Bman's Blues Report

Willie Kent (February 24, 1936 – March 2, 2006) was an American blues singer, bassist and songwriter. Kent was born in Inverness, Sunflower County, Mississippi. Although he had played the bass guitar in Chicago's clubs since the 1950s, Kent worked full time until he was over 50 years of age. Following heart surgery, he stopped work as a truck driver, and formed a band. His impassioned singing was deemed similar to both Byther Smith and John Primer. In early 2005, Kent was diagnosed with colon cancer, but continued his busy live schedule in spite of chemotherapy treatments. He died in Englewood, California in March 2006 Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE

Buddy Guy Website With only a month to go to King Biscuit Blues Festiva l, it's time to check the schedule and compile your music card. Past and present Blind Raccoon clients join this year's lineup: Thursday, October 6 Buddy Guy ~ 9:30 - 10:45 p.m. Friday, October 7 Bob Margolin with Hubert Sumlin and the Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Band ~ 3:15 - 5 p.m. Paul Thorn ~ 7:45 - 9 p.m. Bobby Rush ~ 10 - 11:15 p.m. Saturday, October 8 Stacy Mitchhart ~ 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Matt Schofield ~ 3:35 - 4:50 p.m. Moreland & Arbuckle ~ 4 - 5 p.m. Brick Fields Band ~ 6:15 - 7:45 p.m. Click here for the full schedule.

Bud played with Jack Owens for thirty years (from 1967-97). He knew Skip James who he faintly remembered from childhood.His father, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Spires played with Lightning Hopkins in the early 1940’s and then gone to Chicago in 1943.

Chester Zardis (May 27, 1900, New Orleans - August 14, 1990, New Orleans) was an American jazz double-bassist. Zardis played bass from a young age, and studied under Billy Marrero of the Superior Orchestra. In his teens he was involved in a fistfight at a New Orleans theater, which resulted in his being sent to the Jones Waif Home. While there he began playing with another of the Home's residents, Louis Armstrong. He joined Buddy Petit's orchestra at age 16, and worked as a bassist in nightclubs and a tubist in brass bands in New Orleans in the 1920s, playing with Kid Rena, A.J. Piron, Punch Miller, Kid Howard, Jack Carey, Fate Marable, and Duke Dejan's Dixie Rhythm Band. He was given the nickname "Little Bear" by Fats Pichon, a bandleader with whom Zardis played on the riverboat S.S. Capital in the 1930s. During that decade he also played with Count Basie in New York City, and recorded with George Lewis and Bunk Johnson. During the Second World War Zardis served ...

Moreland & Arbuckle: Shows Sunday, September 25th, 2011 Moe's Alley 8pm 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz California 95064 US (831) 479-1854 Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 Biscuits & Blues 8pm 401 Mason Street San Francisco California Price: TBD Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 Van Duzer Theatre 8pm Arcata California 95518 US w/Buddy Guy Friday, September 30th, 2011 Cotillion Ballroom CD RELEASE PARTY! - Doors 7pm, Show 8pm 11120 West Kellogg Wichita Kansas 67201 US Price: $12.50 Come jo...

The Honeyboy Edwards Fund For The Blues Announcement has been made by Michael Frank, long time friend, musical partner and business manager for David "Honeyboy" Edwards, that in honor of and tribute to Mr. Edwards, The Honeyboy Edwards Fund for the Blues has been established within the National Blues Museum in St. Louis MO. Preparations for this fund have been underway since medical issues forced Honeyboy’s retirement in July 2011 after 83 years of performing. This fund has been created by founders Michael Frank, CEO of Earwig Music Company, Inc., Barbara Hammerman, Hammerman Philanthropic Partners, Amanda Gresham, CEO of Delta Music Experience, and Lynn Orman-Weiss, CEO of Orman Music and Media Group . The purpose of the fund is to acknowledge the contributions of other elders of the blues such as Robert Lockwood, Homesick James, Henry Townsend and Pinetop Perkins. This will be done through pr...

DON’T EXPLAIN Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa The Album: One of music’s most powerful female voices and one of the world’s greatest guitar players come together on the new album Don’t Explain, featuring soulful covers that both celebrate and rethink the original recordings. Each known for their potent and expressive blues-rock sounds, Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa deliver scorching versions of ten classic songs first made famous by artists including Billie Holiday, Etta James, Tom Waits, Ray Charles, Delaney & Bonnie, Bill Withers, and Aretha Franklin. The album was recorded live in the studio over the course of four days in early 2011, with producer Kevin Shirley (Joe Bonamassa, Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes) capturing the raw energy generated by Hart and Bonamassa’s spirited collaboration. As charged as the tracks are, Hart also colors her interpretations with tenderness and vulnerability, adding nuance in equal measure to passion. “Beth’s got a pretty heady voice, very reminiscent...

Boyd Rivers (vocal and guitar) and his wife Ruth May Rivers perform "Fire In My Bones" at their home in Canton, Mississippi. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long, August 30, 1978. Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE

Upcoming Performances I'll be on the East Coast this weekend and then I have a couple of gigs in the Midwest the following week. If you are near any of these venues, please check them out! Also, some exciting shows are coming up in October, so I wanted to let you know now so you can reserve your tickets ahead of time. More information about all of these events may be found on my website at stephanietrick.com/schedule.htm Artist in Residence at Syracuse University October 3-5 Debut Nouveau Stride performances with Lorraine Feather in Eastsound, WA October 7-8 - 7:30 p.m. Stride Piano Summit in Las Vegas October 18-19 Featuring Dick Hyman, Paul Asaro, Carl Sonny Leyland, Brian Holland, Mike Lipskin, Jeff Barnhart, Neville Dickie, and John Royen; "Generation Next" Performers - Max Keenlyside, Will Perkins, Dalton Ridenhour, Martin Spitznagel, and Stephanie Trick Concert with Mr. B in Traverse City, MI October 22 - 8:00 p.m. Orders Being Ta...