At the Maple Blues Awards
13th Annual Maple Blues Awards Nominees Announced
Nominees from across Canada have been announced for the 13th Annual Maple Blues Awards!
The Maple Blues Awards is Canada’s national blues awards program. Its goal is to promote blues music across Canada, and to recognize outstanding achievement in the field.
Voting opens Friday, October 30th at noon (DST) and is open to Sunday, December 13th at noon (EDT). Blues fans cast their votes online, at www.mapleblues.ca.
Ottawa’s Monkey Junk received six nominations and Vancouver’’ The Twisters received five. Swamp Boogie-band Monkey Junk received nods in the Entertainer of the Year, Electric Act of the Year, and Recording of the Year, for their record Tiger In Your Tank, categories as well as Male Vocalist of the Year and Harmonica Player of the Year for Steve Marriner and Guitar Player of the Year for Tony D. The Twisters are nominated for Electric Act of the Year, Recording of the Year for Come Out Swingin’, Harmonica Player of the Year for David Hoerl, Keith Picot for Bass Player of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year for Brandon Isaak.
Close behind is Hamilton, Ontario’s Harrison Kennedy receiving four nominations for Acoustic Act of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Recording of the Year for his record, One Dog Barkin’.
Downchild and its respective members have earned four nominations between them. Whitby’s local Guitar Slinger Jack de Keyzer has received three nominations including Guitarist of the Year. Toronto’s Paul Reddick received three nominations including Recording of the Year for Sugarbird. From Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Garrett Mason has picked up two nominations for Electric Act of the Year and Guitarist of the Year. Easley, Stevenson, Arsenault from Nova Scotia have picked up nominations for Bassist of the Year, Piano/Keyboard Player Of The Year, and Drummer of the Year, respectively.
New Artist of the Year nominees include Toronto’s Blackburn, Montreal’s Blues Delight, Quebec City’s Clio & The Blues Highway, Fredericton’s Ross Neilsen,
and Toronto’s Scott McCord & The Bonafide Truth.
This year’s winners will be announced at the 13th Annual Maple Blues Awards Gala in Toronto, on January 18, 2010 at Koerner Hall. This very special evening is Canada’s national annual celebration of homegrown blues talent. It” also a night of great music by the Maple Blues Band, comprised entirely of Maple Blues Awards winners and nominees.
Koerner Hall is the newest addition to Toronto’s fine list of cultural centres and theatres. The intimate and elegant hall opened in September 2009 with 1,140 seats and features state-of-the-art acoustic treatment.
Danny Marks, Host of BLUZ FM and David Gogo, Cordova Bay Recording Artist, will be hosting the Maple Blues Awards.
2009 Maple Blues Awards Nominations:
Entertainer Of The Year
Downchild
Jack de Keyzer
Little Miss Higgins
Monkey Junk
Shakura S’Aida
Electric Act Of The Year
David Gogo
Garrett Mason
Jack de Keyzer
Monkey Junk
The Twisters
Acoustic Act Of The Year
Big Dave McLean
Braithwaite & Whiteley
Harrison Kennedy
Harry Manx
Julian Fauth
Male Vocalist Of The Year
Harrison Kennedy
Jim Byrnes
John Mays (Fathead, Maple Blues Revue)
Paul Reddick
Steve Marriner (Monkey Junk)
Female Vocalist Of The Year
Jolene “Little Miss” Higgins
Roxanne Potvin
Shakura S’Aida
Suzie Vinnick
Treasa Levasseur
New Artist/Group Of The Year
Blackburn
Blues Delight
Clio & The Blues Highway
Ross Neilsen
Scott McCord & The Bonafide Truth
Recording Of The Year
Come Out Swingin’ (NorthernBlues)
The Twisters
Producers: Chris & Brandon Isaak
One Dog Barkin’ (Electro-Fi)
Harrison Kennedy
Producer: Harrison Kennedy
Songs From The Road (Stony Plain)
Jeff Healey
Producer: Alec Fraser
SugarBird (NorthernBlues)
Paul Reddick
Producer: Colin Linden
Tiger In Your Tank (Beefy)
Monkey Junk
Producers: Steve Marriner and Monkey Junk
Blues With A Feeling Award
(Lifetime Achievement)
Alec Fraser
Chris Whiteley
Danny Brooks
Ellen McIlwaine
Joe Murphy
Ken Whiteley
Michael Fonfara
Paul James
Terry Wilkins
Tom Lavin
BB King International Artist Of The Year
John Mayall
Maria Muldaur
Taj Mahal
Tommy Castro
Watermelon Slim
Guitarist Of The Year
Garrett Mason
Jack de Keyzer
Steve Dawson (Jim Byrnes)
Steve Strongman
Tony D (Monkey Junk)
Harmonica Player Of The Year
Carlos del Junco
David Hoerl (The Twisters)
David Rotundo
Jerome Godboo
Steve Marriner (Monkey Junk)
Piano/Keyboard Player Of The Year
Bill Stevenson (Easley Stevenson Arsenault)
Julian Fauth
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Lance Anderson
Michael Fonfara (Downchild, Maple Blues Revue)
Horn Player Of The Year
Al Lerman (Fathead, Maple Blues Revue)
Chris Murphy (Maple Blues Revue)
Chris Whiteley (Maple Blues Revue)
Johnny Ferreira
Pat Carey (Downchild, Maple Blues Revue)
Drummer Of The Year
Al Cross
Bucky Berger (Fathead)
Chris Nordquist
Geoff Arsenault (Easley Stevenson Arsenault)
Tom Bona (Raoul & The Big Time, Maple Blues Revue)
Bassist Of The Year
Alan Duffy (Jack de Keyzer)
Alec Fraser (Broken Joe, Jeff Healey)
Gary Kendall (Downchild, Maple Blues Revue, Gary Kendall Band)
Keith Picot (The Twisters)
Tom Easley (Easley Stevenson Arsenault)
Songwriter Of The Year
Brandon Isaak (The Twisters)
Chris Whiteley & Diana Braithwaite
Harrison Kennedy
Paul Reddick
Treasa Levasseur
Arthur Adams “Stomp the Floor” Releases on Delta Groove Records
Arthur Adams has been a popular mainstay of the blues scene in Los Angeles for many years. As the featured house bandleader at B.B. King’s blues club in Universal City, Arthur exposed patrons night after night to his soulful blend of silky rhythm & blues combined with his searing guitar and buttery smooth vocal delivery.
The Tennessee native got his start early in life at six years old singing in the church choir and later acquired his first guitar as he entered into his teens. His initial inspiration came from guitarist Howard Carroll of the American gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds, but Arthur also displays an obvious affection and stylistic debt to the six string attack of longtime friend B.B. King.
Arthur traveled throughout the south early on in his career before eventually heading out west and settling in Los Angeles in the mid-sixties. His first album, “It’s Private Tonight” released in 1972, firmly established the silky smooth vocal presence and guitar style that still comprises Arthur’s signature sound of today.
Over the years, Arthur’s talent and versatility in the studio proved invaluable as his skills were consistently utilized for numerous recording projects for film and television, along with extensive session work that includes albums by Jimmy Smith, Nina Simone, Quincy Jones, Lowell Fulson, The Crusaders and Bonnie Raitt.
In 1991, Arthur played rhythm guitar and contributed two songs, “Mean And Evil” and “Something Up My Sleeve,” to B.B. King’s album “There Is Always One More Time” on MCA Records. King later returned the favor appearing on Arthur’s comeback release “Back On Track” in 1999.
When Randy Chortkoff established Delta Groove Music in 2004 with the label’s very first effort “That Represent Man” by The Mannish Boys, Arthur was invited to appear on stage with the band at several of their live performances and was later featured as a special guest on Mitch Kashmar’s debut release “Nickels & Dimes.” So when Arthur approached Delta Groove about his latest project, naturally he was welcomed in with open arms.
“Stomp The Floor” features Arthur Adams’ signature brand of soulfully sweet rhythm & blues filled with melodic hooks, classy arrangements and impeccable songwriting, affirming once again Arthur’s status and rightful place amongst the genre’s most celebrated and beloved artists.
“His vocalizing has a sweet, soulful quality ala Robert Cray or at times Bobby Bland. And his electric six string takes definite cues from his idol, B.B. King…” – All Music Guide
“Adams fortifies his distinctive, velvety voice with restrained emotional heat. He’s strong enough to be gentle, and confident enough to sing from his heart…” – Chicago Reader
“Arthur Adams is one of those guns that lay in the weeds, and when the time is right—smack, he’s got you cornered.” – Blues On Stage
Benefit Concert for Norton Buffalo Planned for November 22 and 23rd–Proceeds to Benefit the Paradise, California Performing Arts Center
We received this email today November 6th, 2009 from our pal on the west coast, Jimmy Lloyd Rea (who incidentally was the first to notify us regarding Norton Buffalo’s passing).
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009
Time: 5:30pm – 11:00pm
Location: Paradise performing Arts Center
Street: Clark rd. @ Nunnely
City: Paradise, CA
At Norton’s request the Sunday night benefit will feature. . . Big Mo and Friends, Carlos Reyes and Friends, Tom Rigney and Flambeau and Roy Rogers and The Delta Rhythm Kings. $40 General Admission. FIRST SHOW SOLD OUT Call Bill Anderson toll free 1-877-397-3363 10AM to 10PM. Or send check payable to:
PPAC
c/o Bill Anderson
6848U Skyway
Paradise CA 95969.
Stay at Ponderosa Gardens Motel, 7010 Skyway, Paradise, California. Reservations:1-888-727-3423. The motel is donating ten rooms for performers!
The Buffalo Herd is still rampaging for tickets to Norton’s benefit at The Paradise Performing Arts Center which SOLD OUT Monday evening. We’ve compiled a list of over 350 people who wanted to come after we sold out. So guess what? Norton’s very lovely wife Lisa has asked us to schedule another show for Monday evening November 23rd and she wants the proceeds from the second show to go to support the Performing Arts Center that Norton loved so much and worked so hard to save over the past four months of his life.
So far Maria Muldaur, the Barry “The Fish” Melton Band, Linda and David La Flamme, Carlos Reyes, David Denny, and Big Mo and the Full Moon Blues Band have agreed to perform. $40 General Admission. Call to reserve tickets toll free 1-877-397-3363 any day 10am to 10pm.
See you there!
About Paradise, California
Paradise is nestled in the foothills of the Northern California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Butte County community sits astride a ridge top with elevations ranging from 2,000 to 2,800 feet above the valley floor. Our climate and location allows residents and visitors to enjoy an array of tall pines and majestic oaks, cooler summertime temperatures, occasional winter snowfalls, and an engaging environment.
Paradise is the second largest city in Butte County, and is part of the Chico-Paradise metropolitan area. Paradise was incorporated in 1979, and it is home to nearly 27,000 residents. Paradise is a short drive from the Bay Area and the Sacramento region. The drive takes you along historic and scenic highways 99 and 70, and past the orchards and rice fields. A spring time drive along the Blossom Tour is a must see.
Rich in history, innate beauty, and friendly people, Paradise is fantastic place to raise a family, build a business, or just relax for a weekend in the pines.
http://www.townofparadise.com/
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The Doors Shake the Big Apple to its Core
Live In New York Documents The Doors’ Final Four New York Concerts with Jim Morrison In Their Entirety with Six-Disc Collection
Boxed Set Due November 10 From Rhino and Bright Midnight Archives
Los Angeles – Rhino and Bright Midnight Archives unleash four inspired performances from The Doors’ final tour with Live in New York. The latest addition to the band’s acclaimed series of archival concert releases, this six-disc collection contains all four of The Doors’ performances – in their entirety – recorded in 1970 at the Felt Forum in New York City. The collection will be available November 10 at all retail outlets, including www.thedoors.com and www.rhino.com, for suggested list price of $89.98 for the physical boxed set. A digital version featuring select highlights from all four Felt Forum shows will also be available at all digital retail outlets for $9.99.
Recorded January 17 and 18, 1970 – just a few weeks before the release of Morrison Hotel – these concerts find Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and Ray Manzarek locked in tight as they deliver smoking takes on soon-to-be-classics from their forthcoming album, including “Roadhouse Blues,” “Peace Frog,” “Ship Of Fools,” and “Maggie M’Gill.” The shows also feature a number of driving blues covers, such as Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love,” Howlin’ Wolf’s “Little Red Rooster,” and John Lee Hooker’s “Crawling King Snake.” “Those were the bluesy songs we always used to do,” Krieger says. “We probably hadn’t done them in years, but we resurrected them for these shows.”
The year prior to these shows, The Doors became one of the first rock bands to play New York City’s Madison Square Garden. When they returned in 1970, Densmore says they chose to play the Felt Forum, a smaller venue at the Garden. “It was more intimate, and you could feel the audience more,” he says. “There was more interaction, and the acoustics were much better, because it was designed for music.”
Manzarek hails these shows as a return to the group’s early days, when they used to play a small Los Angeles club called the London Fog. “I mean, talk about going back to basics. We used to do four sets a night at the London Fog, and we only had a small block of songs written up to that time. So we would do other people’s material. And in New York, it was like the same thing. We’ve got four shows to play here, two sets tonight, two sets tomorrow night. Let’s play whatever we want! Let’s just go!”
And go they did. Along with a mix of then-unheard new songs and old covers, the band also tapped into its 1967, self-titled debut, peppering the set lists with signature songs such as “Break On Through (To The Other Side),” “Soul Kitchen,” “The End,” and “Light My Fire,” The Doors’ first #1 hit.
For the final show of the Felt Forum stand, the band was joined onstage by two guests – The Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian (who played harmonica on the studio version of “Roadhouse Blues”) and drummer Dallas Taylor, who’d played on Crosby, Stills & Nash’s debut. Sebastian sat in for “Rock Me” and was joined by Taylor for “Going To N.Y. Blues” and “Maggie M’Gill.”
Fans will be blown away by the crisp sound found on LIVE IN NEW YORK. All four shows were mixed and mastered by the band’s longtime engineer, Bruce Botnick, who recorded a number of shows from The Doors’ 1970 tour on multi-track tape for the Absolutely Live album. While most of the music contained on LIVE IN NEW YORK is unreleased, a few songs (and portions of songs) surfaced in 1970 on Absolutely Live and in 1997 on The Doors Box Set.
Sadly, these shows represent The Doors’ final New York City performances with Morrison, who passed away July 3, 1971.
Prior to the release of LIVE IN NEW YORK, Rhino will release 180-gram vinyl versions of all six Doors studio albums on September 15. Previously available only in 2007’s The Doors Vinyl Box, original stereo mixes of The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel, and L.A. Woman will now be available individually at all vinyl retail outlets for a suggested list price of $24.98 each.
For additional information regarding LIVE IN NEW YORK or other upcoming projects from The Doors, please contact Jason Elzy in the Rhino Records Media Relations Department at (818) 238-6220 or Jason.Elzy@rhino.com.
THE DOORS LIVE IN NEW YORK
Track Listing
Disc 1
January 17, 1970 (First Show)
1. Start Of Show
2. “Roadhouse Blues”
3. “Ship Of Fools”*
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”
5. Tuning
6. “Peace Frog”
7. “Blue Sunday”
8. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
9. “Back Door Man”*
10. “Love Hides”*
11. “Five To One”*
12. Tuning/Breather
13. “Who Do You Love”
14. “Little Red Rooster”
15. “Money”
16. Tuning
17. “Light My Fire”*
18. More, More, More
19. “Soul Kitchen”*
20. End Of Show
Disc 2
January 17, 1970 (Second Show)
1. Start Show 2
2. Jim “How Ya Doing?”
3. “Roadhouse Blues”
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”*
5. “Ship Of Fools”
6. “Crawling King Snake”
7. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”
8. “Back Door Man”*
9. “Five To One”
10. Pretty Neat, Pretty Good
11. “Build Me A Woman”
12. Tuning/Breather
13. “Who Do You Love”*
14. Tuning/Breather
15. “Wild Child”*
16. Cheering/Tuning
17. “When The Music’s Over”
Disc 3
January 17, 1970 (Second Show) continued
1. Tuning/Breather
2. “Light My Fire”*
3. Hey, Mr. Light Man!
4. “Soul Kitchen”*
5. Jim’s Fish Joke
6. “The End”
7. End Of Show
Disc 4
January 18, 1970 (Third Show)
1. Start Show 3
2. “Roadhouse Blues”*
3. “Ship Of Fools”*
4. “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”*
5. Tuning/Breather
6. “Universal Mind”*
7. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)” – False Start*
8. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”*
9. “Back Door Man”*
10. “Five To One”
11. Tuning/Breather
12. “Moonlight Drive”
13. “Who Do You Love”*
14. Calling Out For Songs
15. “Money”*
16. Tuning/Breather
17. “Light My Fire”
18. More, More More
19. “When The Music’s Over”*
20. Good Night – End Show
Disc 5
January 18, 1970 (Fourth Show)
1. Start Show 4
2. “Roadhouse Blues”*
3. “Peace Frog”*
4. “Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)”*
5. “Back Door Man”
6. “Five To One”
7. We Have A Special Treat
8. “Celebration Of The Lizard”
9. Alright Let’s Boogie
10. “Build Me A Woman”
11. “When The Music’s Over”*
12. More, More, More
Disc 6
January 18, 1970 (Fourth Show) continued
1. “Soul Kitchen”*
2. For Fear Of Getting Too Patriotic
3. Petition The Lord With Prayer
4. “Light My Fire”
5. Only When The Moon Comes Out
6. “Close To You”
7. The Encore Begins
8. “Rock Me”*
9. What To Do Next?
10. “Going To N.Y. Blues”*
11. Tuning/Breather
12. “Maggie M’Gill”*
13. Tuning/Breather
14. “Gloria”*/End Of Show
*Previously unreleased
Contact: Ben Watson
Phone: (818) 905-5080
E-Mail: ben@myrocketscience.com
Artwork: www.rhino.com/media
Long Tall Deb and the Drifter Kings New CD Release “Diamonds on the Desert Floor” Captures Dynamic Sound, Preview Party Promises Excitement
Deb Landolt and band to unveil tracks from much anticipated new CD Friday November 20, at the Thirsty Ear in Columbus, Ohio. CD is scheduled for release January 9, 2010.
Columbus, Ohio October 31, 2009 Award-winning contemporary blues act Long Tall Deb and the Drifter Kings proudly announce their CD preview party on Friday, November 20 at the Thirsty Ear Tavern in Columbus, Ohio. Guests on this evening will be treated to a dynamic live performance in addition to being the first to hear tracks off the new recording and preorder the new CD.
Their long-awaited debut CD, entitled “Diamonds on the Desert Floor”, is set to hit stores and online outlets on January 9, 2010. Producer Michael Hill of Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, who has released three critically-acclaimed albums of his own on Alligator Records, worked very closely with the band to help craft fresh arrangements and overall ambiance for their all-original material.
The album is a tasty blend of gut bucket driving rhythm topped with the rich, honest and soulful vocals on the part of Deb Landolt aka “Long Tall Deb”. Bassist Melvin Powe and drummer Doug Oscard deliver in-the-pocket rhythm to complement guitarist Richey B’s work, from soulful solos to excellent slide work.
“What is particularly exciting about this record is that each song sounds different from the last and yet, the material seems to flow in a natural progression throughout.” says Landolt.
The album will also likely crossover to listeners who would not normally classify themselves as blues lovers. What appeals is a carefully and quality-crafted effort that sounds fresh, new and exciting.
About Long, Tall Deb and the Drifter Kings
Long Tall Deb and the Drifter Kings, winners of the 2009 River City Ohio Blues Challenge held by the Blues Jazz and Folk Music Society of Marietta, Ohio. blends an electrifying mix of contemporary edgy and traditional blues, soul and New Orleans style music with generous helpings of original material. Called one of the up and coming bands to watch for., they will enter the studio later this year to record their first CD with Michael Hill producing the project.
For additional information on the news that is the subject of this release (or for a sample, copy or demo)
Contact Deb Landolt
8552 W, Bowling Green Lane
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
Telephone: 614-598-2909
Email: deblandolt@gmail.com
For information on the Thirsty Ear:
Thirsty Ear Tavern
1200 West Third Avenue
Columbus, OH 43212
Telephone: 614-299-4987
Website: http://www.thethirstyear.com
Detroit Blues Society Hosting “Blues And Toys For Girls And Boys”
he Detroit Blues Society (DBS) believe that children are one of our nation’s most valuable resources. Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders – civic, business and social. Alarmingly, approximately 13 million of America ‘s children live in poverty. Studies reveal that growing up in poverty can have an adverse psychological impact on a child. One of the adverse impacts is low self-esteem – a by-product of little or no hope for the future.
Each child has a choice of two paths to the future. One path leads to a productive life as an asset to the community. The other path leads to a life of dependency on the community for support. Without outside help, the path of least resistance is too often the path to a life of dependency.
The critical social issue is the identification and pursuit of programs, which will create or raise the self-esteem of children, give them hope for the future and help steer them toward productive lives. One of the best means of dealing with these three poverty by-products is through mentoring programs. Since it is not possible for all children who live in poverty situations to have the benefit of mentoring programs, alternative means of doing the job must be pursued. Fortunately, alternative programs exist. Toys for Tots is one such alternative. It is a unique passive mentoring program that provides a ray of hope for the future.
In an effort to assist America’s children, the Detroit Blues Society (DBS) is proud to announce that our December Meeting and Jam will be entitled “Blues And Toys For Girls And Boys”. It will be dedicated to the United States Marine Corps and their Toys For Tots program.
The event will be held in conjunction with our December Meeting and Jam on Saturday, December 12th at Callahan’s Music Hall (www.atcallahan’s.com), 2105 South Blvd in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Start time is 9pm and features the music of Jimmy McCarty and Mystery Train, The OPEN JAM begins at 10pm and everyone is invited to attend. All attendees that bring a new, unwrapped toy or that donate $10 will receive a holiday gift of a CD of their choice for each toy or $10 donation that they make. This is one of our ways of giving back to the community and saying thank you to our loyal friends. This is also our way of thanking our brave men and women in uniform for all that they do while serving in America’s honor.
Please make a child happy this Holiday Season by coming out and supporting this compelling, charitable cause. United States Marine Corps and Toys For Tots representatives will be on hand for this event.
About the Detroit Blues Society
The Detroit Blues Society (DBS) is a registered federal 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the blues tradition. It has as its primary goals to promote a wider appreciation for the blues by the general public and to serve the members of the Society. DBS provides members with the monthly newsletter Blues Notes. This serves to inform members and the general public regarding relevant news, schedules of upcoming events and profiles on our members. DBS schedules free blues jam sessions, usually on the first Sunday of each month, arranges discounts on merchant sponsored merchandise and administers an educational program. For more information visit www.detroitbluessociety.org.
About Callahan’s Music Hall
Callahan’s Music Hall, since 2007, always strives to present The BEST entertainment to metro-Detroit! Whether its local, regional, or national artists there is always something happening at Callahan’s! We strive to showcase the best BLUES artists in the world. Our goal is continue the legacy established by Detroit’s legendary blues rooms including Sully’s, The Soup Kitchen, Sisko’s, and Tenny Street Roadhouse, to name a few.
About The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity is the fundraising, funding and support organization for the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. The Foundation was created at the behest of the U. S. Marine Corps and provides support in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, who directs the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. The Foundation has supported Toys for Tots since 1991. The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.
Media Contacts
Event: Steven J. Allen: sallen8961@aol.com 248-249-5287
Club: Mike Moss: mmoss@mossworld.com 248-858-9508
Toys For Tots: GySgt. Richard Westbrook richard.westbrook@usmc.mil (586) 239-2137
RIP Norton Buffalo, September 28, 1951–October 30, 2009
I received word today, October 31, 2009 at 1:45AM, from my friend Jimmy Lloyd Rea that harmonica great Norton Buffalo has passed away. He died yesterday at 3:00 PM. (PST).
According to the only news on his passing I could find on the net, he had been diagnosed with lung cancer in September, when after a concert he complained of feeling ill.
As he told it in his own words which appeared September 10,2009 in the Daily Swarm:
According to this news article which appeared in the Paradise Post online (dated October 22) he was upbeat and positive of his recovery. Norton was a Paradise, California resident.
http://www.paradisepost.com/news/ci_13613356
The following seems like a fitting song announcing his departure in what are economic hard times for many.
On Norton Buffalo
One of the most versatile harpists in contemporary music, Norton Buffalo earned his greatest success in blues circles, but also proved himself adept in areas ranging from rock to country to even new age.
Born September 28, 1951 in Oakland, California, he earned perhaps his greatest success as a member of the Steve Miller Band, a position he held for over two decades beginning in the mid-1970s; as a session player, Buffalo also lent his harmonica skills to records from performers including the Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash and Elvin Bishop. He issued his solo debut, Lovin’ in the Valley of the Moon, on Capitol in 1977, followed a year later by Desert Horizon.
After spending the 1980s primarily as a sideman, Buffalo teamed with blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers in 1991 for R&B, which earned a Grammy nomination for the track “Song for Jessica”; the duo’s follow-up, Travellin’ Tracks, appeared a year later. Additionally, Buffalo led his own band, the Knockouts.
Paul Rishell and Annie Raines ~ A Night In Woodstock ~ the DVD~ release parties at Nighttown in Cleveland on October 29 and the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA, November 20
After 17 years and six albums, including the W.C. Handy award-winning Moving to the Country, Paul Rishell and Annie Raines have become the blues’ most dynamic duo. Their masterful performances have won them fans around the globe. Now for the first time, they beam their live show into your living room in the new DVD, A Night In Woodstock. Other musicians joining this talented twosome include brilliant keyboardist Bruce Katz and Lovin’ Spoonful founder/harmonica legend John Sebastian.
The concert, filmed at the now-defunct Joyous Lake in 2005, was released as an audio CD in 2008 and quickly shot to #1 on the Living Blues Radio Chart, remaining in the top ten for several months and earning two Blues Music Award nominations.
You hear gentle humor in Rishell’s heartfelt delivery of ballads like “It’ll Be Me” and the original “Blues On A Holiday,” but he takes a tough, no-holds-barred approach to both vocals and slide guitar on Johnny Winters’ “Dallas.” Raines makes the notes dance out of her harmonica with rhythmic precision on Blind Boy Fuller’s “Custard Pie” and her original tour-de-force “Got To Fly.” She goes head-to-head with Sebastian on the originals “Can’t Use It No More” and “Orange Dude Blues,” an intimate instrumental duet that showcases the mutual respect shared by two harmonica masters. Throughout the show, Rishell’s powerful voice is a beacon for Raines and the backing band of Chris Rival on guitar, Reed Butler on acoustic and electric bass, and Billy MacGillivray on drums.
The DVD video comes replete with bonus features, including extra songs, an interview, guitar instruction, liner notes and band bios. For hardcore DVD buffs, there’s an audio commentary track with Rishell, Raines and Sebastian doing a play-by-play peppered with anecdotes about blues history, famous encounters, trade secrets and the chaos unfolding behind the cameras.
Rishell and Raines are currently on tour promoting A Night In Woodstock, with DVD release parties at Nighttown in Cleveland on October 29 and the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on November 20.
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Touring internationally at festivals, clubs, and concert halls, and teaching workshops and seminars, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines have earned loyal fans around the globe. Rishell & Raines are devoted to the study and performance of a wide range of blues styles, from the syncopated acoustic guitar wizardry of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Son House to Chicagoan “Little” Walter Jacob’s swinging amplified harmonica.
In 2000, their album, Moving To The Country, won the W.C. Handy Blues Award for “Acoustic Blues Album of the Year.” They have performed on A Prairie Home Companion, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and PBS’s Arthur.
“W.C. Handy Award winners Paul Rishell & Annie Raines are rousing interpreters of country blues, the original acoustic style that gave birth to electric blues, R&B, and rock. While their guitar, harmonica, and vocals are roiling, muscular, and masterful, their shows are down-home friendly and fun-loving.” Scott Alarik, Boston Globe
0/29 – 8 PM
NIGHTTOWN – DVD RELEASE SHOW
12383 CEDAR RD, CLEVELAND, OH (216) 795-0550
http://www.nighttowncleveland.com
10/30 – 7 PM
THUNDERBIRD CAFÉ
4023 BUTLER ST, PITTSBURGH, PA (412) 682-0177
http://www.thunderbirdcafe.net/
10/31 – 7:30 PM
ACOUSTIC BREW COFFEEHOUSE
123 MT. NITTANY RD, LEMONT, PA
http://www.acousticbrew.org
11/6 – 8 PM
GODFREY DANIELS
7 E 4TH ST, BETHLEHEM, PA (610) 867-2390
http://www.godfreydaniels.org
11/7 – 8 PM
LANDHAVEN BED & BREAKFAST
1194 HUFF’S CHURCH, BARTO, PA (610) 400-8303
http://www.landhavenbandb.com/flash.html
11/13 – 8 PM
GOOD COFFEEHOUSE MUSIC PARLOR
At the BROOKLYN SOCIETY FOR ETHICAL CULTURE (BSEC)
53 PROSPECT PARK WEST, BROOKLYN, NY (718) 768-2972
http://www.bsec.org
11/15 – 3 PM
MORRILL MEMORIAL LIBARARY
33 WALPOLE ST. NORWOOD, MA (781) 769-4540
1/15, 2010
FLORIDA HOUSE INN
WORKSHOPS AND CONCERT
11/20 – 8 PM
DVD RELEASE PARTY WITH FULL BAND AND SPECIAL GUESTS
THE REGENT THEATRE
7 MEDFORD ST., ARLINGTON, MA (781) 646-4849
http://regenttheatre.com
1/23-30, 2010
LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES CRUISE IN THE CARIBBEAN
Now Booking Festivals And Events
Please Contact
Harry Turner, HL Turner Company
540-793-5651 ◊ harry@hlturnercompany.com
