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Keith Neltner of Neltner Creative is the 2009 festival poster designer. Silkscreened prints will be for sale at the festival and through his website
www.neltnercreative.com
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City Pages
June 19, 2009
Deep Blues Festival
With an outrageously brilliant concept for a music gathering, the Deep Blues Festival launches its third incarnation this summer in a new setting, still focused on the gritty raw essence of the blues and its natural affinities to punk, roots rock, and seminal folk and bluegrass. After putting 74 acts on the bill, including 14 from such international hot spots as Sweden and France, festival organizers may regret abandoning the relatively bucolic pastures of Lake Elmo for the cramped confines of the Cabooze. But, to their credit, the festival feels like should be somewhere like Mississippi's Hill Country, one fount of ifs generally prevailing spirit. Anyway, many of the participants are obscure even in blues circles, which has no correlation to their abundant talent or the intensity of their performances. There'll be crusty, genuine Mississippi blues vets like Elmo Williams, Hezekiah Early, and T-Model Ford; punk-blues fire-breathers like the Black Diamond Heavies; unique 21st-century country-swamp-blues from such as the North Carolina female duo the Moaners; plus sightings of blues scions like Kent Burnside (R.L.'s grandson) and his New Generation Band. The sizeable Minnesota contingent will include John Koerner, the Brass Kings, Davina & the Vagabonds, and the Roe Family Singers. Don't be misled by the lack of "stars," or the setting. This is an event of major significance.
- Rick Mason
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STORE - TICKETS AND SHIRTS
Go to the festival website
www.deepbluesfestival.com
for your purchases and more festival information.
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Location - Directions - Transportation
The Cabooze is just south of the Cedar Ave exit from I-94 at 917 Cedar Ave South.
Cabooze website and directions
The Franklin Ave stop on the Hiawatha Line is next to the club
Metrotransit bus and light rail information
Diamond Taxi has been recommended as being convenient and relatively affordable.
Estimates (for up to 4 passengers) are
between airport and Holiday Inn St Paul East $30 to $35
between Holiday Inn St Paul East to the Cabooze $25 to $30
651-642-1188
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Camping - Hotels
We will not have camping at the festival, but there is a campsite 20 minutes East of the Cabooze at
St Paul East RV Park
Area hotels. There are many hotels near the festival site and convenient to the twin cities. Our featured festival hotel where the bands will be staying and Deep Blues Sponsor is
HOLIDAY INN ST PAUL EAST
2201 BURNS AVE
ST PAUL, MN 55119
651-731-2220
Once again, the Holiday Inn St Paul East is proud to be the official lodging choice for the Deep Blues Festival. The hotel is located just 15 minutes down I-94 from the Cabooze. We have something for everyone with a restaurant and lounge onsite; as well as pool, hot tub, fitness center and game room. We also feature free parking and wireless property-wide. The hotel has just completed a multimillion dollar renovation in April 2008. Come and enjoy the new Holiday Inn St Paul East! We are proud to offer all Deep Blues Festival goers the discounted rate of $95 + tax per night. Ask for the Deep Blues Festival rate when calling.
Use this link for the online reservations and the DBF discount code
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Our friends at ninebullets.net have set up a messageboard for festival fans. Need a ride or a roommate? This could be just the place for you.
http://deepbluesfestival.yuku.com
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2009 SPONSORS
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