28 Jun 2005

Deanna Bogart Not Wasting a Minute

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
Deanna Bogart's first appearance at the Mississippi Valley Blues Fest five years ago was so successful that a local Davenport club whose name she can't remember - but based on the general location and description, we think it might have been Boozie's Bar & Grill - invited her to play a gig.
28 Jun 2005

Artist Inflects Music with Activism and Love

By Mike Schulz
When asked what message he hopes to convey with his music, the acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitarist, and social activist Willie King has a simple yet profound answer: "Love. To love everybody and have respect for everybody.
28 Jun 2005

Fiery, Versatile Guitarist Returns to the Blues Fest

By Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins learned to play and sing the blues in a small town in Georgia. "Commerce" was its name. It was here at the age of eight (more than 50 years ago) that she received her first guitar as a Christmas present.
28 Jun 2005

Sunday, July 3, Bandshell

By No Author
The Soul Searchers - 2 p.m. The Des Moines Register calls them "the band that's obviously meant to play the blues." Since the early '90s, the Soul Searchers have done just that for fans across Iowa.
28 Jun 2005

The Original Blue Man

By Jeff Ignatius
Douglas Ewart works with his hands, and that's not just because he's a musician. The Chicago-based Ewart not only composes and plays but builds his own instruments, creates artwork for performances, and designs and makes the costumes for himself and his band.
28 Jun 2005

Festival Performers from the Past

By No Author
A.C. Reed: 1989 Aaron Moore: 1997 Albert Collins: 1993 Algia Mae Hinton: 2001 Alley Gaiters: 1986 Alvin "Little Pink" Anderson: 2002 Alvin Youngblood Hart: 1998, 2002 Andy Bush: 1993 Ann Peebles: 1992 Ann Rabson: 1999, 2004 Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets Featuring Sam Meyers: 1988, 1995 Anthony Gomes: 2001 Archie Edwards: 1993 Armstrong, Bogan, & Armstrong: 1989 Aron Burton & Jack Johnson: 1995 Audrey & The Blue Kats: 1991 B.
28 Jun 2005

Undeterred and Aiming to Please

By Jeff Ignatius
Magic Slim is somebody who refuses to be denied. He started out playing piano, but in a cotton-gin accident he lost a finger on his right hand - "the main finger," he said - and couldn't manage the instrument. Also when he was a child, he built a guitar with baling wire from a broom, and "my momma beat my ass," Magic Slim said in a recent phone interview.
21 Jun 2005

New Record Captures Wicked Liz at Its Best

By Jeff Ignatius
Some bands are not cut out for the recording studio. They're great live, but when they get in that soundproofed room by themselves, they can't translate the energy. Often, the performances on studio CDs are too dry, and they reveal deficiencies in the songs that an audience isn't going to notice at midnight with a few drinks in them.
14 Jun 2005

Festival Showcases 60 Bands

By No Author
Mark Brenny of Brenny's Motorcycle Clinic has been building the annual Sturgis on the River festival into the Quad Cities' best showcase for local bands. And this year he's topped himself. For last year's event, Brenny booked roughly 40 bands on three stages.
14 Jun 2005

Can't Wait For The Blues Fest?

By Administrator
With the Blues Festival just two weeks away, it's crunch time for the Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS). There are travel, lodging, security, and logistical concerns to address, contracts to finalize, and volunteer lists to compile.

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