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Volume 6, Number 24
December 27, 2007

 

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Blues Blast 2008 details


Harper

The next Blues Blast is scheduled for Saturday, February 23rd from 12:00 noon until 8:00 pm, at the Mesa Amphitheatre. Please take note that this year's show will be held on a Saturday instead of on Sunday.

Appearing will be Walter Trout & the Radicals, Deanna Bogart, Harper, Eden Brent, Chuck Hall, Delta Highway, Big Daddy D & the Dynamites, and Soulcatcher.

Blues Blast 2008 tickets are now on sale! The advance ticket price is $20.00 for adults and $18.00 for PBS members and group tickets (6 or more - purchased at the Mesa Amphitheater Box Office). Tickets are available at the Mesa Amphitheatre box office (602-644-2560) and from all Ticketmaster outlets (480-784-4444). Complete details on Blues Blast are available at www.bluesblast.info. Send email to be added to the volunteer list.

 

Around Town


Johnny Rawls

PBS favorite Johnny Rawls is appearing at the Rhythm Room on Sunday, December 30th.

Acoustic music fans won't want to miss Jay Dow's Acoustic Blues Showcase at the Rhythm Room on Wednesday, January 2nd, featuring Jay Dow, Mikel Lander and Nina Curri.

Bluzone is doing shows this weekend at Uncle Charlie's American Grill (53rd Ave. & Bell Rd.) on Friday, December 28th and at Jay's Cocktails on Saturday, December 29th.

Hans Olson plays at Westgate Center, Glendale at 6:00 pm on Friday, December 28th, at Lucille's Bar-B-Q, Tempe, with Mike Howard at 6:00 pm on Saturday, December 29th, and at the 10-12 Lounge, Clarkdale, on Sunday, December 30th.

Big Nick & the Gila Monsters will be at Frasher's Steakhouse in Scottsdale on Sunday, December 30th at 7:00 pm.

Jimmy Peyton's Midnite Blues will be doing their usual Friday night gig at 26th Street Blues on December 28th.

Big Pete Pearson Blues Band performs at the Rhythm Room on Friday, December 28th, followed the next night, Saturday, December 29th, by Patté Williams.

Sage Gentle-Wing has a full slate of shows this weekend leading up to New Year's Eve. He appears at Coffee Plantation at Biltmore Fashion Park from 7:30 to 10:30 pm on Friday, December 28th, followed by a 2:00 pm performance at Bookman's in Mesa on Saturday, December 29th, and finally at Pier 54, Tempe, at 7:00 pm on Saturday, December 29th.

New Year's Eve (Monday, December 31st) blues shows:

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Phoenix area blues clubs

Big Fish Pub
1954 E. University
Tempe
480-449-3474

Char's Has the Blues
4631 N. 7th Ave.
602-230-0205

CK's
40th St. & Chandler Blvd.
480-706-5564

Donna Jean's Libations
6676 West Bell Road, Glendale
623-979-7036

El Dorado Bar & Grill
8708 E. McDowell Rd.
Scottsdale
480-945-2606

Fat Cats
915 W. Grand Ave.
602-252-0988

Jay's Cocktails
3208 W. Indian School Rd.
602-242-1150

Monroe's
3 W. Monroe St.
602-258-1182

Pappadeux's Seafood Restaurant
11501 N. Black Canyon Highway
602-331-3434

Pat Murphy's
32nd St. & Thomas
602-522-0669

Rhythm Room
1019 E. Indian School Rd.
602-265-4842

Skipper's Lounge
 
6124 N. 43rd Avenue
 Glendale

Sugar Daddy's
3102 N. Scottsdale Rd.
480-970-6556

Sub-Culture Cafe
227 E. Baseline Rd.
Tempe
(480) 481-SUBS    

26th Street Blues
2547 E. Indian School Rd.
(602) 955-0881

Wigwam Grill on the Greens
300 Wigwam Boulevard
Litchfield Park

 

PBS Mobile is here!

We've now got a mobile version of our PBS site, with pertinent information designed to fit your web-enabled smartphone or PDA. Check it out at www.phoenixblues.mobi. If you've got a web-enabled mobile device, we would love to hear from you after you visit the site --- send email to let us know what kind of device you are using, what you like about the site and what future content you would like to see.

 

Musicians wanted

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