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    TwinCitiesBlues.com is sending a reminder that there is a Minnesota Blues Group on the photo sharing web site Flickr. This web service allows anyone to store and share photos with the world. Flickr allows users to post photos in groups that are easily organized. To post to the Minnesota Blues Group on Flickr just join the group and add all your favorite photos for others to see and enjoy. Very simple. Here are...
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Wilebski’s Blues Saloon Is Moving

Jul 31st

Posted by twincitiesblues in Blues News

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Hey everyone! I have been up in beautiful northern Minnesota on vacation for the last week and was surprised to read that the historic Wilebski’s Blues Saloon is moving due to a legal fight with the City of St. Paul. Tonight’s show, featuring Reverend Raven, will be the last ever at the legendary location at 601 Western Avenue North which has hosted such legendary acts as Etta James, Albert King, John Lee Hooker and many more. I spent many nights at this club and even went to my first open stage blues jam back when Moses Oakland used to host it. Some of my favorite bands have graced that stage and it still remains one of my favorite clubs to photograph in.

Be sure to come down tonight to bid farewell to the Blues Saloon and have a great blues party with Reverend Raven

There have been some great new coverage of the club’s move including an article on the Pioneer Press and on K-Talk Radio (Click on links for more information).

Reverend Raven and his Chain Smokin’ Alter Boys

Wilebski’s Blues Saloon
601 Western Avenue North
Saint Paul, MN 55103-1655
(Goggle Maps)

Reverend Raven, Wilebski's Blues Saloon

The Brothers Curtis Delta Duet – Sunshine Keri (Lee Oskar)

Jun 22nd

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The Brothers Curtis Delta Duet – Sunshine Keri (Lee Oskar)

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Happy Birthday Howlin’ Wolf

Jun 10th

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Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin’ Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.

With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the leading performers in electric blues; musician and critic Cub Koda declared, “no one could match Howlin’ Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits.”[1] Many songs popularized by Burnett—such as “Smokestack Lightnin’,” “Back Door Man” and “Spoonful“—have become standards of blues and blues rock.

At 6 feet, 6 inches (198 cm) and close to 300 pounds (136 kg), he was an imposing presence with one of the loudest and most memorable voices of all the “classic” 1950s Chicago blues singers. Howlin’ Wolf’s voice has been compared to “the sound of heavy machinery operating on a gravel road”. This rough-edged, slightly fearsome musical style is often contrasted with the less crude but still powerful presentation of his contemporary and professional rival, Muddy Waters – although the two were reportedly not that different in actual personality – to describe the two pillars of the Chicago blues representing the music.

Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller), Little Walter Jacobs and Muddy Waters are usually regarded in retrospect as the greatest blues artists who recorded for Chess in Chicago. Sam Phillips once remarked, “When I heard Howlin’ Wolf, I said, ‘This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.’” In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #51 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[2]

Source: Wikipedia

Here are a few of my favorite Howlin’ Wolf videos… Do you have any favorite songs or videos by Howlin’ Wolf? Post your favorites in the comments!!!

Howlin' Wolf

Howlin’ Wolf 100th Birthday Tribute Show Tonight

Jun 10th

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Gig Calendar, Howlin' Wolf
Theodore Jolivette

Theodore Jolivette – RIP Blues Friend

Apr 21st

Posted by twincitiesblues in Blues News

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Theodore G. Jolivette, 50, passed away Monday, April 19, 2010 at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN. Memorial services are tentatively scheduled to be held on Monday, April 26th at 11:00 a.m. at the Dickinson Family Funeral Home, 809 Gillette Street. Friends may call the funeral home on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until time of services. Burial will be in the Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery. Information and on-line condolences may be given to the family at www.dickinsonfuneralhomes.com.

A full obituary will be provided.

There is a guestbook you can sign at the above link. There will be a blues jam at the Whiskey Junction from 7-9 pm on Thursday April 29 in memory of Ted.

On Thursday, April 29, 2010, from 7-9 pm at Whiskey Junction a jam will be held in memory of blues fan Ted Jolivette who passed away. Blues musicians are welcome to play. Please pass the word to all who knew Ted.

Whiskey Junction is at 901 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404 (612) 338-9550

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