blues news - may 1990

8/7/2019 Blues News - May 1990

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KANSASCITYBLUESSOCIETY

MAY 1990Southern Soul ShoutersSound Off

by Tom Bakerall Tuesday, April 10, the KeBS presented the Southern SoulRevue, featuring guitarist Wayne Bennett, with vocalists NappyBrown and Johnny Adams, to afull house at the Grand Emporium.This writer was given the very pleasurable job of talking to thesethree veteran bluesmen about their impression of the experiencesthey have had over their cumulative 1OO-plusyears of entertaining.Johnny Adams: "l just wanted. to sing thesongs and express them my own way."T om Bak er: How difficult isNew Orleans towork playing the bluesversus other musical form such as zydeco, R&B,jazz, etc?J oh nn y A dam s: Well, they got a few places, you know, that caterto the blues. Places like Benny's, Muddy Waters, The Maple Leaf,Tipitina's Then there's another place called Mr. B's. Mostly, youhave to leave there and go to Baton Rouge, for instance. And RafulNeal is usually playing around

Baton Rouge. Of course, Kenny isalways gone most of the time.Other than that, work is hard; it'shard to come by.TB : Your new album is all PercyMayfield tunes, isn't it?How deepan impression did Percy Mayfieldmake on your vocal style?JA : Well, Percy and I never reallymet, except for a couple of timesinEurope. We were riding the busduring that time. He was a livelyperson to work for, a humoroustype man. Everything he'd jokeabout was something he knewabout. But I like the poet's type ofthe songs, and everything he sungabout had a meaning, you know.And this is the part I like about itso much; the songs would tell somany stories about every day life.SoIjust decided itmight bea goodidea to do some Percy Mayfield,Johnny Adams you know, since he was gone.Photo: Marcie Ryan They inspired me to want to singCONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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JOIN THE BLUES SOCIETY ...~ M ay's K CBS M em bership D rive~ Blues C ru ise 1 990 - June 5~ Blues Amateu r Talent C ontest in Ju ly

K CBS ' 4th A nnua l S pring B lues B ash on April 10th brokeeven. KCBS would like toextend special thanks toLindsay Shannon(KCFX) and Tom Davis (KKFI) who helped announce raffle win-ners. All donations made this the mostsuccessful KeBS raffle to date. Thankyou KCFX' KC Blues Show, KCUR'sSaturday Night Fish Fry, KKFI's TrafficJam, Nightmoves, Grand Emporium,Blayney's, The Roxy, The Folly, Irene'sand H & M Bar-B-Que.The entire month of May has beendesignated as a membership drive forKCBS. Everyone knows someone whowants to join KCBS. Here's your oppor-tunity toget your friends tojoin. Send $10(single) or $15 (family) to KCBS, P.O.Box 32131, Kansas City, MO 64111, andbe sure to put who referred you to KCBS.

NOT f Sby Shirley Owens

CONTINUED ON PAGE 3Kess SLUES CRUISE

The firs t B lues C ru ise of 1 990 is planned for June 5 withTinsley Ellis and Little Hatch and the Houserockers on theMissouri River Queen. Tickets are now onsale, call Ticketmaster,the Missouri River Queen or the Grand Emporium.Tinsley has been acclaimed by Guitar World magazine as"standing alongside Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Win-ter...and that ain't just hype." Tinsley'S most recent release onAlligator, Fanning the Flames, is appropriately entitled. Tinsleyis hot, hot, hot!Also on board is KC's own great blues harmonica legend,Little Hatch and the Houserockers, will be rockin' the boat. Getyour tix now and take yourself to the river on the Missouri RiverQueen. Call the Boat (281-5300) or the Grand Emporium (531-7557).


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T-Bone Walker: Innovative Texas BluesmanAnother influential and innovative Texas bluesman was T-BoneWalker. He was one of the first, if not the first, blues musician toplay an electric guitar. Like Lightnin' Hopkins (featured inthe April,1990 Blues News), he was influenced by old-time country blues, butunlike Hopkins, he developed a jazzyblues style that has influenced a widearray of blues, rhythm and blues, androck musicians. B.B. King, Buddy

Guy, Chuck Berry and Johnny Winterare a few of the many performers whoacknowledge their debt to T-Bone'sstyle.Aaron Thibeaux Walker was bornin Linden, Texas, in 1910, and movedto Dallas when he was a small child.His stepfather was a musician, andT-Bone got early performing experi-ence playing with him at local barbe-cue joints and drive-ins. However, thegreatest influence on the young T-Bone was the great Texas bluesman,Blind Lemon Jefferson. T-Bone often

worked as his lead-boy, guiding the blind singer as he played thestreets of Dallas.By the mid-20's, T-Bone was traveling throughout the Southworking a variety of road shows, including tours with Ida Cox andMa Rainey. In 1930, he won first prize in a Cab Calloway amateurshow in Dallas. This allowed him to travel with Calloway'S bandfor awhile. By 1934, when T-Bone migrated to the West Coast, hewas an accomplished musician and a seasoned performer. He soon

The Kansas City Blues News is published monthly by theKansas City Blues Society, Inc. Articles, reviews, band calendardates, and items of interest must be submitted by the 20th of eachmonth, and become the property of the Society.Founding Edltor Roger NaberEditor Shirley OwensContributing Writer Carolyn WickerTypesetting/Layout. Matt QuinnBoard of Directors and OfficersChairperson Shirley OwensPresident Roger NaberVice-Presiden!... Suzanne ColbertVice-President Patrick FlemingtonSecretary Pam JacksonTreasurer Jon LoweMembership Chairperson Marcie RyanDirector Daisy LujanDirector Kenny TaylorDirector Provine HatchDirector Scott MackeyDirector Joyce Mouming

The Kansas City Blues Society, a Missouri not-for-profit corpora-tion was formed for the sole purpose of promoting and preservingvarious styles of blues music. Founded in December of 1980, theKansas City Blues Society presents: monthly jam sessions, variouslocal and national groups in concert, and our main presentation -The Kansas City Blues and Heritage Festival. Members receive thenewslet ter, discounts on Society events and discounts on purchasesat certain partic ipating businesses. Annual dues are $10 per personor $15 per family and $50 per Corporate Membership. To join theSociety send your name, address, phone number and dues to:Kansas City Blues Society, P.O. Box 32131, Kansas City, Missouri64111.

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made his first recordings, using the name Oak Cliff T-Bone. Heestablished a very successful recording and performing career thatlasted until his death in 1975.T-Bone Walker started playing the electricguitar in 1935. Hedeveloped a dazzling technique that used flamboyant runs andarpeggios, but his music retained the earthy quality of country blues.T-Bone's inspiration to bluesmen was described as follows byLittle Milton."T-Bone, now there's a cat. T-Bone Walker inspired me and alot more guitar players and singers because that cat always playedclean. He would like pick one string at a time and most of the otherguitar players in those days would like frail it and make chords."

Blues in SchoolVan Horn High School has asked the KCBS to bring our"Blues in School" Project back to their school on May 4, 1990.We've asked Glen Patrik and Friends, with Tom "Trashmouth"Baker, to participate.Glen Patrik is a well-known local guitarist, and has beenplaying with a trio in recent months. The other musicians per-forming with him will be Pete Cole on drums, and Paul Hartfieldon bass. Tom Baker from Stevie and the Jive Tones will bebringing in his expertise with the harmonica.There will be two seminars in the morning and an afternoonblues set.

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be sure to put who referred you to KCBS. Special prizes arebeing planned for whoever refers the most new members. Formore membership information, call Marcie Ryan 361-8945 or531-0538 (daytime, M-F). See the enclosed membership formfor details.KC BS ' M ay B lues Jam falls on the same evening of theJazz Lover's Pub Crawl, Thursday, May 10. The Dan DoranBand will be hosting the Jam at the Grand Emporium. Amembership table will be set up to entice jazz crawlers tojoinKCBS.KCBS has received special Blues Fest room rates at TheEssex Inn in Chicago, June 8,9 and 10. The Essex is locatedabout four blocks from Grant Park where the Chicago BluesFest is located. Deadline for room reservations is May 11. Ifyou are interested, call Shirley, 333-5462 or John Costello, TheEssex, (312) 939-2800.K CB S B lu es Ama te urT ale nt C on te st preliminaries willbe held on Thursdays in July. July 12 at the Roxy, July 19 atChateau Lounge and July 26 at Nightmoves. The finals will beat the Grand Emporium on August 2.KeBS MEMBERSHIP REPORT

New KeSS MembersW e w ou ld like to w elcom e our new m em bers: ShirleyBatman, Charles Bell, Bill, Rosemary and John DeBauche,Oneal Echols, Bill&Pam Eckinger, Bill Flynn, Matt Forster,Randy Garrett, Josie Hammontree, Leonard Ladd, LaurenceMatson, James (Mac) O. McField, John C. Richardson andDaniel J. Stone.W e w ou ld like to thank ou r renew ed m em bers for theircontinued support: Steve, Danni &Ian Ballard, Shirley Barker,Richard Barrett, John K. Craver, Tom Duncan, Ed Harvey,Gwen Hedstrom, Lynn Maffessoli, Paul Newton, James R.Orr,Doyle &Ann Pace, Dale&Diane Prout, Charles Robinson andBob &Barb Storey.We are having some problems with members not gettingtheir newsletters. Some of these problems can be avoided if

members notify us when they are planning to move. The PostOffice does not forward the newsletters, but returns them to ourPO box and we pay the postage due on them. This delays yourgetting your newsltter when you move and it is costly.Ifyou are moving please notify Marcie Ryan at 361-8945or 531-0538 (during the day M-F) as soon as you know yournew address.

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Big Blues Blast KCChris Cain's Grand Emporium date, April S,was one of the bestshows to hit the G.E. stage. They were hot! Chris has added MarkWhitney on baritone and tenor sax. Mark is teamed up on sax withNoel Catura as Chris Cain

KCCROSSROADS alternates between guitarand keys. Their music blastswith excitement, a big city~~~~~~~~~~~~~= jumpin' blues sound. Greatshow guys!Chris talked about his____ --'- new recording efforts."Well, I've got about 30new tunes and we're trying to shop itto Rounder, Alligator and BlindPig is interested. I think it's better stuff than my last record. ThoseAlligator guys have turned me down about five times. You know,Joe Louis Walker has made like three records in about a year. Geez,you can't keep up with the guys," commented Cain. However, Chrisplans onnot giving up. He's going to keep on saddling up and ridingout the blues. "My biggest inspiration is all those guys - B.B.,Albert - and they're out there all of the time, millions of years."

Harry's Zydeco BluesHarry Hypolite, guitarist for C.J. Chenier's Red Hot LouisianaBand, was born on April 20, 1937 in St. Martinville, La. "I live inCade now, a little town between New Iberia and Lafayette. Mostly,I'm a bluesman. 1 love blues. I've been playing at least 25 or 30years, playing guitar and singing. Do you Nathan of the ZydecoCha-Chas? That's my nephews, the washboard player and Nathan,"Harry proudly reports.Harry talked about how he got his first guitar from a lady whosegrass he cut. "I had to learn by records. There was a professor whoknew how to play and read music but he taught me nothing. At times.I'd go to work at noon, instead of eating lunch, I'd learn to playguitar. I was listening toGuitar Slim. that's a long time ago, T-BoneWalker. See, we listen to Randy's Record Shop in Nashville, Tn.,that use to come on in Louisiana and use to be blastin', and MuddyWaters and B.B. King. I use to see Fats Domino, Ray Charles useto come in but I was a little bitty barefoot boy trying to look overthe fence to see what was going on."Harry spoke about Zydeco: "Clifton Chenier was the biggestthing inZydeco. He brought the Zydeco here. One day, I was sittingon my sister's porch and Clifton came by and said, 'What's wrongwith you? The world don't owe you nothing, you have to go out andget it.' So, he wanted me to play guitar with him and we went outfor 6 or 7 years. I miss him a whole lot," Harry reminisced.

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Harry believes that Clifton's son, c.J., has inherited the KingZydeco's gift. "You could tell that it comes from the same stablYou know, he's got a lot of talent and hasn't been playing (accodion) that long."C.l. Chenier reports that they finished a new record to be calle"Hot Rod" with 15 new tunes. He is looking for a record labepossibly Slash or Alligator.

Bennett's Blues Who's WhoWayne Bennett 's unexpected early arrival in KC, a day beforthe Spring Blues Bash, gave way to the opportunity for over an houof interviewing. Here is only a small segment of Bennett's bluestory. It's the 50's, Chicago, Wayne is twenty years old ..."1moveto Chicago in late '53 and I was introduced to King Colax. He ansome well-trained musicians took me under their wing. They influenced me to study. Colax introduced me to Johnny Griffin whplayed at the Cotton Club where many of your top named artists -Billie Holliday, Joe Williams, formerly with the Count Basie Banwho did your very first recording of 'Everyday I Have the BluesRed Foxx."From the Cotton Club, I met Willie Dixon. Meeting WilliDixon was a great incentive for me. He was a part of the Big ThreTrio andhewas a good producer and songwriter. Willie's connectioand everyday being together with Howlin' Wolf, Muddy WatersLittle Walter, gave me a chance tomeet these guys and then we wenover to Cobra."I started being a part of Fred Below, Lafayette Leake, OtiSpahn, Magic Sam. 1 got a chance to be right next to these peopleveryday. So, we all became a part of each other. We did Otis Rush'first album,My LoveFor You WillNever Die, onCobra. Then BuddGuy, The Man and the Guitar, and some other things with Buddon Dclmark, and a host of artists on Cobra. Willie introduced me tAl Smith. Meeting Al Smith, he was like a guardian and a managewith Jimmy Reed, and we're going over to Vee Jay records and gobea partof that scenario - the early Impressions, Jerry Butler, BettEverett, The Spaniels."Wayne will never forget inthe Vee lay studio when "we stoppedrecording one day when a group of young men from England camin - George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon." AlsoWayne reminded me that he was in the studio with Elmore JamesBobby Bland and Jr. Parker. "One of the most enjoyable experiences, I'd promise Percy Mayfield that I'd do an album and he says'You gotta do it buddy!' So, in '67,1 go in to Brunswick Studio anwe do an album, Walking On a Tightrope.'The greatest blues experience that I had was T-Bone Walkecoming up to me in '62. T-Bone says to me, 'I want to thank-youfor remembering me. I heard you do the version of 'Stormy Mondayand I thought you did a good job, .. ' smiled Wayne.

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Delta Bluesman George Jackson, a lifetime resident of KansasCity, died on February 28, 1990. His death leaves a young son,Gary, age 9, without parents tocarefor him. The Kansas CityBluesSociety is setting up a trust fund to help Gary f inancially and wewould like your help. Your donation is tax deductible.Please make your check payable to the Kansas City BluesSociety and indicate "George Jackson Trust Fund" on the check.Any contribution you make will be greatly appreciated. Pleaseinclude this form with your donation.NameAddress _City/State/Zip _----:=-__ -=__ -=::- _Donation: D$10 D $25 D $50 D Other $ _

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Big Turn Out Highlights April JamThe Blues Notions, featuring special guest Tom "Trashmouth"Baker, hosted the KCBS Monthly Blues Jam, April 12. There waa good turn out, and we

thank all the jammers for - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = =coming out.The first ofthe musiciansto join The Blues Notions ==============was George Sally on tenor by Carolyn Wickersax. After two numbers, the -------------legendary Annetta "CottonCandy" Washington (vocals) was asked to the stage. "Cotton" hasbeen well known in the blues community for many years. Sheappeared in the '83 KCBS Blues Festival, and currently is a regularcrowd pleaser at the Roxy's Sunday night blues jam.After 4 tunes with "Cotton," the musicians took a short pausewhile changing over the stage. A relatively new KC band, FasJohnny, took over. This group consists of Johnny Ricker (guitar),Mark Watson (bass), Gharett Schaberg (keys, tenor sax) and GregSchaberg (drums). Fast Johnny has only been playing as a unit sinceDecember. They have a very unique style of blues, and did 2originals. The crowd really enjoyed them.The next players to jam included Louie Bernal (drums), SteveRamsey (bass), Tamara Clemmons (alto sax), Leonard Ladd (keys),John Paul Drum (harp, vocals) and Bill Thomas (guitar). MarkMontgomery (Main Street Rhythm Devils) later replaced SteveRamsey on bass.Another full band, The Mysterious Strangers, played a few tunesLater jammers were Mark St. John (bass) and Kim Allison (guitar).Then the legendary Speedy Huggins joined The Blues Notions fortwo tunes. Capping the evening was a rousing version of RobertParker's "Barefootin'", with "Trashmouth" on vocals and harp.,Gharett Schaberg on tenor sax and The Blues Notions, completewith a brief solo by Gralin Nealon drums.

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NappyBrownPhoto: Marcie Ryan

'em.T B : What do you think about blues audiences now, versus the waythere were back then? Do you think they're any smarter?N B : Blues audiences now are a little different. Now, what's sodifferent about it to me, is that whites are more into the blues nowthan the blacks are. Cause we play all over, and we see just a fewblacks. I hope nobody gets offended out there. But if it wasn't forthe whites, they are the ones that are really keep in' the blues alive;and you know, we wonder about that, me and B.B., and all oftalkin' about that. Why is it like that? But we're hopin' that ayounger blacks are comin' to it, because Robert Cray, he's young;he's the youngest blues singer we have, and he's attemptin' to bringit back.T B : Who do you think is your favorite vocalist, or maybe the guythat's influenced you, if there is one?N B : Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, when I was a boy and a teenager,that was the one that influenced me, that we really went for, whenhe made "Cherry Red Blues." That's who - Eddie "Cleanhead".You know, he was a great musician, too.T B : How many cities has the Southern Soul Revue played?N B : We were out for two months, then took off for two weeks.T B : Do you like the concept?

'em. But I didn't have in.mind doing them exactly the way he did'em. Ijust wanted to sing the songs and express them my own way.Ilike "Danger Zone," Ilike "Tightrope," Ilike all of 'em.T B : What's up next as far as recording and touring?JA : Ithink Iprobably won't do another session until maybe March.We were kinda contemplating some Doc Pomus or some John Hiatt.Imight decide to do some of the songs we left off, from PercyMayfield. But Iwas thinking if Idid some Doc Pomus, it wouldn'tbe a whole album, maybe 5 or 6 songs from him, and 2 or 3 bysomebody else, and maybe 1 or 2 by somebody else. You know,somebody might come along and say "I got something you want todo" but they always come after the session!Nappy Brown: "You know, once you get theblues, it's hard to get rid of 'em. ,.T B : As far as that big hit "Don't Be Angry"; was it your tune? You

wrote it?N ap py B row n: That's right, Iwrote that in 1955; well it wasbefore 1955, but that's when I re-corded it.T B : You've got another version ofit coming out, right?N B : Yeah, another version of itcoming out on Ichiban Records,out of Atlanta.T B : What do you think about"coming back," when you've beenhittin' it for 35 years? What kindof feeling does that give you?N B : You know, Ipay it no mind'cause really I've been hittin' thisroad longer that 35 years. But Ienjoy it, comin' back, becauseback in the fifties, Iwas on theroad 300, 365 days out of the year,on all one-nighters, and I was outthere for a long time livin' in andout of suitcases and motels. But Idecided, to take off a little while,rest up, and then get back into itlater on. You know, once you getthe blues, it's hard to get rid of

N B : Oh, yeah! I love it, because gain' over the same roads that I'dbeen over like 35, 36 years ago, it makes a great difference. I've seenone of the fellas here tonight, Iknow his face - we always werebuddies. Ithink he was with Wolf?T B : Hatch! Little Hatch. When did you run into him?N B : Iran into him with the Alan Feed Show. See, that's where Igotstarted from, and the fame's from, was the Alan Freed Show. That'show Iran into him. I'd seen his face, Iremembered his face, but Icouldn't recall his name. That's the way we all are meetin' up now,all the legends. We look at each other, cause then Ihad - beautifulhair!Wayne Bennett: "I've been playing 38 years. ,.T B : Do you find it's easier doing this revue than playing with BobbyBlue Bland?W a yn e B e nn e tt: I'm just doing Wayne Bennett, not Bobby Bland.Like most people who go solo, it's a very simple procedure. Every-body does that. People know who Wayne Bennett is.T B : SOyou were on Duke and Peacock records with Junior Parker?W B : Duke and Peacock with Junior Parker, Bobby Blue Bland,Joanne Pendleton, Ted Taylor and Roy Head. Those were the 5artists that I did my recording with.T B : Do you take any influences from any other guitar players?W B : I've been playing 38 years. I got my influences early in life.T -Bone Walker and a few other people in the blues; with your jazz,Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery.T B : How long did you work with Junior Parker?W B : Iworked with Junior Parker the same amount of time that Iworked with Bobby Bland. Itwas a package. In 1961, for about ayear or so, a couple of years. Junior died in 1971. Idid his last albumwith him before he passed away. I came to Chicago and they calledand asked me to do this album with him. It came out real good; theyseemed to be happy with it.T B : What do you think of some of these younger guitar players thatare coming up now?W B : That's what makes the industry happen. You can't argue withsuccess.T B : How do you like doing this revue?W B : It's a different kind of exposure for me. It lets people knowwho Wayne Bennett is. When you

work with other people, they knowwhat you're doing. They'll give youa pat on the back, a handshake, thetrue recognition that you get whenyou're doing your own thing. Doingit out in France, you're dong it inParis or Montreaux, you get yourfull respect. People know who you

are, they know whoyou played with, whoyou recorded with.

They know the true significance ofwhat you're all about.T B : Do you think American audi-ences kind of take it for granted?W B : Yeah, they take a lot of thingsfor granted; but Europe doesn't dothat. Europe gives everybody theirproper respect, because they recog-nize the artwork and the dedication,the years of practice, study andhardships. They deal with the reality

Wayne Bennett of life. They love the music that youPhoto: Marcie Ryan bring to them.

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KC BLUES JAMS BLUESRADIOSUNDA Y JAMS = JAMS - Bring your Instruments The Roxy, 7230 W. 75th Street, 236-6211, featuring Ol iver Ri ley &the Blues Notions, 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 p.m. (seeadvert) Jimmy's Jigger, 1823 West 39th Street, 753-2444, 8:00 p.m. - 11:00p.m. featuring Rick Hendricks/Hit & Run Band with Mi ll ie EdwardsMONDA Y JAMS Blayney's, 415 Westport Road, 561-3747, 10 p.m. . Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, 753-0884, KC Blues Band, 10pm-2 am Kelly's Lounge, 8245 Wornal l Rd, Greg Messe, Rick Hendricks,

Marc Caplan, 7-11 pm City Light, 7425 Broadway, Blue Monday jam 8 pm - midnight . Chateau Lounge, 5938 Prospect, Blue Monday Jam 523-9333, 4--8 p.m.TUESDA Y JAMS The Point, 917 West 44th, 531-9800, Lonnie Ray Blues Band,9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Ethalo's, 911DS Parker, 764-3884 Blayney's, 415 Westport Road, 561-3747 The Levee, 43rd & Main, Sonny Kenner Blues Band, 8:30-12:30 pmWEDNESDA Y JAMS VISitOr'SDugou~ 5541 Merriam Lane, 831-3250, Stevie & the Jiv Tones Nightmoves, 5110 NE Vivion Rd, 452-4393, Blue Knights, 8-12 pmTHURSDA Y JAMS The Tuba, 333 Southwest Blvd at Broadway, 471-6510,

Mo Paul, 7:30 pmSA TURDA Y JAMS Nightmoves, Litt le Hatch & the Houserockers, 3-7 p.m. Harlings Upstairs, 3941 Main, 531-0303, Diana Ray & Rich Van Sant ,2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

H & M Barbecue, 1715 N. 13th, Kansas City, Ks, Abb Locke, 10 pm MC's Lounge, 5709 Troost, 363-9376, Saturday & Sunday,

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KANU-FM 91.5 Saturday, 8 to 11 p.m. - "Blues in the Night"with Kyle Neuer

KCUR-FM 89_3 Saturday, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. - "Saturday Night Fish Frwith Chuck HaddockKCXL-AM 1140 Saturday 3 to 4p.m. - 'The B.B. King Show'wi th B.B. King

Saturday 4 to 5p.m. - "Blues with J.S. Marshall"KKFI-FM 90.1 Daily, 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. - 'Traffic Jam"

Tuesday & Thursday, 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. -"Breakfast Club" wi th Dave CreightonKPRT-AM 1590 Thursday thru Sunday, 9 pm to Midnight-

"The Blues Block Party" with Whitehat MikeKCFX-FM 101 Sunday, 7 to 10p .m. - "Kansas City Blues Show'

with Lindsay ShannonKPRS-FM 103.3 Monday-Friday, 12 to 1 p.m. - "Lunch at the Oldies'

J immy Roger s,monumen ta l a r ti st ic l in kbe tween t rad it io nal De l ta b l uesa nd p os tw ar C hi ca go s ty le . H is w or kw ith M u dd y W a te rs forg ed th e s ou nd th att he w or ld w ou ld c om e t o re co gn iz e a s C hic ag o b lu es .

Jimmy's F irst Recording in 1 0 YearsA V A I L A BL E F RO M

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