Blues News You Can Use - May 20, 2016 :: Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas

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Really Slow

All the early warm and nice weather is still confusing me. It felt like spring was moving into summer, but with Memorial Day Weekend still a couple weeks away we are apparently still in hang time before summer music starts hoppin'. Today is just a plain old slow day with dreary weather, servers down, and not much news. Please do keep an eye on the calendar at the end because beyond the Block Street Party this weekend there

are some excellent regional blues

players dropping by NWA in the next

few weeks. Reverend Jimmie Bratcher

hits town NEXT weekend at the

Meteor Guitar Gallery, and things just

get hotter from there!

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Less than a month away!

Join the fun and Volunteer

at the

Eureka Springs Blues Weekend

Thanks to everyone who has already signed up for volunteer shifts during this year’s Blues Weekend. We have visitors coming from 10 states already, and your help makes it possible to welcome them to Eureka Springs and Turpentine Creek.

If you haven’t signed up already (or have friends who would like to join the fun…), we still have some shifts to fill, so please sign up today at EurekaSpringsBlues.com/volunteer.asp. We have great benefits for those who work at least two shifts!

We also have posters to distribute, so if you can help place some near where you live, please send us your mailing address and let us know how many posters you can place, and we’ll mail a bundle to you ASAP. Email us photos of at least ten posters placed at your area businesses, and we’ll send you a one day pass for any day of Blues Weekend!

Thanks,

ESBW

EurekaSpringsBlues.com

Music Calendar

5/20-5/28

05.20

Earl and Them and Flashback for Happy Hour at Georges Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville

05.21

Leah and the Mojo Doctors at The Meteor Guitar Gallery in Bentonville
Matt Smith and Ocie Fisher at Chelsea's in Eureka Springs

05.22

Block Street Party on Block Street in Fayetteville
Claudia Burson Trio Jazz Brunch at Copelands Famous New Orleans Restaurant in Rogers

05.24

Keith Nicholson at JJ's Grill and Chill in Bella Vista

05.26

Isayah's Allstars at Foghorns on 15th in Fayetteville

05.27

Jim Mills and The Rainmakers for Happy Hour at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville
Jimmie Bratcher at the Meteor Guitar Gallery in Bentonville
The Strayz at Two25 Gallery and Wine Bar in Bentonville

05.28

The Mojo Trio at Foghorns on 15th in Fayetteville
Big Damn Horns at Georges Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville
Blew Reed and the Flatheads at Kingfish Bar in Fayetteville
Dawn Cate and The Rhythm Kings at Warren's Rec Room in Alma

Mark Your Calendar

06.04 Trey Johnson and Jason Willmon at the Founders Room in Alma
06.10 Rick Gibson Band at the Meteor Guitar Gallery in Bentonville
06/16-06/19 Eureka Springs Blues Weekend
06/24-06/25 Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Fest
07.03 Hot Dam Blues in Bella Vista

In this issue: 5/20/2016

Really Slow

Less than a month away! Join the fun and Volunteer at theEureka Springs Blues Weekend

Music Calendar 5/20-5/28

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I'm sure I would have been considered a more significant artist if I was a singer-songwriter. It's just not the way I roll. I love being a curator and a musicologist. People write me letters and thank me for turning them on to Fred McDowell and Sippie Wallace, and that's partly my job this time around.
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"I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything."

Maya Angelou

Check Out these regular local radio programs

"The Generic Blues Show" hosted by Paul Kelso airs every Friday night at 9pm on KUAF 91.3FM

Rockin' Hog Radio presents "Sunday Morning Blues" from 8am to 10am every Sunday
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Get Involved with the Ozark Blues Society

Annual membership levels begin at $15 and give you so much in return, including meeting new friends while enjoying the best blues artists in the area.

By being a member of The Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas, you are helping to support the Arts and to preserve the Original American Art Form known as The Blues.

Membership Benefits Include:

Weekly E-newsletter

Opportunities to win tickets to events

VIP seating at events (when available)

Discounts on OBS merchandise

Social networking – meeting other people who also love the blues

Opportunities to volunteer on OBS committees and at events

Ability to attend board meetings and vote on upcoming organizational issues and elections

Visit our Website to renew or join! Ozarkbluessociety.org

Links You

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Arkansas Music Pavillion

Arkansas Music Works

American Blues News

The Blues Foundation

Blues For A Cause

Blues Festivals Guide

Blues Guitar News

Crystal Bridges

Downtown Bentonville

Eureka Springs Blues Weekend

Free Weekly

George’s Majestic Lounge

Guitar Center

J L Sound & Lighting Productions

National Blues Museum

North AR Jazz Society

NWA Tunedin

Rockin' Hog Radio

Sherry L Speer Photography

The Founders Room

The Walmart Museum

Tom Mowry Photography

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