(About the continued) offered rich, more complex guitar parts, the beginnings of a blues trend towards separating lead guitar from rhythm playing. Shows begin at 6:30 unless noted Texas acoustic blues relied more on the use of slide, In case of inclement weather, shows will be held just down the and artists like Lightnin' Hopkins and Blind Willie street at the Grand Theater, 102 West Grand Avenue. Johnson are considered masters of . Other June 1 Left Wing Bourbon local and regional blues scenes - from New Orleans MySpace.com/LeftWingBourbon June 8 The Pumps to , from St. Louis to Detroit - also left their mark ThePumpsBand.com on the acoustic blues sound. MySpace.com/ThePumpsBand When African-American musical tastes began to June 15 The Blues Dogs change in the early-1960s, moving towards soul and August 3, 2010 at Owen Park MySpace.com/SteveMeyerAndTheBluesDogs rhythm & blues music, found renewed June 22 Pete Neuman and the Real Deal popularity as the "folk blues" and was sold to a PeteNeuman.com June 29 Code Blue with Catya & Sue primarily white, college-age audience. Traditional YYoouunngg BBlluueess NNiigghhtt Catya.net artists like and Sonny Boy Williamson July 6 Mojo Lemon reinvented themselves as folk blues artists, while MojoLemon.com bluesmen like and Brownie MySpace.com/MojoLemonBluesBand McGhee found great success on the folk festival July 13 Dave Lambert DaveLambertBand.com circuit. The influence of original acoustic country July 20 Deep Water Reunion blues can be heard today in the work of MySpace.com/DWReunion contemporary blues artists like , Cephas & July 27 The Nitecaps Wiggins, Keb' Mo', and Alvin Youngblood Hart. MySpace.com/TheNitecapsBand Aug 3 *Young Blues Night with The Love Buzzards (show begins at 7:00pm) By Reverend Keith A. Gordon, About.com Guide LoveBuzzards.com MySpace.com/LoveBuzzardsBluesBand Friends of the Blues Aug 10 South Farwell MySpace.com/FarwellOnline (Thank you for your donations) Facebook.com/SouthFarwell Sport Motors Harley-Davidson, The Timber Lane Toms-Quigley, Aug 17 Ellen Whyte w/ The Sue Orfield Band Schultz & McCarty EllenWhyte.com / SueOrfield.com Aug 24 The Tommy Bentz Band Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild MySpace.com/TommyBentzBand Broadway Shows, Bands, Concerts & Events Aug 31 Howard ‘Guitar’ Luedtke & Blue Max 102 West Grand Ave, EC CVTG.org HowardLuedtke.com Featuring: The Love Buzzards If you’d like to sponsor Tuesday Night Blues, just talk to one of the CV Blues members at the park. Proud to Support the BLUES Leaky roof BBrreennddaann PPrraatttt && KKeenn FFuullggiioonnee giving you the blues? INC. For All of Your Real Estate Needs For All of Your Real Estate Needs call 866-A1-ROOFING 497-4242 Personall Serviice - Exceptiionall Marketiing 577-4197 or visit wimetalroofing.com Sat Aug 7 e ow Th l r Sh Davey Jones nnua c Ca The style originated in the region on the eastern coast of the United States, ranging from d A assi n-4 Love Buzzards Thir Cl Noo the state of Virginia south to the northern tip of (including the Carolinas) and west to Georgia and Sat Blues Dogs eastern . Portions of northeastern and even southern are often considered to Quadrant 4 be part of the Piedmont plateau where the style was performed. Craft Fair Pete Neuman Characterized by a finger-picked style of playing an acoustic guitar, Piedmont blues features a Sat 8-4 South Farwell syncopated rhythm played by the thumb on the bass strings of the instrument while the fingers pick out a Dave Lambert Band melody on the treble strings. Heavily influenced by music, Piedmont style blues are generally up- Mojo Lemon tempo in sound and were extremely popular as dance music with African-American audiences during the Everett Smithson 1930s and '40s. ConsideredChippewa a form of "country blues," Piedmont blues Vwerealley influential with late-1950s/early- Mary Cutrufello 60s folk singers and with some rockabilly musicians. how Piedmont blues were dominated by guitarists, including several very talented blind bluesmen that le S Sun Aug 8 cyc Memorial Park - Durand helped expand the vocabulary of the music. Blind Willie McTell, , , Rev. Gary Davis, tor n-4 Dave Lambert Mo oo Free Admission - Free Tent Camping and are among the most influential of the Piedmont style bluesmen. Perhaps the best-known t N Yata Sa All Ages Welcome of the Piedmont blues artists was the duo of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee whom, both together and Do Da Day Concessions Available On Grounds individually, enjoyed careers that stretched from the 1930s into the '90s. Good Time Willy Recommended Albums: Blind Boy Fuller's Trucking My Blues Away features the guitarist's distinctive sound www.bluesonthechippewa.org Combo Flambe and incredible playing style. or call (715) 672-8785 for more information Aaron Williams & The HooDoo Country Blues, which is also known as "folk blues," is a primarily an acoustic guitar-oriented type of blues The Nitecaps from which many other styles are derived. It often incorporated elements of gospel, ragtime, hillbilly, and Music lovers are urged to give a freewill donation of non- Left Wing Bourbon w/ Maurice Jacox Dixieland jazz. The popularity and hit records of original country blues artists like Mississippi's , or perishable food or cash for the Bread of Life food pantry Ellen Whtyte w/ Sue Orfield Band from Texas would subsequently influence scores of musicians across the Southern United States. Next Week (August 10) Tonight isn’t really about the Love Buzzards... its about Each regional derivative of country blues has placed its own distinct imprint on the unique acoustic blues South Farwell the individuals who will be joining them. Young Blues sound. In the Carolinas and Georgia, artists like Blind Boy Fuller and Brownie McGhee added a fingerpicking Night is about the up and coming players from here in guitar technique to create the Piedmont blues styleSociety. The Memphis acoustic blues sound developed out of One a favorite at last year’s Blues on the Chippewa, the Chippewa Valley. With all the budget cuts schools the city's jugband and vaudeville traditions, and was defined by artists like and Will Shade. South Farwell is an eclectic band from Eau Claire, have seen in recent years, music departments have Chicago was originally a hotbed of country blues, as first generation artists like Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, Wisconsin, led by former Easychair front man Bill Boles. been down-sized and/or cut in some areas. Young and Memphis Minnie brought their acoustic style to the big city before the popularity of amplified Backed by guitarist Tim Coughlin, known for his Blues Night lets us know that there are individuals who instrumentation transformed the sound of the city into what today we consider the "classic" powerful yet tasteful style, the tenacious percussion want to take blues into the future. And with your help sound. Chicago's country blues relied heavily on what is called the "" style, a lighthearted sound that work of Cory Dahl and Phil Juodis on bass (Easychair), and continued support, they can do it. Who knows... often included double-entendre lyrics. Ragtime and Dixieland jazz also influenced the early Chicago blues Farwell is the latest addition to the "midwestern some of the players you see tonight may be making sound. soundscape," which is steadily gaining notoriety in their first appearance of what may become a long In Texas during the 1920s and '30s, acoustic bluesmen were developing a style that (continued on back) today's national (and international) music scene. and successful career in music. S o u n DDMiMi d N C

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