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The Great American Holiday!

 

 


 

 

 

As we prepare to celebrate our Nation's 237th Birthday on Thursday, here are some interesting details about how we have observed this holiday through the years.  Source:  Wikipedia

  • In 1777, thirteen gunshots were fired in salute, once at morning and once again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode Island. Philadelphia celebrated the first anniversary in a manner a modern American would find quite familiar: an official dinner for the Continental Congress, toasts, 13-gun salutes, speeches, prayers, music, parades, troop reviews, and fireworks. Ships were decked with red, white, and blue bunting.
  • In 1778, General George Washington marked July 4 with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute. Across the Atlantic Ocean, ambassadors John Adams and Benjamin Franklin held a dinner for their fellow Americans in Paris, France.
  • In 1779, July 4 fell on a Sunday. The holiday was celebrated on Monday, July 5.
  • In 1781 the Massachusetts General Court became the first state legislature to recognize July 4 as a state celebration.
  • In 1783, Moravians in Salem, North Carolina, held a celebration of July 4 with a challenging music program assembled by Johann Friedrich Peter. This work was titled "The Psalm of Joy".
  • In 1791 the first recorded use of the name "Independence Day" occurred.
  • In 1820 the first Fourth of July celebration was held in Eastport, Maine which remains the largest in the state.
  • In 1870, the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees.
  • In 1938, Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday.

 

 

Here's a suggestion for your 4th of July Celebration this year... Go out and support the live music that will be playing in our area.  There are certainly plenty of great choices all over Northwest Arkansas.  

Celebrate Our Heritage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown Bentonville hosts a two-day event celebrating the American Spirit through visual art, blues & americana music and great food.

 

 

Musical programming will occur all over the downtown area and will feature:

 

 

The Brick Fields Band

David Kimbrough Jr

The Downtown Livewires

Earl & Them

Lucious Spiller

RJ Mischo

 

This program is sponsored in part by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Coca-Cola. 

 

Full Schedule and details here

 

 

 

 

 

Supporting The Blues in NWA

 

Please consider becoming a member of the Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas and help build a bigger and better Blues Community.

 

 

 With annual membership levels beginning at $10,  you not only help support the arts, you help make the annual events like our 'Blues Challenge',  'The Blues in the Natural State Music Festival' and our Blues Education programs possible.

 

 

 

Click Here to see Membership levels and benefits.

 

Renew your membership or become a new member Here.

 


Music Calendar

6/28 - 7/6

6.28

  • The Fayetteville Jazz Colective, Duty Free at George's in Fayetteville
  • The Fresco Jazz Trio Fresco Cafe & Pub in Fayetteville - 6:00pm
  • The Jim Greeson Trio in the Union Lounge located at the Chancellor Hotel in Fayetteville
  • Diana & the Heartbeats at Jose's in Fayetteville
  • Isayah's Allstars at Kingfish Dive Bar in Fayetteville
  • Darren Ray at Foghorn's on College in Fayetteville
  • Walter Savage at the Greenhouse Grille in Fayetteville
  • Nathan A Blues at Jose's in Springdale
  • Jones & Leah at the Tontitown Winery in Tontitown - 7PM
  • Taken at JJ's Grill & Chill in Rogers
  • Keith Nicholson at Gusano's in Bentonville
  • Prince Albert & The Royal Knights at Landry's in Ft Smith

6.29

  • Prince Albert and the Royal Knights at Jose's in Fayetteville
  • Earl & Them at Kingfish Dive Bar in Fayetteville
  •  Brick Fields Duo at Fresco Cafe & Pub in Fayetteville

  • Matt Smith Group at Smoke & Barrel Tavern in Fayetteville
  • Adam Collins at Mermaids in Fayetteville - 6:30pm
  • Ocie & the Heartstring at JJ's Grill & Chill in Rogers
  • Nathan A at Pinnacle Promenade in Rogers - 6PM
  • Shawn James at Chelsea's Corner Cafe in Eureka Springs

6.30

  • Keith Nicholson at the Bayou in Rogers
  • Teddy Sablon at Mojo's Pints & Pies in Fayetteville
  • Claudia Burson at Copelands Sunday Brunch in Rogers - 11am to 1pm
  • Jazz Duos at Emelia's Kitchen Sunday Brunch in Fayetteville
  • Ocie Fisher at the Fayetteville Public Library - 2PM
  • Jed Clampit at Jose's in Springdale

7.1

  • TJ Scarlett at The Powerhouse in Fayetteville

 

7.2

  • The Longest running Blues Jam in  Northwest Arkansas featuring the Larrys at the Bayou in Rogers
  • Jed Clampit at the Pesto Cafe in Fayetteville
  • Mo Brothers at JJ's Grill & Chill in Fayetteville

7.3

  • Brick Fields at Bear's Place in Fayetteville - 6pm
  • Shawn James at the Greehouse Grille in Fayetteville

 

7.4

  • TJ Scarlett at JJ's Grill & Chill in Fayetteville
  • Russ Hutchison at JJ's Grill & Chill on the Lake
  • Blues for a Cause Festival in Pine Bluff, AR - Full Schedule and details here

7.5

  • Got it Covered, Dave Stiles Band at George's Happy Hour in Fayetteville
  • The Fresco Jazz Trio Fresco Cafe & Pub in Fayetteville - 6:00pm
  • The Jim Greeson Trio in the Union Lounge located at the Chancellor Hotel in Fayetteville
  • Nathan A Blues at JJ's Grill & Chill in Fayetteville
  • Diana & the Heartbeats at Jose's in Springdale
  • The Downtown Livewires, Brick Fields Band and Earl & Them  at The American Art & Music Festival - Downtown Bentonville - Full Schedule and details here
  • Lucious Spiller at the Pressroom in Bentonville - 7PM
  • RJ Mischo at Tusk & Trotter in Bentonville - 8PM

 

7.6

  • David Kimbrough Jr an Lucious Spiller at The American Art & Music Festival - Downtown Bentonville - Full Schedule and details here
  • RJ Mischo at Tusk & Trotter in Bentonville - 8PM

In this issue:  06/28/2013

The Great American Holiday!

Celebrate Our Heritage

Supporting The Blues in NWA

  Music Calendar 6/28 - 7/6

On this day in Blues History June 28

The Festival Beat

Join the Conversation Facebook and Twitter    

  Links You Can Use

Until Next Time...

On this day in Blues History

June 28

 


 

 

Louis Armstrong – West End Blues

 

Aretha Franklin – Respect

 

Listen here..>>

 

This Week's

Quote

 

 

"Blues and soul

 … I don't see how you can define them. I think they are just one and the same. They are about facing the facts and seeing that things are as they are … If there is something that you can do about it, then you better try, and it if doesn't work out then you had better just chalk it up to experience if it's not in your favour. That's what it's all about. I find myself weighin' things, because there's always two sides to everything, two different approaches or whatever. It's like havin' a good woman. You got to cherish her, you got to try and see things how she sees them, and feel what she feels. I call that facin' facts."

 


 

Bobby "Blue" Bland

1930 - 2013

 

 

The Festival Beat

 

 

 


 

Blues For A Cause Festival

Pine Bluff, AR

July 4, 2013

 

Click on the logo for more details 

 

 


 

Downtown Bentonvile Inc

July First Friday

Art and Music Festival

July 5 & 6, 2013

 

Click on the logo for more details

 

 

 


17th Annual Hot Springs Blues Festival

Hot Springs

August 31 & September 1

 

Click on the log for more details

 

 

 

 

 


 

King Biscuit Blues Festival

Helena, Arkansas

October 10 - 12

 

Click on the logo for more details

 

 

 

Join the Conversation Facebook and Twitter

 

 

 

Links You Can Use

 

Arkansas Music Pavillion

 

Arkansas Music Works

 

American Blues News

 

Blues 411

 

The Blues Foundation

 

Blues For A Cause

 

Blues Festivals Guide

 

Blues Guitar News

 

Blues on the Dial and Web

  

Crystal Bridges

 

Downtown Bentonville

 

Eureka Springs Blues

 

Free Weekly

 

George’s Majestic Lounge

 

Guitar Center

 

J L Sound & Lighting Productions

 

King Biscuit Festival

 

Live Music Jungle 

 

Midnight Special Blues 

 

National Blues Museum

 

Nightflying

 

North AR Jazz Society

 

NWA Tunedin

 

Ozark Blues Society of NWA

 

Sherry L Speer Photography

 

Spa City Blues Society

 

The Bayou of Rogers

 

The Walton Arts Center

 

Tom Mowry Photography

 

 

Until Next Time...

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