Playlist:

Bronze Radio Return- Mister, Mister, Chris Massey Band- Bona Fide Countrified, Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood ( featuring Jay Geils)- Prisoner of Love, Kal David & the Real Deal- Nothing New, Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots- Big Dog’s Running This Town, Albert Castiglia- Hurricane Blues, The Hoolios- Crazy, Brother Joscephus & the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra- Bon Temps Roulez, Johnny Sansone- The Lord is Waiting & the Devil Is Too, Shaka & the Soul Shakers- Mr. Levy’s Grave, Diane Blue- I Will Fly, Lisa Mann- Til the Wheels Come Off, Sugar Ray & the Blue Tones- Evening, Mojomatics- Soy Baby.

Feed Our Friends Contest:

There was no winner in this week’s Feed Our Friends Contest.To win a $1000 gift card from Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford simply friend our Facebook Fan Page and you’re in the running. Good Luck next week!!

Black-Eyed News:

Last Thursday was the 30th Anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Texas Flood.Released on June 13th, 1983, the album almost immediately made a monumental impact on music, going double platinum in the United States and winning widespread, mainstream radio airplay. Named after a cover of a 1958 blues track by bluesman Larry Davis, Vaughan’s album helped propel widespread exposure of the blues to vast new audiences. To read more about it follow the link

http://www.americanbluesscene.com/2013/06/30th-anniversary-of-stevie-ray-vaughans-texas-flood/

The second story was about Paul McCartney’s performance at Bonnaroo last weekend. I didn’t so much take it for the content as I did the writing. Check out this short bit:

“As a festival, Bonnaroo has come to be defined by its diversity. the main-stage headliner always plays unopposed, the idea being that entire Bonnaroo community can coalesce around a single artist. Across cultural, generational and aesthetic lines, whose catalogue could possibly be more universal than McCartney's? The answer: Nobody's.

And that made this the single greatest Bonnaroo headlining performance in the festival's 12-year history, as it was moment after awesome moment of fever-pitched collective transcendence. "Paperback Writer," "Maybe I'm Amazed," "Band on the Run," "Blackbird," "Something" (played in tribute to George Harrison), "Eleanor Rigby," "We Can Work It Out," "Hey Jude" – to have not gotten swept up in and invigorated by the life-affirming celebration would be an outright rejection of joy.”

That is great writing to catch the whole article go to the link:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-reigns-at-bonnaroo-20130615#ixzz2WUkaRPi9

The last story was about Paulie’s NOLA Jazz & Blues Fest in Worcester Mass. This year marks the 6th annual for Paulie’s. The date of the Festival are June 21,22 and 23 at the Keystone Plaza Urban Fairground in Worcester. The lineup is great and includes Anders Osborne, Johnny Sansone, One of the final shows of Papa Grows Funk and the amazing Miss Irma Thomas. To check out the whole lineup or to purchase tickets follow the link:

http://baevents.com/pauliesnolabluesandjazzfestival/

Blues in the Area:

6/20 THURSDAY

CHRIS DUARTE - THE HUNGRY TIGER (9PM) - MANCHESTER, CT

CURLEY TAYLOR & ZYDECO TROUBLE - BLACK-EYED SALLY'S (8PM) - HARTFORD

DAN STEVENS - THE POND HOUSE GRILLE (8PM) - GLASTONBURY, CT

CHRIS D'AMATO - SMOKIN' WITH CHRIS (6PM) - SOUTHINGTON, CT

6/21 FRIDAY

JOSH WHITE JR. - THE KATHERINE HEPBURN CENTER FOR THE ARTS (8PM) - OLD SAYBROOK, CT

SUGAR RAY & THE BLUETONES - CHAN'S (8PM) - WOONSOCKET, RI

JEFF PITCHELL - THE HUNGRY TIGER - MANCHESTER, CT

DIANE BLUE W/SPECIAL GUEST LISA MANN - BLACK-EYED SALLY'S (9PM) - HARTFORD

EIGHT TO THE BAR - THE KNICKERBOCKER CAFE (8PM) - WESTERLY, RI

EASY BABY - THE CAMBRIDGE BREW HOUSE - GRANBY, CT

THE MOJO DUO - COALHOUSE PIZZA (9PM) - STAMFORD, CT

THE ARTHUR JAMES BAND - THEODORES' - SPRINGFIELD, MA

DAN STEVENS - PERKS & CORKS (9PM) - WESTERLY, RI

THE STEVE POLEZONIS TRIO - C.J. SPARROW'S (8PM) - CHESHIRE, CT

BRANDT TAYLOR - SWEET TOMATO (8PM) - PASCOAG, RI

CHRIS D'AMATO - CAFE A VIN (8:30PM) - NEW HAVEN, CT

6/22 SATURDAY

CT BLUES SOCIETY'S 2013 BLUES CHALLENGE FINALS - HANNON-HATCH VFW POST (2PM, 83 SOUTH ST.) - WEST HARTFORD, CT

WITH:

MIKE LAW & THE PLAYBOYS - WK 1 WINNER

THE SUIT, TY & THURSSTY - WK 2 WINNER

JR. KRAUSS & THE SHAKES - WK 3 WINNER

THE MYSTIC HORNS - WK 4 WINNER

EASYBABY - WILDCARD ENTRANT

THE DANNY DRAHER BAND - WILDCARD ENTRANT

SUGAR RAY & THE BLUETONES - BLACK-EYED SALLY'S (9PM) - HARTFORD

JAMES MONTGOMERY - CHAN'S (8 & 10PM) - WOONSOCKET, RI

THE DANNY DRAHER BAND - THE BANK STREET CAFE - NEW LONDON, CT

THE WALTER LEWIS BLUES TRIO - TERRA SOLE RISTORANTE (8PM) - RIDGEFIELD, CT

THE TOM SANDERS BAND - JUNE'S OUTBACK - KILLINGWORTH, CT

SHAKA & THE SOULSHAKERS - PAULIE'S NOLA JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL - WORCESTER, MA

BRANDT TAYLOR - THE CANNERY (9PM) - SOUTHBRIDGE, MA

Black-Eyed Sally’s Weekly Rundown:

Tuesday Jun 18 Mike Palin’s Other Orchestra

Wednesday Jun 19 Blues Open Mic hosted by Tommy Whalen

Thursday Jun 20 Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble $12 cover

Friday Jun 21 Diane Blue & Lisa Mann

Saturday Jun 22 Sugar Ray & the Blue Tones

Monday Jun 24 Monday Night Jazz

I hope to see you out and about this week but if not please continue to support live music wherever you are.