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Volume 5, Number 4
February 21, 2006

Blues Blast special edition

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Blues Blast is this Sunday!

Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers

Blues Blast 2006 is almost here! The show will take place at the Mesa Amphitheatre from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm on Sunday, February 26th. Check the Blues Blast website for complete info, including news of a full weekend of blues events around town.

Headlining Blues Blast 2006 is the ever-popular Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, along with Bay Area favorites Tommy Castro Band and Chicago singer Nora Jean Bruso.

Also on show will be Tucson legend Sam Taylor, Arizona Blues Showdown winners Tom Walbank and the Ambassadors, and Danny Rhodes.

PBS members and friends can purchase discounted tickets from the Society by sending email to info@phoenixblues.org.

Tommy Castro

It's going to be a great weekend. Check the forecast for Sunday's weather.

Download a Blues Blast flyer and share it with your friends.

Please help us out by spreading the word to your blues friends by forwarding this email to all blues fans on your email list. Even better, buy some extra tickets to share with your family members, friends or business associates. They will surely thank you for it for the rest of the year!

Directions to Blues Blast

The Mesa Amphitheatre is located at 201 N. Center Street in Mesa, at the intersection of Center and University.

From Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport and Central Phoenix

Take Rte. 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) east to the Alma School Road exit. Turn right on Alma School Road, and go 1.6 miles to University Drive, and turn left. Proceed on University for 1.5 miles, turn right on Center Street, and take an immediate left into the parking lot.

From I-10

From I-10, take Rte. 60 (Superstition Freeway) eastbound towards Mesa. Exit at Country Club (exit 179) and turn left. Follow Country Club for 2 miles to Main Street and turn right. Take Main for .5 miles to Center Street and turn left. Follow Center for .25 miles, then turn right into the parking lot.

Download a pdf file with directions and a map

Blues Blast weekend events

Friday, February 24

Free acoustic concert at Virgin Megastore, Arizona Mills Mall, Tempe from 6:00 until 6:45 pm, featuring Kevin Casenheiser
Blues Blast Kickoff Party with Janiva Magness, at the Rhythm Room

Saturday, February 25

Blues Blast Pre-Party with the legendary Billy Boy Arnold, with opening set by The Rhythm Room All-Stars featuring Big Pete Pearson, at the Rhythm Room

Sunday, February 26

Blues Blast AfterParty and Celebrity Jam hosted by Johnny Rawls, at the Rhythm Room

Blues Blast spectator tips

Children 12 and under are always free at Blues Blast. Coolers or outside food and beverages may not be brought into the Amphitheatre, but sealed bottles of water are permitted. Concessions from the Honey Bear's Barbeque and the City of Mesa will be available for purchase. CDs from the performers will be available. Bring a blanket for festival seating ... lawn chairs are OK in selected areas of the Amphitheatre. Video cameras are not permitted, but still cameras may be used. Remember to bring your sunscreen!

Upcoming concerts

Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy will perform an acoustic concert at 8 pm, Wednesday, March 1 in the Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St., downtown Mesa. Tickets are $55/45/35. For more information, call 480-644-6500 or visit www.mesaartscenter.com.

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The Phoenix Blues Society is a proud member of Alliance for Audience, an organization founded in 2003 to encourage people to participate in the myriad of arts and cultural events in the area. Many of the Valley's non-profit arts and cultural groups are Alliance members. PBS events are listed on the Alliance's www.ShowUp.com calendar website. Alliance for Audience describes ShowUp.com as its "signature enterprise and an [online] 'visitors’ center for the arts' . . . ShowUp.com is your one-stop source for information about performances and venues, exhibitions and destinations, workshops and other special events presented by over 300 non-profit arts and cultural organizations in Greater Phoenix."

Blues Radio!

Those Lowdown Blues with host Bob Corritore
(preceded by Drew Verbis' Blues and Beyond at 5 pm and
followed by Portraits in Blue with Bob Porter at 11 pm).

Sunday nights, 6:00 - 11:00 pm
KJZZ 91.5 FM

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