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OUTSTANDING
Pictures of this Show
courtesy of
BluesGirl
Kelli Tome
BY CLICKING
HERE
Opening the Show at 2pm...
This Year's IBC entrants...
 lower case blues
at 4pm it was
 Steve
Guyger & The Excellos
Kenny
Jones and the Jaded Angels laid down an
energetic set to get the PARTY GOING.......
All photos of the party are courtesy of
BLUESGIRL
Keli Tome, seen at left with our own
SonnyClaus!!
DSBS Family and Friends were on hand to
PARTY it UP!!!
Lil' Ed Hamming it up with Kenny & Keli
Kenny and the Birthday
Twins celebrating with DSBS!!
Nov. 3rd--WE WERE
THERE!!
The Challengers:
beginning at 2:00 pm
Doing 30 min. sets
at 2:00 pm
 In
a first time DSBS appearance
they Burned Down the House!! No lie!! Where has this band been?? I thought
they were there to steal the show, and they nearly did from the tough lead-off
spot.
GREAT stuff!
Check out their CD,
By Any Means
Necessary,
featuring 12 great
original songs
at 2:45 pm
Tomato Can
INCREDIBLE Keyboard and Guitar virtuosity
set loose by the 'in the pocket' groove
laid down by this group of accomplished musicians
made
Tomato Can a
STRONG contender.
There's YOUTH on the guitar and keyboards here,
and their virtuosity belies their ages.
Man, these kids can PLAY!
at 3:30 pm
Irving Street Blues Band
This young band
just keeps getting better and
better. The addition of the Hammond Organ
made for an entirely new sound from this
High School-aged and TALENTED bunch. Once hard edges are now becoming
nicely polished as their experience grows!! They put on a GREAT set!
at 4:15 pm
The DelCats
It was another
barn-burning performance by this OUTSTANDING gem of a local blues band that
combines the best in songwriting with incredible talent at each instrument.
And those horns, a GREAT live addition and evidence that the boys were pulling
out ALL the stops. It was nothing short of seven pieces of Smokin'
Mojo from The Cats!
(The DelCats new CD
above is nothing short
of outstanding!!)
at 5:00 pm
Nuthin' But Trouble
And Nuthin' But
Trouble it was, for every other
band in this competition. Hard driving blues by a
talented bunch in their first DSBS appearance.
I think we'll be hearing more from
Nuthin' But Trouble.
at 5:45 pm
lower case blues
The long awaited first CD from this BURNIN' Blues Band from Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware!!
Jake and the boys,
in their second DSBS Battle,
shined like the Sun, evidencing their polished musicianship born from the play
every day rigors
this band has been blessed with of late. They've
been honing their mighty skills in clubs all over
the region, and put on a set for DSBS attendees
worthy of the Blues Challenge win. So DSBS
is going to get them to Memphis, and stick a couple
of bucks in their pockets so they can represent
all of US, and maybe bring home the gold
in the Blues Foundation's International
Blues Challenge in February.
Go get 'em, guys!!
at 6:30 pm
The
Buicks
The
Buicks are producing their first LIVE CD from sets at
PUCKS in Doylestown, PA recorded on JULY 28th!!
The Buicks came to
play, and play they did, with a
blistering set, meant to set the previous six
bands on their ears!! And they nearly
pulled it off!! Smooth and polished, these adept musicians burned through
their set, leaving all in attendance shouting for more.
It was an OUTSTANDING
Battle of the Bands, with each band utilizing their
own original material.
Collectively, they burned down the house, pure and simple, in the best of
a long tradition of Blues in these
United States.
THANK YOU ALL
for
joining us and making this
day of outstanding
music a success.
And a BIG
THANK YOU also, to the
Seven Local / Regional Bands who
competed. They
were, each and every one of them, simply
outstanding
in both the quality of their songwriting and
also their extremely high level
of musicianship.
Our hats are off to
you all!!
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The DelCats
hit the stage at 2
and performed songs
from their new CD
"In The Pocket"
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Chubby plays Hendrix in
His New 3 CD Set
"ELECTRIC CHUBBYLAND"
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McCray' Recorded a
live CD locally
at Philly's
North Star Bar --it's
"Born to Play
the Blues"
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Last Up it was...
Saturday, March
8th--2 'till 9pm
$20 members, $25 non-members
Headlining the
show, and doing two 75 min. sets
beginning at 6pm was Arkansas'
Michael
Burks
Photos © 2002 by Ray Stiles, all rights reserved.
Venue:
J.B. McGinnis Pub &
Grill
(formally Gators Sports Bar)
519 Basin Rd.
New Castle, DE
(302)322-4766
On Saturday,
January 26th--2 'till 8pm
The
I nternational Blues Challenge
"Goin'
to Memphis"
SEND OFF PARTY!!
at the Newly
Renovated
J.B. McGinnis
Pub & Grill
(formally Gator's
Sports Bar) 519 Basin
Rd., NewCastle, Delaware
Seven
Bands Battled it Out last September in front of a full house for the Right to
Represent DSBS at the
Blues Foundations'
International Blues
Challenge in
February, 2008. The winner was the
lower case blues
band, and this event is to help fund their upcoming trip to Memphis!!
FIVE BANDS PERFORMED!!
Pictures Courtesy of Bluesgirl
Kelli Tome's
Full Moon Blues
website--Check Out ALL of Her Great Pics Here
at 2 till 2:45 pm:
Nothin' But Trouble
Hit
the stage
and by the time
they finished
SMOKE was Rising
from the Stage!!
They're Baltimore's
Finest and They
Came to PLAY!!
Then, at
3 till 3:45 pm came
last year's Blues
Challenge Winner
and Mikey, as ALWAYS, came
to
Relax some, and PLAY PLENTY!!
at 4 till 4:45 pm the
"Old School" of Delaware Blues
took the stage and raised the bar once again
with a blistering set that got the crowd to their feet!!
Kenny Jones
& the Jaded Angels
And the Blues was
a'cookin'
as the pot kept getting stirred.....
at 5 till 5:45 pm:
 2005's
DSBS
Blues
Challenge
Winner
the
Roger
Girke
Band
at 6 till 8:00 pm:
This Year's Winners...
lower
case
blues
Jake and the boys,
in their second DSBS Battle,
shined like the Sun, evidencing their polished
musicianship born from the play
every day rigors
this band has been blessed with of late. They've
been honing their mighty skills in clubs all over
the region, and put on a set for DSBS attendees
worthy of the Blues Challenge win. So DSBS
is going to get them to Memphis, and stick a couple
of bucks in their pockets so they can represent
all of US, and maybe bring home the gold
in the Blues Foundation's International
Blues Challenge in February.
Go get 'em, guys!!
The long awaited first CD
from this BURNIN' Blues Band
from Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware
is here!!
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Dec.15th, 2007's
2007 Rockin'
Blue X'mas
with Delaware's Own
Kenny
Jones
& the
Jaded
Angels
Headlining
was Alligator Recording Artists and
"King of the Slide"
Guitar
Lil' Ed
& the
Blues
Imperials
it was all Saturday, December 15th, 2007
at
the newly renovated
Gators
4 to 9pm
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$20 Members--$25 Non-members |
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THEN it was Harvest Time Again with DSBS'
Saturday,
November 3, 2007
at
the newly renovated Gators
2
to 9pm -
$20 Members--$25 Non-members
at 6:30 pm
Headlining the
Event:
Steady Rollin' BOB MARGOLIN
with Special Guest
 
NAPPY
BROWN
And it
was
OLD
SCHOOL
all the way!!!
Nappy's
New CD,
LONG TIME COMING
was released
in September
on Blind Pig Records.
Then it was...
The 2007 International
Blues
Challenge
"Goin'
to Memphis"
BATTLE
of the BANDS
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007
at Gators Sports Bar in New Castle, Delaware
$20 Members
/ $25 Non-Members
Seven
Bands Battled it Out in front of a full house for the Right to
Represent DSBS at the
Blues Foundations'
International Blues Challenge in 2008!!!
Each and EVERY
BAND brought
their "A" Games,
and the music was
OUTSTANDING
throughout the Day!!
And when all was said and done, the crowd with ballots chose
lower case
blues
as the deserving winners!! They'll be OFF TO MEMPHIS
in February. CONGRATULATIONS to JAKE, BJ & PAUL!!
They'll represent us well, we're sure!!
Headlining this
Event was:
at 7:30 pm
 Alligator
Records
Recording
Artist
KENNY
NEAL
Kenny Neal stands tall among the
younger generation of blues players. His trademark brand of blues,
featuring a combination of Louisiana swamp blues, funky rhythms and
soul-deep vocals, powered by his slashing guitar playing and--on his
solo albums--loping harmonica, puts him at the forefront of contemporary
blues players.
Born October 14, 1957 into a
deeply rooted multi-generational blues family from Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, Kenny's been playing the blues since he was a small child. He
first learned the blues from his father, harpist Raful Neal, and family
friends like Buddy Guy, Lazy Lester and Slim Harpo. It was Slim who gave
Kenny his first harp, trying to pacify the crying three-year-old boy. It
worked. Kenny mastered harmonica, and quickly moved on to bass, trumpet,
piano and guitar. He first performed at age six, playing piano at one of
his father's gigs. By the time he was 13, he officially joined his
father's band as a bass player, before being recruited as Buddy Guy's
bassist at 17. Following Buddy's advice to concentrate on his guitar
playing, Kenny relocated to Toronto, and--along with his brothers Raful
Jr., Noel, Larry and Ronnie--formed the Neal Brothers Band, regularly
backing visiting blues stars. Later he fronted Canada's Downchild Blues
band before returning to Baton Rouge to begin his solo career.
Teaming with producer/bassist/horn
arranger Bob Greenlee in 1987, Kenny cut a series of albums featuring
not only his laid-back, Baton Rouge blues, but also funky contemporary
gems with a taste of rock and R&B. Kenny joined Alligator in 1988, and
his albums became blues hits, with the critics hailing him as one of the
best of the younger blues generation. Down Beat declared, "Neal
has a contemporary style unto himself, his phrases flare with pointed
feeling and fervid imagination, his singing is randy and exuberant."
He's played with major blues stars
from B.B. King to Buddy Guy, and has emerged as one of the few names on
the short list of current blues greats. His music is deeply rooted in
the Louisiana swamp blues tradition, but burns with a contemporary fire.
"One of a mere handful of truly inventive young contemporary
guitarists," announced the Chicago Tribune, "Neal has something
fresh to say and the chops with which to say it."
Venue:
Gators Sports Bar
519 Basin Rd.
New Castle, DE
(302)322-4766
Ticket information:
$20 Members
$25 Non-members(TICKETS
WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
ON THE DAY OF
THE SHOW)
Contact:
Diamond State Blues Society
NEW ADDRESS:
P.O. BOX 863
MIDDLETOWN , DELAWARE 19709
Phone: DSBS
Gene - (302) 376-6298 or
Sonny - (410) 398-8334
Email: Gene or
Sonny
(Money Orders or checks
only for tickets by mail) |
Then there was Our
Saturday, March
10, 2007
at Gators Sports Bar in
New Castle, Delaware
$20 Members
$25 Non-Members
the Party Kicked-Off
with Delaware's Own...
then the House was
appropriately Burnt to the Ground by
POPA
CHUBBY
Popa Chubby, "Stealing the Devil's Guitar" (Blind
Pig) ***
Chicago Sun Times
Fans of Popa Chubby's take-no-prisoners approach to the blues, rock and
even hip-hop as played by "The King of New York City Blues" and his
bone-crunching power trio might be taken aback by the more sophisticated
arrangements and instrumentation for "Stealing the Devil's Guitar." Why,
he even plays some mandolin and acoustic guitar on his sixth release for
Blind Pig Records, and there are hints of Eastern rhythms.
Fear not, though: Popa Chubby is not going soft. The Bronx, N.Y., native
known in some circles as Ted Horowitz still does his share of guitar
raveups that hark back to '70s blues-rock outfits such as Foghat and
Savoy Brown. Chubby's writing is particularly strong here, as with
"Smugglers Game," "Slide, Devil Man, Slide" and "Preacher Man." Among
the best of the 11 tracks is the lone cover: Mississippi Hill Country
blues icon Jessie Mae Hemphill's "In This World."
Jeff Johnson
THEN Doing TWO
75 minute sets was the
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About The
Larry McCray Band |
Larry McCray is one of a handful of
talented young blues performers leading the genre across
boundaries and into the new century. McCray's savage blues-rock
guitar and warm, soulful vocals have drawn attention worldwide.
McCray's hard work paid off when he became the first artist
signed by Virgin Records' blues division - Pointblank Records.
In 1990, they released his debut, "Ambition," which was well
received by the U.S. and European press.
1993 saw the release of McCray's second album, Delta Hurricane,
which was recorded in Memphis with the notoriously funky Uptown
Horns. The guitarist's gut wrenching rendition of Warren Haynes'
power ballad, "Soul Shine," opened many ears to McCray's talent
and diversity.
In 1998, Born To Play The Blues moved the story of McCray's
broadly appealing music forward another giant step. Bold,
brawny, often dazzling guitar lines are matched with confident,
soul-drenched vocals. Understated funk rhythms and crunchy rock
riffs meet searing slow blues and booty-bumping shuffles.
The year 2000 found the guitarist co-establishing his own
independent record company together with Koch, forming Magnolia
Records. The release Believe It kicked it off, putting McCray on
chart to continue to release albums on his own dime and time,
without the business or rules of a pressing-type of label.
McCray also sights a career highlight as being honored as the
Orville Gibson 2000 Male Blues Guitarist of the Year. "Jeff
Beck, Eric Clapton, like seven or eight other people were
nominated, as well" stated McCray.
With Magnolia Records his new home and a young son to raise,
McCray was able to pull back into his personal life for a while.
McCray keeps busy on the road trying to find the time to write
music.
Magnolia Records released the McCray's first live album, Live On
75, on December 6, 2005. A new studio album is to follow in late
2006.
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working with the doo-wop group Otis Williams and the Charms. He played
lead guitar with Bo Diddley, toured with Paul Williams, Sam Cooke,
Jackie Wilson, Laverne Baker, Clyde McPhatter, and the Everly
Brothers. He also toured with Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Little
Richard in late '50s. In 1958 while working with Paul "Hucklebuck"
Williams and playing at the Apollo in Harlem, he wrote and recorded
"Blues Get Off My Shoulder" (recorded on Vee-Jay label).
James 
Billy's
latest efforts are a 90 min. DVD:
Funky...Funky Soul!!!
The
Billy Price Band Live
at the
Belgium
Rhythm & 
And
Billy's long-awaited first 
Saturday
March 4, 2006 
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