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The Fifth Annual Rogue Valley Blues Festival features a Friday
evening acoustic concert and a Saturday evening dance, plus workshops,
free performances at area restaurants and, new this year, a Blues
School for Kids of All Ages during the day on Saturday and Sunday.
Sponsored in part by:
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Friday evening, January
14, 2005 Historic
Ashland Armory
Doors open 6:30 p.m. for dinner (See menu below)
Music begins 7:30 p.m.
 Scott Woolsey, opening Since moving to Ashland in 1989, Scott
has
performed with local Ashland musicians, shared the stage with
Tom
Paxton, opened for Roy Book Binder and appeared in the Daedalus
productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In addition, Scott
has
written, performed and recorded music for two OSF productions:
Joe
Turner's Come and Gone and Mississippi Delta. He also has been
involved
in local theater and was last seen in Actors' Theater's production
of
Woody Guthrie's American Song. For his performance at the Rogue
Valley
Blues Festival, he will take you on a journey through the Mississippi
Delta.
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 Whether Guy
Davis is appearing on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" or
David Dye's "World Café" radio program, in front of
15,000 people on the Main Stage at the famed Winnipeg Folk
Festival, or an intimate gathering of students at a Music Camp,
Guy feels the instinctive desire to give each listener his
'all'.
His
'all' is the Blues.
The
routes, and roots, of his blues are as diverse as the music form
itself. It can be soulful, moaning out a people's cry, or playful
and bouncy as a hayride.
Guy
can tell you stories of his great-grandparents and his grandparents,
their days as track linemen, and of their interactions with the
KKK. He can also tell you that as a child raised in middle-class
New York suburbs, the only cotton he's personally picked is his
BVDs up off the floor.
He's
a musician, composer, actor, director, and writer. But most importantly,
Guy Davis is a 'Bluesman'. The blues permeates every corner of
Davis' creativity.
Throughout
his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the traditions
of acoustic blues and bringing them to as many ears as possible
through the material of the great blues masters, African American
stories, and his own original songs, stories and performance
pieces.
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 Alvin
Youngblood Hart - The Cosmic American Love Child Of
Howlin Wolf and Link Wray!!! Known as a "musician's musician",
his praises have been sung by everyone from Ben Harper to Brit
guitar gods Eric Clapton & Mick Taylor. Since his 1996
debut recording, the all-acoustic BIG MAMA'S DOOR,
Alvin Youngblood Hart has carried his musical message the world
over. A devout follower of the "no barriers" approach
laid by veteran performers like Gatemouth Brown and the late
great Doug Sahm, Alvin continues to defy the so- called purists.
After receiving the 1997 W.C Handy Award for Best New Artist,
as well as 2 Living Blues Awards, Hart's 1998 release, TERRITORY,
a rousing tribute to all forms of American music, received
the Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll Award for Best Blues Album
(and it wasn't even a Blues album). In the summer of '99 Hart
teamed up with producer Jim Dickinson to begin recording START
WITH THE SOUL. This record would be hailed as a new breed
Southern Rock classic & Alvin's return to the "sacred
garage" where many a guitar player's life began. "SOUL",
Alvin's best selling record to date, was chosen in the New
York Times top 10 releases of 2000 as well as the BBC's Blues
record of the year. He also shared Living Blues Magazine's
best guitarist honors with fellow road dog Big Jack Johnson
in 2001.
2003
was a busy year. Not only was there a GRAMMY nomination, Hart
also toured the world as a member of Job Cain, a hard rocking
side project he put together with Cry Of Love/Black Crowes
guitarist Audley Freed. In August of '03 Alvin was invited
to fill in for Taj Mahal for five nights in Tokyo as a member
of Kip Hanrahan's Conjure, the worlds longest running jazz
poetry ensemble. Assembled to lend musical support to the words
of Bay Area poet Ishmael Reed, Conjure featured the talents
of tenor sax giant David Murray and also Meters guitarist Leo
Nocentelli. Hart continues to tour the globe as a solo artist
and with his Mighty Muscle Theory band. www.mojomusic.com/alvin/index.htm |
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Saturday evening January 15, 2005
Historic Ashland Armory
Doors open 6:30 p.m. for dinner (See menu below)
Music begins 7 p.m.
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 Rogue
Suspects (formerly the Usual Suspects) opening. www.roguesuspects.com |
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 Deborah
Coleman Band - Deborah Coleman is, as USA Today notes, "one
of blues music's most exciting young talents." Along
with a discography that now spans a decade, she also gives
knockout live performances that have made her one of the
hottest commodities on the contemporary blues scene. Coleman
has developed a guitar style that reflects the influences
of Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Albert Collins
and Larry Carlton. Her vocal inspirations are as often found
in the singing of Chrissie Hynde and Patti Smith as in the
recordings of Bessie Smith, Janis Joplin, Memphis Minnie
and Alberta Hunter.
After
a string of albums on Blind Pig, Coleman joined the Telarc
label with the release of What About Love? in May 2004. Recorded
in November 2003 at The Centre for Performing Arts in Unity,
Maine, the album explores the ups and downs of matters of
the heartóin a way that only a highly accomplished
blues singer and songwriter like Coleman can do it.
Coleman
has earned a well-deserved reputation for raw energy and crowd-pleasing shows.
A highly charismatic stage performer, Coleman is able to stretch out in the
live setting and demonstrate her considerable guitar skills. USA Today called
her a "fiery guitarist who makes the spine tingle with her unbridled
raw energy."
Among
people seeing Coleman perform live for the first time, a common reaction
is: "Wow, I like her records, and I knew she was good, but I didn't
know she was this good."
Coleman
has won the prestigious Orville Gibson Award in the category of "Best
Blues Guitarist-Female" and though she's received six W.C. Handy Award
nominations, the one she most treasures is for "Best Guitarist," a
category crowded with her male counterparts.
www.deborahcoleman.com
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 Duke
Robillard Band - Inspired by blues legends like T-Bone
Walker, Charlie Patton and Big Joe Turner, Duke's guitar work
has seamlessly spanned the worlds of jazz, blues, and swing
since he founded the ronowned big band Roomful of Blues in
1967. Since 1980, Duke has recorded over a dozen acclaimed
solo albums and toured the world both with his own band and
also as Jimmie Vaughan's replacement in The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
In addition to his own recordings, Duke has played on and/or
produced albums by Bopb Dylan (1997's Grammy-winning Time Out
of Mind), Ruth Brown, Johnny Adams, Kim Wilson, Jay McShann,
Pinetop Perkins, John Hammond, Jimmy Witherspoon, Snooky Pryor
and many more. Called "one of the great players" by
the legendary BB King, Duke's upbeat live performance is a
tasteful display of a wide variety of blues styles. www.dukerobillard.com |
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Friday and Saturday
Evening Dinner Menu
Cajun/Barbecue Dinner by King Concessions
| New Orleans Steak Sandwich |
$6.00 |
| Bayou Chicken Sandwich |
$6.00 |
| Bayou Steak or Chicken on Rice |
$6.50 |
| Combo Plate with sides |
$8.00 & $10.00 |
| Shrimp Gumbo |
$6.00 |
| Veggie Gumbo |
$5.00 |
Drinks & Deserts available
Beer and Wine served by Ashland Creek Bar
Workshop Schedule (at Historic Ashland
Armory)
Saturday
11 a.m. Guy Davis -- Blues guitar
12:30 p.m. Alvin Youngblood Hart -- Blues guitar
2:00 p.m. Gabriel Uri -- harmonica
Sunday
12:30p.m. Duke Robillard -- Blues Guitar
1:30 p.m. Deborah Coleman -- Songwriting
3:00 p.m. Greg Frederick -- Blues Bass, stand-up and electric
Blues School for Kids of All
Ages at Oregon Stage Works in the A Street Marketplace
Saturday
12:30 p.m. Michael "Hawkeye" Herman -- Learn to play the kazoo -- free
kazoos for all participants (kazoos donated by
Direct Effect Promotional Products)
1:30 p.m. Guy Davis -- Storytelling and the Blues
Sunday
12:30 p.m. Gabriel Uri -- Learn to play the harmonica -- free harmonicas to
first 50 kids (Harmonicas donated by
Office Support Solutions (541) 890-4043)
1:30 p.m. Michael "Hawkeye" Herman -- The Blues had a baby & they
called it Rock & Roll (some history, some sing-a-long, a lot of fun)
Blues School presented in part by Oregon
Stage Works
Free Performances Saturday and Sunday
12-4 p.m.
Standing Stone Restaurant
Saturday
12 p.m. Tongue N' Groove
1 p.m. Back Porch Swing Jazz
2 p.m. Craig Schmele and Dave Wilson
3 p.m. Beau Berry Band
Sunday
12 p.m. Jim Roy
1 p.m. Mark and Cindy De Groft and Friends
2 p.m. Chuck Yates
3 p.m. Roadmasters
Alex's Restaurant
Saturday
12 p.m Boris Cummings and Craig Schmele
1 p.m. Mike Slizewski and Rob Eller
2 p.m. Bob Miner and Friends
3 p.m. Stanislove
Sunday
12 p.m. Boris Cummings and Tim Church
1 p.m. Terri Marie
2 p.m. Pete Herzog
3 p.m. Jerry Zybach
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Tickets:
$50/weekend pass, includes workshops
$25/Friday evening
$28/Saturday evening
$15/each workshop
Blues School for Kids of All Ages - by donation
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