Discoveries 2010 Index (Scrollable)
The Thunderheads @ Whiskey Junction, Friday, Aug. 27
Steve Blexrud
of The Thunderheads
Blues/Rock/Jazz Eclectic Mix, Diverse Influences
Thunderheads bring their unique blend of blues, classic, progressive, folk and jam band rock to the Junction! Originals and covers by Little Feat (in tribute to the late Richie Hayward), Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead and more! Thunderheads are: Steve Blexrud (lead/rhythm guitar), Craig Paquette (rhythm/slide guitar), Brad McDonald (bass), Eric Brown (drums). Special guests with the band: Bill Godin (keyboards) and Tom Husting (pedal steel). The band performs at Whiskey Junction this Friday, August 27 at 9:30 pm. Don't miss this! — from Steve Blexrud
(08/24/10)
Bob Bingham & Gordon Thorne @ State Fair
Gordon Thorne & Bob Bingham
Blues-On-a-Stick Thursday & Friday
Bob Bingham & Gordon Thorne have been performing acoustic-blues together since 1996. They draw their inspiration from the likes of Rev. Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake and Mississippi John Hurt among others. State Fair-goers are in for a treat this Thursday and Friday when Bingham and Thorne perform at the Ramberg Senior Center Stage. Performance times are 10:30 am, 11:45 am and 1:00 pm on Thursday, August 26 and 3:15 pm, 4:30 pm and 5:45 pm on Friday, August 27. They will also be appearing at Narrows Blues Saloon in Navarre, MN on Sunday, August 29 from 7 - 11 pm. — Jake Jacobson
(08/23/10)
Benefits For Barbara LeShoure
Barbara LeShoure
@ Minnesota Music Cafe & Wilebski's Blues Saloon
The friends of Blues diva, Barbara LeShoure, are holding two benefit concerts this week to aid in her recovery from a recent stroke. On Sunday, August 29, The Kendra Glenn Band, Wayne McFarlane, Willie Walker, The Barbara LeShoure Band, Eric Gales, Dion Payton & the 43rd Street Blues Band and The BluPrint will perform at Minnesota Music Cafe. Doors open at 5 pm with music starting at 6 pm. $10 cover. We also received information that Wilebski's Blues Saloon will be hosting a benefit for Barbara LeShoure on Saturday, August 28th, but there were no further details. — Jake Jacobson
(08/23/10)
SPAH Convention Week Celebrates Harmonica
Present/Former Local Harp Players Mix It Up @ Various Venues
RJ Mischo
The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica will be holding their 47th Annual Convention at the Ramada Mall of America in Bloomington, MN August 17 -21. One of the fringe benefits for blues fans is that the convention has attracted some great harp players to the area. Not to say that we don’t already have great harp players here, but… On Tuesday, August 17, there will be a Harmonica Blow-Off at Famous Dave’s BBQ in Calhoun Square beginning at 8 pm. Mike Fugazzi & NiteRail will be the host band. Rob Paparozzi, Steve Baker, Brendan Power, Joe Filisko & Eric Noden, Chris Michalek, Jimi Lee, and RJ Mischo are listed among the guests. $15 Cover.
Kim Wilson
On Wednesday, August 18, RJ Mischo will appear on KFAI’s House Party between 4 and 6 pm and also at the 331 Club House Party Presents Series at 7 pm. RJ also will be at Wilebski’s Blues Saloon, (hopefully in the new location on Rice St), on August 21 and at Muddy Waters Bar & Grill on August 22. On Friday, August 20, Kim Wilson & The Blues Allstars will be appearing at Wilebski’s Blues Saloon and on Sunday, August 22nd, Kim will be appearing with The Fabulous Thunderbirds at the Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant. There will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate the harmonica, ‘Mississippi saxophone’, ‘metal sandwich’, ‘blues harp’, ‘mouth organ’ or whatever you choose to call it. — Jake Jacobson
(08/15/10)
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Juliano, Sansby, Jackson
@ Hollihan's
Pick, Scratch and Keys, Saturday, August 14, 4-7 pm
Veteran musicians, Joe Juliano and Scott Sansby, team up in what appears to be a weekly gig from 4-7 pm on Saturdays at Hollihan's Pub in White Bear Lake. Joe Juliano has been playing guitar around this area since the '70's. His band, A Hot Cup of Blues, was voted City Pages "Best Blues Band" in 1997. I remember seeing Joe in the early days at a little club not far from Hollihan's playing with the Pritchard, Denim & Juliano Trio. Scott Sansby's recent resume includes playing percussion for Mick Sterling, Moses Oakland Quintet and Scottie Miller & the Re-Uptake Inhibitors along with occasional gigs with Willie Murphy and the Angel Headed Hipsters, Papa John Kolstad & Clint Hoover and the Lisa Wenger Band. My best memories of Scott are from the mid-1970's when he played with Passage, a band that included Doug Maynard, Gwen Matthews, Bobby Schnitzer, and Bruce Kurnow. This week Joe and Scott are joined by Bruce Jackson on the accordion. — Jake Jacobson
(08/13/10)
Inside Straight Blues Band
Kurt Koehler of Inside Straight
@ Historic St Anthony Main, August 22
Kurt Koehler and the Inside Straight Blues Band have opened for James Cotton, Jimmy Rogers, John Mayall, Ronnie Earl, Room Full Of Blues, Delbert McLinton, W.C. Clark, Long John Hunter and a host of other national/international acts over the years. They are still one of the hardest working bands in the Twin Cities. Last year Kurt was awarded the 2009 Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame Award for Literature for his work writing and publishing Twin Cities Blues News from 1996 to 2006. The band consists of Kurt on guitar with Bill Swanson on keyboard, Mark Zmuda on bass, Greg Mans on drums and sometimes with Merlin "Bronco" Brunkow on saxophone. Inside Straight "plays blues and blues-rock in the Chicago, Texas, Memphis, Kansas City, St. Louis and New Orleans traditions. Tempered with solid jazz, funk and R&B influences, the result is a sound that is unique to Inside Straight; a sound that is truly a collection of its member's backgrounds and experiences." The band will be appearing August 13 at Hopkins American Legion Post 320, 952-933-1881,10 12th Ave S Hopkins, MN (8:30pm - 12:30am); August 14 at Northwinds Resort, 715-635-8089, 2069 County Rd. G., Spooner, WI (9:00pm-1:00am) and August 22 at Historic St. Anthony Main, 115 Main Street; Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN (4:00pm-7:00pm) outdoors on along the Mississippi River. — from Kurt Koehler
(08/09/10)
Kent DuChaine @ Ginkgo Coffeehouse
Kent DuChaine
Thursday, August 12 • 7 pm
Kent DuChaine will be performing at the Ginkgo Coffeehouse on Thursday August 12. The concert starts at 7:30 pm. $10 per ticket. Kent is home-grown and left Minnesota in the 70s to take his music on the road. He was a friend of Joel’s and he knew Lazy Bill Lucas. Kent has played at the Ginkgo before when he’s been home to visit family. The concert, at $10, is a great value. At 13, after getting his first electric guitar, he and a few of his buddies formed a garage band in his hometown of Wayzata, Minnesota. DuChaine learned to play slide guitar in 1969. One year later he opened for slide guitar genius Bukka White. From 1972 - 1975 DuChaine joined a band with Kim Wilson, of the present day Fabulous Thunderbirds. — from Judy Cedar
(07/30/10)
Kent DuChaine Update
Kent DuChaine will also be appearing on KFAI's House Party on Wednesday, August 11, 4-6 pm and at the House Party Presents series at the 331 Club, also on August 11, 7 - 9 pm. — from Harold Tremblay
(08/03/10)
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