Joe: I have nothing but good things to say about all of the festivals put on by Ronnie Stewart and the Bay Area Blues Society- they are co-sponsoring the Black...
I haven't yet read all the messages in this thread, so forgive me if my timing seems weird (it is), but I do believe that "Best Dressed" was a JOKE and IBC...
As is typical after one of the legendary artists dies, Robert Lockwood did win a BMA--Blues Music Award, not BFA (there's no such thing) this year. His wife...
Amen, Joe. I'm more excited about the Hayward festival this year than any other local festival by far. Certainly much more than the Santa Cruz festival. The...
Hey: Kenny and my brother Ashbolt and his band Bolt Upright will be playing the Waterfront Festival. Hope to see you there Celebrate 20 years of the Blues:...
Aside from the fact that this Hearst rag now publishes opinions as "news" on the front page . . . Lead Page One Headline: "Blacks in Jazz Decry Exclusion" No...
You could always sign up and maybe feel less disenfranchised. http://www.bayareabluessociety.net/Subscribership.html Feeling disenfranchised so much must be...
Yeah Man! It's a great Fest and goes for 4 or 5 Days usually, only $5. to get in. This will be about my 6th time since 1996, and I thank Ashbolt Stewart for...
Kenny Ray
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Jun 1, 2007 5:40 pm
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Great, Kenny! Portland sounds like a good music area. Don't forget us down here. You can still rent a cardboard home for around $500 a month if you pay your...
For a complete run down on the festival look at their website at http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/. It looks awesome. Kenny Blue and my brother are playing ...
I run the backstage area at the main (Miller) stage. The price this year has gone up to $8 per day but you can get in with just some canned food. It is a full...
Hey Kenny congrats!! Making your mark up there bro. I hope you have a great time and wish you all the success. Vinnie ... Stewart for having me. ... ...
Thanks, Vinnie, I look forward to it and August 15th Little Fox Jam. Please remember Steve Edmonson going in for a procedure Tuesday. Prayers are welcome, I...
Kenny Ray
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Jun 1, 2007 6:26 pm
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Yo Terry, 8 Bone$ ain't bad! I have done alot of Fests, New Orleans, Chicago, San Francisco, Ottawa, Redwood City, & one In Australia, and alot more, and...
Kenny Ray
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Jun 1, 2007 6:27 pm
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Good or bad, respected or reviled. It's not all black and white, nor simple and easy. Joe & Deb, I feel the same way as you do about the Hayward Festival. ...
If there is only one live music show you can attend this weekend I implore you to make it out to see The Tom Bowers Duo this Saturday night in Sausalito. This...
... can not wait till the 7th. It will be my Birthday present to me. hahahahaha. See you there. Love, Kate Garcia ... knows, ... the word. ... greatest I've ...
Tonight, June 1st, at 7:30, I'll be hosting a "show" at Red House in Walnut Creek. I say "show" because the fine folks at Red House have given me an evening to...
I wonder how old this article is? It also quotes Leslie Ann Knight. I thought she dropped off the face of the Earth several years ago. There really isn't much...
Below is from Tom Mazzolini, in the first Sacto article. Tom Mazzolini, who hosts a blues radio program in the Bay Area and was once a contributing editor to...
Kenny Ray
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Jun 1, 2007 7:53 pm
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Trying to reserve almost any activity for those that originated it is, at best, insularity and, depending upon the nature of the reservation, racial or ethnic...
Leslie Ann, had to leave the Bay area, due to the ripping off of Musicians, (Who usually don't have alot of $ in the first place.) This is from some friends of...
Kenny Ray
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Jun 1, 2007 8:16 pm
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Vince: I think that the solution here is for the Bay Area to start our own grassroots blues society, similar to the Sonoma County Blues Society whose mission...
So all this was just leading up to picking on my trained fleas. I dunno. I think the Bay Area could support two blues societies. I'd hate to think they'd be...
"If, because of their excellence or proclivity, another racial/ethnic group starts to dominate that activity, that's part of advancement based upon talent...
Damn, thanks for refreshing my memory about her. Seems to me someone had a web site about her a while back. I was talking to a local player a few weeks ago...
I'm reminded of my uncle with two heads who debated free silver with himself and lost . . . Because I agree with what you've said. And I don't find it to be...
Wow. This is something I've thought about for years. My catch phrase is that the best music is made by people who don't know what they're doing. Not in the...
The Delta Wires will be at The Walnut Creek art and Wine Festival at Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek Saturday June 2nd at 4:00pm. ... Got a little couch...
We'll be doing a special tribute to Red Archibald during our set, performing 2 of Red's tunes (Pretty Feet, Flim Flam Man). Come out to Walnut Creek for the...
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