LRBC #25 Updates! Oct. 2015 Big Easy/Fantasy

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Buddy Guy, one of this year's Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients, is headlining the October cruise, marking his First Appearance Ever on our Blues Cruise Charters!

"Whenever I accept an award like this I do it for all the Blues men and women who came before me and never got the recognition they truly deserved." - Buddy Guy
For a man who name is nearly synonymous with the Chicago blues sound, Buddy Guy has one of the warmest smiles in the business. Rock titans, including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Stevie Ray Vaughan have all cited him as a major influence on their own music. Now 78, the 2005 inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has barely slowed down as he continues to encourage and inspire a new generation of musicians.
A Self-Taught Legend: Born to Louisiana sharecroppers Sam and Isabel Guy on July 30, 1936, George "Buddy" Guy taught himself to play guitar as a young boy. He took a train to Chicago in 1957, and landed at the famous 708 Club where he became a sideman for legends such as Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and Muddy Waters. By the early 1960s, Guy was a first-call session man at Chess Records.
After years of touring and recording, the musician opened Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago in June of 1989. As the premiere blues club in the world, its stage has hosted myriad of blues and rock greats. Guy inked a deal with Silvertone for three albums that began with the 1991 comeback smash Damn Right, I've Got the Blues (reissued in 2005), which he followed up with 1993′s Feels Like Rain and 1994′s Slippin' In. All three earned Grammy Awards.
Guy has firmly cemented a blues legacy that places him squarely in the company of his heroes who came before. In 2012, he published his autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story. He has said he feels an obligation to keep their legacy alive. Guy still holds a 16-show residency at his eponymous Legends club in Chicago every January. After one of his shows seven years ago, Guy met then eight-year-old Quinn Sullivan (who also joins us on LRBC #25), a budding blues guitarist. Now a mentor to the teenaged musician, Guy tours with him and produced his first album. "I learn from Buddy every day," Sullivan says.

KEY WEST
The clubs are lining up bands already...

NEW ORLEANS
Announcement soon, including Surprise/Special Guests!

MARCIA BALL Just announced!	RANDY MCQUAY II(IBC 2015 Solo/Duo Winner)
Special Guest HAROLD BROWN (Lowrider Band)	Jam Host RANDY OXFORD

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BUDDY GUY	ALLEN TOUSSAINT	IRMA THOMAS
BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO	ORIGINAL LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE: TOMMY CASTRO BAND w/ MAGIC DICK, RONNIE BAKER BROOKS & DEANNA BOGART	TAB BENOIT
TERRANCE SIMIEN & ZYDECO EXPERIENCE	MARCIA BALL	TOMMY CASTRO & The PAINKILLERS
THEODIS EALEY	RICK ESTRIN & The NIGHTCATS	DEANNA BOGART BAND
CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS	JAREKUS SINGLETON	TOM HAMBRIDGE & The RATTLESNAKES
MAGIC DICK & SHUN NG	COREY HARRIS BAND	QUINN SULLIVAN
JONATHON "BOOGIE" LONG	"THE BLUES IS A WOMAN" Play written by Theodis Ealey & Tom Jones. Featuring: Lacee, Bernardine Mitchell & Theodis Ealey	RANDY MCQUAY II(IBC 2015 Solo/Duo Winner)
Jam Host RANDY OXFORD	MITCH WOODS CLUB 88	Host TBA w/ DARRELL NULISCH
IRONING BOARD SAM w/ ARDIE DEAN	DEANNA BOGART	MARCELLA SIMIEN

Itinerary | Holland America ms Westerdam
10/24: Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Depart 5p
10/25: Key West, FL | 8:00a - 5:00p
10/26: Bluesin' At Sea
10/27: New Orleans, LA | 11:00a - 11:00p
10/28: Bluesin' At Sea
10/29: Cozumel, MX | 1:00p - 9:00p
10/30: Bluesin' At Sea
10/31: Ft. Lauderdale, FL