Michael "Blind-Dog" Gatewood: Links

Riverwalk Blues Festival 2004 FT Lauderdale Florida: Michael "Blind-Dog" Gatewood was a Performer at the 2004 Riverwalk Blues Festival in FT Lauderdale FL.
Bob Corritore: “Heart Felt Harmonica Player and Record Producer, all blues fans and musicians must check out Bob Corritore’s site and links“. “Blind-Dog”
DustyBlues: Blues Photography
Living Blues Magazine: Living Blues Magazine

Living Blues is America's oldest and most authoritative blues magazine. Founded in Chicago in 1970, Living Blues has set the standard for blues journalism around the world. From its first issue, which featured blues legend Howlin’ Wolf on the cover, Living Blues has provided fans with insightful, in-depth stories on such legendary blues artists as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Koko Taylor, and John Lee Hooker. In addition, Living Blues has focused on true creative originals like Otha Turner, Chris Thomas King, and Super Chikan, artists often overlooked by other blues press. We also feature current Blues News, "Breaking Out" articles on up and coming artists, blues radio charts and the most extensive CD and DVD review section in the industry. Published bimonthly, Living Blues is renowned for its detailed feature stories and exceptional photography. Our regular contributors include the absolute best in blues journalism, including Jim O’Neal, (who co-founded Living Blues in 1970), Barry Lee Pearson, John Brisbin, David Whiteis, Jim DeKoster, and Roger Wood. We also publish the Living Blues Directory, an annual industry guide of blues clubs, radio stations, societies, festivals, artists and agents – the only such source book for the industry. As blues music moves into its second century, Living Blues continues to discover new talent, re-examine old masters and explore the roots of America ’s most important gift to the music of the world: the Blues.
Daddy Mojo Custom Cigar-box Guitars: Daddy Mojo is celebrating their appearance in the August 2006 issue of Playboy with a brand-new website -- click here to see the article.

Not only do cigar box guitars have a great history, these little guys are a heck of alot of fun to play.

Various models pictured above Each Daddy Mojo CBG has it's own unique sound and personality; they are made by hand in our small workshop in Montreal, Canada. They're small, portable and almost indestructible. And let's face it... they sound great and attract major attention.
Juke Joint Festival: JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL

Spring is just around the corner, and that means the world’s one and only Juke Joint Festival will be here before you know it. The date: Saturday, April 14, 2007. The place: Clarksdale, Mississippi.

What is the Juke Joint Festival? It’s a positive event for everyone in Clarksdale. It’s good for families, businesses, musicians and tourists alike. The festival itself combines an international “blues festival” with a community-minded “small-town fair,” creating a strong and memorable event like no other in the universe. It’s organized by the Clarksdale Downtown Development Association (CDDA) and staffed by enthusiastic volunteers. This “half small-town fair, half blues festival” does more than simply entertain attendees. It aims to educate and enlighten native Deltans and blues tourists alike through a series of performances, exhibits, and presentations involving music, art, storytelling, film, and children’s events. The event mixes visitors with locals and showcases the economic power of cultural tourism, turning average Deltans into ambassadors for the region.

Speaking of economics, last year’s festival was our most successful yet with full hotels, doubled attendance and expanded press coverage. The Juke Joint Festival makes every effort to keep vendors, talent and suppliers as local as possible. A family-friendly event also provides a bus service at night to discourage drinking and driving between music venues. For more information and pictures from last year’s inaugural event, log on to www.jukejointfestival.com.

If you are interested in helping us put on this non-profit event, please contact one of us listed below. Thanks for your consideration.
Eric Hughes Band: The Eric Hughes Band Perhaps you desire an amplified, up-tempo, electric four-piece Blues band that can rouse a crowd and stir up a large room. You may, however, simply need a solo/acoustic Delta and Country Blues player in a more pure and down-home flavor. Eric Hughes delivers the goods in either setting, playing vintage Blues favorites as well as his own award-winning original Blues songs. Eric Hughes has maintained a steadily growing Blues career in Beale Street's best nightclubs for the past five years, as well as prominent music festivals throughout the South. King Biscuit Blues Festival
: How To Build A Cigar Box Guitar
Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival - 2006 - Helena, AR: Copyright © 2006, Gary W. Miller, BluesSource.com
Kalamazoo Valley Blues Festival - 2006: Copyright © 2006, Tim Richards, BluesSource.com
Blues Source,
The Blue Zone: The Blue Zone is operated by Tony Hoeppner for the simply reason he loves the blues.
"Orry Kraw": The history of Orry Kraw by Todd Bailey.

The band was originally formed in 1986 by Todd Bailey, Willie Elliott, Stevie Hurt and Lonnie Knowles. We named the band after a man that live in Browns, Il. He was quite a character and we thought he was pretty cool, so we modified the spelling and we became "Orry Kraw". We played together until 1991 when other obligations and interests seemed to become more important and we just gradually drifted apart. For a decade the band remained only a memory in my mind. In 2001 I contacted Willie to see if he was interested in getting together to play just for fun. To my surprise, he agreed. It did not take long before we realized how much we still wanted to play. So we reformed Orry Kraw and we have been playing everywhere since 2003.

The band members are now: Todd Bailey on bass guitar/vocals, Willie Elliott on drums/vocals, Jake Martin on guitar/vocals, and Willie Williams on vocals.

We play a wide variety of rock and roll both new and old.

Attend any show for a chance to buy a copy of our new, original CD, titled "Work With Me." Also get a chance to win one if you can answer one of the trivia questions Todd always asks at break time. Here is a hint for you, know your John Wayne and James Bond trivia.

We also offer fully digital recording at the "Showtime Studio" in Browns, Il. Come and record your band. Very flexible hours. Contact Todd at 618-446-5234 for a recording appointment or to book the band.
The Blues Foundation
Americana Music Association
The Memphis Blues Society
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
The Delta Blues Museum
Kentuckiana Blues Society
IAMA
Danny Erkman, ( Evansville’s Premier Drummer! )
ASCAP
Sonicbids
The Henderson Kentucky W.C. Handy Blues and Bar-B-Q Festival
The Shack Up INN Clarksdale, MS
Cat Head, delta blues & folk art inc.
Grownd Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS
WQOX - 88.5 FM Memphis,TN/ The Juke N ' Jamm Show With Bob Holden and Joe Terry
The Rum Boogie Cafe'
Beale Street: Home site for clubs and activities

“ Check out these Independent Blues Artists ! ”.

Karen Tyler: Karen Tyler is the winner of the 2003 Monterey Bay Blues Festival’s Battle of the Bands and a California Arts Council Touring Artist and she is a unique and exciting acoustic blues artist. Real Blues Magazine had this to say about Ms. Tyler in issue #29, 2005. "Karen has proven once again that she’s one of the world’s top female blues artists and easily the greatest North American songstress…It doesn’t get any better." Such praise hasn’t come without a lot of hard work and intense dedication on Karen’s part.
Terry Harmonica Bean
Little Johnny Kantreed: Little Johnny Kantreed Winner of the MCBS Bluesey Award for Best Other Blues Instrumentalist of the Year. Also nominated for Acoustic Blues Act of the Year, and "Acoustic Alley Blues" for Blues CD of the Year.

Downhome acoustic folk blues. LJK was born and raised in the Nashville, TN area. In the late '70's, solo artists were a dime a dozen in Nashville. So LJK packed up his powder blue Vega and moved to the Daytona Beach area of Florida, playing happy hours and opening for beach bands. Deciding that a steady paycheck would be a good way of life, he entered the radio scene and DJ'd morning drive times in Greenville, KY and Winchester, VA. Realizing that he liked Tennessee better than the nomadic life of radio, he landed back in Nashville.

Back in his hometown, he hooked up with a couple of bands, playing drums for The Color Flag and Horse Of A Different Color. But it was the blues that was in him. Since that time, playing at The Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival (formerly the King Biscuit Blues Festival) in Helena, AR, The Ground Zero Blues Club and the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, MS, along with King's Palace on Beale Street in Memphis, The Great Atlanta Blues & Music Festival, The Slippery Noodle Inn in Indianapolis and the Blues Stage at The Beanblossom Blues Festival in Beanblossom, IN, and sharing the stage with Americana artists Annie Mosher and Cheley Tackett, blues artists Blue Mother Tupelo, Patio Daddio of Delicious Blues Stew, Jimbo Mathus, Wichita's Moreland & Arbuckle, Indianapolis based The D-Moans, The Blues Attic Ramblers and "The Southpaw from Arkansas", guitarist Michael Holloway, Little Johnny is quickly making a name for himself in the Southeast blues scene.
Patty Harper & Faultline: Patty Harper & Faultline Rock*Blues*R&B

Patty Harper & Faultline is a five piece, Memphis based, House Rockin' Band with an eclectic repertoire which consists of lots of great classic rock & old-school, dance floor packing, R&B classics mixed with a variety of crowd pleasing blues favorites. Vocalist, Patty Harper has been raising the roof belting out the blues & rock since hooking up with guitarist Steve Harper in California in 1992. Prior to that time, she had sung various styles of music including Top 40 pop, jazz and rock opera throughout the U.S. & Europe, with performances in England, France, Germany, Switzerland & Holland at such prestigious venues as The Montreaux Jazz Festival. Her musical journey with Steve Harper began about 14 years ago in Southern California, where they worked steadily at various rock & blues venues, sharing the stage with the likes of Coco Montoya, Walter Trout & Billy Preston & headlining annual events & Fundraisers for The American Cancer Society, The Humane Society, The Riverside Philharmonic & various annual concert series for Cal State University SBDO & The City of SBDO. They subsequently relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada where they took the stage at area clubs, biker bars & casinos including The Images Cabaret at The Stratosphere Towers, The MGM Grand Adventures Theme Park, The Blue Note Jazz Club, The Traveling Vietnam Wall & at "Red, Hot & Blues" - a fundraiser for families of victims of Sept. 11th, held at The Hard Rock Cafe. While in Vegas, they recorded their first studio CD "Blues You Can Feel." In the winter of 2002, they packed up the dogs & the guitars & made the move to Memphis where they made their partnership official by getting hitched on the rooftop of The Peabody Hotel & spent their wedding night playing a gig on Beale making music & sharing wedding cake with the audience. They are happy to have played many Beale Street venues including Elvis Presley's Memphis, The Blues City Cafe where they played a private party for HBO, Showtime & Team Tyson for The Rumble on The River Boxing Event, as well as at The King's Palace Patio, The Tap Room, & for Memphis in May, Labor Day Music Festival, New Year's Eve, etc at W.C. Handy’s Blues Hall & at The Rum Boogie, where they recorded their CD, “Live On Beale.” They are honored to have been finalists, coming in Second Place, in The 2005 Memphis Blues Society “Battle of The Blues” Competition. Faultline can be heard on the Rock 103 “Great Unsigned” radio show on Sunday nights from 9-11 & are proud to have been chosen, out of literally hundreds of bands, to participate in the first ever ROCK 103 “Great Unsigned” Summer Concert Series playing at Auto Zone Park following the Redbirds game on August 14th. They can be heard at bars and clubs throughout Memphis & Mississippi including The Sheraton Casino in Tunica. Faultline features the amazingly talented guitarist & band leader Steve Harper who was among 7 national finalists out of the 4950 guitarist who competed in the 2006 Guitar Center’s “Guitarmageddon: King of the Blues” competition this past June 8th and was honored to have performed at the House of Blues Chicago and to meet his hero, the one and only BB King! He was also recently chosen as one of the top 20 Great Unsigned artists for the “Rock 103 Great Unsigned” On Line Battle of the Bands for his solo project “Soul Expression.”
Delta Highway
Robin O'Herin: Bottleneck blues, Gospel and lots of strong folk originals from Berkshire-based O’Herin, who accompanies her Appalachian edged, rein-free vocals with some creative, dancing fingerpicking. The pair of instrumental forays, on “Old Country Rock” and her own “Ever Hopeful,” along with remakes of “Preciouse Lord” (particularly bright) and Robert Johnson’s “Walkin Blues” are notable. by GvonT Sing Out! Magazine
ERIC HUGHES BAND: paycheck boogie: Burning hot Memphis Blues from Beale Street's number one bar band, ranging from electric boogie to acoustic Delta blues.
The Memphis Sheiks, "Slow-Cooked Pig Meat": Living Blues Magazine exalted this recording as "one of the best original acoustic revival blues CDs."