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.
To read tour blogs or see pics from the trip CLICK POSTER BELOW:
Hey Billy how ya doing? Total repect for what you did for the troops.
Here's a proposition for you ..... I am unable to get your dvd in the UK and as we are shooting our video for "Wheelchair Willy Mojo" in August, I was thinkink that we could do a postal swap ...... hey I'd even sign mine for you! Whadya reckon? Paul x
A Friend Is Like A Four Leaf Clover: Hard To Find And Lucky To Have! Have A Great And Wonderful Week N Weekend! Hope Everything Goes Well ! A Big Hug For Your Friendship!
Hey The Billy Gibson Band. I hope you have an awesome Independence Day weekend. We are lucky to live in a country with so many freedoms. So I'm going to exercise my freedom of speech and send some Love your way and say that I hope your life is filled with peace, love and joy throughout 2008.
Hi Billy, I love you too my brother, we had a great time in Canada!!Yes, indeed! Lovely people over there though. You take care in New Mexico and safe some good tequila for me. And dont forget to check out your autumn dates, i will take your Mississippi ass to Mid Europe. You r my blues brother so we gonna hit the road again soon. Keep rockin' and God bless. LGW - the tequila shorty
I would love to be sitting in Rum Boogie in Memphis listening to you play right now...hopefully again soon! Keep up the good work. You guys are amazing!
