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Mexican Skiptracers

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:52:23 -0600

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Gabriel Gratzer: One man and his guitar

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:38:18 -0600

Gabriel Gratzer: One man and his guitar Tokyo (Nov. 10)—Argentine bluesman Gabriel Gratzer wraps up a 1-1/2-year world tour with a series of gigs in Tokyo starting Friday. The Daily Yomiuri...

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Southern Comfort Katrina Aid-Vol. II

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:27:30 -0600

Southern Comfort Katrina Aid-Vol. II This in from Blues Brother Doug Allsop over at Buffalo Records. This in from Blues Brother Doug Allsop over at Buffalo Records. For the last 20 years or more,...

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Sugiya-san remembered

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:24:01 -0600

Sugiya-san remembered Further to my posting yesterday the sad news of the passing of Sugiya-san, the owner of B-Flat jazz club in Akasaka, Tokyo, jazz vocalist Pamela MacCarthy has posted some words...

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Mr. Sugiya of B Flat, Akasaka passes

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:05:32 -0600

Mr. Sugiya of B Flat, Akasaka passes I have just heard from a colleague at work that Mr. Sugiya of B-Flat, akasaka has passed. Sugiya-san was a great lover and supporter of jazz in Japan. He was...

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noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:44:17 -0600

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Southern Comfort Katrina Aid

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:36:57 -0600

Southern Comfort Katrina Aid This in from Blues Brother Doug Allsop over at Buffalp Records. This in from Blues Brother Doug Allsop over at Buffalo Records. For the last 20 years or more, Shige...

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Jammin' for the Big Easy

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:33:30 -0500

Jammin' for the Big Easy Don't forget, folks will be Jammin' for the Big Easy at B-Flat in AKASAKA tonight to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. (Click for map) Lineup I've polled...

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B.B. King Among Blues Artists Inducted Into Delta Blues Hall of Fame

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:44:59 -0500

B.B. King Among Blues Artists Inducted Into Delta Blues Hall of Fame (Oct. 20)—Blues legend B.B. King is among four people being inducted tonight into the Mississippi Delta Blues Hall of Fame...

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Musicians trickle back into the Big Easy

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:35:30 -0500

Musicians trickle back into the Big Easy NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 19)—Roland Guerin's standup bass helps break the silence that enveloped this city for weeks, offering evidence of New Orleans'...

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Inaugural Sweet Gum Bottom Blues Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:40:43 -0500

Inaugural Sweet Gum Bottom Blues Festival Greenville, Miss. (Oct. 19 )—Greenville's inaugural Sweet Gum Bottom Blues Fest proved to be a weekend of laughter, music, dancing, good southern food...

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Eddie "The Ed Man" Stauffer passes

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:27:21 -0500

Eddie "The Ed Man" Stauffer passes Sad news just in from Blues Brother Paul Buckingham Apparently Eddie "The Ed Man" Stauffer passed away today. The Ed Man was a cornerstone of the blues scene in...

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Katrina benefit at FCCJ, Tokyo, tonight

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:49:30 -0500

Katrina benefit at FCCJ, Tokyo, tonight Just a reminder that a benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina is being hosted by The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ), tonight (October 8) from...

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Pamela MacCarthy: "Digital Diary" opening party / live jazz & blues

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:46:49 -0500

Pamela MacCarthy: "Digital Diary" opening party / live jazz & blues The way I feel at present, there's not too many things that would enthuse me enough to drag my flu-racked body out of bed to blog...

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Aging rockers face health issues

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:42:58 -0500

Aging rockers face health issues Miami (Sep. 25)—It used to be that rock stars died young of living life to the rhythm of notorious excess in drugs, alcohol and the like. These days, they're...

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Steve Gardner's October gig guide

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:38:03 -0500

Steve Gardner's October gig guide 10/2(Sun) Ogikubo: Rooster (Band) \1600 http://www.rooster.jp/ 10/4 (Tue) Roppongi: Bourbon Street (solo) free 9:00 ...

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Laumeier's New Music Festival -

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 05:11:55 -0500

Laumeier's New Music Festival - B.B. King, James Brown and Indigo Girls to headline premiere concert, Sept. 23,24,25 The reigning "King of Blues," B.B. King; and the "Godfather of Soul," James...

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Motown singer/songwriter Willie Hutch dies

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 04:35:51 -0500

Motown singer/songwriter Willie Hutch dies DALLAS (Sept. 21)—Veteran singer-songwriter-producer Willie Hutch, who helped compose several hits for the Jackson 5, died Monday of undisclosed...

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Voodoo Music Experience Moves To Memphis

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:34:44 -0500

Voodoo Music Experience Moves To Memphis (Sept. 22)—The VOODOO MUSIC EXPERIENCE will bring its quintessential New Orleans spirit to Memphis, the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and...

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band Reassembles

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:23:28 -0500

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Reassembles NEW YORK(Sept. 21)—John Brunious flew in from an evacuation center in Arkansas, wearing donated clothes and carrying a borrowed trumpet, his voice shot...

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Japanese music industry rallies for Hurricane Katrina victims

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:35:08 -0500

Japanese music industry rallies for Hurricane Katrina victims TOKYO (Sept. 21)—Japanese music stars joined by New Orleans blues legend Dr. John launched an appeal Wednesday for Japanese...

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Basin Street Records' Weekly Enewsletter--Sept. 22

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:02:12 -0500

Basin Street Records' Weekly Enewsletter--Sept. 22 This just in from Blues Brother Mark Samuels, president of Basin Street Records: ANOTHER PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM MARK SAMUELS, PRESIDENT, BASIN...

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Releases for September 20

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:01:06 -0500

Releases for September 20 James Brown "Gettin' Down to It" (1969 album; remastered) Verve Ray Charles "Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) [box set]" (7 CDs, plus a DVD...

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Blogger is down

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:42:19 -0500

Blogger is down--I have posts up and waiting to be published, so drop back in a beer or three

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R&B legends singing again for new label

noreply@blogger.com (Les Coles) — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:01:46 -0500

R&B legends singing again for new label The musician who produced soul legend Solomon Burke's Grammy-winning 2002 album Don't Give Up on Me has started a label devoted to new work by veteran R&B...

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