Phoenix Blues Society News

Tuesday, February 21st Nina Curri & Mike Howard at Baby Kay's - Mardi Gras Celebration, 5:30pm Sage Gentle-Wing at the Cave Creek Tap Haus, Cave Creek, 3pm BluesdayTuesdays Jam at Next Coffee, Glendale, Hosted by Tom Mein, 6:30pm Open Acoustic Jam at the Goat Head Saloon, Mesa, Hosted by Carey Slade, 9pm Wednesday, February 22nd Tommy Castro at the Compound Grill, Phoenix, 8pm The Sugar Thieves at Copper Blues, Phoenix, 7:30pm Tony Paluso at Janey's - Cave Creek, 7pm The Soulcatcher Duo at Las Sendas Rusty Putter Grill, Mesa, 6pm Open Jam at the Aros Grill, Phoenix, Hosted by Devo "Boomer" Carrillo, 8pm Open Jam at Maverick's, Hosted by Krimson Chord, Phoenix, 7pm Open Jam at the Original Harvey's Wineburger, Hosted by the Rocket 88's, Phoenix, 7pm Open Jam at the El Dorado Bar & Grill!, Hosted by First String Promotions, Scottsdale, 7pm "You never know who will drop by the jam at the El Dorado, but it won't be the same without you!" Open Jam at Carmen's Pizza & Bistro, Hosted by Bluzone, Tempe, 7pm Thursday, February 23rd The Arizona Blues Project at Harold's - Cave Creek, 7pm The Sir Harrison Band at the Dirty Dogg Saloon, Scottsdale, 9pm Hans Olson at Handlebar Pub and Grill, Apache Junction The New Brothers at Janey's - Cave Creek, 7pm Paris James at the D-Vine Wine, Chandler, 7pm The Soulcatcher Duo at the D-Vine Wine, Mesa, 7:30pm Open Jam at the Thunderbird Roadhouse, Hosted by the Rocket 88's, 8:45pm Open Jam at the 5030 Cocktail Lounge, Hosted by Krimson Chord, Glendale, 9pm Friday, February 24th Lucius Parr CD Release Party at the Rhythm Room, 9pm with special guests Charlie Rae, Gloria Bailey, Alvito Robinson, George Bowman, Tommy Washington, James Tobin and Dominick Thierrien Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino, 8pm Hans Olson at Desert Ridge Marketplace, 7pm Paris James at My Wine Cellar, Phoenix, 7pm The Rocket 88's at the Thunderbird Roadhouse, Phoenix, 8:30pm The J. Powers Band at the Roadrunner Saloon, New River, 8pm The Blues Review Band at Garlic & Shotts, Tempe, 8pm Bluzone at Pho CAO, Tempe, 8pm The Soulcatcher Duo at the Handlebar Pub and Grill, Apache Junction, 8pm Tenia Sanders at Janey's - Cave Creek, 7pm Nina Curri at Baby Kay's, Phoenix, 6pm Saturday, February 25th The Rocket 88's at the Rhythm Room, 9pm with special guests Johnny Rapp, Bob Corritore and Keith Rogers Early Show: Breathe the Blues Away, 4pm Benefit for Lung Health & the Baylight Institute for Creative Arts with Mary Godfrey, Cliff Cordes, Tony Furiga, Second Hand Smoke, Bluzone, the Blues Review Band, the V-Knights and the New Brothers & Friends Hans Olson at Janey's - Cave Creek, 7pm Krimson Chord at the 5030 Cocktail Lounge, Glendale, 9pm Brian Puglisi & Backstreet Jones at Sage and Sand, Glendale, 8pm The Harry McGraw Band at the Mountainside Office Bar & Grill, Scottsdale, 9pm The Outback Brothers at Pappadeux, Phoenix, 6pm Mike Eldred at Lucille's Barbecue, Tempe Marketplace, 7pm Paris James at Coach & Willie's, Chandler, 10pm Nina Curri at Baby Kay's Cajun Kitchen, Phoenix, 6pm Sage Gentle-Wing at George & Sons, Scottsdale, 7pm The Sugar Thieves with the Bottom Ups Blues Gang at Charly's, Flagstaff, Call for Time The Sugar Thieves at the Green Room with the Bottom Ups Blues Gang, Flagstaff, Call for Time Sunday, February 26th Radio Phoenix Blues Blast replay on KVIT the Goldmine, 7am You can listen to the show here Chuck Hall at Scottsdale's Sunday A'ffair, 12pm Sage Gentle-Wing at the Double Deuce Roadhouse, Mesa, 8am Sage Gentle-Wing at the Hideaway, Cave Creek, 6pm The New Brothers at the Benefit for Deputy William Coleman, Carefree, Noon Open Jam at the Blooze Bar, Hosted by the Rocket 88's, 6pm Open Jam at Chopper John's, Hosted by Devo, 6pm Open Jam & East Valley Singles Night at the Goat Head Saloon, Hosted by Bill Ludlow & Boom Duncan, Mesa, 6pm The Sugar Thieves with the Bottom Ups Blues Gang at the Spirit Room, Jerome, 1pm Monday, February 27th Hans Olson Jam at Prankster's Too, Scottsdale, 9pm Paris James at D-Vine Wine, Chandler, 6pm Sage Gentle-Wing at the Gold Canyon Golf Club, Gold Canyon, 5pm Open Jam at Char's Has the Blues, Phoenix, Hosted by Bam Bam & Badness, 9pm Open Jam at Wild Bill's Saloon, Phoenix, Hosted by the Krimson Chord, 8:30pm

Sugar Ray & the Bluetones to Headline Blues Blast 2012 Severn recording artist Sugar Ray & the Bluetones has been chosen to headline this year's Blues Blast. A former frontman for Roomful of Blues, Sugar Ray is noted for his incredible tone & phrasing on the harmonica and has been nominated this year for 5 Blues Music Awards including Band of the Year and Album of the year for his current disc, Evening. Charlie Musselwhite is among those singing Sugar Ray's praises, noting that ""Sugar Ray has great tone and great phrasing, singing and playing the harp. One of my favorites!" With a strong band behind him including "Monster" Mike Welch on guitar, Blues Blast fans are in for a very special performance. Joining Sugar Ray & the Bluetones onstage at Blues Blast Are: Blue Witch Recording Artists Dave Riley & Bob Corritore. 2008 & 2009 Arizona Blues Showdown Winners - The Sugar Thieves 2007 Arizona Blues Showdown Winners - Big Daddy D & the Dynamites George Bowman & the Baddboyz Blues Band Featuring Lucius Parr The 2011 Arizona Blues Showdown Champion - Common Ground Blues Band The national anthem will be sung by Stefan Wilde. Early Bird Tickets are available for a limited time for $15.00 here. Get yours now and we'll see you at Blues Blast! It's Fat Tuesday everyone and you all have the perfect opportunity to celebrate Mardi Gras tonight by heading down to catch Nina Curri's gig at Baby Kay's with Mike Howard sitting in on guitar. Wednesday is a busy night with Tommy Castro up at the Compound Grill for what I hear is a sold-out show. And the Sugar Thieves can be found at Copper Blues for their usual Wednesday night gig before heading up to Telluride for a couple of dates with the Bottom Up Blues Gang from St. Louis. And the jam at the Aros Grill moves back to its customary Wednesday night after performing last Tuesday for Valentine's Day. Thursday finds the Arizona Blues Project up at Harold's in Cave Creek, the Sir Harrison Band is at the Dirty Dogg Saloon in Scottsdale while the Soulcatcher Duo is at the D-Vine Wine in Mesa. Friday night is the CD release party for Lucius Parr at the Rhythm Room and Lucius has a number of guests helping him celebrate his CD release. I'm looking forward to getting a copy of his disc very soon. Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns are at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino while the Rocket 88's are at the Thunderbird Roadhouse. Bluzone is at Pho CAO in Gilbert, the Blues Review Band is at Garlic & Shots in Tempe, Tenia Sanders is up at Janey's in Cave Creek while the J. Powers Band ventures to New River for a gig at the Roadrunner Saloon. Saturday night features the Rocket 88's at the Rhythm Room with the Breathe the Blues Away Benefit preceding the 88's while Brian Puglisi and Backstreet Jones are out at Sage and Sand in Glendale. Hans Olson is up at Janey's, Mike Eldred is at Lucille's Barbecue, the Harry McGraw Band is back gigging at the Mountainside Office Bar and Grill in Scottsdale while the Outback Brothers can be found at Pappadeux. And the Sugar Thieves can be found in Flagstaff with gigs at Charly's and the Green Room. Had a lot of fun with Tommy Coulson on his Radio Phoenix broadcast and the Blues Blast preview can be heard early Saturday morning on 90.7, the Goldmine in Mesa. Chuck Hall is playing the Sunday A'ffair in Scottsdale, Sage Gentle-Wing has an early morning gig at the Double Deuse Roadhouse in Mesa and the New Brothers can be found at a benefit for Deputy William Coleman in Carefree. Monday night kicks off with performances by Paris James at the D-Vine Wine in Chandler while Hans Olson's acoustic jam at Prankster's Too looks to be a lot of fun. I saw photos on Facebook with Hans, Andy Gonzales, Walter Richardson and others laying some licks on everyone. Looks like a lot of fun. Had a lot of fun in the Valley last week. The Wednesday night jam at the El Dorado had Michael Salazar playing an amazing trombone with a lot of great players present. Sitting in with Tommy Coulson on Thursday night was a blast and a successful PBS board meeting on Friday night preceded an amazing show by Candye Kane on Saturday night. Candye's about to undergo another pancreatic cancer surgery on April 27th so keep her in your prayers. She definitely sang her rear end off Saturday night. And don't forget to grab your early bird Blues Blast tickets for $15.00 while they're still available. You can find the link to buy tickets here or go straight to bluesblast.eventbrite.com The Board of Directors of PBS has been hard at work securing food vendors, our beer sponsor in Four Peaks Brewery, developing a children's arts area for the day and still has a few more tricks up its sleeve. Blues Blast 2012 will definitely be different but it will also be a lot of fun. See you there and have a great Blues week everyone! Kyle

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