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Upcoming Events Saturday,
December 6, 2003
SONNY RHODES
SLO
Vets Hall 801 Grand Avenue 8PM
Next show: Saturday, January 10, 2004
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BLUES
REVIEW
Celebrate the holidays
with an icon of the blues. This year’s annual San Luis Obispo Blues
Society Semi-Formal Dress Optional Holiday Dance Concert features the legendary
Sonny Rhodes on Saturday, December 6. Big Daddy’s Blues Band will
be opening the show. The show starts at 8:00 PM at the SLO Vets Hall.
Tickets are $15 for Blues Society members and $17 for the general public.
You can buy a membership for $10 at the door and get $2 off admission for
a year of shows. Bring some extra cash - we will be selling Blues
Passes for $15 a piece - a perfect gift for your blues loving friends.
SONNY RHODES
Texas
born Sonny Rhodes fronts a driving 5-piece blues band that delivers a smoking
mix of contemporary blues. Influenced early on by T-Bone Walker and
Percy Mayfield, Rhodes learned to play guitar before enlisting in the navy
in 1957. In the 1960’s, he played with Freddie King and Albert Collins.
He moved to Oakland in the late 1960’s where he was taught to play lap
steel guitar by L.C. “Good Rockin” Robinson. Since the 1970’s, Sonny Rhodes
has traveled the world performing at over 250 concerts and blues festivals
a year.
Sonny’s
music is powerful and deeply emotional. His gravel voice is a perfect compliment
to the raw edged Texas blues sound of his guitar and lap steel guitar style
of playing. He is an imaginative songwriter whose songs tell a story,
“Songs come across me, and you have to work them out, write ‘em down, and
put them into shape”. Although Rhodes made several records for independent
labels in the 70’s and 80’s, he came into his own in the 90’s with critically
acclaimed albums for Ichiban and Kingsnake. In 2003, he recorded
a live CD, “Texas Fender Bender” (Greater Planet Entertainment).
He has been honored by the Smithsonian Institute for his contribution to
the arts and nominated for nine W.C. Handy Awards. Preview the performance
at his website (http://www.sonnyrhodes.com/)
BIG DADDY'S BLUES
BAND
The
ultra-danceable Big Daddy's Blues Band has garnered a large and loyal following
throughout the central coast. Fans have found that Big Daddy's versions
of old favorites and the band's house rocking originals keep them coming
back for more. The members of the band include Stan Manning on bass,
Greg Barnes on drums, Kevin McCracken on harmonica, Dan Colvin on sax and
vocals, Jesse Savage on guitar, and Joe Pilloud on B3 organ and piano.
Preview the performance at their website
(http://www.bigdaddysbluesband.com).
VOLUNTEER
Your Blues Society is run entirely by volunteers. Besides
a sense of accomplishment, volunteers get into the shows for free and receive
a couple free drink tickets. We could use your help, so call 541-7930
(our voice mail number) or e-mail the volunteer coordinator at SLOBluesSociety@msn.com
and volunteer to work a shift at the show.
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