(Long Beach, CA) - The First Annual New Blues Festival, more than anything
else, is bringing the Blues back to Long Beach in a big way - back where they
belong!
"It is an honor
to join the original founders of the Long Beach Blues Festival and so many
legendary and new stars of the blues this Labor Day weekend, the traditional
weekend for festival blues in Long Beach!," says William Grisolia, Producer of
the New Blues Festival. "For over thirty years, the Southern California region
has been treated to this most American of music and each artist, volunteer and
sponsor will be proud this year to have helped revive our communities’ rich
cultural tradition. Congratulations and bravo to each of you!"
Taking place
on the onetime site of the venerable Big Time Blues Festival presented by the
late Betty Miller and partner Bernie Pearl, this year's new Blues festival
lineup features:
Bernie Pearl - Long Beach acoustic guitar
great/Blues Blast Music Awards nominee
Boxcar 7 - Seven-piece show ensemble voted "Best
Long Beach Band
Brophy Dale Band - Passionate purveyors of roots-y rock 'n'
blues
Jami Bess Belushi - Prolific singer/songwriter, rising star, and daughter of
actor/blues musician, Jim Belushi
Joe Kincaid & the Soul Brothers Band -
Veteran Long Beach favorites and groovemasters
galore
Mighty Mojo Prophets - One of the shining stars on
the renowned Delta Groove Records label (see video
below)
New Blues Revolution - Avant-Garde Blues
revolutionaries
Sandi Thom - Singer/songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist known as "The Scottish Songbird"
Stoney B Blues Band - Straight outta San Diego by
way of Chicago, Blues guitarist/showman extraordinaire
Whiteboy James & the Blues Express - This
force of (musical) nature is also one of the premiere acts on SoCal-based Rip
Cat Records
Mighty Mojo Prophets performing William Clarke's
"Pawnshop" live:
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