27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Capturing Magic - Kelly Richey: Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Bandshell Stage

By Mike Schulz

Kelly Richey "I'm not sure there's an owner's manual to this business that can truly enlighten one," says blues musician Kelly Richey, "but I did know that I was the type of artist that wasn't gonna be happy if I couldn't do it my own way."

The guitarist and singer/songwriter is explaining her decision to form her own label - Sweet Lucy Records - and build what she calls "a very high-end studio" in her Cincinnati home. But she may as well be describing her career as a whole, as Richey has insisted on doing things her way ever since she picked up her first guitar - an electric one, no less - as a teenager.

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Full of It - Drink Small: Sunday, 1:30 p.m., Tent Stage

By Administrator

Drink Small "You got a minute?" Drink Small asked me during our phone interview.

"Yeah," I said.

"All right," he said. The bluesman left the phone. A television was audible in the background.

After a few seconds, the man who for 35 years has called himself the "Blues Doctor" returned with his guitar and played a song about the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival - how he wants to the meet the mayor of Davenport, how he played the event 10 or 12 years ago. "I can do the same thing," sang Small, who returns to the festival this weekend, "but I can do it better at the age of 74."

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: A Two-Fisted Legend - Henry Gray: Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Tent Stage

By Administrator

Henry GrayIt's only a slight overstatement to say that blues piano legend Henry Gray has played with everybody who's anybody.

27 Jun 2007

President's Welcome to the 2007 IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival

By Randy Stalsberg

IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Welcome, blues fans!

You would think that we would be used to this by now - the months and months of hard work by dedicated Mississippi Valley Blues Society volunteers, the nonstop struggle to keep things moving forward. But it's always amazing when the fest is finally here!

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Friday, June 29, Bandshell

By administrator

The Damon Fowler Group, 5 p.m.

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Friday, June 29, Tent Stage

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Robert Belfour, 5 p.m.

Robert Belfour We at the IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival are proud to open the 2007 Tent Stage performances with Memphis' own Robert "Wolfman" Belfour.

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Saturday, June 30, Bandshell

By administrator

Smokin' Mojo Kings, 2 p.m.

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Saturday, June 30, Tent Stage

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Bad Luck City, 1:30 p.m.

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Sunday, July 1, Bandshell

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Doña Oxford, 2 p.m.

Dona OxfordIf you want to hear some of the best, most energetic boogie-woogie and barrel-house blues piano around, make sure you get to the Fest site early on Sunday for Doña Oxford. As Blues Revue says, her work on the ivories is "stunning."

27 Jun 2007

Blues Fest 2007: Sunday, July 1, Tent Stage

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Drink Small, 1:30 p.m.

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