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©2007-Linn County Blues Society Issue 156 The Publication of the Linn County Blues Society- lcbs.org July 2007 uncensored, underground, blues news We are excited once again to have Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust as our main festival sponsor this year! A HUGE Bluesmore thank you to CRB&T! Kicks Off Bluesmore 2007 C raig Erickson’s newest release “Big Highway” is an appropriate title for the type of journey his musical career has taken him on. Born and raised in the midwestern heartland of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (which is con- nected to many highways that lead to midwestern music meccas such as Min- neapolis, Chi- cago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Madison, etc.) Craig has drawn upon the inspi- ration of wide open spaces, mysterious midnight highway excursions, and the nearby inten- sity of funky big city life. Mixing styles and life influences into a stew of blues, rock, funk, jazz, fu- sion with a distinctive 70’s influence akin to Cream, Hendrix, ZZ Top, Trower, Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Tommy Bolin, Free, Frank Marino, and spicing it up with hints of more recent ingredi- ents such as Govt Mule, Derek Truck, Robert Randolph, King’s X, Red Hot Chili Pep- pers and others. From Rob- ert Johnson to Eric Johnson, Chris Whitley to Shawn Lane, Erickson draws from many sources and his own in- tense life experience to forge a unique and somewhat addic- tive and inspirational sound. His earliest musical influences were found growing up in a home with a jazz guitarist father and piano teacher mother. Craig started cornet at age 8 and switched to guitar at 12. Fronting many bands in junior high and high school, composing and recording a vast number of songs on home demos by age 16. He joined a fusion band at age 17 “Cirkus” playing guitar and keyboards. But, like many struggling musicians try- ing to make a living, he played in a large number of cover bands, honing his for- midable guitar chops in a wild variety of styles including country, jazz, punk, funk, folk, blues/rock, reggae and more. The mid-80’s found him teaching over 40 stu- dents a week in styles from SRV Blues to Steve Vai and Van Halen shred. His dedi- cation and determination lead him to the discerning ears of Mike Varney (the guitar Continued on page 5 In this issue— Craig Erickson Up Close KUNI Bicycle, Blues & BBQ! Praire Dog Blues Fest Line-up! Kim Wilson at BBQ Round-Up Chili Challenge Final Talley Big Mo’s CD Review Local LIVE Entertainment Bluesmore Merchandise Special! Still No Karaoke

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We are excited once again to have Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust as our main festival sponsor this year! A HUGE Bluesmore thank you to CRB&T!

Kicks Off Bluesmore 2007 Craig Erickson’s newest release

“Big Highway” is an appropriate title for the type of journey his

musical career has taken him on. Born and raised in the midwestern heartland of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (which is con-nected to many highways t h a t lead to midwestern music meccas such as M i n -neapolis, Chi- c a g o , St. Louis, K a n s a s C i t y , M a d i s o n , etc.) Craig has

drawn upon the inspi-ration of wide open spaces,

mysterious midnight highway excursions, and the nearby inten-sity of funky big city life. Mixing

styles and life influences into a stew of blues, rock, funk, jazz, fu-

sion with a distinctive 70’s influence akin to Cream, Hendrix, ZZ Top, Trower, Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Tommy Bolin, Free, Frank Marino, and spicing it up

with hints of more recent ingredi-ents such as Govt Mule, Derek Truck, Robert Randolph, King’s X, Red Hot Chili Pep-pers and others. From Rob-ert Johnson to Eric Johnson, Chris Whitley to Shawn

Lane, Erickson draws from many sources and his own in-tense life experience to forge a unique and somewhat addic-

tive and inspirational sound. His earliest musical influences were found growing up in a home with a jazz guitarist father and piano teacher mother. Craig started cornet at age 8 and switched to guitar at 12. Fronting many bands in junior high and high school, composing and recording a vast number of songs on home demos by age 16. He joined a fusion band at age 17 “Cirkus” playing guitar and keyboards. But, like many struggling musicians try-ing to make a living, he played in a large number of cover bands, honing his for-midable guitar chops in a wild variety of styles including country, jazz, punk, funk, folk, blues/rock, reggae and more. The mid-80’s found him teaching over 40 stu-dents a week in styles from SRV Blues to Steve Vai and Van Halen shred. His dedi-cation and determination lead him to the discerning ears of Mike Varney (the guitar

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In this issue—Craig Erickson Up CloseKUNI Bicycle, Blues & BBQ!Praire Dog Blues Fest Line-up!Kim Wilson at BBQ Round-UpChili Challenge Final TalleyBig Mo’s CD ReviewLocal LIVE EntertainmentBluesmore Merchandise Special!Still No Karaoke

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The Linn County Blues Society is a way cool, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Blues music in Eastern Iowa as well as to provide charitable contri-butions to other community organizations. LCBS is an Affiliated Organization in the Blues Foundation’s international network. The BLUESPAPER is a monthly publication of the LCBS.Website: lcbs.orgBluesline: 319.399.5105

LCBS OfficersPresident - Andy DergoVice President - Evan VulichSecretary - Steve SpringerTreasurer - Sue Dergo

Directors at Large-Bob DeForest, Bill Meeks, Bob Dorr

ChairsEducation - OpenEntertainment - Gary GibsonMembership - Kevin CutsforthMerchandise - David AndrewsParliamentarian - Bill MeeksProgram - Bob DeForestPublic Relations - OpenWeb Administrator - Evan Vulich

The Bluespaper folksEditor - Evan Vulich Photographers - See bylines each issueStaff Writers - See bylines each issueDistribution - Andy Dergo, Bill Meeks

MembershipTo learn more about the Linn County Blues Society or to join, see the membership form in this Bluespaper or the LCBS website. Your membership includes;• Discount admissions to many local Blues activities.• Monthly LCBS Bluespaper.• Voting rights in the LCBS elections.• Simply being way cool.

Bluespaper Contact informationSend news, band or club live entertainment listing or advertising to: Evan Vulich, 1116 Daniels St. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 or preferrably e-mail at: [email protected].

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Moving? Send your new address to; LCBS, PO Box 2672, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2672 so you won’t miss a single issue of your Bluespaper.

Jeff Craft -Tues. July 3, 8-10Kevin B.F. Burt -Thurs. July 5, 8 -11Dennis Mcmurrin-Fri. July 6, 8-11BillyLee Janey Sat. July 7, 8 -11Josh Misner - Tues. July 10, 8 -10Billylee Janey Wed. July 11, 8-10:30Kevin B.F. Burt - Thurs. July 12, 8 -11Billylee Janey - Fri. July 13, 8 -11Tony Brown - Sat. July 14, 8 -11Matt Maybanks - Tues. July 17, 8 -10Bryce Janey - Wed. July 18, 8 -10Kevin B.F. Burt - Thurs. July 19, 8 -11Jason Brown - Fri. July 20, 8 -11Bryce Janey - Fri. July 21, 8 -11Nick Stika - Tues. July 24, 8 -10Billy Janey-Wed. July 25, 8:30-10:30Kevin B.F. Burt - Thurs. July 26, 8 -11Matt Maybanks - Fri. July 27, 8 -11Tony Brown - Sat. July 28, 8 -11Tim Daugherty - Tues. July 31, 8 -10

“Best Damn Blues!”Checker’s

P. J. Harrington

Daniel Arthur’sBlues in July

What’s happening at Check-ers tavern? The long awaited opening of our Outdoor Beer

Garden. PLUS our Thursday evening out-door live music nights starting at 5pm. Stop in and check out our line up begin-ning July 12. Coming up yet this Blue Sunday season: Clay McClinton, Lil Dave Thompsen, Mem Shannon, Chubby Carri-er, Studebaker John and more of the area’s best damn Blues period. Only at Checkers tavern & eatery. Do your part as a “Blues supporter” and get your butt off the couch and support it..... damn it. Without YOUR constant support, the music WILL go away! Then what?

Looky! Looky!The LCBS meets the 1st Monday

of each month. See you at Cooper’s Mill, Suite 116 on July 2, 6:30PM

for the LCBS Board & Member meeting. Guests are welcome!100 F Ave. NW • 366-5323

St. Feriole Island, WIPrairie Dog

Friday, July 27, 2007

5:00 PM The Tom Hunter Band7:00 PM Shannon Curfman9:00 PM- Alvin Jett & the PhatnoiZ Blues Band11:00 PM- Tab BenoitTENT - Big Daddy Cade & The Blues Masters

Saturday, July 28, 2007

12:00PM Everett Smithson Band2:00PM - Kevin “B.F.” Burt & the Instigators4:00PM - Mark Sallings & the Famous Unknowns6:00PM - Steve Arvey & The Saxtelles8:00PM - Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials10:00PM - Anthony GomesTENT - Pete Cornelius (from Australia)

Great food and beer. Vendors selling hand-made products and camping right on site.

Motel shuttles run to all motels in town.

The Rock-O-Rama will be held on Friday, August 3 at Green Square Park. The Cedar Is-land Band will be playing from 5pm to 8pm. Must be 21 or old for admission. Admission is $5.00 per person. This is a benefit concert for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cedar Rapids.

Prairie Dog Blues Festival318 South Wacouta AvenuePrairie du Chien, WI 53821

Phone toll-free: 888-567-1567

prairiedogblues.com

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Candye KaneGuitar’d and FeatheredRuf RecordsRelease Date –May 22, 2007

Hold The Cheese

That’s what I thought after Candye Kane’s last CD. Her latest is less cheesy, shows some restraint and refine-ment and “over the top” is kept to a minimum. Bob Margolin co-produced and played so there are more Blues and less show on this CD. The guest guitarists (Watson, Alvin, Foley, Ramos, Popovic, Brozman, Chubby) share equally and keep the reverb humming. Candye Kane has enough real vocal skill without all the affectations to keep me in-terested and wrote six of the tunes. Bob Margolin is one of the best. Give it four breasts and a decolletage.

—John Heim (A.K.A. “Big Mo”)

KUNI Night at Clear Lake-Sat. July 7Bicycle, Blues & BBQ Festival

The Surf Ballroom

KUNI Night at Clear Lake’s “Bicycle, Blues & BBQ” FestivalSaturday, July 7, 2007 – 7 p.m.The Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, IA

The Bicycle, Blues & BBQ festival gets underway in Clear Lake on Fri-day, July 6 at 5:00 pm with food and cycling vendors and culminates with a USCF-sanctioned race on Sunday, July 8 at 7:30 am. Inflate those tires, find your helmet and get biking! KUNI Public Radio will participate in this Clear Lake event with a great night of Blues beginning at 7:00 pm on Saturday, July 7 at the Surf Ballroom featuring a CD release party from R&B pianist/vocalist KELLEY HUNT, Blues diva, CANDYE KANE in sup-port of her new release “Guitar’d and Feathered,” and Iowa City’s ambas-sadors of soul THE DIPLOMATS OF SOLID SOUND featuring THE DIPLOMETTES!

KELLEY HUNT: A woman who has muscled her way onto the scene on her own terms with an identity that is clearly steeped in blues/roots/gospel but reaches out toward refreshingly unexpected horizons. That freshness together with a commanding, pas-sionate stage presence and superior skills as a vocalist, piano player and writer have earned Kelley the respect of critics and fans across the coun-try. Born in Kansas City, Hunt’s love for her craft was fine tuned listen-ing to early blues, R&B, roots rock, jazz and gospel influences including Ruth Brown, Mahalia Jackson, Billie Holiday, Ann Peebles, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin, Charles Brown, Wanda Jackson and a cross-section of the New Orleans/St. Louis/KC piano traditions of Pro-fessor Longhair, Toots Washington, Johnnie Johnson and Kansas City masters Jay McShann and Mary Lou Williams among others. While subtle reminders of those very traditional influences can be heard in Kelley’s

live performances and recordings, her lyrics, soul and passion are all her own. Kelley will be touring in support of a brand new release and this stop in Clear Lake serves as Kelley Hunt’s CD release party, so don’t miss it!

CANDYE KANE: In the tradition of none-too-shy, brassy, larger-than-life flamboyant blues singers like Mem-phis Minnie, Bessie Smith, Big Mama Thornton and Etta James comes CAN-DYE KANE. She sings of her life in a way audiences all over the world can relate to. Such candor, combined with excellent showmanship and a crack-erjack band has helped Candye Kane rise in the world of the blues rather rap-idly. (See Big Mo’s review this month).

DIPLOMATS OF SOLID SOUND fea-turing THE DIPLOMETTES: Steeped in the sizzling, funky gumbo of Book-er T & The MG’s, The Meters, James Brown and the B3-driven, backyard barbecue jams of Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy McGriff, Lonnie Smith, and Brother Jack McDuff, THE DIPLOMATS OF SOLID SOUND surge forward in their passionate crusade to steam-clean the planet’s dancefloors with their instrumental soul stew.

2 FOR 1 SPECIAL AT THE SURF! Buy one ticket for KUNI’s Saturday night show with Kelley Hunt and Candye Kane on July 7 and get one FREE ticket for The Surf’s Friday night show with Blues axeman, Walter Trout on July 6 at 8 pm while sup-plies last. Advance tickets can be ordered on-line at iowatix.com and kuniradio.org (in the STORE section) or by calling KUNI weekdays at 319-273-6400 or 800-772-2440, ext. 0.

Advance tickets are also available at Bob’s Guitars in Cedar Falls and CDGB’s in Mason City.

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Canceled But Still A Huge Succe$$!Blues ‘n’ Buffett Talley

Jamie Gorecki

The weekend of February 25, Iowa experienced one of the worst ice storms in recent memory. The

Blues ‘n’ Buffett Chili challenge also had one of the worst experiences in memory ….the event was canceled. But that did not stop the Linn County Blues Society and the Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club from raising money for the kids of Cedar Rapids. Despite a canceled event, the two clubs were still able to raise $2935.00 and as a result, the H.D. Youth Center and the Boys and Girls Club of Cedar Rapids each received $1467.50 for their fine or-ganizations. This was a result of a Silent Auction held at a later date, plus cash do-nations secured prior to February 25 by a hard working planning committee. To put this into perspective, $2935 raised by an event that did not happen exceeds re-sults for each of the first three years the chili challenge was held. The Planning Committee members are listed at the end of this article, please thank them the next time you see them.

Pictured here are Committee Chair Per-sons, Sue and Jamie Gorecki presenting a check to Henry Davison on behalf of the Linn County Blues Society. Henry is Founder/President/CEO of the H.D. Youth Center, a non-profit organization in downtown Cedar Rapids; designed to get kids off the street and encourage a posi-tive attitude, academic progress, and pro-mote a drug-free environment. To learn more about Henry and the youth center, visit their website at: hdyouthcenter.com.

Committee Members:Steve Springer - LCBS memberIsle of Iowa Parrot Head Club member Keith Wright- LCBS - Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club memberJeff Krabacher - Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club memberSteve Petersen - Isle of Iowa Parrot Head Club memberAndy Dergo - LCBS memberChair Persons:Jamie & Sue GoreckiLinn County Blues SocietyIsle of Iowa Parrot Head Club members

Sue Gorecki, Henry Davison and Jamie Gorecki present Henry a check.

Kim Wilson, the only original member who, along with Jimmy Vaughn— brother of Stevie Ray— co-founded the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1976. Pictured here with Kim is lead guitarist Nick Curran. Also on lead guitar was Kirk “Eli” Fletch-er who smoked on “Postman” and “She’s Tuff.” After all these years and Kim Wilson can still bring the house down with his dynamic stage presence. A huge thank you to General Mills for sponsoring this gig.

Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, during a 10 minute harp solo that absolutely astounded the adoring crowd at the 2007 BBQ Round-Up. The edi-tor along with Freddie Jones and a host of other friends, had ring side seats since we all brought our own folding chairs. Apparently there was no plan to keep the audience at a distance so we were allowed to simply “camp out” front and center stage.

Photo by Jamie Gorecki

Photo by Jamie Gorecki

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Mike Bader back in CRmikebaderblues.com

star discovering guru record company head of Shrapnel Records) Varney had unearthed guitar talents such as Shawn Lane, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Greg Howe, Tony McAlpine, Vinnie Moore, Richie Kotzen and others. He was starting another label with classic players such as Rick Derringer, Leslie West, Pat Travers, etc. And chose Craig as an upcoming modern shredding blues

rocker. (a few years before Joe Bona-massa and Kenny Wayne) Their first collaboration “Roadhouse Stomp” is a modern blues rock classic, featuring kill-er grooves like “heartbreak train” “over-time” and “the storm”. Erickson had barely finished the record when he was flown back to California to co-write and arrange Glenn Hughes first comeback al-bum “Blues”. Glenn had recorded and toured with Deep Purple, Trapeze and Tommy Bolin. Some friends who joined him for his comeback CD included vari-ous members of Motley Crue, Great White, Ratt, Poison, The Firm etc. Craig later joined Glenn for a Trapeze reunion tour in ‘94, a Tommy Bolin tribute tour in ‘98 and various recording projects. Glenn has recently collaborated with Chad Smith and other members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Besides record-ing and touring with Hughes, the 90’s found Erickson recording several home CDs for Mike Varney that gained inter-national distribution and European tour-ing opportunities such as the “Salon De La Musique” in Paris where he shared the bill with Shawn Lane, Doug Aldrich, Jan Cyrka, The Hellecasters, Michael

Lee Firkins and many more. After a dark time of personal issues in the late 90s, Er-ickson returned to the scene in 2001 with the triumphant minor masterpiece “shine” on Grooveyard Records. “Shine” began an association between Craig and the leg-endary rock soul vocalist “Rob Lamothe” their transcendent version of Hendrix’s “Angel” is worth the price of the CD and shows a deep melodic sense in his music. Craig and Rob traveled twice to Europe for “shine” tours and followed with a re-cording session in Canada resulting in a raw, funky, soulful record called “ride” for dutch label Mascot/Provogue.That record was followed up with his first ever full length instrumental fusion CD for Mike Varney’s “Tone Center” label. On “Cos-mic Farm” Craig was joined by an all-star cast of jam band performers including drum genius Jeff Sipe, Shawn Lane, ARV, Susan Tedeschi, Phil Lesh, Trey Anasta-sio, bass guru Rob Wasserman, Rat Dog, Rickie Lee Jones, Lou Reed, Banyan and keyboardist extraordinaire T. Lavitz, the Dregs, Jazz is Dead, Widespread Panic and others. Though Craig was again hum-bled in the presence of such brilliant and legendary performers he found the faith and inspiration to pursue the project, com-posing all the CD’s songs in short order and flying to San Francisco to jam with the other “cosmic farmers” on the deep funky, grooves and melodic riffs. 2005 reunited Erickson and Sipe for a heartfelt tribute to guitar genius Shawn Lane in Memphis. They filmed samples of that and NAMM show/Tone Merchants performances with bassist John Avila, Oingo Boingo and drummer Tony Austin (Solomon Burke) show another side of Craig that doesn’t always make it to record. The jamming, creative free-flowing on the edge play-ing style that totally relies on the soul and passion of the musical moment. The latest recording “Big Highway” goes full circle back to “Roadhouse Stomp” with barn burner blues rock grooves, blistering licks, melodic slow blues and the songs cover classic blues themes of heartbreak, loneliness, pain, highways, trains country nights, city street and a spiritual longing and hope. When he plays and sings these songs, you get the feeling that he’s seen and been through some amazing and in-tense things... and it ain’t over yet.

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July Blues CalendarSun. 1 Mahoney’s

CheckersBent Scepters 6-10Johnny Rawls Blues Revue 6pm

Tues. 3 Chappy’s 4 BoxORocks 9-1

Wed. 4 Ernie’s McMurrin & Johnson 6-9

Fri. 6 IC Ped MallErnie’sNext DoorChrome Horse

Grooveship 6:30 - Concert SeriesBillyLee Janey & Dan Johnson 6-9DDog & the BBits 9-1O’Connell Brothers 6:30PM-outside Gibbs Brothers -inside 9PM

Sat. 7 Chappy’sChrome Horse

MeerkatsWell Lit 9PM

Sun. 8 Mahoney’sThe Shack

Oakhurst 6-10Bryce Janey & Dan Johnson 6-10

Thurs. 12 J.M. O’Malley’s 4 BoxORocks 9-1

Fri. 13 Ernie’sNext DoorChrome Horse

McMurrin & Johnson 6-8:304 BoxORocks 9-1Funk 101-outside 6:30PM24/7 -inside 9PM

Sat. 14 Chrome HorseChappy’sCamp Euforia Fest

Lickety Split 9PMTriple Shot 9-1Grooveship - Lone Tree, IA TBA

Sun. 15 Mahoney’s Broke Out Steppers 6-10

Fri. 20 Chrome Horse Unknown Highway outside 6:30PMLockren inside 9PM

Sat. 21 Chappy’sChrome Horse

Black Hats Backwards 9-1Tricylic 9PM

Sun. 22 Checkers TavernMahoney’s

Rev. Raven & Chain Smokin’ Altar BoysValdez 6-10

Fri. 27 Ernie’sNext DoorChrome Horse

McMurrin & Johnson 6-8:30Bryce Janey Group w/ DJ 6-9Sonic Holiday-outside 6:30PMBlack Velvet Elvis-inside 9PM

Sat. 28 Chrome HorseChappy’s

4 BoxORocks 9PMStreet Rad 9-1PM

Sun. 29 Checkers TavernMahoney’s

Ross William Perry Band 6PMJ.W. Jones 6-10PM

Sun.- Checkers Tavern-Blue Sunday-6PMSun.- Mahoney’s - Various artists-Never a Cover, 6pmSun.- Charlie’s, Coralville-Blues JamWed.- Checkers Tavern-Kevin BF Burt solo 6-9Wed.- Mahoney’s-D-Licious Vinyl w/ Bobby D 8-12Thurs.-J.M.O’Malley’s-T-Bone Giblin Jam FestEV

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This publication of the LCBS is dedicated to the support of LIVE music and is guaranteed to be heart-healthy, low in fat, low in sodium and completely Karaoke FREE! Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings—Ed Gardner

The LCBS meets the 1st Monday of each month. See you at Cooper’s Mill, Suite 116 on July 2, 6:30PM

for the LCBS Board & Member meeting. July only. Guests are welcome!100 F Ave. NW • 366-5323

“It’s got a cop motor: a 440 cubic inch plant. It’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is this the new Bluesmo-bile, or what?” —Elwood Blues

Tim Razor, one of Cedar Rapids’ top bassists, unites with old band mates from Black Hats Backwards at Chappy’s on July 21! Should be a great night of R&B, Blues, Funk.

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Nothin’ But the Blues Festival in Bloomington, IL. July 20-21Blues Beat

Nothin’ But The Blues FestivalJULY 20Gates Open at 5:00 pm6:00 pm Rooster Alley7:00 pm Dona Oxford8:15 pm John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band9:30 pm Blues Caravan 2007 “The Guitar Women” Sue Foley - Debra Coleman - Roxanne Potvin”

JULY 21Gates Open at 12:00 NOON1:30 pm TBA2:45 pm Central Illiois Blues Challenge Winner4:45 pm TBA6:00 pm Big Ray and Chicago’s Most Wanted7:30 pm Tab Benoit9:00 pm C.J. Chenier

FOR THE KIDS1:00 - 4:00 pm Kids Face Painting1:00 - 4:00 pm The Unique Twist

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