Rich with blues... 

The blues does not discriminate between love or money, time or space. Brownie McGee once warned, "If you lose your money, please don't lose your mind." Son House figured out, "If I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind." Evil lurks among the good... it's just life and sometimes our desires can get the best of us.

 

On August 16, 1896 gold was discovered along the Klondike and Yukon River in Canada. The news triggered a "stampede" of would-be prospectors and 100,000 headed to the area to get rich. Towns sprung up, a significant one being Dawson Creek. Among many pitfalls, (like people going mad), the first major fire was started accidentally by (apparently quick tempered) dance-hall girl Belle Mitchell who threw a lantern at a woman. She also accidentally started a second major fire a year later (yes, another lantern-tantrum) which destroyed a total of 40 buildings. A newspaper article stated that 2,000 men "worked like Trojans to put the fire out!" A poignant visualization. Many of the towns people had to live in tents the rest of the winter. Now that's an evil gal!

 

Sing it Belle... "I'm an evil gal, don't you mess with me. I'll empty your pockets and fill you full of misery." Skip James might answer, "I'd rather be the devil than be that woman' man." Sonny Terry's parting words? "I was burned once in 1944, but woman I ain't gonna let that happen no more. I'm a burnt child, and I'm afraid of fire." 

 

Money, love? Everyone needs it to some degree and, yes, those things don't change much with time. Some search for the pie-in the-sky and some set the world on fire (but not always in a good way). Music can often heal the lovesick or take our mind off that dollar-desperation. Some just deal with it like Rabbit Brown... "I've done seen better days but I'm putting up with these."

 

Blues makes me feel rich and gives me hope... what about you?

 

Talk to ya next week! Your ever-grateful editor,

 

New York-based blues-rock singer Dana Fuchs has released Bliss Avenue on Ruf Records. The follow-up to her 2011 label debut, Love to Beg, Bliss Avenue showcases Dana’s magnificent pipes in all their power-edged, soulful glory, laying bare her innermost feelings with provocative and thought-provoking lyrics, backed by an incendiary band led by her long-time wingman and guitarist, Jon Diamond.

 

All of the songs on the new album were co-written by Dana and Jon and continue to explore areas that are very personal to her, yet universal in their appeal and substance. “If there’s one line that sounds thrown away or dialed in, it has to be redone,” says Dana. “Every word needs to express the emotion of the song or no one will get it and that leaves me cold.” Read all about it here

 

 "Bliss Avenue'"

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Congratulations to Michael Henry (Week 8/9/13) for winning the Five CD Package from various artists including: Tweed Funk, Jay Gordon Band, The Randy Oxford Band, Delta Wires, Mark Robinson, Kelly Richey, Cassie Taylor, Alan Wilson, Kirby Sewell, Bernie Mora, Tangent and more.

 

 

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Send us your fave photos with the 11th annual magazine

Amy Whitesell of A Music Company Inc at the Blue Star Music Festival, August 3, in Littleton, CO. Amy had presented the festival with a check for $1200 that day. Beautiful Amy... from the heart!

 

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You can enjoy the magazine in digital format! Click on cover at right to check out the online digital version!

 

If you'd like a hard copy to have and to hold, check with your local blues society or look for one at a blues festival or... you can find order information here.

More Artists Added to 2013 Telluride Blues & Brews Lineup

+ Free 20th Annual Celebration Show

(Telluride, CO) – The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is excited to announce additional artists to the 2013 festival lineup, and a Special 20th annual Celebration Show to kick off the festival weekend in Telluride, Colorado on Thursday, September 12th. The 20th annual festival takes place September 12-15th in beautiful Telluride, Colorado.

 

Blues & Brews is proud to announce the addition of Booker T. Jones, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Kim Churchill, James Bay, and Low Volts to the 2013 festival lineup. The festival weekend will also feature headliners The Black Crowes, Jim James, and Melissa Etheridge. Additional performances will also include Gary Clark Jr., John Hiatt & the Combo, Mickey Hart Band, Anders Osborne, Otis Taylor Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Allen Stone, ZZ Ward, The New Mastersounds, The Bright Light Social Hour, The Relatives, and IBC winner Selwyn Birchwood Band.

3rd Annual "Blues By The Sea" Aug 25 

Blues By The Sea will present its third-annual White Rock Rhythm and Blues Festival, Sunday, Aug. 25, from noon onward at Semiahmoo Park’s Spirit Stage (East Marine Dr., White Rock, B.C. Canada).

 

Presented as a collaboration of Semiahmoo First Nation, Phil Davey’s Q Sound and the White Rock Blues Society, the family-friendly, no-alcohol event will feature a solid line-up of heavy hitters and a fundraising, salmon BBQ.

 

Tickets are $20, with children 12 and under free (barbecue extra), and are available at Surfside Guitars, Tapestry Music and here. 

Since 1980, The Blues Hall of Fame has kept a record of blues greats -- Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and more. Right now, a real world brick and mortar Hall of Fame is being built. In the meantime, more Hall of Famers get added every year. Join Elwood Blues for a salute to the Blues Music Hall of Fame.

 

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"It Hurts Me Too" Luther Allison (Happy Birthday Aug 17)

 

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