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11 November 2011 at 21 : 42 PM
2011 South Orange Blues Festival – Popa Chubby
Popa Chubby, born Ted Horowitz in 1960, is a native son of The Big Apple. His parents were candy store owners in the Bronx. The young Chubby would play the jukebox endlessly listening to the hits of the day. Motown, Stax Volt, Chess and Atlantic records spun endlessly through the young boy’s head. “The defining… Read More
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11 October 2011 at 21 : 46 PM
South Orange Blues Festival – Dave Stryker
Whether you’ve heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with 20 CD’s as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and more recently Kevin Mahogany, you know why Gary Giddins in the Village Voice calls him “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years.”
When asked why a blues festival, festival Founder and internationally-acclaimed bassist Griot responded, “Rock and jazz and rap
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festivals are all around us, while the blues genre is an underappreciated, yet seminal, American tradition. I’ve found that people who
didn’t even know what the style was will instantly like the blues when they first hear it and recognize that much of their favorite music
has its roots in the blues.” -
30 September 2011 at 14 : 24 PM
South Orange Blues Festival – Michael Hills Blues Mob
At last: Michael Hill’s Blues Mob has been captured live! After four highly acclaimed studio albums of fiery, genre-busting original music and many miles traveled rousing audiences around the globe, the excitement and energy of Michael Hill’s Blues Mob onstage resounds on their Ruf Records debut, “Electric Storyland Live”. Folks have been asking for a live Blues Mob album for a long time, and they won’t be disappointed. The power and dynamics, the deep grooves and eloquent stories, the bold, passionate singing and musicianship and engaging stage presence- it’s all here in spades. When asked why a blues festival, festival Founder and internationally-acclaimed bassist Griot responded, “Rock and jazz and rap festivals are all around us, while the blues genre is an underappreciated, yet seminal, American tradition. I’ve found that people who didn’t even know what the style was will instantly like the blues when they first hear it and recognize that much of their favorite music has its roots in the blues.”
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25 September 2011 at 01 : 07 AM
Intro to South Orange International Blues Festival with Johnny Ciao
Live from the 2nd Annual South Orange International Blues Festival, Mike Johnson, your Everyday Guy Reporter, speaks with Johnny about the show, his cooking and life. Johnny Ciao
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