Otis Rush Blues Band News

 
Lexington Herald Leader
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Asleep at the Wheel come to Renfro Valley
Lexington Herald Leader
There also were several instances, especially during the slow blues numbers, when the subtle harmonies between guitar and organ referenced the elegant urgency of Otis Rush and the fervently American blues soil where his music was nurtured.

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IN THE PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Blues songstress Janiva Magness celebrates new ...
Peninsula Daily
Magness has been studying the blues since she was a teenager. She first heard this music after slipping into a club to see Otis Rush; hooked, she kept slaking her thirst at Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland concerts and with Aretha Franklin, ...


 
Jazz-Quad
David Maxwell's Maximum Blues at Regattabar
Jazz-Quad
Maxwell's recent "Conversations in Blue" record is an innovative tribute to the late great Chicago blues keyboard king Otis Spann, who was Maxwell's musical mentor for nearly half a century. "The album is filled with musical and sentimental precision, ...


 
Preview calendar: Clubs and concerts for May 24-30
North County Times
ROD, 10:30 pm May 26; Steamers, 2 to 4:30 pm May 27; Smoketet, 5 to 9 pm May 27; karaoke, 6 to 10 pm May 28 and 29; live audition night hosted by Brokers Band, 6 to 10 pm May 30; 300 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad; coyotecarlsbad.com or 760-729-4695.

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Buudy Guy's autobiography, "When I Left Home," filled with spirit of the blues
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
He had just finished tearing up the 708 Club in Chicago, where he had been taken on a lark, working in front of Otis Rush. The owner, Ben Gold came up to him afterward and said "The Mud wants you." Buddy writes: "In my frazzled mind, I though he had ...

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KUNC Entertainment Report
KUNC
Water will be the next great Gold Rush - come hear stories of Western water history at Longmont's Barbed Wire Books at 7. 303-827-3620 Taj Mahal performs his unique blend of Afro-Caribbean country blues tomorrow night (5/19) at Greeley's Union Colony ...


 
Metro Detroit's summer concert season ready to open
Detroit Free Press
Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay performs as the band kicks off it's North American tour in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. / AP PHOTO By Brian McCollum Jimmy Buffett performs during the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ...

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