Posts tagged Minnesota Live Blues

Live Blues for Jan. 22-25th, 2010

Great weekend of blues in the metro area this weekend so don’t let the icy roads and winter storm prevent you from enjoying some great live blues music! Be sure to support your local and national blues bands!! If the Minnesota Vikings don’t win on Sunday against New Orleans I know I will be singing the blues!

Friday, January 22, 2010

  • Big Walter Smith – Famous Dave’s BBQ (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Cadillac Kolstad with Cornbread Harris – Loring Pasta Bar – 6:30 PM (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Cool Disposition – Neumann’s Bar (North St. Paul, MN)
  • Crankshaft’s Primitive R&B Review – Spectators (Ramsey, MN)
  • Dee Miller Band – Ron’s Place at La Quinta (Rochester, MN)
  • Don King – Hopkins VFW – 8:00 PM (Hopkins, MN)
  • Everett Smithson – Jackson Club (Jackson, MN)
  • Lonesome Dan Kase – Dunn Bros. On Grand – 8:00 PM (St. Paul, MN)
  • Michael Charles – Wilebski’s Blues Saloon (St. Paul, MN)
  • Reverend Deadeye and Possessed by Paul – Palmer’s Bar – 8:00 PM (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Ross William Perry – Piggy Blues (LaCrosse, WI)
  • Thunderheads – Bayside Grille (Excelsior, MN)
  • Tom Hunter – Redstone (Minnetonka, MN)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

  • Everett Smithson – Flying Dutchman Cycle Club (New Ulm, MN)
  • Hamilton Loomis – CD Release Party – Famous Dave’s BBQ (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Jay Walters & The Rectifiers – River City Saloon – 8:30 PM (Anoka, MN)
  • Lisa Wenger – Neumann’s Bar (North St. Paul, MN)
  • Lonesome Dan Kase – E-Squared Cafe (Brainerd, MN)
  • Michael Charles – Wilebski’s Blues Saloon (St. Paul, MN)
  • Ross William Perry – Piggy Blues (LaCrosse, WI)
  • T. Albert Lloyd – Buggs Place (South St. Paul, MN)
  • Tom Hunter – Redstone (Minnetonka, MN)
  • Walker Fields – Shuga Records – 5:00 PM (165 13th Ave NE) (Minneapolis, MN)

Sunday, January 24, 2010

  • Cadillac Kolstad – Sunday Night Dance Party at Palmer’s Bar – 8:00 PM (Minneapolis, MN)
  • OPEN STAGE BLUES JAM: EVERY SUNDAY – McMahon’s Pub (Minneapolis, MN)
  • OPEN STAGE BLUES JAM: EVERY SUNDAY – Moses Oakland – Famous Dave’s BBQ – 8:00 PM (Minneapolis, MN)
  • T. Albert Lloyd – Sunset Tavern (Black River Falls, WI)

Monday, January 25, 2010

  • EVERY MONDAY – Willie Murphy- Wilebski’s Blues Saloon – 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM (St. Paul, MN)
  • Walker Fields – Fine Line Music Cafe (Minneapolis, MN)

Here are a few videos of this weekends live blues bands…


Friday & Saturday: Michael Charles at Blues Saloon


Friday: Crankshaft’s Primitive R&B Review at Spectators


Hamilton Loomis – Saturday at Famous Dave’s BBQ


Saturday: Lisa Wenger at Neumann’s Bar

Live Blues for Sept. 26-29th, 2008

Gig Calendar is thin for this weekend compared to last week’s choices but here is the lowdown and live blues this weekend.

Friday, September 26, 2008

  • Dean Weisser Band – Tryg’s (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Inside Straight – Star Bar (Columbia Heights, MN)
  • Matthew Skoller Band – Famous Dave’s BBQ (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Paul Mayasich Trio – La Quinta Inn (Rochester, MN)
  • The Butanes – EVERY FRIDAY – McMahon’s Pub (Minneapolis, MN)
  • The Robert Cray Band – Fitzgerald Theater (St. Paul, MN)

Saturday, September 27, 2008

  • Armadillo Jump – Neumann’s Bar (North St. Paul, MN)
  • Byther Smith – Famous Dave’s BBQ (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Dan Ristrom Band – Tryg’s (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Joe Juliano – Neumann’s Bar (North St. Paul, MN)
  • Pork Chop – Benefit for LB – Fat Boys (East Bethel, MN)
  • Ross William Perry – McMahon’s Pub (Minneapolis, MN)

Sunday, September 28, 2008

  • Famous Dave’s BBQ Blues Brunch – Mick Sterling Quartet – Famous Dave’s BBQ (Minneapolis, MN)
  • Plan B – Oktober Fest Annual Blues Bash – South Fest Grounds – 3:00 PM (LaCrosse, WI)
  • Oktober Fest Annual Blues Night – Southside Festgrounds Main Stage (La Crosse, WI)
    • Plan B
    • Lamont Cranston
    • Big Daddy Cade
    • Dave Rogers
  • OPEN STAGE BLUES JAM: EVERY SUNDAY – Big Bob Scoggin – McMahon’s Pub (Minneapolis, MN)
  • OPEN STAGE BLUES JAM: EVERY SUNDAY – Moses Oakland – Famous Dave’s BBQ (Minneapolis, MN)
  • OPEN STAGE BLUES JAM: EVERY SUNDAY – Wilbur Cole & Friends – Chanhassen American Legion -7PM – 11PM (Chanhassen, MN)
  • The Swamp Kings – The Pizza Shop (The Last Car Show of the Year) – 1:00 PM (West St. Paul, MN)

Monday, September 29, 2008

  • OPEN STAGE BLUES JAM: EVERY MONDAY – Diamond Blue Revue – Shaw’s Bar & Grill (Minneapolis, MN)

Here are a few videos featuring the acts playing this weekend…


Matthew Skoller Band – Chicago Wind


Matthew Skoller – Handful of People


Robert Cray with Eric Clapton – Old Love


Robert Cray – Time Makes Two


Byther Smith – Little Voices