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     remember - we have things for kids to do thru the entire fest in the Kid's Village  - free!!

DUSK til DAWN BLUES FEST 2010
Fri  Sat  Sun  Sept  3, 4, 5 •   5pm - 5am Nightly

Celebrating our  
20th      annual festival!


2010    SCHEDULE  ...... lineup subject to change!
 

 

 

FRIDAY   SEPTEMBER 3

SATURDAY  SEPTEMBER 4

SUNDAY  SEPTEMBER 5

T   I    M  E 

 

OUTDOOR
MAIN
STAGE

INDOOR
CLUB
STAGE

Back  Porch Stage:

 

OUTDOOR
MAIN
STAGE

INDOOR
CLUB
STAGE

Back Porch Stage:

 

OUTDOOR
MAIN
STAGE

INDOOR
CLUB
STAGE

Back Porch Stage: 

 

4  

 

- FRIDAY - Gates Open-

-SATURDAY - Gates Open-

-SUNDAY - Gates Open-

 

  Band breaks

JESSE CAHN

 

Tahlequah in

Rentiesville

 

 

Band breaks
Slick Willie

OK, FL
MC:TBA
Mr Romantic (Johnny Rawls) and the Divas!

Blues from Across the US
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6   PM

 

Battle 
of   Bands

Young up-and-comers....
IBC prelims
MC TBA

6 - 7 PM
MOJO SONATA
 winners Battle of the Bands 2009

new!!-

 drumming circle

 

  Checotah HS Jazz Band
 


 HARRY AND DEBBIE BLACKWELL

 drumming circle
 

 

 

GOSPEL
REV
TONY WISE and Chiors
new!!-
Checotah Adult
Jazz Band


KNUT

Norway
new!!

 

 drumming circle

 

7:15 PM

 

Cecil Gray
RED ROAD
BLUES BAND




J

 

7 - 8 PM

LOCUS



8 - 9 PM
PAT MOSS DEEP BLUES

drumming circle

 

 

MISS BLUES
OK Blues Hall of Fame 


Slick Willie and the Right Cats w Poochie

LEON BLUE

just back from 2 European Tours and two Blues cruises!

 

David Berntson
Learn to play Harmonica

 

SELBY
Minner & Blues on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of Fame

break-
JESSE CAHN
 


DAN DANGER



 


 

   drumming circle

 

8:30
 PM

 

____
SELBY MINNER

Blues on the MOVE!


 

 


 

9 - 10 PM
SUNSET

Lightnin'

Lee McWaters


 

  E G KIGHT
Georgia Songbird

Tony
Buck
Rudy Scott


DETON-ATORS
TX
 

Blue Fire Foley
age 14
Stillwater

 

 


FRANK RAY



break-
JESSE CAHN

JOHNNY RAWLS
 

Smilin' BOB

 

 

 

 

9:45 PM

 

J

 


LITTLE JOE McLERRAN

Invitational
     Jam with:

Harry Williams
OK Blues Hall of Fame
 

and  Frank Ray


 

Joann??
 

 

9:45 - 10:45
SELBY
Minner & Blues on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of Fame

break-
Slick Willie and the Right Cats w Poochie

JIMMY
PREACHER ELLIS

 

David Berntson
Learn to play Harmonica

 

 

BERNARD ALLISON



break-
JESSE CAHN

Invitational
     Jam with:

JESSE CAHN
 

Perry Thomas
Muskogee OK

 

 

 

11
PM

 

JOHNNY RAWLS

with Harry Blackwell, Harry Williams, Selby on bass

  Invitational
     Jam with:

Harry Williams

and  Frank Ray

Tony Mathews
|
OK Blues Hall of Fame
 

 

new!!-
ZORA YOUNG
Delmark Recording Artist fr Chi, DVD of the Year; with
Tony Mathews Leon Blue Bucky Young

break-
Slick Willie and the Right Cats w Poochie

Invitational
     Jam with:

Harry Williams

and  Frank Ray


 

Harold Aldridge
 

 

CURLY 'NO SHOES'
JUNIOR

OK Blues Hall of Fame

new!!-



 

Invitational
     Jam


 

Tony Mathews
Hollywood, Checotah
OK Blues Hall of Fame
 
 
 

12 AM

 

 move into club!
              
>>>

SELBY
Blues on the Move

R'ville OK

    JOHNNY RAWLS

  Invitational
     Jam with:

Harry Williams

and  Frank Ray


 

 




 

SELBY
Minner & Blues on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of Fame

   

1:15   AM

 

50 sets!!
65 hours of music!!

LITTLE JOE
McLerran

 

 

 move into club!
              
>>>

SELBY
Minner & Blues on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of Fame

 

 

 move into club!
              
>>>

BERNARD ALLISON

new!!-

 

 

2:30   AM

 

30 bands from across the US!

JOHNNY RAWLS

 

 

 

 

 


JIMMY ELLIS



EG KIGHT
 

 

 

 

new!!-CURLY 'NO SHOES'
JUNIOR
OK Blues Hall of Fame

JOHNNY RAWLS

 

 

3:45 -5 AM

 

 

ALL STAR 
may include:
Leon Blue,
Johnny Rawls

Little Joe

 

 

 

JOHNNY RAWLS

ZORA YOUNG

 

 

 

 

 

ALL STAR 
JAM

may include:

Leon Blue, Tony Mathews

Rudy Scott
Miss Blues

 

 

 

 

OUTDOOR
MAIN STAGE

INDOOR CLUB STAGE

Back Porch Workshops / Kid's VIllage Stage

 

OUTDOOR
MAIN STAGE

INDOOR CLUB STAGE

Back Porch Workshops / Kid's VIllage Stage

 

OUTDOOR
MAIN STAGE

INDOOR CLUB STAGE

Back Porch Workshops / Kid's VIllage Stage

 

FRIDAY   SEPTEMBER 3

SATURDAY  SEPTEMBER 4

SUNDAY  SEPTEMBER 5

                           
 All Acts Subject to Change

To see Rudy Scott who plays in Selby's band (aka Theodore) Performing in a Church setting, click this link to you tube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBzFoPZNWso&NR=1

*
Slots marked JAM SESSION may include anyone who was EVER on  Festival! 
ALL STAR JAM
is Fest headliners!

BATTLE OF THE BLUES BANDS: for bands not hired on the show.....details How To Enter plus
KIDS VILLAGE:
 Ongoing...ALL during fest we have things for KIDS to do! Click here for all details!!!

 


Sept 3,4,5
5 pm - 5 am

  
WHAT:

Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out...  35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid's arts and music activities, bar-b-que. We call it the 'world's largest back yard party' and it is a fun time that attracts some 3,500 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend and founder D.C. Minner.

WHEN:

2010- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun Sept 3, 4, 5 --  5 pm 'til 5 am nightly

WHO:

a showcase of 24 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. We are a family event with two outdoor stages and lots for kids to do throughout the three day Festival. Plus the Juke Joint which goes after hours indoors (21 only)

What's Cool, What' Not:

Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets.

HOW MUCH:

Tickets are $10/day, $15/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!)
KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!

CONTACT (918) 855-0978, 473-2411, dcminner@windstream.net, www.dcminnerblues.com, 701 D.C. Minner St Rentiesville OK 74459

Volunteer Option:

It takes a lot of people to do this - we have a great deal for volunteers! The Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ˝ off on a T-shirt! Click here for details.

WHERE WE ARE:

DC Minner's Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, OK (pop. 66)  is in the rural township of RENTIESVILLLE OK. Just off of US 69, follow the signs into Rentiesville to DC Minner Street and you are here....Rentiesville is 15 minutes South of Muskogee, 70 miles SE of Tulsa, 1hour West of Fort Smith, 2 hours East of Oklahoma City -- 2 exits north on  US 69 from I-40;  Click for maps.

MOTELS:

We recommend any major chain in Muskogee, 15 minutes up US 69. Travel Lodge, Bacone Inn, Motel 6, Super 8, Ramada Inn. There are new motels in Eufaula, 15 minutes south near the lake.... In Checotah the motel we recommend is America's Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart.

CAMPING:

Parking is free across the road. Also primitive camping. Or Lake Eufaula State Park, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend. There is a KOA East of Checotah on I-40

SPONSORED BY:

SPONSORS help make this happen...OK Arts Council, VSA Arts, The Current,  James Hodge Ford in Muskogee, the Muscogee Creek Nation Casino, People's National Bank in Checotah, The Current, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide,  KMOD, Jammin' John Peters,  KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix,  SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, Blues Society of Tulsa, OK Blues Society (www.okblues.org), lots of friends who come early and help...!

HOSTED BY:

OKLAHOMA BLUES HALL OF FAME, FRIENDS OF RENTIESVILLE BLUES INC. (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation) together D.C. and Selby Minner founded it in 2003 so that the Fest could grow into the new millenium. 

              
Selby photo by Jeremy Combs   and    Selby Karen Woody Jimmy Preacher Ellis and Pat Moss

 

 


     
 

 

        James Peterson   

All 3 nights
JOHNNY RAWLS
LEON BLUE SELBY w RUDY SCOTT
HOMER JOHNSON & BEAR
TONY MATHEWS
HARRY WILLIAMS
FRANK RAY
HARRY  & DEBBIE BLACKWELL
BUCK YOUNG
KIDS VILLAGE:
JOANN McMILLAN
PATRICK DUFFY
DOMENICA
 
Friday
Sept 3

LITTLE JOE McLARREN CECIL GRAY
JESSE CAHN
SUNSET
LOCUS
MOJO SONATA
PAT MOSS
LIGHTNIN' LEE McWATERS
Battle of the BLUES BANDS
Saturday
Sept 4
E.G. KIGHT, ZORA YOUNG
JIMMY The Preacher ELLIS
DETONATORS

MISS BLUES
 BLUE FIRE FOLEY
SLICK WILLIE  & THE RIGHT CATS w POOCHIE
CHECOTAH HS
JAZZ BAND

Sunday
Sept 5
BERNARD ALLISON
MISS BLUES
JESSE CAHN
DAN DANGER
FRANK RAY
CURLY ‘No Shoes’ JR
KNUT ROPPESTAD
SMILIN' BOB
PERRY THOMAS
GOSPEL w REV. TONY WISE, OKC
         

 

   The DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL is SEPT 3, 4, 5
in Renitesville at the
BLUES CLUB/HALL OF FAME ,
70 miles SE of Tulsa – BA Exp, Hwy 51 South to 69 –
Stay on 69 thru Muskogee to the Rentiesville Oktaha Exit.
Turn right 4 miles, then Left (E) onto Rentiesville Honey Springs Rd,
2 miles to DC Minner St and you are here.
(918) 473-2411,
dcminner@windstream.net www.dcminnerblues.co
         
   AricAlan Sengbusch fr Houston      Linda, Jim Selby, Brad Ron at Headquarters tent during Festival

Miss Blues and Curly 'no shoes' Junior


Little Joe McLerran

                                   
                                                                          postcard
                                             
                                    Dick Jones, who was injured last year after the festival
                     helping with the electric, as he received the VT of the Year Award
                                         two days before the accident at DD 2009
                                 


Musical Notes
~by Susan Herndon

"I don't care
What you say about me
Just so you say it."

~Woody Guthrie, 1948


the blues muse

Selby Minner, singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist and blues warrior, says she has no method to songwriting, but she does have one beautiful and simple rule that she follows:  "If I get an idea, I get up and write it down."   She says she's very faithful to it--  "it's a commitment; whenever the Muse strikes-- wait on it hand and foot."   She also has a theory about the music... "it's a living thing, it wants to be played.  For it to stay alive, it must be taught and learned and played and performed.  It's an act of service."  And so, she has lived her life by this code, following the Muse.

Born and raised in East Providence, Rhode Island, Selby was going to art school at the Rhode Island School of Design when she had a life changing experience.  Janis Joplin came to the school, along with her band, Big Brother.  "They put on a four hour concert and it blew my mind," she says.   "She had all her hits"...  Selby was eighteen years old and from that moment on, became a singer, "following guitar players around and singing in coffeehouses." 
 
She and guitarist, Jim Donovan, started a duo called, Home Cookin, made their way playing gigs across the U.S. and it was he who encouraged her to play guitar, she also gives him credit for teaching her to play slide guitar.   The duo eventually broke up, and Selby, in Berkley, California, began playing solo guitar and vocal, but she was wanting to play electric blues.   She had bought a bass guitar, and she abandoned the acoustic folk-blues she'd been playing.  It was around this time that she met D.C. Minner.  D.C. had just switched from bass to electric; so Selby became his bass player.  They also became husband and wife.  And, together they traveled the country, the whole world even, playing four nights a week, dedicated to that Blues Muse, as a group called Blues on the Move
 
"I switched back to guitar about four years before D.C. passed."  D.C. Minner, Selby's husband of 28 years, legendary blues man and Oklahoma Jazz Music Hall of Fame inductee, passed away one year ago on May 6.

Together, they not only created a lot of great music, but have put Rentiesville, Oklahoma on the musical map.  In '91 they founded the Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival, a favorite three-day celebration, held every Labor Day weekend.    They also established  the Down Home Blues Club in 1988, hosting regular jam sessions.  And they developed the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame.  As Artists in Residence with the  Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council, they have promoted the Blues Muse, teaching in the schools-- work that Selby will continue in the upcoming 8-10 weeks.  And Selby, herself, has even written a book, The Band Guide, which includes everything D. C. taught her...  with invaluable information about being in a band.
 
The Down Home Blues Club, usually open one night a month, will be open six nights a month this June.  The first Friday, June 5th, will be an all ages, open mic coffee house.  Saturday, the 6th, she'll be playing there with her band, and every Sunday from 2 pm to 2 am there will be an open jam throughout summer.
 
With a new CD called, Take One, coming out in about 2-3 weeks, Selby says, "I just really love the Blues... the minor sound, the rhythm, and the stories.  It gives you permission to live life and to enjoy it... it's about living life and about surviving."  Selby is definitely a survivor, committed to the Muse and dedicated to the Blues.
 
Fortunately, Selby likes playing in Okemah and notes how supportive of the music everyone here is.  She will be at Okemah's Blues and Jazz Festival at the Grape Ranch this Saturday at 2 p.m.  And will be at Grape Ranch again on Saturday, June 27th for the weekend singer/songwriter series.  She also plays on occasion at the Brickstreet Cafe, so ask Luna when she might be there again! 

 

Wes reynolds and the Bop Cats tulsa including Smokin John Henry
  

 

 

                                                                     

 

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