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• Friday - Leroy Pierson at 7, followed by James Harman & Nathan James with The Bel-Airs at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups • Saturday - Bob 'Bumblebee' Kamoske at City Bistro • Sunday - Mary Dee and Margaret Biachetta at The Shanti

• THE ORIGINAL GUITAR HERO AND THE POWER OF MUSIC: The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music and Civil Rights!
Author Dean Alger will be at the Subterranean bookstore, 6275 Delmar on Thursday April 24 from 6-7pm. Hear the interview on "Nothin' But The Blues" KDHX Sun April 20th 8-10pm.

• Produced right here in St. Louis, MO. by Christian Cudnik, it's the National Blues Museum radio show!

• St. Louis native Mike Zito is up for a 2014 Blues Music Award for 'Best Rock Blues Album' of the year! Check him out at mikezito.com

• STLBlues is back from the International Blues Challenge, where Big Mike Aguirre and the Blu City All Stars represented STL proudly in the band category, and Bob 'Bumblebee' Kamoske in the solo/duo category!

• Check out Bluesville on Sirius XM Radio (Ch. 70), and you'll find 2 St. Louis artists...Nikki Hill and Jeremiah Johnson!!! Click here to request their music, or by phone / email at 877-64-BLUES or bbkingsbluesville@siriusxm.com

• Video of the week: Stormy Monday, with Buddy Guy (Carlos Santana Presents)

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• East Side Slim reviews 'Damon Fowler – Sounds Of Home'

• East Side Slim reviews John Primer & Bob Corritore – Knockin' Around These Blues. Earns a 5 of 5 on the STLBluesometer!!

• East Side Slim reviews Roomful of Blues - 45 Live

• East Side Slim reviews James Cotton - Cotton Mouth Man

• East Side Slim reviews Andy T – Nick Nixon Band - Drink Drank Drunk

• East Side Slim reviews The Mannish Boys – Double Dynamite

•Stringbean Pete reviews Dan Liston - God Used Mississippi

• Eric Steiner reviews The Big Payback

• East Side Slim reviews :: Levee Town

• East Side Slims latest CD review :: Bob Corritore and Friends – Harmonica Blues
12.28.11

• East Side Slim reviews Magic Slim and the Teardrops - Bad Boy
12.16.12

• East Side Slims latest CD review :: Little Joe McLerran – Believe I'll Make A Change
11.13.11

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STLBlues CD Reviews :: By band/artist first name

St. Louis based bands & musicians

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Arthur Williams :: Midnight Blue Baby Blues Showcase 2004 Baker-McClaren Band :: Live At the Tap Room Barbara Carr :: What a woman wants Bel Airs :: Got Love BelAirs :: HooDoo Party Bennie Smith :: Shook Up Big Bad Smitty :: Unwired Roots Big George Brock :: Round Two Billy Peek :: The Answer Blue Streak :: Old Dogs New Tricks Boo Boo Davis :: Name of the Game Bottoms Up Blues :: Handle It Bottoms Up Blues :: 2nd Set Bottoms Up Blues :: South Broadway Blues Brian Curran :: Live At Off Broadway Brian Curran :: Straight Up Blues

Butch Wax & the Hollywoods :: Let the good times roll

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Chuck Berry :: Chuck Berry Blues Danny Liston :: God Used Mississippi Dave Mulford :: Repeat As Necessary David Dee :: Going Fishing David Dee :: Mixed Emotions Funky Butt Brass Band :: Cut The Body Loose Henry Townsend :: Mule Henry Townsend :: The Real St. Louis Blues Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats :: “2 Cars” & “And Friends 2”ICB :: Straight from the Heart

Inner Flame :: LIVE! At Victory Christian Center

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Jeremiah Johnson Band with the Sliders :: 9th & Russell Johnny Fox :: Two Sisters Cocktail Johnnie Johnson :: Johnnie Be 80 Johnnie Johnson :: Johnnie Be Bad Joseph Kingdom Brothers – Shine A Light Larry Thurston :: School for Fools Melissa Neels Band :: Shine Mike Zito :: Today Mississippi Fever – Self-Titled Mississippi Fever Oliver Sain :: Soul Serenade Patti & the Hitmen :: Smokin' Blues Phat noiZ Blues Band :: Wet My Beak Phat noiZ Blues Band :: Milk and Cookies

Piping Hot Biscuits :: Allow To Cool Serve Immediately

Rich Fabec Band :: Name Your Poison Rich McDonough Band :: Live at the Sheldon Rob Garland & The Blue Monks :: 'When It's All Said & Done'Rondo :: Cross Eyed Cat Rondo :: Live!Rondo :: Shackpappy's Rough Grooves :: Live At BBs Ross & Hunt :: Father Time Rx Blues band :: Hang Dog Look Rx Blues band :: I Hate My Boss Rx Blues band :: Live in Soulard

Rx Blues band :: Mississippi Moses

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Shakey Ground :: Aints That Da Truth Soulard Blues Band :: In The Soulyard Soulard Blues Band :: Trickle Down Blues Tommy Bankhead :: Please Accept My Love Tommy Bankhead :: Please Mr. Foreman

Tommy Bankhead :: Message To St. Louis

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Voodoo Blues Band :: That Voodoo That You Do

More National Bands

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Al Basile :: The Tinge Albert Castiglia :: These Are the Days Albert Collins :: Live At Montreux 1992/DVD & CD Albert Cummings :: Working Man Amos Garrett, Get Way Back :: A Tribute to Percy Mayfield Ana Popovic :: ANA!Antone's Home Of The Blues :: DVD Arcangels :: Living in a Dream B.B. King :: Christmas Celebration of Hope B.B. King & Friends :: 80 B.B. King :: Live at Montreux 1993 B.B. King :: One Kind Favor Beat Daddys :: Five Moons Bernard Allison :: Energized, Live In Europe Bernie Pearl :: Old School Blues Big Daddy O :: Deranged Covers Big James and the Chicago Playboys :: The Big Payback Big James & The Chicago Playboys :: Right Here Right Now Big Jeff Chapman :: Big Jeff's Blues Big Joe Duskin :: Big Joe Jumps Again! Bill Stuve :: Flyin' Right Billy Flynn - Billy's Blues Black Crowes :: Warpaint Live Blind Arvella Gray :: The singing drifter Blues Noir :: Blues, Swing, and...Blues Noir :: Noircissism Blues White Album Bob Broozman :: Blues Reflex Bob Corritore and Friends :: Harmonica Blues Bob Kirkpatric :: Drive Across Texas Bob Margolin :: In North Carolina Bob Riedy Blues Band :: Late Freight Out Of Chicago Boogie Monsters :: Live From Yo Mama’s Kitchen Bo-Keys :: The Royal Sessions Bonnie Raitt and Friends Brad De Hart :: Back With The Blues Brothers N’ Blues :: That’s Alright Buckwheat Zydeco :: Jackpot Bud Summers :: Golden

Buddy Guy :: Skin Deep

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Candye Kane :: Superhero Canned Heat :: Live at Montreux 1973 Canned Heat :: The Very Best Of Carlos del Junco :: Blues Mongrel Carlos Del Junco :: Steady Movin Cash Box Kings :: Holler and Stomp Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm :: 2 Man Wrecking Crew Cephas & Wiggins :: Shoulder to Shoulder Charlie Musslewhite :: Delta Hardware Charlie Musselwhite :: Deluxe Edition Cheryl Arena :: Blues Got Me Chicago Blues :: A Living History Chicago Blues Harmonica :: Diamonds In The Rough Chicago Blues Reunion Chris Cotton :: I Watched The Devil Die Chris James and Patrick Rynn :: Stop And Think About It Chris Thomas King :: Red Mud Sessions C.J. Chenier :: The Desperate Kingdom of Love Coco Montoya :: Dirty Deal Connie and the Choirboys :: Red-Headed Rhythm & Blues Corey Stevens :: Albertville Corky Siegel’s Traveling Chamber Blues Show!Cream :: Royal Albert Hall, London Curtis Salgado :: Soul Shot Darrell Nulisch :: Just For You David Egan :: You Don't Know Your Mind David Gilmour :: Live in Gdansk Dean Hall and The Loose Eels :: Shed My Skin Delta Highway :: The Devil Had A Woman Dennis Jones :: Passion For The Blues Derek Trucks Band :: Songlines Dog Town :: No Ordinary Blue Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones :: Double Down Duke Robillard :: A Swingin' Session With Duke Robillard Eddy The Chief Clearwater :: West Side Strut Elvin Bishop :: Don't let the bossman get you down Elvin Bishop :: The Blues Rolls On Eric Bibb :: Diamond Days Eric Bibb :: Friends Eric Clapton :: Crossroads Guitar Festival Eric Clapton :: Live at Montreux 1986 Eric Lindell :: Change In The Weather Fabulous Thunderbirds :: Painted On Fiona Boyes and the Fortune Tellers :: LUCKY 13 Filisko & Noden - LIVE Fillmore Slim :: Funky Mama's House Floyd Lee Band :: Doctors, Devils & Drugs Fremonts featuring Mighty Joe Milsap :: Mighty Crazy From Clarksdale to Heaven :: Remembering John Lee Hooker Gary Gordon :: Real Blues Gary Moore :: Close As You Get Gary Moore :: Definitive Montreux Gary Moore :: Essential Montreux George Thorogood and the Destroyers :: Hard Stuff Gerome Durham :: I'm Not That Strong Gina Sicilia :: Hey Sugar Grandpa Elliot :: Sugar Sweet Guy Forsyth :: Love Songs: For & Against Guy Forsyth :: Steak Groundhogs :: Live At The Astoria Harper :: Down to the Rhythm Harry Manx :: Mantras For Madmen Hollywood Blue Flames :: Soul Sanctuary Holmes Brothers :: State Of Grace Homemade Jamz Blues Band :: I Got Blues For You & The Game Homemade Jamz Blues Band :: Pay Me No Mind Homesick for the Road :: Neal, Davies, Benoit Homesick James :: My home ain't here HoneyBoy Dupree & The Smokehouse Players :: Anybody Seen My Baby?

Honey Boy Edwards :: Blues, Blues

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Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm - Here and Now Jack's Blues :: A Soulful Tribute To Jack Buck Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonson Band :: Overnight Sensation Jake Austin & The City Limits :: Country Soul Janiva Magness :: Do I Move You Jason Ricci and New Blood :: Done With The Devil JD & The Straight Shot :: Nothing To Hide Jeff Beck :: Live At Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club Jeff Beck :: Truth Jeff Healey :: Mess Of Blues Jeff Healey :: Songs from the road Jeff Scheetz Band :: Beggars, Rogues & Thieves Jim Byrnes :: My Walking Stick Jim Liban and Steve Cohen :: Hot Air Jim Liban Blues Trio :: Hot Tongue and Cold Shoulder Jimbo Mathus :: Double Dose Jimi Bott :: Live Volume 1 Cheap Thrills Jimi Hendrix :: Blues Jimi Hocking :: Give Jimi Some Love!Jimmy Dawkins :: Tell Me Baby Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes :: Back to Bentonia Jimmy Reed :: On the Jimmy Reed highway Jimmy Smith :: Dot Com Blues Joe Louis Walker :: Playin Dirty Joe Price :: Rain or Shine John Kay :: Heretics and Privateers John Lee Hooker Jr. :: Blues With A Vengeance John Lee Hooker :: Boom Boom John Lee Hooker :: Boxed Set John Lee Hooker, Jr. :: Cold As Ice John Long :: Lost & Found John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers :: Road Dogs John Németh :: Love Me Tonight John Nemeth :: Magic Touch John Nemeth :: Name The Day!Jr. Johnny :: Dancing With the Devil Keb' Mo' :: Martin Scorsese Presents Ken Tucker :: Looking For A Brighter Day Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne :: Can't Stop Now Kenny Traylor :: Tribute Kenny Wayne Shepherd :: 10 DAYS OUT King Clarentz :: Day of the Supermodel

Kirk Fletcher :: Shades of Blue

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Larry Davis :: Funny Stuff Lauren Ellis :: Feels Like Family Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue :: Command Performance Legends Live at Montreux 1997 Levee Town :: Levee Town Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials :: Full Tilt Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials :: Jump Start Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials :: Rattleshake Little Feat :: Skin It Back Little Joe McLerran :: Believe I'll Make A Change Liz Mandeville :: Red Top Los Fabulocos :: Featuring Kid Ramos Los Lonely Boys :: Live at the Blues Cat Club Los Lonely Boys :: Sacred Los Lonely Boys :: Texican Style Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama :: Rockpalast Collection Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues:: Nothin’ To Prove Mack Jump :: Drivin' All Night Magic Slim & The Teardrops :: Anything Can Happen Magic Slim and The Teardrops :: Bad Boy Magic Slim & The Teardrops :: Midnight Blues Mannish Boys :: Double Dynamite Marcia Ball :: Peace, Love, and BBQ Marc Benno :: Crawlin'Mark Benno :: I Got It Bad!Mark DuFresne :: Been Watchin' You Mark Hummel :: Blowin' my horn Matt Schofield Trio :: Ear To The Ground Matthew Robinson :: Bad habits Mem Shannon :: I’m From Phunkville Michael Burks :: From the Inside Out Michael Burks :: Iron Man Michael Hill's Blues Mob :: Bloodlines Michael Powers :: Onyx Root Mighty Lester Band :: We Are Mighty Lester Mike Morgan and The Crawl :: Stronger Every Day Mike Zito :: Today Mississippi Heat :: Hattiesburg Blues Mississippi Mudsharks :: Train Rolls On Mitch Kashmar :: Nickels & Dimes Mitch Kashmar :: Wake Up & Worry Mitch Woods :: Keeper of the Flame Mojo Stu :: Real House Blues Monster Mike Welch :: Just Like It Is Moody Blues :: Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival Moreland & Arbuckle :: 1861 Mud Morganfield :: Fall Waters Fall Muddy Waters :: King Bee Murali Coryell :: The Same Damn Thing Nathan James :: I Don't Know It Nathan James & Ben Hernandez :: Make a Change Sometime Niacin :: Live! In Tokyo (DVD)Nick Moss & The Flip Tops :: Live At Chans Nick Moss & The Flip Tops :: Play It

Nick Moss and the Fliptops :: Sadie Mae

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Octavia & The Earthblood Blues Band :: Down In The Hollow Omar & The Howlers :: Boogie Man Omar & The Howlers :: Muddy Springs Road Otis Rush & Friends Otis Taylor :: Below The Fold Paul Reddick :: Sugarbird Paul Reddick :: The Best Of Paul Reddick :: Villanelle Peter Karp & Sue Foley :: Beyond the Crossroads Phillip Walker :: Going Back Home Pinetop Perkins Story :: Born in the honey Playing For Change :: Songs Around the World Porky Cohen :: Rhythm and Bones Ray Charles w/ Count Basie :: Ray sings, Basie swings Ray Charles - Genius :: The Ultimate Collection Ray Charles :: 'Live in Brazil' DVD Return To Forever :: Live At Montreux 2008 Reverend Raven :: LIVE AT BLUES ON GRAND Featuring Madison Slim Reverend Raven :: Big Bee Rich DelGrosso :: Get Your Nose Outta My Business!Rick Estrin :: On The Harp Side Rick Estrin and The Nightcats :: One Wrong Turn Rick Estrin :: Rick Estrin Reveals! Rick Estrin and The Nightcats :: Twisted Ricky Nye :: Ville du Bois - Ricky Nye In Paris RJ Mischo :: He Came To Play Robert Cray Band :: Twenty Robert Jr. Lockwood with The Aces Robert Plant :: Dreamland Robert Randolph & THB :: Unclassified Robin Rogers :: Back In The Fire Robin Rogers :: Treat Me Right Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers :: The Chosen Who Rolling Stones :: A Bigger Bang Rolling Stones :: Truth and Lies DVD Ron McManaman :: Alibis Ron Spencer & Jump Start :: Livin ' Low Roomful of Blues :: Standing Room Only Rory Gallagher :: Live In Cork Rory Gallagher The Best Of: Crest Of A Wave Roscoe Beck :: Walk On

Rusty Zinn :: Zinfidelity Vol. 1

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Saffire :: Deluxe Edition Saffire :: Havin' The Last Word Samuel James :: Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy Sean Costello Sean Costello :: We can get together Seth Walker :: Leap Of Faith Siegel-Schwall Band :: 'flash forward'Sleepy John Estes with Hammie Nixon :: On 80 Highway Slick Ballinger :: Mississippi Soul Smokin Joe Kubek & Bnois King :: Blood Brothers Solomon Burke :: Make Do With What You Got Son House :: Delta Blues and Spirituals Sonny Landreth :: Grant Street Steve Guyger :: Radio Blues Steve Gerard and The National Debonaires :: Words are like bullets Steve Howell :: My Mind Gets To Ramblin Steven Seagal & Thunderbox :: Mojo Priest Stew Moss :: The Plum Stuff :: Live At Montreux Sue Foley :: Without a warning Sue Foley :: New Used Car Sugarcane Collins :: Way Down The River Susan Tedechi :: livefromaustintexas Tas Cru :: Grizzle n' Bone Telarc's Got More Blues :: New Blues for 2000 The Band :: The Last Waltz The Insomniacs :: At Least I'm Not With You Thin Lizzy :: Are You Ready?This Is The Blues :: Volumes I, II, III & IV Tinsley Ellis :: Highwayman Tinsley Ellis :: Speak No Evil Tom Hunter :: Here I Go Again Tripwire :: Get It On Tutu Jones :: Live

Twisters :: After The Storm

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Variety :: The songs of Willie Dixon Variety - Worried Life Blues Walter Trout :: Deep Trout Walter Trout & Friends :: Full Circle Walter Trout :: Unspoiled By Progress Watermelon Slim & The Workers :: No Paid Holidays Watermelon Slim :: Up Close & Personal Watermelon Slim :: Wheel Man Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks :: Born To Be Wilder Willie Kent :: Comin Alive!Willie Nelson Special with Special Guest Ray Charles Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and the Juke Joint Rockers :: Bluesin' It The Wood Brothers :: Loaded Zac Harmon and the Midsouth Blues Revue :: The Blues According to Zacariah ZZ Top :: Live from Texas (CD)ZZ Top :: Live from Texas (DVD)

ZZ Top :: One foot in the Blues

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• We need your help to make the long awaited dream of building the National Blues Museum a reality. If you love music, please take time today to "BUCK UP FOR THE BLUES" and donate to receive a free gift.

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• Actor John Goodman shows his support for the new National Blues Museum that's being created in his hometown of St. Louis!

• NATIONAL BLUES MUSEUM ANNOUNCES MAJOR DONATION TO CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - "The country’s only national museum devoted to Blues music to open in St. Louis"

• ST. LOUIS, December 12, 2012 - The National Blues Museum (NBM) announced today it will receive a major donation that will serve as the foundational contribution for its capital campaign. Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and Lumière Place Casino and Hotels will contribute $6 million to the museum’s soon to be announced capital campaign to raise the remainder of the funds.

• The wall murals on the future home of the National Blues Museum have come alive, thanks to the graphic and creative work of Maryville University students and St. Louis artist Phil Jarvis. Take a drive down to 6th and Washington, and see for yourself what the MX District is doing for Downtown St. Louis! NationalBluesMuseum.org
5.13.12

• The National Blues Museum presents two scholarships to the Pinetop Perkins Foundation, accompanies the Delta Music Experience, and shares Museum awareness at the amazing Juke Joint Fest!
4.17.12

• Check out all of the National Blues Museum (NBM) videos on the NBM YouTube channel, including this one created by students at Ladue H.S!

• The National Blues Museum sent 10 St. Louis kids to the White House, as First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed 120 music students from all over the country to the White House before a blues workshop with Keb Mo, Shemekia Copeland, and Troy Andrews. This event was part of “In Performance at the White House: Red, White and Blues".

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MUSIC IS A HEALER
Of all the things music does, and it does many things, it's a means to help others.
At STLBlues we are community focused, socially minded blues lovin' folks....

STLBlues is involved with:
Siteman Cancer Center
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Play It Forward
New Orleans fundraiser & instrument drive
Lindenwood University
The Grammy's
The Blues Foundation
St. Louis CVC (Convention and Visitors Commission)

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At STLBlues, music is our business, not a hobby!

Being based out of a fantastic music town, our 'mission statement' is to represent these artists with the same energy and enthusiasm that they have for their music and their fans!

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From artist booking to event & festival production, STLBlues has worked with many of the finest musicians and events of St. Louis, and beyond!

A FEW STLBLUES EVENTS......

- BLUESWEEK
- FAIR ST. LOUIS
- ST. LOUIS ART FAIR
- TASTE OF ST. LOUIS
- THE GO! MARATHON
- CELEBRATE ST. LOUIS
- SPARTA BLUES FESTIVAL
- BLUES, CRUISE AND BBQ FEST
- GATEWAY RIVERBOAT BLUES CRUISES
- OLD WEBSTER GROVES JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
- WHITE MOUNTAIN BOOGIE AND BLUES FESTIVAL
- AND COUNTLESS CORPORATE & PRIVATE EVENTS!

The Jeremiah Johnson band is going places and I am proud to say I brought them to the White Mountain Boogie on the East coast FIRST! DO NOT miss the chance to see them live!" - Brad Benton, producer of the 'Boogie", the 2012 KBA Recipient for Best US Blues Festival

“The audience response to Marquise Knox was unbelievable. He rocked the house!” - COCA (Center Of Contemporary Arts) St. Louis, Mo.

“The Voodoo Blues Band did a great job......people here are starved for top shelf bands like this!” - Cruise, Blues, and BBQ Festival - Taylorville Il.

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Our association with the St. Louis Visitors and Convention Commission has led to the Live Music Guide being distributed at venues, hotels, restaurants all over town, at the St. Louis International Airport, all Visitors Centers, and more!

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