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11-28-05
Christmas and Hannukah pages up and running! WOW! Now I guess it's time for the decorating to begin.

11-10-05 Thanksgiving page up and running! Check it out!
It's full of recipes and crafts for the holidays.

10-26-05 Working on the Halloween Pages seems to be consuming lots of time! Check them out! Started a new page just for Halloween recipes.

10-18-05 Working on the Halloween Pages has been the latest task. Spent some time in California where it was hotter than I like but glad to be back to the cool crisp fall of Wisconsin.

8-19-05 Boy have I been missing it! There was a Luther Allison Festival in Peoria on the 5th & 6th. Well all I can do is hope is was a big success and try to go next year. I am continuing to add pics to the website here. I also found that I had created about 20 new pages in 2002 that were never linked so I have updated them and linked them to Favorite Artists Near and Far . Anywhere there is a *More on that page will take you to a short bio page with more links to the artist.

By the way, coming events
Peanut Butter & Jam Noontime Concert Series, Wednesdays in August
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Park, 54th St. & 6th Ave. Kenosha, WI
Aug 24: Midway Ramblers Cajun Band (Authentic cajun, zydeco and Louisiana blues)
Aug 31: The Uptown Savages (timeless sounds of the roadhouse and honky-tonk, rockabilly, swamp blues, country, R&B, and more!)

and
Harborfest Jazz & Blues Festival on the lakefront in Kenosha on August 27th and 28th
and More Events
http://www.kenoshaharbormarketplace.com/

also Jonny Lang coming to the Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, 53202, 414-286-3663
8 pm on 8/26/05 (you may want to get your tickets for John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers on November 3
emember tickets go on sale Monday 8-22 and general sales begin 8-26.

Blues Jams with Rick Holmes (Sunday at 4 pm Mustang Shellys in New Berlin and 9pm Sundays at Kokopellis)
or an open jam with rotating hosts at Six Points Pub, 6200 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis, 414-773-4980 Rick is at 8/22/05 at 9:30pm
or 8/24/05 at 9 pm Mario's, 60th and Burnham, West Allis, WI

or gigs with the Stratatones like the one Saturday 8/20/05 at 9pm at Liquid Johnny's, 540 S. 76th St., Milwaukee

Jim Liban/Perry Weber Blues Duo on 8/23/05 from 6-9 at Magoo's, 8911 W. National Ave., West Allis, 53227

and on 9/1/2005 Midwest Blues All-Stars at Jazz in the Park, Cathedral Square Park, 520 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, 53202 from 6:30-9

and at Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, 53202, 414-276-7288
on 9/2/05 at 8 pm The Iguanas

8-18-05 Finally getting this posted! This update includes revised pages for Local Blues Links, and Artists Near and Far including a table and a better way to scoot down the page by selecting a letter of the alphabet. I also added links to other blogs and websites that I maintain and finally have figured out how to get a handle on all the pictures. So I will be adding more and more of pics soon.

NEWS FLASH - There is a new blues festival for Madison. It's the Build Your Own Blues Festival. It's on August 26th and 27th from mid morning till late night. A combination of paid and free venues with headliners like Lonnie Brooks and James Solberg on one day and Robert Cray the next. There will be blues outside at the parks and the farmers market, inside at the Orpheum and Barrymore Theaters, and at the clubs later at night.

On a sad note, the fabulous "Little" Milton Campbell passed away following a stroke. (September 7th 1934-August 5, 2005) He was 70. Also although he was not blues, R& B legend Luther Vandross left us in July.(April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) He was 54. And off course it is the anniversary of the King of Rock and Roll's death: ELVIS PRESLEY (January 8, 1935-August 16, 1977)

7-16-05 Marcia Ball at Bastille Days was a blast. The festival was hotter than the proverbial lowest levels of Hell but we found a bit of shade and an occassional breeze to help it along. Her tallness never disappoints and this was no exception. I happened upon another legend, Milwaukee's own Rick Holmes sitting near the stage and we chatted a bit between numbers trying to figure out what the story was with the "Homeless Blues Festival" later in the day on the south side of Milwaukee. Note: He seems to be involved in a new band, which says it's rock but some of the members are blues or boogie woogie oriented, so who knows, maybe it will be a blend of rockin' blues I can enjoy. And there are always Blues Jams with Rick at the foreground ( Sunday at 4 pm Mustang Shellys in New Berlin and 9pm Sundays at Kokopellis or an open jam with rotating hosts at Six Points Pub, 6200 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis, 414-773-4980
8/22/05 at 9:30pm) or gigs with the Stratatones like the one Saturday 8/20/05 at 9pm at Liquid Johnny's, 540 S. 76th St., Milwaukee.

7-1-05 Letting my pocketbook vote for me on Summerfest. I'm not going. This new guy has no idea how to book bands, which is demonstrated when attendance figures are not made public during the festival. Give me Bo Black any day! She built Summerfest from hard packed dirt and snow fenced areas to a site that rivals any I have seen across the country with 13 stages and 75 acres of fully landscaped grounds with indoor plumbing and raised handicap areas for good sight lines. I hope they get it right next year cuz I sure will miss going but there is just not much there I want to see this time.

Also sad to note the passing of Luther's Blues which was a great spot to hear blues (and other music) with up to 400 of your closest friends.

6-29-05 Whooo hoo! The Belairs at River Rhythms tonight. They were awsome and finally have a brand new CD "Got Love". It was one of those perfect nights where the breeze keeps up with the temperature so it's balmy. The music was the rockin rhythms we have come to associate with the Belairs and we ran into the usual subjects while we were there picnicing under the June sky.

6-14-05 Got to the Chicago Blues Festival this weekend. It was really, really hot (both the temperature and the bands.) Review here: For my comments see my blog Rants and Raves of the Bluesbaby The highlight of our stay was attending Honeyboy Edwards Birthday Party at The Hothouse that was a tribute from friends, family and those lucky enough to score tickets (US)! It was sold out and we finally got inside and upstairs to find we had to locate our own seat by going from table to table asking if there were any seats available.

Robert Jr. Lockwood, Pinetop Perkins, Sam Lay, Deitra Farr, Liz Mandville Greeson, and many others sang and played 'til closing time, but most people came to see Honeyboy. While Delta is not my favorite style, he mesmerized listeners with both vocals and his Delta slide style guitar. Honeyboy's longtime manager and sometime harpist Michael Frank for put this gig together, MC'd and brought out his harp. Michael please keep putting out those great records at Earwig Music.

5-3-05 Off to PA for a while to visit the kids; be back on the 10th. We are doing the tourist thing in DC and no blues on the horizon for me :-( Before I forget, I will be gone but you can go to this terrific show:

2-23-05 So much has gone on its hard to know where to start but today is a beginning to updating this site. BB King is coming to the Potowatomi Northern Lights Theater in Milwaukee in March. Marcia Ball will be here at Luther's Blues March 12 and later in the month (March 24) Luther's will feature Chris Aaron with Clyde Stubblefield and BLACK N' BLUES w/Ron Prince from Kinsey Report, Joe Nosek from Cash Box Kings, and Catfish Stephenson.

2-15-05 Started a blues blog here: Rants and Raves of the Bluesbaby I will be adding links to my newsletter as well as photos and blues related items there.

1-1-05 Welcome back to my website! Been far too long since I could do any updates. This year my goal will be to do a little bit at a time rather than overhaul the whole site at one time.