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Kyle Yardley Queen Delphine Every Thursday in Charleston (thru October): The Nighthawks Blues & BBQ Harbor Cruise aboard the Carolina Queen Charleston City Marina, Lockwood Drive Boards 6:30 pm; sails 7-9 Live blues, BBQ buffet, 2-hour sunset cruise, cash bar www.charlestonharbortours.com / 843-722-1112 Every Sunday at the Legendary Mills House (11 am - 2 pm): Shrimp City Slim – Piano Blues Residency 115 Meeting St., downtown Charleston Sunday “Blues Brunch” www.millshouse.com / 843-577-2400 Piccolo Spoleto, May 24-June 9, Charleston Patrick Green & The Blues Buckets Five Blues Harbor Cruises (featuring Royal Johnson, Willie Jackson & the Tybee Blues Band, Peter Karp Band, Davis Coen, Kyle Yardley Blues Band) plus “Good Mornin’, Blues” series – Presented by the 14 shows at Upper Lance Hall, Circular Church Cultural Events Fund Info: www.piccolospoleto.com / 843-762-9125 of the 19th annual Greenwood Blues Cruise • Thur-Sun, July 11-13 VANESSA

free admission free Town of Kiawah Island Part of the South Carolina Festival of Discovery – FREE club crawl with blues day & night! COLLIER Queen Delphine & the Crown Jewels, Doug Deming & the Jeweltones, Robert Lighthouse, Suzie Vinnick, Delta Moon, Sidewalk Zydeco, The Blues Doctors featuring Adam Gussow, Jon Lee & the Apparitions, Blues Meets Girl, more ... www.greenwoodbluescruise.com / 864-942-8448 Hear blues on your radio Sun, April 14, 2019 “Good Mornin’, Blues” every Sunday, 8-9 am on The Bridge at 1055 (WCOO 105.5 FM) Streaming worldwide at www.1055thebridge.com 3-7 pm • Freshfields Village Green Interested in blues in the Carolinas? Be on our mailing list with Gary Erwin at www.freshfieldsvillage.com www.shrimpcityslim.com • [email protected] • 843-762-9125 Kiawah Island, SC www.shrimpcityslim.com Patrick Green & The Blues Buckets 3:00 Vanessa Collier (Pennsylvania) 5:30 https://www.facebook.com/BluesBuckets/ (Texas) www.vanessacollier.com/ Born in Charleston and raised in In early 2015, this young lady showed up on our Virginia, guitarist/singer Patrick Green was radar, booked then by her mom. Accomplished on steeped in music by his bass-playing dad, the sax and also a qualified singer/composer, Vanessa had legendary Doc Henley Smythe, who spoon- Berklee School of Music in her resume, now had a fed him a diet of vintage R&B, British Invasion band, and wanted to try her luck on the circuit. We rock, urban blues, and roadhouse boogie. did the research and invited her to our 11th Blues By Patrick took naturally to the challenges of the Sea (2015) to open for Chicago blues sax giant the electric guitar and developed an exciting Eddie Shaw (ex-Magic Sam, Howlin’ Wolf). It was a blue-eyed soul vocal style that helps him get “Blues Sax Summit” – an incredible day at Freshfields his point across. His house-rockin’ band, and her first festival appearance outside her home state of Pennsylvania! now in metro Austin, TX, has released Fast forward to 2019, and Vanessa is an international star, travelling the world several albums with a new one in the works. and headlining all the big festivals. She has achieved so much in four years due to We champion blues legends and veterans when we can, but strongly tons of hard work, dedication, and of course all that superlative talent. believe in the future of the music. Patrick is an artist to watch on his way up. We are overjoyed to have Vanessa Collier back in South Carolina. If you’ve seen her before, you know what I’m talking about. If this is your first Vanessa Collier experience, get ready! The Nighthawks (Maryland) 4:15 www.thenighthawks.com/ Enjoy a family day of Great American Blues When they write the history of at Freshfields Village Green modern U.S. blues and roots music, The Located at the traffic circle between Kiawah and Seabrook islands, Nighthawks will figure big. Harmonica with its lovely village green, Freshfields is a shopping crossroads offering master/singer/founder Mark Wenner a full spectrum of retail shops, dining attractions, and other services still steers the band, as he has since the to the sea-island community. This family-friendly event is a perfect occasion 1970s, assisted by longtime drummer/ to let your kids discover the blues! Bring a lawn chair or blanket to relax singer Mark Stutso and two brilliant with friends on the lawn while top national acts perform authentic, new members who make their South original American music – and it’s free! Carolina debut on this show. The Nighthawks began as a blue-collar bar band in Washington, DC, and • Accommodations • A full range of comfortable accommodations awaits at Kiawah Island. almost single-handedly gathered a huge Mid-Atlantic audience for electric blues For info and special prices, mention “Blues by the Sea” and visit: and ’50s-period rock ‘n’ roll. Their early shows are legendary, when they worked www.kiawahgolf.com 1-800-654-2924 www.beachwalker.com 1-800-334-6308 with giants like Waters, Cotton, and Perkins. Their vast discography (latest www.kiawahexclusives.com 1-800-845-6966 www.kiawahresort.com 1-800-576-1570 releases on EllerSoul) is a thrilling sonic journey through bluesy time and space. Were that not enough, a beautifully researched documentary film – Kiawah is about 45 minutes south of Charleston. Take Hwy. 700 (Maybank) from James Island/Charleston to Main Road, Johns Island, and follow the signs. Freshfields Village is located at the traffic circle between Nighthawks: On the Blue Highway, subtitled A Film About the Hardest Working Band Kiawah and Seabrook islands on the right, just before the entrance to Kiawah. in America (available on DVD) – packed with archival footage does even more Great food and beverages are available on site (though coolers are permitted), with ample parking secure to the legacy. in areas adjacent to the Village Green. Please, no pets. We are pleased and honored to have Mark and the guys back, their first Big thanks to the Cultural Events Fund of the Town of Kiawah Island, Bill & Marilyn Blizard, appearance in this neighborhood in many moons. Get ready to boogie! and Solange Belle for helping make this year’s festival possible!