Upcoming Events
April 14 Taj Mahal comes to the
Coach House to perform his unique blend of blues and roots music.
Taj mixes influences from the deep south and around the world. Too cool!
News In The Blues
Blues at the Whitehouse How’s this
for a line up? B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Mick
Jagger, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Sehemekia Copeland,
Keb Mo, Booker T. Jones, Warren Haynes, Gary Clark Jr., and
Trombone Shorty. The highlight of this hour long show is
when Gary Clark Jr. plays Muddy Waters’ song
“Rolling Stone” and the camera catched President
Obama, eyes closed, soulfully singing along with Clark, and
HOLY CRAP!!! the pres knows the words. IF you don’t
believe it, check out the whole video on the PBS site
http://www.pbs.org/inperformanceatthewhitehouse/video.php.
Absolutely worth you time.
2012 Blues Music Awards Nominees
It’s so exciting to see the locals get the props they
deserve. Nominated for B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
is Lil’ Ed, Ruthie Foster, Tab Benoit, Tommy Castro,
and our own Candye Kane. Local guitar master Kirk Fletcher
is nominated under Gibson Guitar Award, Janiva Magness for
Contemporary Blues Female Artist, Kim Wilson for
Instrumentalist-Harmonica, Larry Taylor for
Instrumentalist-Bass, and The Mighty Mojo Prophets as Best
New Artist Debut. Just think, if you could just get off
the coach, you could got out and see some of the best blues
players in the world. Common! Get out there and support
the blues. Congratulations and good luck to all.
