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2007 Discoveries

[Thunderheads Play Historic Parkway Theater] [McMahon's Irish Pub Features the Blues] [Flood Relief Blues Benefit] [West Bank Boogie Redux at 331 Club] [Hoopsnakes at Medina] [Diamond Blue Revue Anniversary at Shaw's] [Cornbread Harris Returns to Loring Pasta Bar] [Big Walter Smith at The Dakota] [Willie Murphy Sightings] [Paul Testa 45th Anniversary] [Art Attack Blues Party] [Blues on Stage Seeks Writers] [West Bank Bash Oct 21] [e.p. atelier's Songwriter Thursdays] [R.J. Mischo Joins Reverend Raven Tour] [Bob Bingham Returns to Whiskey Junction] [Cadillac Kolstad Opens for Corey Stevens at Floyd's] [Rough Cuts Open For Little Charlie at Famous Dave's] [Papa John To Teach Class at WBSM] [Joe T. Cook & The Longshots] [Grand Old Day —D'Amico's] [Santiago Shakedown 5] [Mancini's Char House] [Jackson's Juke Joint] [Icebox Gallery] [Re-Opening of Whiskey Junction] [Big John Dickerson HOF] [Mojo Buford & James Cotton] [Big Walter & Shirley Smith] [The Electric Fetus]

Jackson's Juke Joint at 331 Club

Expanding to Two Acts Each Night

Cam Waters

The popular "Jackson's Juke Joint" series which has settled into it's new home on Wednesday nights at the 331 Club in NE Minneapolis has now added a second act to the evening's lineup.

Host Jackson Buck began the Juke Joint concerts as part of his radio program on KFAI. Harold Tremblay continues the tradition by featuring live in studio performances by the acts that will appear at the 331 Club on his "House Party" show on KFAI(90.3 & 106.7 FM), Wednesdays from 3 - 6pm.

Jackson's Juke Joint
January - February Schedule
331 Club
331 NE 13th Ave., Minneapolis

For the current calendar check: Jackson's Juke Joint under our Calendar section.

(12/26/07)

Blues Photo Exhibit at Icebox Gallery

Joseph A. Rosen's "Blues Roots: Portraits of American Music Legends"
Showing Extended to December 22^th

Little Richard by Joe Rosen
Little Richard by Joeseph Rosen

Joe has received the prestigious "Keeping the Blues Alive in Photography and Art Award" for 2002. The award is presented by the Blues Foundation of Memphis, TN to an artist who has created a body of work which has brought the Blues to the public though photography and "made a significant contribution to the Blues world."

The exhibit opens 8 pm. to midnight on May 19th along with Mr. Rosen's "New Orleans Red" collection. For more information contact the Icebox Gallery.

ICEBOX GALLERY
1500 Jackson Street NE #442 & #443
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612-788-1790 Email: icebox@bitstream.net Website: www.iceboxminnesota.com
Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 10 - 6
Thursday 10 - 9
Saturday 12 - 5
Closed: Sunday and Monday

(10/27/07)

Whiskey Junction Re-Opens With Live Blues Music

Curtis & the Kicks Kick-Off Party

by Mary Faith Marshall

Curtis Marlatt

HOT-HOT-HOT! Whiskey Junction's rebirth by fire, that is —fueled by the Bourbon laced blues, (Kentucky style) of Curtis and the Kicks. The music community was out in force for the conflagration on Saturday, March 31, 2007 as the Kicks fired up a packed house.

Anthony Scott

Big John Dickerson, Jimmy "Prime Time" Smith, Charles André aka "Chacko", Jacquie "Lady J" Maddix and other tunesters helped flame a sublimely sizzling groove on stage, and the mix was pure pyro.

Curtis Marlatt with his band (David Wiegert, keyboards; Anthony Scott, bass; Donald "High Pockets" Robinson, drums; and Greg "Pee Wee Diamond" Fagan, saxophone) decanted some hickory-smoked delights—"Chicken Shack", "I'll Play the Blues for You", and "Walking the Back Streets" and "Crying". Special treats included the Marlatt orginal, "It's You That's Got to Go", and a soulful duet by Big John and Chacko on "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby". Don't miss the next pour!!

(3/31/07)

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