Playlist:
Dogbite- Silver Moon,Lustre Kings- I Ain’t Fooling, Tas Cru- Brand New Shoes, Allegra Levy & the Usual Suspects- There’s a Small Hotel, Johnny Rawls- Oh Please Come Back, Roomful of Blues- Ain’t Nothin’ Happenin’, Jim Carpenter & the Hoolios- He Gave Her Roses, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez- Like Honey. The Blue Lights- Bang on the Drum All Day, Mike Crandall Band- Trying to Make You Mine, Peter Karp/Sue Foley- Wait, Roxy Perry- Blues Come To Call, Mojomatics- Soy Baby.

Feed Our Friends Contest:

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

Black-Eyed News:

This Week’s first story is that this weekend is the Meriden Daffodil Festival. There are 36 Ct Connected bands playing, Free Admission, Free Shuttle, Free Entertainment and Free Parking. Want to know more check out their website here:

http://www.daffodilfest.com/

The second story this week came from USA Today and was about Superman: the Man Of Steel turning 75 last week and that there will be a new movie coming out on the 14th of June bringing the Man of Steel back to the big screen.

http://www.today.com/books/its-bird-its-plane-its-super-septuagenarian-1C9504707

The next story this week is from Rolling Stone magazine and it’s about the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony that just happened in Los Angeles this past weekend. It looks like there were some cool performances and the show was taped to be re-aired on May 18th on HBO

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-induction-2013-rush-and-fans-fight-the-power-20130419?link=mostpopular4

The last story this week is about a new music service being offered by Twitter and whether or not it will help the Blues and Blues artists. You can find all of the info here:

http://www.americanbluesscene.com/2013/04/will-twitter-music-help-the-blues/

Blues in the Area:

4/25 THURSDAY

CT Blues Society's Band Challenge - Black-eyed Sally's (8pm) - Hartford

semifinal 1 of 4, finals 6/22

with:

The Alan James Band

The Sandy Connolloy Band

The Steve Polezonis Trio

Four Wheel Drive

Mike Law & the Playboys

James Montgomery - Olde Mistick Village - Mystic, CT

Dan Stevens - Smokin' With Chris (6pm) - Southington, CT

Brandt Taylor - Rivalry's (8pm) - Worcester, MA

4/26 FRIDAY

Peter Karp and Sue Foley - Black-eyed Sally's (9pm) - Hartford

The Eric Ducoff Band - The Stomping Ground (8pm) - Putnam, CT

EasyBaby - Cady's Tavern (9pm) - Pascoag, RI

Eran Troy Danner - Theodores' (9pm) - Springfield, MA

The Wildcat O'Halloran Band - The Waterfront (9pm) - Holyoke, MA

Easy Baby - Cady's Tavern - Pascoag, RI

Brandt Taylor - The Village (8pm) - Woodstock, CT

4/27 SATURDAY

Nick Moss & the Fliptops - The Outer Space (3-5pm) - Hamden, CT

Roxy Perry's All Star Revue - Black-eyed Sally's (9pm) - Hartford

Eran Troy Danner - The Shamrock Pub & Grill - Waterbury, CT

Dan Stevens - Burke's Tavern (8pm) - Niantic, CT

River City Slim & the Zydeco Hogs - Meriden Daffodil Festival (2pm, Hubbard Park) - Meriden, CT

Get Out And Dance - Willimantic Elks Club (7-11pm) - Willimantic, CT

with:

Dr. Ya Ya's Gumbo Party

Full Tilt

The Chaug River Blues Band

info & tickets: 860-450-0918

4/28 SUNDAY

Dan Stevens - The Meriden Daffodil Festival (12:30pm, Hubbard Park) - Meriden, CT

Eran Troy Danner - The Palace Theater - Danbury, CT

Community Alliance Fundraiser

Jr. Krauss & the Shakes - The Brass Horse (2-6pm) - Barkhamsted, CT

Black-Eyed Sally’s Weekly Rundown:

Wednesday Apr 24 Blues Open Mic hosted by Tim MacDonald

Thursday Apr 25 Ct Blues Challenge Blue Moon special and no cover

Friday Apr 26 Peter Karp/ Sue Foley

Saturday Apr 27 Roxy Perry’s All Star Revue

Monday Apr 29 Monday Night Jazz featured performers the Ct College Showcase

Tuesday Apr 30 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.