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THE BLUES 2007 |
“Simply The Blues” blues festival will be held again
for it’s forth year on May 11th and 12th of 2007 and is also
proud to announce all of its performers.
The 2007 Grammy nominated artist, Tab Benoit, will be performing
on Friday the 11th. Tab is also nominated for two 2007 Blues Music
Awards, not including past BMA wins and nominations.
Other artists performing that night will be Otis Taylor and his
band, an eleven times BMA nominee and past winner, with his brand
of trance Blues. Another highlight will be 91 year old David “Honeyboy”
Edwards, a living legend, BMA winner and the oldest living link
to the blues.
SIMPLY
THE BLUES 2007 Lineup
(Subject
to Change)
Otis
Taylor
Tab Benoit
David
"Honeyboy" Edwards
Michael Powers
Hamilton
Loomis
Eric Lindell
Mississippi
Heat
Jimmy Bratcher
Bad
Luck City
The Juke Joint Sinners
Hal
Reed and
Daniel Burnside
Second Skinny
Blues Band
Matt
Wood and The Thunderbolts |
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Opening the evening for these acts will be the 2006 Iowa Blues Challenge
winner and 2007 International Blues Challenge semi-finalist, Bad
Luck City and both nights will start with a “Simply The Blues”
staple, The Second Skinny Blues Band.
On the 12th, Grammy nominated and the very energetic, Hamilton Loomis
will be performing on the main stage. Hamilton, who received a Grammy
nomination for “Best Contemporary Album of The Year”
is a performer you will not forget.
Along with Hamilton, will be Michael Powers, a 2007, BMA nominated
artist that Billboard Magazine says “More than anyone else,
anywhere, Powers represents the future of the Blues”.
Also performing, will be Eric Lindell, a 2007 BMA nominee for “Best
New Artist Debut”. Eric is an Alligator recording artist,
who says his claim to fame this last year has been the playing of
one of his songs on the TV show “Boston Legal” while
William Shatner danced to it, in drag.
Other bands playing on the 12th include Mississippi Heat, a great
Chicago based Blues band, The Blues Foundations 2007 International
Blues Challenge winner, The Sean Carney Band and Christian Blues
artist and past favorite guest of Victory Faith church in Fort Madison,
Jimmie Bratcher. Jimmie will also be performing at Victory Faith
Church on Sunday the 13th.
These acts will all be performing on the main stage, but the music
never ends from start to finish. Between the main stage acts, in
The Scott’s Company Blues tent there will be live performances
as well. On Friday the 11th, Hal Reed and Daniel Burnside will be
performing, with Bad Luck City jamming with them later in the evening.
On Saturday the 12th, the 2006 Iowa Blues Challenge winners and
The Blues Foundations International Blues Challenge top ten finalists;
The Juke Joint Sinners will also be performing in the Scott’s
Blues tent.
More info is at simplemanenterprises.com
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