PORTSMOUTH BLUES FESTVAL 2001
PORTSMOUTH BLUES FESTIVAL -- Saturday Aug 18th 2001
- Roll & Tumble
- Ann Rabson
- Harmonica Throwdown
T.J. Wheeler & the Smokers, Professor Harp, Hatrack Gallagher, Craig Roy, Jerry McCain
- Music Makers
Capt. Luke & Cool John, Cootie Stark, Tim Duffy
- Rosco Gordon w/ Larry Simon's band
- Geoff Muldaur
- Magic Slim & The Teardrops
- Irma Thomas & Her 7 Piece Band
- Emcees will include
Bruce Pingree, advisory board member and WUNH Blues Show Host Chris Garrett (The Doctor) WHEB Blues Show Host Robert Moynahan Senior VP from Fleet Bank
- Questions please call 603-436-8596 Cuzin Richard
Click below to view Slides of our 2001 Blues Festival
"SOUL QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS" to Highlight Portsmouth Blues Festival: PORTSMOUTH, NH - Rhythm and blues singer
Irma Thomas, one of the great icons of New Orleans music, will perform at the 16th annual Portsmouth Blues Festival on August 18.
PORTSMOUTH, NH - Rhythm and blues singer Irma Thomas, one of the great icons of New Orleans music, will perform at the 16th annual Portsmouth Blues Festival on August 18.
Magic Slim and the Teardrops, known for their Chicago-style blues, will also be featured.
THE PORTSMOUTH BLUES FESTIVAL
The oldest blues festival in New England - will once again take place on the Strawbery Banke Museum grounds, on Marcy Street, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Fans will be treated to both electric and acoustic blues from 11am to 7pm.
"A lot of folks don't realize that when the Rolling Stones came out with their version of 'Time Is On My Side,' they were much influenced by Irma's cover of the song, which had just come out," says TJ Wheeler, executive director of the event. "And Magic Slim and the Teardrops, they're one of the last - if not the best - of the pure Chicago-style blues bands around." Still working on the roster for the Festival, Wheeler added that Geoff Maldaur, Roscoe Gordon, and Ann Rabson (of the Uppity Blues Women) have just been signed.
TJ Wheeler and the Smokers will also perform.
The 2001 Portsmouth Blues Festival is presented by Fleet Bank, with major promotional support provided by WMUR Channel 9. The Festival is a production of the Blues Bank Collective, in partnership with the Strawbery Banke Museum.
Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 on day of event.
The ticket price includes all-day attendance at the festival, plus admittance to the Strawbery Banke Museum for the day. Purchase tickets at the following locations: in New Hampshire at Atlantic Video, Redhook Ale Brewery, The Press Room, Strawbery Banke Museum Ticket Booth, and the Music Hall Box Office, all in Portsmouth; Ted Herbert's Music Store, Manchester; Exeter Music, Exeter; and at The Vintage Fret Shop, Ashland. In Maine at Amadeus Music, Portland. In Massachusetts at Dyno Records, Newburyport. For credit card purchases, call the Music Hall Box Office at 603-436-2400. For more information about the Blues Festival, visit www.bluesbankcollective.org, or call 603-610-0020. Children 12 and under admitted free. Ticket purchases at the gate will be cash only. This is a "rain or shine" event.
Through generous sponsorship by area businesses and blues enthusiasts, The Portsmouth Blues Festival allows The Blues Bank Collective to raise funds for its nationwide blues education program, Hope, Heroes & the Blues, as well as many other important efforts.
Additional sponsorship is provided by Atlantic Media, Bicycle Bob's Bicycle Outlet, Bowstreet, Granite Bank; Hampton Inn Portsmouth, Jam Music Magazine, JP's Shellfish, Macro Polo, New Hampshire Magazine, North Atlantic Energy, Redhook Brewery, Seacoast Newspapers, SeacoastNH.com, Snowden Associates, WGBH 89.7, Winthrop, Inc., and WHEB 100.3. Event management is by Cuzin Richard Entertainment Associates.
One of the oldest Blues arts and education non-profit organizations in the country, The Blues Bank Collective was formed in 1985. In addition to its Hope, Heroes & the Blues program, which has reached over 150,000 children throughout North America and Europe, the Collective produces the Portsmouth Black Heritage Festival, and also collaborates with and provides support to the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail and the New England Blues Conference.
The Blues Bank Collective is a W.C.Handy Award
winning blues education organization whose mission is:
To further awareness of Blues Music and its African American heritage
To show the historic context that gave birth to the Blues
To use the music as a means of positive social change
And, whenever possible, to eliminate all forms of racism, intolerance and
prejudice.
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DRAWING: B. J. Johnson (1906-1986) was a great Portsmouth bluesman and teacher, as well as an inspiration to all who knew him. Art by Steven Lee.
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