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Blues Club/Hall of Fame, bi-weekly Jam Band and more. contact:  dcminner@windstream.net

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

DUSK til DAWN BLUES FEST 2009
Fri  Sat  Sun  Sept  4, 5, 6 •   5pm - 5am Nightly

    This Year's Festival - # 19

2009    SCHEDULE  ...... lineup subject to change!
 

 

FRIDAY   SEPTEMBER 4

SATURDAY  SEPTEMBER 5

SUNDAY  SEPTEMBER 6

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  

-Gates Open-

-Gates Open-

-Gates Open-

 

Band breaks
Becky Reyes & Harmonica Scott
Bisbee AZ
MC:
Wolfman Black

 

 

Band breaks
Sunshine Hahn

OK, FL
MC:TBA


 
  Little Joe

 

band breaks.
Blues Man Hunter

6   PM

Battle 
of   Bands

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

Roland Bowling
OKC

Jahruba
Norman

DETONA-TORS

TX

. . .
 

Jahruba
Norman

GOSPEL
new!!-
Frank Ray /
John and Rev. Tony Wise Choir
OKC

 

 

7:15 PM

Becky & ____Scott____
 

Wes Reynolds
Tulsa

 
Berry Harris
OK Blues Hall of Fame
KS, OK


 

 

________

Clarence King

Hoppy Niles
One Armed Bandit
--Chi, OKC

Sunshine Hahn


Down Home Blues Band

 

David Berntson
Learn to play Harmonica

Andrew
'To-low 16' Miller & his Band of Brothers
age 17


 


Miss Blues reccomends
OKC
 

 Perry Thomas
Muskogee OK

 

8:30 PM

new!!-
Becky & ____Scott____
 

new!!-Cedrick Burnside & Lightnin';  2 Man Wrecking Crew

Andrew
'To-low 16' Miller & his Band of Brothers
age 17

 

Harry & Debbie Blackwell
Dunsmuir CA  


 

8pm Selby Minner & Blues on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of Fame

Sunshine Hahn

9pm Jimmy the Preacher Ellis
OK Blues Hall of Fame
Tulsa,Dallas

Sunshine Hahn

Harley & Bill Willis
Shades of Blues
Checotah, Tulsa

 


James Walker


 

8:15 P.M.

Blue Fire Foley
age 14
Stillwater
________
9:00 P.M.
Jonathan 
Fox
age 15
TX



new!!-
Frank Ray
was w. Flash Terry
Tulsa

 Selby Minner & Blues on the Move
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of FameK

 


 

Jahruba

 

Becky Reyes, Scott Muhleman

9:45 PM

Becky & ____Scott____
 Selby Minner & Blues on the Move Andrew M
sp guest

Walter Watson
Pure Silk
Tulsa
 

Jesse Cahn

10pm

new!!-

RANDY McALLISTER
TX

Sunshine Hahn


Leon Blue

10:00 P.M.
Andrew
'To-low 16' Miller & his Band of Brothers
age 17
new!!-

VERNON GARRETT
TX, L.A
 

 

Tony Mathews
Hollywood, Checotah  

11 PM

Becky & Scott
___
___
WATER-MELON SLIM

& the Workers
new!!

  Invitational
     Jam

w Richard Web

Tony Mathews
OKC


new!!-
ZAC HARMON
TX

Invitational
     Jam

w Karen Woody

 

new!  David Berntson
Learn to play Harmonica


GUITAR SHORTY!

back by popular demand!!

Invitational

Jam 
w
Jimmy James


 

 

12 AM

 move into club!
              
>>>

 Selby
Blues on the Move
R'ville OK

 

 


 Selby
Blues on the Move
R'ville OK


 

Jam with
Jahruba
Norman




 

 Selby
Blues on the Move
R'ville OK

 

1:15   AM

50 sets!!
65 hours of music!!

WATER-MELON SLIM
& the Workers

 

 move into club!
              
>>>

new!!-RANDY McALLISTER
TX
 

Tony Mathews
Hollywood, Checotah

 move into club!
              
>>>

 VERNON GARRETT
TX, L.A.

new!!-

 

2:30   AM

35  bands from across the US!

2 MAN Wrecking Crew
& the Workers

ALL STAR Jam
Clarence King - sax

 

 

 

new!!-
ZAC  HARMON
TX 

 

 

 

GUITAR SHORTY!

back by popular demand!!

 

3:45 -5 AM

 

ALL STAR 
may include:
Leon, Watermelon Slim, Cedric, Malcolm

+  +

 

 

ALL STAR 
Jam:
may include:
Miss Blues,
Randy McAllister, Zac Harmon
Leon Blue

+  +

 

9:00 P.M.
Baby Ray Mucker
Hugo OK

ALL STAR 
JAM

may include:
Guitar Shorty, Vernon Garrett

 

 

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 4

SATURDAY  SEPTEMBER 5

SUNDAY  SEPTEMBER 6

                   
 All Acts Subject to Change


*
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!!!

 
Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival
(links at top of this page, lineup now complete, flyer below)

RENTIESVILLE 2009 LINEUP
 35 bands from 10 states, 65 hours of music)

FRIDAY  September 4 th

WATERMELON SLIM & Workers
CEDRIC BURNSIDE &
LIGHTNIN' MALCOM
      2 Man Wrecking Crew
BECKY REYES, Harmonica Scott
Pure Silk    Wes Reynolds
Berry Harris   Leon Blue
Tony Mathews  Selby Minner
Pat Moss Roland Bowling

Clarence King          Jahruba
Invitational Jam with Richard Web

Battle of the Bands & JAMS
THE KID’S VILLAGE (all three nites ) :
Jahruba -drums        faces & crafts
Joann & puppets Patrick Duffy pottery

SATURDAY September 5th

ZAC HARMON
RANDY MCALLISTER
JIMMY the Preacher ELLIS
MISS BLUES      DETONATORS
JAMES WALKER    LEON BLUE
HOPPY NILES One Armed Bandit
HARLEY HAMM, BILL WILLIS and
 Shades of Blues (SOB)
Sunshine Hahn
SELBY MINNER BLUES ON THE MOVE

Andrew 'To-low 16'  Miller Band
Jimmy James   Eric Sengbusch
Clarence King       Pat Moss
David Berntson & Harps 4 Kidz
Blue Fire Foley Jonathan Fox

& JAM to include

THE KID’S VILLAGE adds Dave Berntson
and HARMONICA workshops

SUNDAY September 6th

GUITAR SHORTY
VERNON GARRETT
DOWN HOME BLUES BAND
LEON BLUE  FRANK RAY
SELBY MINNER Bl on the Move
Harry and Debbie Blackwell
BECKY REYES, Harmonica Scott
Debbie Henning 
Tony Mathews    Perry Thomas
Invitational Jam with Jimmy James

Gospel Show Sun:
Rev Tony Wise, OKC

 


Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival 5 W's
                  


                    
                                                                                                     

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. A fun time that attracts 4,000 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend D.C. Minner.

WHEN:

2009- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun Sept 4, 5, 6 --  5 pm 'til 5 am nightly

WHO:



Click to see
roster, band bios & schedule.

What's Cool, What' Not:

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

HOW MUCH:

Tickets are $15/day (about $1.50 a band!)
KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!

Volunteer Option:

It takes a lot of people to do this - we have a great deal for volunteers Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ½ 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. .... In Checotah the motel we recommend is America's Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart. More motel info.

CAMPING:

Parking is free across the road. Also primitive camping. Or Fountainhead State Park on Lake Eufaula, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend.

SPONSORED BY:

SPONSORS help make this happen...OK Arts Council, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, VSA Arts, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide, Tom's Golf Cars, the Muskogee Area Arts Council, KMOD, KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, IP, Entertainment Fort Smith, Chef Eddie, SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, 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 with DC and Selby Minner.  Click here for more about F.O.R. Blues Inc.

             ..Jahruba's Drum Circle                                 James Peterson   

         

 

   The DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL is AUGUST 29, 30, 31
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
 
 

                                    Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival
 


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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