Playlist: Jen Lowe- Hell, The Mighty Soul Drivers- Everywhere You Go, Goodnight Blue Moon- How Long, Alexis P. Suter Band-Climbin’ On Up the Mountain, Jim Carpenter & the Hoolios- He Gave Her Roses, The Soul of a Man- Cherry Red Wine, Popa Chubby- Carrying the Torch of the Blues, Miss Tess & the Talkbacks- This Affair, Elison Jackson- Burned, Ryan Hartt & the Blue Hearts- Real Prince Charming, Jackleg Preachers- The Jackleg Preacher & the Idiot Son, The Delta Generators- Too Many Cooks, Mojomatics- Soy Baby.

Contest: Feed Our Friends
Contests: This week’s winner in our Feed Our Friends contest was Whitney Amundsen. She won a $50 gift card for Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford for simply friending us on our Facebook Fan Page. Congrat Whit

Black-Eyed News:

Great interview with Rock N’ Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman from azcentral.com you can find it here:

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/20121228gregg-allman-interview-low-country-blues-beyond.html?nclick_check=1

Cool story about Ct resident Steve Balkun about his luthier business he runs out of his basement Find that here:

http://www.courant.com/business/hc-balkun-guitars-west-hartford-20130102,0,5030328.st

The Rolling Stone Magazine Top 50 Songs of 2012 can be found here:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2012-20121205/

Hartford/ New Haven Metro area sixth drunkest area in the country read about that here:

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Connecticut-Cities-Among-the-Drunkest–185649411.html

Blues In The Area:

1/11 FRIDAY Johnny Winter – Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT Chris O’Leary – Chan’s (8pm) – Woonsocket, RI

1/12 SATURDAY J. Geils, Gerry Beaudoin & Jeff Pitchell – The Palace Theater (7:30pm) – Stafford Springs, CT Duke Robillard feat. Sunny Crownover – Chan’s (8pm) – Woonsocket, RI The Matthew Stubbs Band – Theodores’ (9pm) – Springfield, MA Blues Alley – The Prime Time Pub (9pm) – Thomaston, CT The Delta Generators – Black-eyed Sally’s (9pm) – Hartford The Rich Badowski Blues Band – Suffield by the River – Suffield, CT

Black-Eyed Sally’s Weekly Rundown:

Wednesday Night Jan 9 Blues Open Mic hosted by Ed Bradley
Thursday Night Jan 10 The Sawtelles
Friday Night Jan 11 The Jackleg Preachers 9pm
Saturday night Jan 12 The Delta Generators 9pm
Monday Night Jan 14 Monday Night Jazz featured performer the Damian Curtis Band
Tuesday Night Jan 15 Mike Palin’s Other Orchestra

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

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