Playlist:

Anthony Gomes- Anywhere You Run, Entrain- House on the Hill, Peter Karp/ Sue Foley- TreatMe Right, Roxy Perry- Roadmaster, Kal David & the Real Deal- Say Yeah, Eran Troy Danner- Lucky Day, Johnny Rawls- Back in Your Arms, Jim Carpenter & the Hoolios- Crazy, Dogbite- Nosedive, The Lustre Kings- Tell Me Why, Tas Cru- Tulsa Tornado, Mojomatics- Soy Baby.
Feed Our Friends Contest:

This week’s winner of our Feed Our Friends Contest was Angela Russo. Angela won a $50 gift card from Black-Eyed Sally’s in Hartford simply by Friending our Facebook Fan page. Congratulations Angela!!

Black-Eyed News:

The first topic for this week’s news is that this Saturday April 20, 2013 is Record Store Day. Get out and support the Record Store in your area. There is a whole generation of kids that have never been to a record store. If you don’t know where there are any in your area I will list a few for you with their locations:The Telegraph- New London, Mystic Disc- Mystic, Integrity N’ Music- Wethersfield, Merle’s Record Rack- Orange, Replay Records- Hamden and Red Scroll Records- Wallingford

Next up was a nice interview with Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi from Guitar Player Magazine talking about bringing their two bands together and talking to Derek about how he is able to keep the things he does with the Allman Brothers sounding fresh and inspired

http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/ball--chain-derek-trucks-and-susan-tedeschis-blues-union/147527

After that we had an article from Rolling Stone Magazine about the Day the Beatles broke up. It spans the early part of their career to the final days and is very well written and informative and you can find it here:

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-the-beatles-broke-up-20090903

Last up was a review from the N.Y. Times about the Eric Clapton Crossroads shows in NYC last weekend and you can find the link to that here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/arts/music/crossroads-guitar-festival-at-madison-square-garden.html?_r=1&

Blues in the Area:

4/19 FRIDAY

DEBBIE DAVIES - CHAN'S (8PM) - WOONSOCKET, RI

RORY BLOCK - THE IRON HORSE (7PM) - NORTHAMPTON, MA

JANIVA MAGNESS - THE NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS (8PM) - FALL RIVER, MA

POPA CHUBBY - THE OUTER SPACE'S SPACELAND BALLROOM (8PM) - HAMDEN, CT

THE WALTER LEWIS BLUES TRIO - THEODORES' - SPRINGFIELD, MA

DAN STEVENS - THE DANIEL PACKER INN - MYSTIC, CT

EASY BABY - THE CANNERY MUSIC HALL - SOUTHBRIDGE, MA

4/20 SATURDAY

KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN - BRIDGE ST. LIVE (9PM) - COLLINSVILLE, CT

TAS CRU - BLACK-EYED SALLY'S (9PM) - HARTFORD

DAN STEVENS - THE VANILLA BEAN CAFE (8PM) - POMFRET, CT

THE WALTER LEWIS BLUES TRIO - GREENWOOD'S GRILLE & ALE HOUSE - BETHEL, CT

THE MIGHTY SOUL DRIVERS - THE CYPRESS RESTAURANT (8PM) - MIDDLETOWN, CT

ERIN HARPE & THE DELTA SWINGERS - THEODORES' - SPRINGFIELD, MA

THE TOM SANDERS BAND - THE RED HOUSE - DEEP RIVER, CT

4/21 SUNDAY

BETTYE LAVETTE - THE NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS (8PM) - FALL RIVER, MA

ANA POPOVIC - INFINITY MUSIC HALL (7:30PM) - NORFOLK, CT

DAN STEVENS - THE MOOSUP AMERICAN LEGION (3PM) - MOOSUP, CT

Black-Eyed Sally’s Weekly Rundown:

Wednesday Apr 17 Blues open Mic hosted by Tommy Whalen

Thursday Apr 18 Dogbite

Friday Apr 19 The Lustre Kings

Saturday Apr 20 Tas Cru

Monday Apr 22 Monday Night Jazz featured performer Larry Willis

Tuesday Apr 23 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.