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Boundary Waters Blues Festival is a blues music festival in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. It was established in 2001 by Michael Jankovec—host of a blues radio show in Ely, Minnesota —and Deb Pettit and Doug Brown of Timber Wolf Lodge.
Koerner, Ray & Glover was a loose-knit group of three blues musicians from Minneapolis, Minnesota: "Spider" John Koerner on guitar and vocals, Dave "Snaker" Ray on guitar and vocals, and Tony "Little Sun" Glover on harmonica. They were notable figures of the revival of folk music and blues in the 1960s.
"No list of Minnesota music would be complete without mention of jazz great Jeanne Arland Peterson and her five children, Linda, Billy, Ricky, Patty, and Paul, as well as grandson Jason, who recently celebrated 22 years of performing their holiday shows." [119] Dave Koz said, "There is no family in the world quite like the Petersons. First of ...
Feb. 6—HUGHESVILLE — The 34th Annual Billtown Blues Festival officially begins Friday, June 21 at 6:00 p.m. The music continues starting noon on Saturday, June 22, offering world class blues ...
In 2008, Koerner, Ray & Glover were inducted into the Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame under the category Blues Recordings for Blues, Rags and Hollers. [ 24 ] Koerner, Ray & Glover were honored with a star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue , [ 25 ] recognizing performers that have played sold-out shows or have otherwise ...
Cornbread Harris (center) sings "Deeper Blues" at Minneapolis downtown's National Night Out 2010 with Cadillac Kolstad and Johann Swenson. Harris co-wrote [3] Augie Garcia's "Hi Yo Silver," a 1955 song that was Minnesota's first rock 'n' roll recording.
In the days before the first Memphis Country Blues Society festival in July 1966, some 400 members of the KKK marched at Overton Park, even burning a cross at the parking lot. That didn’t stop ...
The Blues Palace March 5, 1963 [154] Phoenix, AZ United States Calderon Ballroom March 15, 1963 [155] Oklahoma City, OK Bryant Center Auditorium March 26, 1963 St. Louis, MO Club Imperial Show with Bob Kuban and the In Men [156] March 1963 [157] Columbus, MO Paradise Club May 4, 1963 Louisville, KY: West End Roller Drome Derby night [158] July ...