Hambones' Blues Rumshack

2010 International Blues Challenge Winners

therumshack@gmail.com — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:36:00 GMT

The Winners of the 2010 International Blues Challenge are:

Bands

Winner - Grady Champion
(Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola)

Second Place - Karen Lovely Band
(Cascade Blues Association)

Third Place - Cheryl Renee and Them Bones
(Cincy Blues Society)

Solo Duet

Winner - Matt Anderson (Harvest Jazz & Blues)

The 2010 Best Self Produced CD Competition was a tie.

Both The Informants, "Crime Scene Queen" - Colorado Blues Society and Laurie Morvan Band, "Fire It Up!" - Santa Clarita Valley Blues Society were declared winners!

Bonnevilles - Scottish Tour and new single

therumshack@gmail.com — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:51:00 GMT

Hi there you,
Andy & Chris from The Bonnevilles here, we hope you don't mind us contacting you like this, in fact we hope you even welcome it. We wanted to let you know what we're getting up to in the coming weeks as its going to be busy for us.

GIGS & SCOTTISH TOUR
First of all we've got a date next week in Belfast, on the 28th of Jan, helping to celebrate the Northern Ireland Charts' official 1st birthday. We're delighted to be able to give these guys something back as they've been very good to us in their short existence, so why not come down to Aunt Annies on the Dublin Road in Belfast next Thursday and see us along with Mojo Fury and Team Fresh. Its not often you see a line up like that in Belfast, also we'll be playing 2 brand new songs, never before heard outside our rehearsal space, be the first. You could say I was there when The Bonnevilles played those 2 awful songs.... haha, hope not.

SCOTLAND
We're embarking on a small Scottish tour on the 11th of February to launch our brand new single "Santa Muerte Murder Songs" on Eruption records. We'll be playing 6 dates including an in-store at Elvis Shakespeare Records in Edinburgh and a couple of radio things. Here are the dates if you want to try and make one of them.

11th Feb - Clyde Bar, Helensburgh with Thee Phantom Herd & The Wrong Boyfriends
12th Feb - Alan Glens Rugby Club, Bishopbriggs with Thee Phantom Herd & Burlesque show
13th Feb - Elvis Shakespeare, Edinburgh in store @ 2.30pm with Thee Phantom Herd & The Acid Facists
13th Feb - Eruption Single Launch @ Pivo Pivo Glasgow with Thee Phantom Herd & The Ghosts of Progress
14th Feb - The Ash Bar , Montrose. with The Ghosts of Progress and The Phantom Herd. 3PM Start.
14th Feb - FREE NIGHT HERE, BOOKING NEEDED.
15th Feb - Club Snafu Aberdeen, with Thee Phantom Herd & Tupelo Town Assembly

We have a free night on the 14th so if you know anybody that could book please pass on our details or get in touch.

NEW SINGLE
"What's all this about a new single that you so casually glossed over" I hear you cry. We'll brother & lovely sisters, heres the skinny. Eruption records are releasing a split single on 7" vinyl only, with us and Thee Phantom taking a side each, it reads like this.

SANTA MUERTE MURDER SONGS Split 7" vinyl release on Eruption records with Thee Phantom Herd Limited Edition of 300 only. If you don't have a record player, why not? But don't worry we'll be putting a CDR of the record in the sleeves of each.
OUR SIDE - No Law in Lurgan - The Bonnevilles
Murderers Love Song - The Bonnevilles
OTHER SIDE - Lordy - Thee Phantom Herd
***NOTE*** This is a pre-order***Official release date 12th Feb'10 Â5 & Â1 Postage worldwide***
YOUR ORDER WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS WE GET BACK FROM OUR SCOTTISH TOUR ON THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY
Have a look at our website or come get one on tour http://www.thebonnevilles.net/

GASOLINE RECORDS COMPILATIONS
A while ago a nice man from Gasoline Records in El Segundo, California got in touch with us about contributing a couple of tracks to some killer compilations he was putting together. Thrilled to bits, we agreed and just a week or so ago we received a lovely box of CDs from the USA with copies of the comps.

Entitled "The Sounds of Gasoline" each volume contains some killer stuff. Rock n Roll, Blues, even alt country and of course yours truly. If you fancy something that you'll be hard pressed to find in HMV I reckon you should try these. They're full of rock solid musical bombs and with 21 tracks for Â9.99 plus Â1 postage worldwide its got to be worth a punt.

Go to our website and check them out http://www.thebonnevilles.net/

BANDWIDTH FILMS
The very, very talented folks at Bandwidth have asked to film us for their In-Stores series, where they film bands in unusual places and stripped way down, in our case its looking like in a butchers shop in Belfast. This looks like its going to be happening on Thursday the 28th of Jan, next Thursday before our gig in Aunt Annies. If you want to come down and have a nosey and maybe even get your facog on celluloid, we'll give you location as soon as we know it, it would be great to see a few faces. we're going to be playing another brand new song called "Hell".

Finally we got ourselves a new Tee shirt, available on pre-order, we're only picking these up in Scotland on the 11th of Feb so if you want to buy one we'll post it immediately when we return home.

They've got the very very cool design by Ben Lyons featuring the The Bonnevilles mascot Blackbeards Jolly Roger. It will make you look cooler than you do already. They are heavyweight Fruit of the Loom tees and available in any colour you want as long as its black, Â11 & Â1 postage. Check them out on our website. http://www.thebonnevilles.net

Thats all she wrote friends, hopefully we'll see you at a gig soon. Take care of yourselves and each other, this cruel cruel world is better because your in it.

Andy & Chris
The Bonnevilles

Ian Siegal - March UK Tour

therumshack@gmail.com — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:08:00 GMT

Ian Siegal heads out on a bunch of dates around the UK in March with a two date visit to France to do a gig with Orchestre National du Jazz and a support slot with Eric Bibb.

24/02/10    London, The Blues Kitchen - Solo
11/03/10    Beauvais, Theatre Du Beauvaisis (Zinc Festival) - Band
12/03/10    Manchester, Academy 3 - Band
13/03/10    Newcastle-on-Tyne, The Cluny - Band/evening
14/03/10    Newcastle-on-tyne, The Cluny - Band/matinee
15/03/10    Bristol, The Tunnels - Band
16/03/10    Swansea, Milkwood Jam - Band
17/03/10    Cheltenham, Vonnies Blues @ Charlton Kings - Band
18/03/10    London, 100 Club - Band
19/03/10    Quimper, Orchestre National du Jazz Broadway in Satin
20/03/10    Abbeville, Les Nuits De Blues - solo, w/Eric Bibb
25/03/10    Derby, The Flowerpot - Band
26/03/10    Lincoln, Terry O'Tool Theatre North Hykenham - Band
27/03/10    St.Albans, Maltings Arts Centre - Band
28/03/10    Sheffield, The Boardwalk - Band
29/03/10    Wolverhampton, Robin 2, Bilston - Band
30/03/10    Bournemouth, Champions - Band
08/05/10    Ripley, Ripley Blues Club - solo

Mark Easton - Live and Loopy Tour 2010

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:56:00 GMT

The following came in from Mark Easton in Australia this morning.

hi blues dogs

fistly, i appreciate the support you guys give my music!

secondly, if youve ever seen my shows im always happy to get people up for a blow, ive had people like TJ play guitar (he'll be playing with me this sunday at tilba), lilly white play harmonica, ugly graham play harmonica, phil rado play bongos, blue dogs play harmonica, rory cotter play djembe, james southwell play guitar, canadian cath ford do vocals, hugo from the sydney blues society play harmonica etc etc, so if you know what your doing just come and have a bit of fun! i travel around oz on my own and it gets pretty lonely sometimes, i always love jamming with people so dont be a stranger!

ok down to business

im on tour promoting my new DVD live at the sydney blues festival, recorded at the fitzroy hotel october 2009. 11 foot stomping songs with 2 previously unreleased tracks, Hoochie Coochie Man and Black Betty. The DVD is available on the Plastic Donut label and distributed by Only Blues Music.

heres a promo clip of the dvd on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5DpFyad9d8

You can also here tracks from the DVD on Marks MySpace, see link at top of piece.

in the last year Marks latest CD Money is the Root of all Evil reached number 4 on the blues charts in the USA, number 1 on the blues charts in Australia and nominated in 2 categories at the Australian Blues Music Awards - Best New Talent and Best Album "Bandwagon" and also nominated in 3 categories at the Blues Star Awards - Best Australasian Blues Band, Best New Talent and Best Album "Bandwagon".

ive had a bugger of a start to the year firstly i tried to kick my drum off stage on NYE and it just wouldnt fall off, so i stood up and gave it an almighty boot and missed the skin and copped my toe on the rim! it frickin killed, black and blue, had to go to hospital and get the nail drilled!
on sudnay i kicked it off stage and it rolled along the floor and went down a stairwell and busted my kick pedal

today i went for a surf at newcastle and got hammered by a huge wave, which drove me down so hard my board slipped out of my hands and forced the board up with the fin just grazing my forhead, any closer and i could have lost an eye!

hopefully i will live long enough to finish the tour!

heres the gig dates! (more dates to be added)

22 Jan 2010 8:30 P
NORTH NOWRA TAVERN NOWRA, New South Wales

24 Jan 2010 5:30 P
DROMADERY HOTEL CENTRAL TILBA, New South Wales (with tony jaggers)

26 Jan 2010 8:00 P
MBAS ROYAL STANDARD HOTEL MELBOURNE, Victoria

28 Jan 2010 9:00 P
ROYAL OAK HOTEL LAUNCESTON, Tasmania

29 Jan 2010 7:00 P
ILUKA TAVERN COLES BAY, Tasmania

31 Jan 2010 3:30 P
LONGLEY INTERNATIONAL HOTEL LONGLEY, Tasmania

4 Feb 2010 7:30 P
BRIDGE HOTEL BALLARAT, Victoria

6 Feb 2010 9:30 P
GREAT OCEAN HOTEL APOLLO BAY, Victoria

11 Feb 2010 7:00 P
GILBERT ST HOTEL ADELAIDE, South Australia

12 Feb 2010 9:00 P
WAIKERIE HOTEL WAIKERIE, South Australia

13 Feb 2010 8:30 P
SANDBAR MILDURA, New South Wales (with teka maybe)

14 Feb 2010 3:00 P
WELLINGTON HOTEL WELLINGTON, South Australia

18 Feb 2010 8:00 P
WICKHAM PARK HOTEL NEWCASTLE, New South Wales

19 Feb 2010 8:00 P
GALONG HOTEL GALONG, New South Wales

20 Feb 2010 1:00 P
GALONG HOTEL GALONG, New South Wales

21 Feb 2010 1:00 P
TOWRADGI BEACH HOTEL WOLLONGONG, New South Wales (with Anni Piper)

27 Feb 2010 1:00 P
ROYAL MAIL HOTEL GOODNA, Queensland

13 Mar 2010 8:00 P
KERIKERI BAY OF ISLANDS NZ

21 Mar 2010 4:00 P
THE JOYNT BRISBANE, Queensland

5 Apr 2010 4:00 P
LENNOX POINT HOTEL LENNOX HEADS, New South Wales

9 Apr 2010 7:00 P
AUSTRALIAN HOTEL BALLINA, New South Wales

10 Apr 2010 1:00 P
ROYAL MAIL HOTEL GOODNA, Queensland

17 Apr 2010 5:30 P
PALMWOODS HOTEL PALMWOODS, Queensland

23 Apr 2010 8:00 P
VILLA NOOSA NOOSA, Queensland (with 8 ball aitkin)

8 May 2010 5:00 P
CAIRNS BLUES FESTIVAL CAIRNS, Queensland

20 May 2010 8:30 P
STRAND HOTEL YEPPOON, Queensland

23 May 2010 1:00 P
BUCCA MOTEL BUCCA, Queensland

29 May 2010 4:00 P
BLUES ON BROADBEACH BROADBEACH, Queensland

30 May 2010 1:00 P
BLUES ON BROADBEACH BROADBEACH, Queensland

http://www.markeaston.com.au

Oil City Confidential - Doctor Feelgood film

therumshack@gmail.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:36:00 GMT

The venue's for the premiere of the new Julien Temple film, Oil City Confidential have been announced.

The event takes place in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on Tuesday 2 February and starts at 7:45pm with the film being shown first and then followed by a live set by Wilko Johnson and his band with special guest Alison Moyet beamed live by satelite from Koko in London.

Oil City Confidential is the last film in Julien Temple's trilogy on British music of the 1970s. It is a prequel to his landmark films about punk figureheads the Sex Pistols in The Filth & The Fury and Joe Strummer in The Future Is Unwritten.

Rather than being standard 'rockumentaries', Julien uses the music as a prism through which he examines the social and cultural conditions of the times. The films share his characteristic cinematic language - an irreverent and anarchic style of montage of archive and fictive footage, which he pioneered in The Great Rock & Roll Swindle.

The Sex Pistols' and Joe Strummer's roles are well known, but Dr Feelgood, who are the subject of Oil City Confidential, played a vital role in creating those conditions for that cultural explosion and is a story that is as yet untold.

Oil City Confidential is a film noir feature length documentary and about Dr Feelgood; it's the story of four men in cheap suits who crashed out of Canvey Island in the early '70s, sandpapered the face of rockânâroll and left all that came before a burnt-out ruin, four estuarine John-the-Baptists to Johnny Rottenâs anti-Christ.

Cannibalising the visual flotsam and jetsam of our society, welding into an emotionally engaging and humorous whole, Oil City Confidential sets out to explore this unique time, place and social landscape - all of which was responsible for shaping the identity of the band and which, more than any other, defined the strange cultural vacuum which existed before the coming of punk rock.

Ireland

Castlebar - Mayo Movie World
Dublin - Vue Dublin
Dundrum - Movies@Dundrum
Dungarvan - SGC Dungarvan
Swords - Movies@Swords

UK

Aberystwth - Aberystwth Arts Centre
Birmingham - Vue Birmingham
Bristol - Vue Bristol Cribbs Causeway
Camberley - Vue Camberley
Cambridge - Vue Cambridge
Canvey Island - Starr Cinema, Canvey Island
Chelmsford - Odeon Chelmsford
Edinburgh - Vue Edinburgh Omni
Ellesmere Port - Vue Cheshire Oaks
Glasgow - Glasgow Film Theatre
Hull - Vue Hull
Lancaster - Dukes, Lancaster
Leeds - Vue Leeds Light
London - Odeon Covent Garden
London - Vue Islington
London - Vue Shepherd's Bush
London - Vue West End
Manchester - Odeon Manchester
Northampton - Vue Northampton
Norwich - Vue Norwich
Plymouth - Vue Plymouth
Portsmouth - Vue Portsmouth
Romford - Vue Romford
Southend-On-Sea - Odeon Southend
Swansea - Vue Swansea
Thurrock - Vue Thurrock
York - Vue York

Jeff Lang UK Tour Dates

therumshack@gmail.com — Sun, 3 Jan 2010 14:42:00 GMT

Innovative Australian guitarist Jeff Lang, respected and admired by the likes of Richard Thompson, and John Butler, on UK tour to promote acclaimed 16th album âHalf Seas Overâ. The album was originally released in Australia in 2008. No doubt tracks from his 2009 album release 'Chimeradour' will also feature.

A virtuoso guitarist with an achingly sweet voice and hypnotic performance style, Jeff Lang has carved out a unique niche for his compelling and continually evolving music transcending the boundaries of traditional folk, blues, country and other roots music.

Over the past decade, Lang has built an international reputation and a loyal fan base with constant touring in the US, Europe and Australia. He is a favourite on the festival circuit and has enjoyed national airplay, rave reviews, multiple ARIA nominations and the respect of his peers around the world. He has toured with Bob Dylan, Ani Di Franco, Dr John, Loudon Wainwright III and countless others.

Tour dates

Sun 31/01 The Wave, Irish Street, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8AD
Tel: 01900 811450 Tickets Â5.00 advance & Â6.00 â From 4.00 p.m. (Note early start time)

Mon 01/02 The Spring, East Street, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 1BS
Tel: 012392 472700 Tickets Â12.50 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Tue 02/02 Black Horse, High Street, Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9NL
Tel 01798 875476 & 01798 831552 Tickets: Â7.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Wed 03/02 West End Centre, Queens Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 3JD
Tel: 01252 330040 Tickets: Â10.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Thurs 04/02 Arts Centre, St. Benedicts Street, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4PG
Tel: 01603 660352Tickets: Â10.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Fri 05/02 The Watersplash, Five Mile Road, St Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE3 7FN
Tel: 01534 482886 Tickets Â8.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Sat 06/02 The Bridge Inn, Bridge Hill, Topsham, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0QQ
Tel: 01392 877895 or 873407 Tickets Â10.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Sun 07/02 The Boardwalk, 39/41 Snig Hill, City Centre, Sheffield, S3 8NA
Tel 0871 230 1101Tickets: Â10.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Mon 08/02 The Ravenswood, Horsted Lane, Sharpthorne, West Sussex, RH19 4HY
Tel 01342 810216 Tickets Â13.00/Â10.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Tue 09/02 The Sea View Labour Club, Dock View Rd, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, CF63 3QQ
Tel 01446 749915 Tickets: Â10.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Wed 10/02 Mr Kyps, 8 Parr Street, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0JY
Tel: 01202 748945 Tickets:Â10.00/Â8.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Thur 11/02 Battle Folk Club, Crowhurst Park, Telham Lane, Battle, TN33 0SL
Tel: 07969 462836 or 01424 773344 Tickets Â8.00/Â6.50 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Sat 13/02 Cooksbridge, Beechwood Hall, Lewes BN7 3QG
Tel: 01273 477706 Tickets Â7.00/Â5.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Sun 14/02The Half Moon, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London, SW15 1EU
Tel: 0208 780 9383 Tickets Â10.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Mon 15/02 Blue Front Blues Room, The Miners Arms, Whitecroft, GL15 4PE
Tel: 01594-861151 Tickets Â9.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Tue 16/02 The Cluny, 34-36 Lime St, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 2PQ
Tel: 07760 400 226 Tickets: Â9.00 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Thurs 18/02 The Green Note, Parkway, Camden Town, London, NW1 7AN
Tel: 0207 485 9899 Tickets Â12.50 -- From 8.00 p.m.

Fri 19/02 Hunton Village Hall, West St, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 0RR
Tel: 01622 820683 or 820127Tickets Â8.00 â From 8.00 p.m.

Shawn Kellerman live webcast

therumshack@gmail.com — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:49:00 GMT

You can see The Shawn Kellerman Band live without leaving your house on Thursday.

We will be doing a live webcast from Rascal's in Moline, IL for the Mississippi Valley Blues Society from 6-9pm Central time. Which is midnight UK time.

Just go to www.shawnkellerman.com and the live feed window will pop up on the homepage.

There is also an event page at Facebook.

2010 Blues Music Award Nominees Announced

therumshack@gmail.com — Wed, 9 Dec 2009 19:16:00 GMT

The Blues Foundation will present the Blues Music Awards at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN on May 6, 2010. Performers, industry representatives and fans from around the globe will have the chance to celebrate the best in Blues recording and performance from 2009. Among those heading the list of honorees for the 31st Blues Music Awards is Joe Louis Walker, who garnered five nominations, including Album of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for "I'm Tide" from his recent release Between a Rock and the Blues. Rick Estrin, Tommy Castro, Louisiana Red and Duke Robillard, each received four nominations.

UK interest with Joanne Shaw Taylor nominated with the album CD White Sugar in the Best New Artist Category and Gary Moore in the Historical category for the recent Essential Montreux set.

"Many nominators noted that narrowing each category to five was an especially difficult task this year, but I think the nominees are very reflective of the past year's releases. In this holiday season, I like to think of this as a present blues fans can open immediately," Jay Sieleman, The Blues Foundationâs Executive Director said. "I would hope Blues fans will add the nominated releases and tickets to their shopping lists!"

Almost every nominee will be attendance and perform so it's safe to say it will be one of the best shows of the year; where else do you get the chance to see a lineup including the best of the best in blues all in one evening? The 30th Blues Music Awards were widely hailed as the best ever so order now to get the best seats for the show. Members get seating preference and are the only fans who vote to decide which nominees will actually take home the Blues Music Award.

The complete list of nominees can be found by clicking the Blues Music Award icon above.Online voting is now open for members. Voting, ticket and host hotel information can also be accessed on the Blues Music Award pages.

The Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists. The presenting sponsor will once again be The Gibson Foundation. 2010 BMA sponsors include ArtsMemphis, BMI, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and the Tennessee Arts Commission.

The Blues Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Charter Members' Dinner will be held the night before the Awards, May 5. Honorees will be announced in mid-February.

2010 Blues Music Awards
Presenting Sponsor: The Gibson Foundation
NOMINEES

Acoustic Album
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red - You Got to Move
Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy - Good Time Music for Hard Times
Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women - Havin' The Last Word
Samuel James - For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
Various Artists - Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the music of the Mississippi Sheiks

Acoustic Artist
Annie Raines & Paul Rishell
Doug MacLeod
Guy Davis
Louisiana Red
Samuel James

Album
Duke Robillard's Jumpinâ Blues Revue Stomp! the Blues Tonight
Eddie C. Campbell Tear This World Up
Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou
Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History

B.B. King Entertainer
Candye Kane
Magic Slim
Rick Estrin
Super Chikan
Taj Mahal
Tommy Castro

Band
Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
The Mannish Boys
Tommy Castro Band

Best New Artist Debut
Greg Nagy Walk - That Fine Thin Line
Joanne Shaw Taylor - White Sugar
Marquise Knox - Man Child
Monkey Junk - Tiger in your Tank
The California Honeydrops - Soul Tub!

Contemporary Blues Album
Candye Kane - Superhero
Joe Louis Walker - Between a Rock and the Blues
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats - Twisted
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters - Living in the Light
Tommy Castro - Hard Believer

Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Bettye LaVette
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Ruthie Foster
Shemekia Copeland

Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Derek Trucks
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Michael Burks
Tommy Castro

DVD
Delmark Records - It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Eagle Eye Media - Live at Montreux 1993 (B.B. King)
Jo Films& Roadside Productions - Hot Flash - The Documentary (Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women)
Mojo Rodeo Records - A Night in Woodstock (Paul Rishell & Annie Raines)
Vincent Productions - Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1 (George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw)

Historical
Bear Family Records Taking Care of Business (1956-1973) (Freddie King)
Chess Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
Eagle Records Essential Montreux (Gary Moore)
Hip-O Select The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (Little Walter)
Landslide Records Sean's Blues (Sean Costello)

Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Mookie Brill
Patrick Rynn

Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Sam Carr
Tony Braunagel

Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Lurrie Bell
Ronnie Earl

Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Billy Branch
Jason Ricci
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Rick Estrin

Instrumentalist-Horn
Al Basile
Big James Montgomery
Deanna Bogart
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan

Instrumentalist-Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
Johnny Sansone (accordion)
Otis Taylor (banjo)
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)

Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Bruce Katz
David Maxwell
Eden Brent
Henry Butler
Henry Gray

Rock Blues Album
Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
Jason Ricci & New Blood - Done with the Devil
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat - Tijuana Bible
Mike Zito - Pearl River
Tinsley Ellis - Speak No Evil

Song
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito - âPearl Riverâ (Pearl River--Mike Zito)
James âSuper Chikanâ Johnson - âFred's Dollar Storeâ (Chikadelic--Super Chikan)
Joe Louis Walker - âI'm Tideâ (Between a Rock and the Blues--Joe Louis Walker)
John Hahn & Oliver Wood - âNever Going Back to Memphisâ (Never Going Back--Shemekia Copeland)
Vyasa Dodson - âAt Least I'm Not With Youâ (At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs)

Soul Blues Album
Charles Wilson - Troubled Child
Darrell Nulisch - Just for You
Johnny Rawls - Ace of Spades
Latimore - All About the Rhythm and the Blues
Mighty Sam McClain - Betcha Didn't Know

Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Irma Thomas
Shirley Brown
Sista Monica Parker

Soul Blues Male Artist
Curtis Salgado
Darrell Nulisch
Jackie Payne
Johnny Rawls
Latimore

Traditional Blues Album
John Primer - All Original
Johnnie Bassett - The Gentleman is Back
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - Back to the Black Bayou
Super Chikan - Chikadelic
Various Artists - Chicago Blues A Living History

Traditional Blues Female Artist
Ann Rabson
Debbie Davies
Fiona Boyes
Shirley Johnson
Zora Young

Traditional Blues Male Artist
Duke Robillard
John Primer
Johnnie Bassett
Louisiana Red
Super Chikan

Hambone's Blues Rumshack 45

therumshack@gmail.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:58:00 GMT

JT Lauritsen and the Buckshot Hunters - The Bug from Live (Hunter Records)
JT Lauritsen and the Buckshot Hunters - I Just Love You Like I Said from Live (Hunter Records)
Crank Bros - Good Thing Goin from Black Midnights, Stars and Streetlights (Sonet)
Alex Wilson - Come Back Baby from Tell Me Why (Rathskeller Records)
Alex Wilson - The Moon Is Shinin from Tell Me Why (Rathskeller Records)
Karl Morgan - Your Good Man from Talkin with the Hands (Pied Piper Records)
Karl Morgan - Sweetness from Talkin With The hands (Pied Piper Records)
Grana Louise - People Act Funny
Pistol 44 - Call My Name (Self Release)
Pistol 44 - Keep Rockin (Self Release)
Heavy Trash - Isolation from Midnight Soul Isolation (Big Legal Mess Records)
Jeff Jensen Band - Living In Los Angeles from I'm Coming Home (Swing Suit Records)
Jeff Jensen Band - She's Evil from I'm Coming Home (Swing Suit Records)
Cedars - The Colour (Self Release)
Fraser Tilley Trio - A Love To Last from EP1 (Self Release)
Danny Giles - I WOn't Let Love (Self Release)
Melting Pot - Be My Baby (Self Release)
Melting Pot - Hard To Be Me (Self Release)
Crank Bros - Black Midnights, Stars and Streetlights from Black Midnights, Stars and Streetlights (Sonet)

Sean Carneyâs Blues For A Cure 2009

therumshack@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:47:00 GMT

******UPDATE******VENUE CHANGE******UPDATE******

Vonn Jazz Lounge
245 East Campus View Blvd. , Columbus , Ohio 43235
614-431-JAZZ

Due to the immediate and unannounced closure of Whiskey Dickâs, this yearâs event has been moved to the Vonn Jazz Lounge thanks to owner Yavonne Sarber and the bands she already had scheduled for the weekend. Thanks so much to all of them for helping us keep our event.

We are nearly sold out of VIP seated tickets so act fast to secure a reserved seat for this event.

******UPDATE******VENUE CHANGE******UPDATE******

The third annual Sean Carneyâs Blues For A Cure (âBFACâ) 2009 kicks off at Whiskey Dick's in Columbus, Ohio at 7pm, Friday, December 11 and continues at 1:30 pm, Saturday, December 12. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research at OSUCCC - James and The American Cancer Society Ohio Division.

The Blues Foundationâs Joe Whitmer, producer of the International Blues Challenge and the Blues Music Awards, will join us as Guest Master Of Ceremonies for BFAC 2009. Featured will be an unprecedented line-up of IBC and Best Guitarist Award winners and legendary international Blues stars.

General admission tickets for Friday only are $25 donation. Saturday general Admission is $50 and VIP Seating is $100 donation. Tickets are available online at www.bluesforacure.org, by emailing Mike Berichon at bear@bearinthechair.com or calling 614-361-0015.

Friday night will feature the rockinâ Blues sounds of Central Ohio guitarist Gus Lambros & Electric Mud. Returning after a great showing at Summertime Blues For A Cure is 2006 Guitar Center âKing of the Bluesâ champion Matt OâRee and the Matt OâRee Band.

Delta Groove recording star and cancer survivor Candye Kane was a natural for BFAC and will be joined by her outstanding guitarist Laura Chavez.

Category 5 Amplification endorsee and Telarc recording artists Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers will close out Friday night.

Saturdayâs headliner is legendary Detroit guitarist/vocalist and Sly Dog recording star Johnnie Bassett & The Blues Insurgents.   Born in Florida in 1935, Johnnie began playing professionally in the early â50âs with Joe Weaver and has performed with artists such as Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, John Lee Hooker, Alberta Adams, Little Willie John, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Jimi Hendrix and Tina Turner.

Featured on Saturday will be event host and Columbus â very own Sean Carney Band, who have become an international Blues sensation after winning The 2007 IBC and Albert King Awards.

Houston based guitarist Jonn Richardson, 2005 Albert King Award and IBC winner, will perform with 2006 NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipient and cancer survivor, the legendary pianist Henry Gray.

Hailing from Kansas City is 2008 IBC winners Trampled Under Foot, led by 2008 Albert King Award winning guitarist Nick Schnebelen along with his brother Chris and sister Danielle. Cincinnati based Ricky Nye Inc. will be joined by 2009 IBC and Best Guitarist winner JP Soars.

Sixteen-year-old blues guitarist and IBC Youth Showcase standout Micah Kesselring will perform solo. Central Ohio based Don Norman Blues Band will back up Chicago harp Bluesman Omar Coleman.

We have an exciting number of auction items featuring a BB King autographed guitar that was signed at his recent concert in Columbus , OH on October 7. Our many thanks to auctioneers Mike Albert and Kevin Burchett.

BB King Autographed Guitar

On the evening of Monday, December 14, 6pm â 9pm, The Jazz Academy and Blues For A Cure will team up to present a Blues Guitar Master Class with Jimmy Thackery at The Jazz Academy located in the historic Lincoln Theatre. Registration for the guitar class is $100 and $50 for âobserver onlyâ fee.

Sean Carneyâs Blues For A Cure was created in 2007 to honor those afflicted with cancer, fund cancer research and survivor programs and perpetuate an American art form, Blues music.

And remember if you can't get to the gig you can always buy the Studio Jam CD from the Blues for A Cure website, well worth the $15 donation.

Last years event raised $10,000 over one day so it looks like more should be raised from this worthwhile cause.

Contacts:
          Mike Berichon 614-361-0015 bear@bearinthechair.com
          Mark Puskarich 614-620-6786 mark@achristmastocurecancer.org
          Steve Mack 614-256-6728 smackoh@yahoo.com

Kilborn Alley Blues Band - UK tour

therumshack@gmail.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:02:00 GMT

No U.S. blues band has made a sustained tour of London in-- well, no one seems to be able to remember. But Kilborn Alley Blues Band are doing it, starting next week--Tuesday 17 November, kicking off at Effra Hall in Brixton. The idea is to infest the place, to soak in all that guitar blues that comes from Britain. We are real proud of the pubs we have been able to put together for this tour.

The venues include Effra Hall which is an amazing jazz and reggae venue in the little West Indies that is Brixton, Moors Bar is a gem in Crouch End with one of the coolest owners in all of tavern-dom the world over, The Globe has an incredible blues jam scene in Hackney lead by John Parry and his band, The Oval features Graeme's dj work plus great blues bands, Weavers Arms is a veritable monument in rock history, North Pole is making a statement as an r&b venue, -- each place is special in its way, and we are looking for big turnouts on what is supposed to be a resurgent London blues scene. We hear the new Charlotte Street Blues may be the finest facility dedicated to blues on planet earth.

The Kilborn Alley Blues Band does gritty Chicago blues and southern fried soul for all the generations of blues lovers. This music speaks for itself; better still, it convinces you to listen.

And after just winning the Sean Costello Rising Star In The Blues Award at the Blues Blast Magazine's annual music awards, they will be a band not to be missed.

So if your a fan of the blues and want to hear a great Chicago band get along to one of these gigs.

The band are

Andrew Duncanson - guitar, lead vocals
Joe Asselin - harp, guitar, backing vocals
Josh Stimmel - guitar
Chris Breen - electric bass
Ed O'Hara - drums

Tour dates

November 17 â Effra Hall â Brixton, London, UK â 9pm

November 18 â Moors Barâ Crouch End, London, UK â 9pm

November 19 â Jazz After Dark â Soho, London, UK â 9pm

November 20 â Sydenham Blues Club at the Golden Lion
Sydenham, London, UK â 9pm

November 21 â Oliver's Jazz Bar â Greenwich, London, UK â 9:30pm

November 22 â Tropic â Ruislip, London, UK â 7:30pm

November 23 â The Globe in Morning Lane â Hackney, London, UK â 9pm

November 25 â Charlotte Street Blues â UCL-Bloomsbury, London, UK â 8pm

November 26 â The River Bar and Brasserie â Southwark, London, UK â 8pm

November 27 â Weavers Arms â Islington, London, UK â 9pm

November 28 â North Pole â North Kensington, London, UK â 9pm

November 29 â The Oval Tavern â East Croydon, London, UK â 9pm

Deep Blues Festival 2010

therumshack@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:14:00 GMT

The Deep Blues Festival 2010

The dates for the 2010 Deep Blues Festival have been released by Chris Johnson, the great guy who organises this great festival of roots blues. Moved to earlier in the year with a few less bands than usual but an interesting list of films and documentaries.

Let's hope that this festival now in its fourth year continues to get the support it deserves.

Details below with links to websites and film trailers.

Sat Jan 23rd at St Paul Eagles Club - films

noon - Wayne County Rambling
2pm - Moments And Truths
3pm - The Hand Of Fatima
4:30pm - It Came From Detroit
6pm - The Folksinger
7:45pm - Can't Take It With You When You Die

Live music at St Paul Eagles Club

9pm - Teague Alexy
10pm - Reverend Deadeye
11pm - Possessed By Paul James

Sat Jan 30th
films at St Paul Eagles Club

noon - NOT TBA - CEASE AND DESIST

(7 hours of film unauthorized, unapproved, unfit for screening. Documentaries, private films, concert footage of deep blues bands. We'd love to tell you more, but you'll just have to come and see for yourself)

Live music at Palmer's Bar in Minneapolis

9pm Kenny Brown
11pm Mark Porkchop Holder

Note that there will be deep blues festival bands in town the week prior to the fest and all through the week of the festival at various venues.

German and Baltic Blues Challenge 2009

therumshack@gmail.com — Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:12:00 GMT

The last weekend of October 2009 saw the first German and Baltic Blues Challenge held in Eutin, Germany (approx 100km north of Hamburg).

With ten bands and eight solo/duo acts taking part in this ground breaking competition, around about 800 spectators from several North European countries provided an appropriate setting for those two days with its worldwide first pre-competition to the International Blues Challenge, in Memphis in January 2010.

The judging was carried out by international panels on both days that included Thomas Ruf from Ruf Rrecords and representatives from Belgium, Finland, France, Gremany, Normay, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland.

The winners of the two days of competition were

German Blues Challenge
Solo/Duo: Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder (Germany)
Band: HootinÂ The Blues (Germany)

Baltic Blues Challenge
Solo/Duo: Steve Grahn & Mattias Malm (Sweden)*
Band: Latvian Blues Band (Latvia)

*Because Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder have won the German Challenge automatically the second placed Steve Grahn & Mattias Malm were sent to Memphis.

The Baltic Blues Association wants to thank all musicians for fascinating days with blues of highest international level!

We also want to say thank you for the high professional work of the Jury.

Last but not least we want to thank all helpers, donators and a really fantastic audience!

MySpace Links to winning acts

Georg Schroeter & Marc Breitfelder
Hootin' The Blues
Steve Grahn & Mattias Malm
Latvian Blues Band

Also going to the IBC from France are Philippe Menard and Bo Weavil who are going to Memphis on behalf of the Blues-sur-Seine Society. Blues-sur-Seine have also entered Mountain Men with their CD Springtime Coming in the Best Self Produced CD category.

So best of luck to all the enterants from Europe and hoping that they do well at the IBC in Memphis at the end of January 2010.

Alabama 3 UK tour

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:06:00 GMT

ALABAMA 3 ON THE ROAD
Alabama 3 head off on their tour of the UK and Ireland today, opening in Cambridge and finishing in Dublin 18 dates later.
The band will be showcasing new material from the 12 Step Plan and from the forthcoming Revolver Soul albums, as well as reprising some of their much loved standards. An Alabama 3 live gig is an experience that really shouldn't be missed!
Some dates still have a few tickets available so ACT NOW and donât miss out on seeing "the best live band in the country"!
See the full list of tour dates and booking details below.

THE 12 STEP PLAN

You will be able to buy the new âfan onlyâ release, The 12 Step Plan, throughout the tour, or you can order it from the site shop now.
The tracks which made it to the final album are:
1.Nothing Makes Sense
2.Reload
3.Spinninâ
4.If You Could Luv Me
5.Bridge End
6.All The Birds Love Charlie
7.M.O.J.O Workinâ
8.War Is Over [Increase The Piece]
9.Stranded
10.Sweet Revolution
11.Ps n Qs
12.The Life In Us
Some have been renamed since you were first offered them to download - youâll have to wait to get your hands on the cd to find out which they are!

A NEW LOOK FOR A NEW TOUR

The Alabama 3 site shop has been completely reloaded! We have 2 new t-shirts available in the clothing department; plus bags, badges, travel card holders, lanyards, and condoms available in the âOther Stuffâ section! All this, as well as the 12 Step Plan album in the âBootlegsâ section.
Why not visit the Alabama 3 shop today?

RADIO
Mid-tour, the guys will be rushing back to London for a live acoustic radio performance and interview. On Monday November 9th they will be the guests of Cerys Matthews, on BBC Radio 6 Music. The show is aired between 1 â 4pm. You can listen online here.

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
You can now keep up to date with the crazy world of Alabama 3 on twitter. http://twitter.com/TheAlabama3

TOUR DATES

CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION Wednesday 04 November BOOK TICKETS
CARDIFF SUB 29 Thursday 05 November BOOK TICKETS
BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY Friday 06 November BOOK TICKETS
BOURNEMOUTH OPERA HOUSE Saturday 07 November BOOK TICKETS
BRISTOL ACADEMY Sunday 08 November BOOK TICKETS
OXFORD ACADEMY Monday 09 November BOOK TICKETS

LONDON KENTISH TOWN FORUM Tuesday 10 November BOOK TICKETS
BRIGHTON CONCORDE 2 Wednesday 11 November SOLD OUT
NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY Thursday 12 November BOOK TICKETS
NEWCASTLE ACADEMY Friday 13 November BOOK TICKETS
GLASGOW ACADEMY Saturday 14 November BOOK TICKETS
ABERDEEN MOSHULU Sunday 15 November BOOK TICKETS
PERTH CONCERT HALL Monday 16 November BOOK TICKETS
SHEFFIELD PLUG Tuesday 17 November BOOK TICKETS
NORTHAMPTON ROADMENDERS Wednesday 18 November BOOK TICKETS
LEEDS ACADEMY Thursday 19 November BOOK TICKETS
MANCHESTER ACADEMY Friday 20 November BOOK TICKETS

DUBLIN TRIPOD Saturday 21 November BOOK TICKETS

The 1st British Slide Guitar Festival

therumshack@gmail.com — Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:59:00 GMT

This was taken from a post over at the Blindman's Blues Forums, the best blues forum on the web.

The 1st British Slide Guitar Festival

A general get together, workshop, and evening concert for a hundred like minded souls on 23rd of January 2010.

Michael Messer has agreed to perform with his musical partner of many years Ed Genis. Lucy Zirins will provide support.

Michael Messer will also host a workshop during the late afternoon for those of us who really want to know how he does it.

There will be a talk about the history of slide, by Ian McWee, âFrom beef bones & rail track nails, to plastic wonders'. He will bring a full set of examples to pass around for folks to try, and the session will be illustrated musically by the playing of Steve Thompson. After which a âDiamond Bottlenecksâ Slide will be raffled. The proceeds will go to to Music Machine - âmusic for the communityâ an open access project which in conjunction with the Chelmsley Wood Baptist Church provide instruction and support as well as access to instruments in the B33,36 & 37 postcodes

Doors open at noon with a getting to know each other session and a âRolling Buffetâ . As the afternoon progresses, between the more formal events there will be an open mic. Those with a little less confidence can sign up for a âpartnered jamâ and spend a while playing and perhaps taking the the open mic as a duo.

This will all take place in the Godiva Room and conservatory of The Red Lion, a 500 year old Coaching Inn & three star hotel situated in Long Street in Atherstone, North Warwickshire, In addition to a very good restaurant, bar meals are also available.

Attendees will be eligible to take advantage of a Single occupancy tariff of Â49 per night with B&B in one of the 37 rooms available.

E-mail: info@atherstoneredlion.co.uk for details

I chose Atherstone because it is situated on the A5 between the M6 M1 and M42. Travel is easy from all but the most far flung parts of England. I have checked the current availability of rail super saver return tickets from York, Leeds, Cardiff, Exeter, Bristol, Southampton, and Liverpool and none costs more than Â17 to Atherstone Station.

I am a punter and not looking at making my fortune out of this gig. In order to keep costs low and make this event available to as many players as possible, admission will be by pre payment of the full fee of Â25. Â26.50 if paying by Paypal

For details of how to register please email me

So if you would like to support this festival get in touch with Percy, sounds that this could become a really good annual festival if enough people support it.

Hambone's Blues Rumshack 44

therumshack@gmail.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:12:00 GMT

A full on Chicago flavour of blues this week, paying homage to the past, present and future. Plus various shades of blues in between.

Playlist

Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball Express - She's Gone from My Woman (TA Records)
Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball Express - Young A Little While (But Old A Long Time) from My Woman (TA Records)
Jim Byrnes - Drown In My Own Tears from My Walking Stick (Black Hen Music)
Jim Byrnes - Walk On Boy from My Walking Stick (Black Hen Music)
Pat Pepin - Don't Call Me Baby (Baby) from In It For The Long Haul
Cherry Lee Mewis - Midnight In Memphis from Southbound Train
Cherry Lee Mewis - Time Limits from Southbound Train
Snake Oil Johnson - Big Smokey Blues
Snake Oil Johnson - Take A Stroll Out West
Seasick Steve - That's all - live
Sonny Landreth - Son of A Native Stepson acoustic version
John Primer - Other Man from All Original (Blue House Productions)
John Primer - I Called My Baby from All Original (Blue House Productions)
Chicago Blues - My Little Machine from A Living History (Raisin Music)
Chicago Blues - The Healer from A Living History (Raisin Music)

MySpace links

Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball Express
Jim Byrnes
Pat Pepin
Cherry Lee Mewis
Seasick Steve
Chicago Blues

Hambone's Blues Rumshack 43

therumshack@gmail.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:40:00 GMT

After a little break, for no apparent reason other than I couldn't get off my lazy arse. Another installment of great blues music from all over the place.

Will be back next week with Cherry Lee Mewis, John Primer and some Seasick Steve.

The Blazers - Keep It Together - Red Hot (Route Records)

The Blazers - Flavour of the Year - Red Hot

Harry Manx - True to Yourself - Bread and Buddha (Dog My Cat Records)
Harry Manx - Dew on Roses - Bread and Buddha
Blues Sans Frontieres - Who Do You Love - Demo
Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt - Pay Day - Slide From Freedom (Northern Blues)
Sean Chambers - In The Winter Time - Ten Til Midnight (Blue Heat Records)
Jake Lear - Boogie Woogie Woman - Lost Time Blues (Self Release)
The Aces - Knee Deep In Mud - No One Rides For Free (El Toro Records)
Cry Baby and the Hoochie Choochie Boys - Don't Lie To Me Baby - Salt Glazed Blues EP
Cry Baby and the Hoochie Choochie Boys- Ain't Nothin But The Blues - Salt Glazed Blues EP
Kris Dollimore - Asylum - Now Was the Time (Sun Pier Recordings)
Kris Dollimore - Saudade - Now Was The Time

John Fahey - Steamboat Gwine 'Round The Bend - Live In Tasmania (Takoma Records)

MySpace Links

The Blazers
Harry Manx
Doug Cox
Sean Chambers
Jake Lear
Cry Baby and the Hoochie Coochie Boys
Kris Dollimore

Backdoor Slam - Streamed concert tonight

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:42:00 GMT

From Backdoor Slam email alert

Hi all!
Just to let you know www.wiManx.com and www.isleofman.com have organised a repeat sream of the Isle of Man gig for our international fans this evening - it will start replaying at 7pm on the US East Coast, and 10pm on the US West Coast, which is 3am GMT (hopefully you can work out any other timezones from that, or we could still be typing them out here when the show actually starts!) It might be best to bookmark the page and keep checking it around those times in case it starts any earlier...it will be shown on this page:
www.isleofman.com/video

Davy and the band have been enjoying their first gigs in Australia this past week, and have one more in Sydney before they head back for a final blast around the USA to take them into 2010 (straight into it in fact, with a special New Year's Eve show at World Cafe!) Check davyknowles.com/gigs for all the dates, and remember to keep checking the facebook and Davy's twitter page for regular updates from the guitar hero himself.

That's all for now - hope to see some of you on the road before Christmas is upon us!

Cheers and best wishes from the Isle of Man crew,
DK&BDS

Ponderosa Stomp - The Film

therumshack@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:31:00 GMT

While the Stomp crew was in New York City this July, a crew of music lovers, including Brian Gourley, the Butler Brothers, and acclaimed director Jeff Nichols, was putting the finishing touches on the first Ponderosa Stomp film.

Classie Ballou, Lil' Buck Senegal and Roy Head are integral Stomp performersâthese three exemplary artists enjoyed early success, but found themselves toiling in obscurity later in life. Their first-person remembrances of their careers, their experiences playing on the Stomp, and the impact the Stomp has had on their lives are at the core of this riveting piece. The film also includes live concert footage and additional interviews with the likes of musicologist Peter Guralnick offering a rare peek inside the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation.

This film would not have been possible without the generous support and time of music fan, volunteer and the film's executive producer, Brian Gourley. Brian attended the Stomp and was transfixed by the music and amazed that such a small group with limited resources was able to bring so much music and cultural information to the fore. So, Brian asked what he could do to help. We are thrilled to share with you the realization of his hard work and vision -- Ponderosa Stomp: The Film.

The film was shot in Austin during 2009's SXSW, in Artists' homes, and at the 2009 Stomp Concert and Conference. Gourley explains, "The film presented itself at the right time; it let me pour my love of music into a project that I thought would help give props to its roots. Without roots, there are no trees." This moving film clearly shows the impact your support and our work has had on several of the hundreds of artists we have worked with.

We are asking for you to be a part of the music, to build upon our recent successes, and to continue to expand our unique and vital work. Our cultural preservation efforts require the technical skill, time, and expertise of our small, committed staff and volunteers.

It also requires the help of everyone who enjoys our shows and events; we need your help to ensure we can continue our work in the coming year. Please support our efforts and help us reach our fundraising goal of $40,000.00 by December 31st, 2009 with a donation in any amount that is meaningful to you. We look forward to you joining us to guarantee the music lives on.

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Harry Manx - European Tour

therumshack@gmail.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:54:00 GMT

Harry Manx continues his busy touring schedule in Europe during November with seven dates in the UK and three in France in support of his excellent new album "Bread and Buddha".

If you get a chance go and see Harry at the following gigs and hear blues mixed with Indian Raga rhythms.

24 Nov 2009