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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 2008
August 29, 30 and 31 •   5pm - 5am Nightly

    This Year's Festival - # 18 - is a
TRIBUTE TO D.C. MINNER
, our founder..
.
Many bands will be covering his repertory INCLUDING his original songs...keeping the blues alive!

2008    SCHEDULE  ...... lineup complete!
 

 

FRIDAY   AUGUST 29

SATURDAY  AUGUST 30

SUNDAY  AUGUST 31

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
Pat Moss
Lorenzo Scott Lawrence
Talequah OK
MC: Paul Rowlette

 

 

band breaks.
Tiny Davis
Tulsa  
new!!
MC: Hugh Foley

 

 


band breaks...
Debbie Henning

OKC

new!!

 

 

6   PM

Battle 
of   Bands

Young up-and-comers....
IBC prelims
Kit Love Robertson

new!!-
Roland Bowling
OKC

 

Checotah Jazz Band
w Clarence King - sax

Three
Legged Dog
with
Jim Johnson
Norman

new! David Berntson
Learn to play Harmonica

GOSPEL
new!!

.John and Rev. Tony Wise Choir
OKC

Second Generation Wewoka 

 

7:15 PM

Pat Moss

Walter Watson
Pure Silk
Tulsa
 

 7:00 P.M.
Berry Harris
OK Blues Hall of Fame
KS, OK


8:00 P.M.
BRONKO
and the Blues

 

________

Jahruba

Tiny Davis

7:00 P.M.
Wanda
Watson
OK Blues Hall of Fame ---Tulsa
 

7:00 P.M.
Dues Paid

 

Jahruba
Norman

Debbie Henning

Odd Sheep
Out
Tulsa, Canada

7:00 P.M.
Harry & Debbie Blackwell
Dunsmuir CA
8:00 P.M.
OK Ollie
CA

 Perry Thomas
Muskogee OK

 

8:30 PM

Lorenzo Scott Lawrence
new!!-Tommy McCracken
Chicago
 & Leon Blue
Las Vegas
Lorenzo Scott Lawrence

9:00 P.M.   new!!-   Miss Dee & Tru Blu
Tulsa

Jahruba
Norman
 

Tiny Davis
8:15 P.M.
Backup Blues Band
Dallas
Tiny Davis
9:30 P.M
Tony Mathews
and band
Hollywood, OK;
OK Blues Hall of Fame

8:00 P.M.
Miss Blues
OK Blues Hall of Fame
TX, OKC

9:00 P.M.
Baby Ray Mucker
Hugo OK
 

8:15 P.M.

Blue Fire Foley

age 14
Stillwater

9:00 P.M.
Jonathan 
Fox
age 15
TX

Debbie Henning
new!!-HARPER
Austrailian Diggerie Doo Blues
All over the festival circuit this year...

 

9:00 P.M.
Jimmy the Preacher Ellis
OK Blues Hall of Fame
Tulsa,Dallas
new!!

 

new!!Justin Bennett
with

Jahruba
Norman

9:45 PM

DC Minner TRIBUTE
by Selby Minner & Friends & Little Miss Peggy, Sunset and  TONY MATHEWS

Invitational
     Jam with
Kit Love Robertson
new!!

Sunshine
OKC
 

Tiny Davis
10:15 P.M.
Selby Minner
Rentiesville OK
OK Blues Hall of Fame

10:00 P.M.
Invitational
Jam
with Miss Blues

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

Debbie Henning

Selby Minner
& Friends
Rentiesville OK
 

10:00 P.M.
Invitational
     Jam with
Loren Stidham
new!!

Jahruba

11 PM

Lorenzo Scott Lawrence
JOHNNY RAWLS
Mr.Romance MN

  Invitational
     Jam

Harold Aldridge

Tiny Davis
new!!-
GUITAR SHORTY
TX, CA

more
 Jamming


 
Selby

new!  David Berntson
Learn to play Harmonica


Debbie Henning

ANDREW
Jr.  BOY JONES
TX

new!!-

Jam 



 

 

12 AM

 move into club!
              
>>>

Selby Minner Rentiesville OK

 

Tiny Davis
Kevin Phariss w
JAMES
PETERSON
FL



ANDREW Jr. BOY
JONES
TX

 

Jam with
Jahruba
Norman

Debbie Henning

JAMES PETERSON
FL
 

Selby
Minner
R'ville OK

ANDREW

Tony Mathews
Hollywood, Checotah  

1:15   AM

50 sets!!
65 hours of music!!

JOHNNY RAWLS
Mr.Romance MN

 

 move into club!
              
>>>

?GUITAR SHORTY?
 

Tony Mathews
Hollywood, Checotah

 move into club!
              
>>>

 Jr. BOY JONES
TX
new!!

 

2:30   AM

35  bands from across the US!

ALL STAR Jam
Clarence King - sax

 

 

 

JAMES Peterson

 

 

JAMES Peterson
FL

 

3:45 -5 AM

 

Tommy McCracken,
Leon Blue- keys - and More!!

 

 

ALL STAR 
Jam: Berry
Leon,
Tommy McCracken
Chicago
+  +

 

 

ALL STAR 
Jam:
Leon Blue,
Berry Harris + +

 

 

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   AUGUST 29

SATURDAY  AUGUST 30

 SUNDAY AUGUST 31

                   
 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 2008 LINEUP
 35 bands from 10 states, 65 hours of music)

FRIDAY Aug 29

JOHNNY RAWLS
Selby Minner     Tony Mathews
Pure Silk
Tommy McCracken  Leon Blue
Miss Dee & Tru Blu
Pat Moss Roland Bowling
Sunshine
Berry Harris          Jahruba

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

SATURDAY Aug 30

GUITAR SHORTY
ANDREW JR BOY JONES
JAMES PETERSON
BACKUP BLUES BAND
Selby Minner     LEON BLUE
Wanda Watson    Dues Paid
Miss Blues      Baby Ray Mucker
Tiny Davis    Tommy McCracken
Clarence King       Three Legged Dog
Checotah HS Jazz Band
Blue Fire Foley Jonathan Fox
Andrew 'To-low 16' Miller
& JAM to include

THE KID’S VILLAGE adds Dave Berntson
and HARMONICA workshops

SUNDAY Aug 31

ANDREW Jr Boy JONES
HARPER
JAMES PETERSON
JIMMY the Preacher ELLIS
Selby and Friends
Harry and Debbie Blackwell
Odd Sheep Out
Debbie Henning
Tony Mathews    Perry Thomas
Wewoka's Second Generation
Jstin Bennett

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:

2007 - Aug 29, 30, 31, Fri Sat Sun --  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. You may camp there also, no hook-ups. 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
 
 

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