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Welcome to DCMinnerBlues.com: Home of F.O.R. Blues Inc., Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival,
Blues Club/Hall
of Fame, bi-weekly Jam Band and more. contact:
dcminner@windstream.net |
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Schedule, 5 w's and Photos
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remember
- we have things for kids
to do thru the entire fest in the Kid's
Village - free!! |
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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!
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FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 3 |
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 4 |
SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 5 |
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T I M E |
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OUTDOOR
MAIN
STAGE |
INDOOR
CLUB
STAGE |
Back
Porch Stage: |
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OUTDOOR
MAIN
STAGE |
INDOOR
CLUB
STAGE |
Back Porch
Stage: |
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OUTDOOR
MAIN
STAGE |
INDOOR
CLUB
STAGE |
Back Porch
Stage: |
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- FRIDAY - Gates Open- |
-SATURDAY - Gates Open-
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-SUNDAY - Gates Open- |
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Band breaks
JESSE CAHN
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Tahlequah in
Rentiesville |
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Band breaks
Slick Willie
OK, FL
MC:TBA
Mr Romantic
(Johnny Rawls)
and the Divas! |
Blues from
Across the US
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6
PM |
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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
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Checotah HS
Jazz Band
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HARRY AND DEBBIE
BLACKWELL |
drumming
circle
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GOSPEL
REV
TONY WISE
and Chiors
new!!-
Checotah Adult
Jazz Band |
KNUT
Norway
new!!
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drumming
circle |
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7:15 PM |
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Cecil Gray
RED ROAD
BLUES BAND
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7 - 8 PM
LOCUS
8 - 9 PM
PAT MOSS DEEP
BLUES |
drumming circle
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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!
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David Berntson
Learn to
play Harmonica |
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SELBY
Minner & Blues
on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
break-
JESSE CAHN
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DAN DANGER
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drumming circle |
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8:30
PM |
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SELBY MINNER
Blues on the MOVE!
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9 - 10 PM
SUNSET |
Lightnin'
Lee McWaters
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E G KIGHT
Georgia Songbird
Tony
Buck
Rudy Scott |
DETON-ATORS
TX
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Blue Fire Foley
age 14
Stillwater
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FRANK RAY
break-
JESSE CAHN |
JOHNNY RAWLS
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Smilin' BOB
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9:45 PM |
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LITTLE JOE
McLERRAN |
Invitational
Jam
with:
Harry Williams
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
and Frank
Ray
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Joann??
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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
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David Berntson
Learn to
play Harmonica
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BERNARD
ALLISON
break-
JESSE CAHN |
Invitational
Jam
with:
JESSE CAHN
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Perry Thomas
Muskogee OK
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11
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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
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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
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Invitational
Jam
with:
Harry Williams
and Frank
Ray
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Harold
Aldridge
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CURLY 'NO
SHOES'
JUNIOR
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
new!!- |
Invitational
Jam
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Tony Mathews
Hollywood,
Checotah
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
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12 AM |
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move into club!
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SELBY
Blues on the
Move
R'ville OK |
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JOHNNY RAWLS |
Invitational
Jam
with:
Harry Williams
and Frank
Ray |
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SELBY
Minner & Blues
on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
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1:15 AM |
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50 sets!!
65 hours of
music!! |
LITTLE JOE
McLerran |
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move into club!
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SELBY
Minner & Blues
on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of
Fame |
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move into club!
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BERNARD
ALLISON
new!!- |
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2:30 AM |
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30 bands from
across the US! |
JOHNNY RAWLS
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JIMMY ELLIS
EG KIGHT
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new!!-CURLY 'NO
SHOES'
JUNIOR
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
JOHNNY RAWLS |
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3:45 -5 AM |
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ALL STAR
may include:
Leon Blue,
Johnny Rawls
Little
Joe
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JOHNNY RAWLS
ZORA YOUNG
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ALL STAR
JAM
may include:
Leon Blue,
Tony Mathews
Rudy Scott
Miss Blues |
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OUTDOOR
MAIN STAGE |
INDOOR CLUB
STAGE |
Back Porch
Workshops /
Kid's VIllage
Stage |
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OUTDOOR
MAIN STAGE |
INDOOR CLUB
STAGE |
Back Porch
Workshops /
Kid's VIllage
Stage |
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OUTDOOR
MAIN STAGE |
INDOOR CLUB
STAGE |
Back Porch
Workshops /
Kid's VIllage
Stage |
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FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 3 |
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 4 |
SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 5 |
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All
Acts Subject to
Change |
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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! |
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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!!! |
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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. |
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WHEN: |
2010- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun
Sept 3, 4, 5 -- 5 pm
'til 5 am nightly |
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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) |
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What's Cool, What' Not: |
Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No
coolers or pets. |
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HOW
MUCH: |
Tickets are $10/day, $15/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!)
KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE! |
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CONTACT |
(918) 855-0978, 473-2411,
dcminner@windstream.net, www.dcminnerblues.com,
701 D.C. Minner St Rentiesville OK 74459 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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...! |
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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.
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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
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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 |
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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
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AricAlan Sengbusch fr Houston Linda,
Jim Selby, Brad Ron at
Headquarters tent during
Festival |
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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!
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Wes reynolds and the Bop Cats tulsa including Smokin John
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