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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 |
Schedule |
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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
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!
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FRIDAY AUGUST
29 |
SATURDAY
AUGUST 30 |
SUNDAY AUGUST
31 |
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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: |
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4 |
-Gates Open- |
-Gates Open-
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Band breaks
Pat Moss
&
Lorenzo Scott
Lawrence
Talequah OK
MC: Paul
Rowlette |
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band breaks.
Tiny Davis
Tulsa
new!!
MC:
Hugh Foley |
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band breaks...
Debbie
Henning
OKC
new!! |
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6
PM |
Battle
of Bands
Young
up-and-comers....
IBC prelims
Kit Love
Robertson |
new!!-
Roland Bowling
OKC |
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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
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7:15 PM |
Pat Moss
Walter Watson
Pure Silk
Tulsa
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7:00 P.M.
Berry
Harris
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
KS, OK
8:00 P.M.
BRONKO
and the Blues |
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Jahruba |
Tiny Davis
7:00 P.M.
Wanda
Watson
OK Blues Hall of
Fame ---Tulsa
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7:00 P.M.
Dues Paid
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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9:00 P.M.
Jimmy the
Preacher
Ellis
OK Blues Hall of
Fame
Tulsa,Dallas
new!!
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new!!Justin
Bennett
with
Jahruba
Norman |
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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
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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
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10:00 P.M.
Invitational
Jam
with
Loren Stidham
new!! |
Jahruba |
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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
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12 AM |
move into club!
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Selby Minner
Rentiesville OK |
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Tiny Davis
Kevin Phariss
w
JAMES
PETERSON
FL
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ANDREW Jr.
BOY
JONES
TX
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Jam with
Jahruba
Norman |
Debbie
Henning
JAMES
PETERSON
FL
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Selby
Minner
R'ville OK
ANDREW |
Tony
Mathews
Hollywood,
Checotah |
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1:15 AM |
50 sets!!
65 hours of
music!! |
JOHNNY RAWLS
Mr.Romance
MN |
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move into club!
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?GUITAR
SHORTY?
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Tony Mathews
Hollywood,
Checotah |
move into club!
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Jr. BOY JONES
TX
new!! |
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2:30 AM |
35 bands from
across the US! |
ALL STAR Jam
Clarence King -
sax |
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JAMES Peterson |
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JAMES Peterson
FL |
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3:45 -5 AM |
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Tommy
McCracken,
Leon Blue- keys
- and More!! |
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ALL STAR
Jam: Berry
Leon,
Tommy
McCracken
Chicago
+ + |
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ALL STAR
Jam:
Leon
Blue,
Berry Harris + + |
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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 |
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FRIDAY
AUGUST
29 |
SATURDAY
AUGUST
30 |
SUNDAY AUGUST
31 |
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All
Acts Subject to
Change |
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*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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(links at top of this page, lineup now complete, flyer
below)
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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
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Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival 5 W's
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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. |
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WHEN: |
2007 - Aug 29, 30, 31, Fri Sat Sun -- 5 pm
'til 5 am nightly |
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WHO: |
Click to see
roster,
band bios
&
schedule. |
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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 $15/day (about $1.50 a band!)
KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE! |
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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. |
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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. .... In Checotah the motel we
recommend is America's Best across from the truck
stop, near Wal-Mart.
More motel info. |
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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. |
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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...! |
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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 with
DC and Selby Minner.
Click here for more
about F.O.R. Blues Inc. |
..Jahruba's Drum Circle
James Peterson
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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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