Rufus Thomas, Booker T. & the MG's, James Cotton, Albert King, The Bar-Kays, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jim Dandy, Charlie Rich, Calvin Newborn, Pete Pedersen, The Fieldstones, Junior Kimbrough, Bobby Rush, R.L. Burnside, Kenny Brown, Don Nix, Elvis Presley...
BLUZAPALOOZA COMES HOME FROM IRAQ
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!
BLUZAPALOOZA, the first Blues concert tour to go to a war zone, returned home victorious after its inaugural 9 day tour of military bases in Iraq and Kuwait.
Created by Blues producers Steve Simon and John Hahn and presented by Armed Forces Entertainment, this inaugural BLUZAPALOOZA tour starred Blues icon and four-time Blues Music Awards (BMA) nominee Bobby Rush, two-time BMA Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year Janiva Magness, Beale Street Entertainer of the Year Billy Gibson, and Tony Braunagel from The Phantom Blues Band who headed up the BLUZAPALOOZA All-Stars Blues Band.
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The Charleston Blues Festival
Date: Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Location: Charleston Music Hall
37 John Street, Charleston, South Carolina
You need to check out the new Victoria "Blowbox" Harp amp! I was instrumental in designing and getting into their line of top shelf amps. Go to youtube and search me "James Reeser" and there are a couple of recent vids featuring it.
It is a 45 watt 2X8 amp. It looks like a tweed head but yes it has 2 8" speakers in it. No one can believe such a fat rich tone comes from a little amp. It is versatile... light weight... It can be plugged into any speaker cab as it has 2, 4 and 8 ohm output taps. It also has a switch that makes it either a stock 59 Bassman if that is your tone (also for guitar if desired) or flip the switch for the harp special circuits and rich fat harp tone! And yes has plenty of power as a stand alone to keep up with just about any band.
Ciao,Billy Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, Band, and stupendous voice. compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis, I feel great admiration for you, be really one whom is worth rather a lot! I hope to listen soon to you, in italy .. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music all the best.. from italy.. and good life.. every day neal
�Hey Billy Thanks for adding me as a friend been to Memphis twice it's a blues lovers paradise you and your band personify real deal Blues!!!! Dean Sr. Rockin Rick & The Preachers Athens NY �
Little Sammy Davis Blowin some harp with The Preachers
Hey Billy Gibson Band, Memphis always has some of the best players in the biz! Thanks so much for your support...I appreciate it. Keep on rockin' and kickin' out them tunes! Peace, Rick.
We are proud to announce that after MUCH hard work and effort, The Sheriffs of Nottingham will be releasing our debut CD, "Hard Places: The EP" on Saturday, November 14th.
Track Listing: 1. Running Man 2. Easy 3. Hard Places 4. The Road 5. He Said/She Said 6. Same Old Song 7. Nineteen Eighty-Four
We are extremely proud of this CD and cannot wait for you to hear what we've been working on for so long! We will be releasing the CD early online, so visit back often for more details. For now, you can listen to two full tracks (Running Man and Nineteen Eighty-Four) on our MySpace.
We thank you for your patience and support and we hope to see you at a live concert soon,
