lady CAN SING!!!
Songbirds have nothing on her. If you like your blues with
attitude and spice, you’ll love Miss Blues. And she can
cook!!!
Miss Blues and her blues band have played festivals all over
the United States and the world! She was inducted into the
Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame in 2004! In 2007, and 2009 Miss
Blues was voted the Best Blues Band in Oklahoma and received
a "Woody" award from the Oklahoma Gazette which called her
"the state’s first lady of the blues - all soul and she lets
you know it! Belting out songs in a signature way that her
many admirers have come to call the Texas Shout!" Miss Blues
has been featured (cover story) in both the February 2000
and October 2007 issues of Southwest Blues Magazine. She was
also a featured artist at the 2007 Arkansas Heritage and
Blues Festival (formerly known as the King Biscuit Blues
Festival), in addition to headlining many other blues venues
and festivals all over the United States and Europe. One
blues reporter recently said:
"[Miss Blues] was probably the most sincerely performed set
of the long weekend that I witnessed. It was drenched in
authenticity and performed with a passion that I haven’t
seen in years! These are the moments I cherish most about
the King Biscuit."
Dave Warford, Professional Freelance Music Reporter,
"A Blues Travelogue: The King Biscuit Blues Festival 2007"
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MOJO SONATA |
MOJO SONATA
BIOGRAPHY
A few years
back, Deb Bynum and Steve Hahn turned off their TV, and
filled the air with the sound of their guitars instead; and
the music they made was good. By and by, Deb met Tina
Southworth, who soulfully sang an a cappella “Milk Cow
Blues.” Deb said, “you're hired,” and the music of the three
was fun. Plastering WANTED posters all over Northeast
Oklahoma lured former Seattle bassist, Karen Woody,
providing “Mo' Bottom” attitude; and the music was magic.
David Small was brought in to lay down a funky drumbeat, and
now the music was smokin'. Conjuring up a brew of Tina & Deb
originals, and covers of both well-known classics, and more
obscure gems, got the mojo workin'. Mojo Sonata is unique
Oklahoma blues: powerful vocals, haunting harmonies, fun
arrangements and inspired instrumentals.
Earlier this year, representing the Friends of Rentiesville,
Oklahoma, Blues Society, Mojo Sonata competed with over 100
bands from throughout the world in the 26th
Annual International Blues Challenge on Beale Street in
Memphis, Tennessee. After hearing the band in the
semi-finals at Ground Zero Blues Club, Ricky Stevens,
Chairman of the Blues Foundation, organizer of the
challenge, stated, “If you've never heard Mojo Sonata, this
group had the tightest vocal harmonies I've ever heard at
the International Blues Challenge.”
Mojo Sonata has also pleased audiences
throughout Northeast Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas.
It has been a
long-time dream of Mojo Sonata to play on the bill at the
Dusk ‘til Dawn Blues Festival in Rentiesville – now,
finally, that dream will be a reality! Come on out and help
us celebrate this milestone, groove to the music, and shake
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SUNSET |
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CHECOTAH HS
JAZZ BAND
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CHECOTAH HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND with Jim Davis – an award
winning local group. |
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ROCKY FRISCO
OK Blues Hall of Fame Inductee will be with James!
KEVIN PHARISS BAND
JAHRUBA
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the Georgia Songbird back by special
request |
CECIL
GRAY
FLYING EAGLE BLUES BAND
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JOE LOUIS WALKER |
Checotah singer-guitarist Jesse Cahn
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ZAC HARMON in 2009
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Zac Harmon 2009
Zac
Harmon is returning to his roots after several
decades expressing an unbiased love for music.
Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Harmon
is a disciple of the Farish Street blues sound.
(Farish Street is universally recognized as the
home of many great blues legends including the
late, great Elmore James.). During the 50’s and
60’s Harmon hung out at his father’s pharmacy on
Farish (first African-American pharmacy in
Jackson), soaking up the aura and sounds of the
musician customers while developing his skills
as a guitarist, organist and vocalist. Like many
he honed those skills while at church.
Harmon’s early years included stints as
guitarist for Z.Z Hill, Dorothy Moore, McKinley
Mitchell and Sam Myers. Sam along with Jesse
Robinson and Mel Brown played a significant role
in Harmon’s development guiding his progress
through the rifts of rock ‘n roll to the true
blues. At the age of 16 he was teaching guitar
at the local YMCA, instructing young men such as
Eddie Cotton to play church music. Family
demands and his own commitment to pursue an
education meant replacing music for college.
However once completed he couldn’t stay away
from his calling.
Moving to Los Angeles in 1980 to pursue a career
in music, Harmon worked as a studio musician and
began to make a name for himself as a
writer/producer, crafting songs for such varied
notables as Karyn White, Freddie Jackson, Evelyn
“Champagne” King, The Whispers, Cherrelle, K.C.
& Jo Jo, The Mississippi Mass Choir and
Children’s Choir, Alexander O’Neal and the
O’Jays. He produced songs on the Mystical Truth
album for Black Uhuru that received a Grammy
nomination in 1994.
Later, while composing songs for a movie score
and performing those songs in the studio, Harmon
decided to pursue his longtime dream of
recording his first blues project. The result,
Live at Babe & Ricky's Inn, (2002 Another
Production Company) was an electrifying
testimonial to the blues, featuring eight
totally original songs that truly embodies the
Mississippi blues sound.
Sponsored by the Southern California Blues
Society of Los Angeles, Harmon and the Mid South
Blues Revue went on to win The Blues
Foundation’s 2004 International Blues Challenge
as “best unsigned blues band.” Since then
there’s been no looking back with the release of
the latest CD, “The Blues According to Zacariah,”
appearances at US festivals, signing to a
booking agent and international tours to Canada
and France.
Harmon is a man on a mission and he’s here to
stay.
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Lissa Ann Wohltmann:
The blues
isn't simply a depressing state of mind. It is music
that some consider the poor man's opera. It tells a
story, but in a simple, reflective, soul-stirring
manner.
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BATTLE
OF THE BLUES BANDS |
bands just show up at 5 - and all play
between 6
- 7 pm ...winner qualified to go to IBC in Memphis, hired on
next year's show and wins $100. Must have never been hired
on the Fest to be qualified to compete. |
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Just try "Put Your Trust In Me" (with Eddie Kirkland and Phil Guy), i. e., and be ready for some of the best black music around!