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San Francisco Blues Festival

35th Annual San Francisco Blues Festival

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The San Francisco Blues Festival has announced the line-up for this September's 35th annual blues extravaganza. This year's Saturday concert celebrates the music of Robert Randolph and the Family Band with special guests Calvin Cooke and Aubrey Ghent. A sacred steel jam band extravaganza! Sunday will feature a Special Anniversary Blues Fest Bash! Featuring New Orleans piano master Allen Toussaint; guitarist-vocalist John Hammond; and the award-winning Charlie Musselwhite Band! Three great legends! Tickets are on sale now at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 415-421-8497. For additional ticket information, visit www.sfblues.com.

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Member Since: 7/21/2006
Band Website: sfblues.com
Band Members: Friday , Sept. 28th: Waterfront Kick-off Concert! The Lost Legends! With Freddie Roulette, Harvey Mandel, Curtis Lawson, Eugene Huggins, Lisa Kindred, Michael Borbridge, Michael Warren. Saturday, Sept 29th: Robert Randolph and the Family Band with special guests Calvin Cooke and Aubrey Ghent. A sacred steel jam band extravaganza! The Tommy Castro Band. The Bay Area king of soulful blues! Billy Boy Arnold and Deitra Farr, with the Chicago All Stars, featuring Bob Stroger, Billy Flynn and Kenny Smith. Vintage southside Chicago blues! Eric Bibb – More real acoustic folk blues! Nick Moss and the Flip Tops: a Chicago blues deluxe! The Incredible Dave Alexander, blues and boogie-woogie piano master and John Nemeth. Sunday, Sept 30th: Special Anniversary Blues Fest Bash! Featuring New Orleans piano master Allen Toussaint; guitarist-vocalist John Hammond; and the award-winning Charlie Musselwhite Band! Three great legends! James Hunter, a British soul and R&B sensation! Joe Louis Walker, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Jimmy McCracklin, Blues Farm Revue, featuring the Carter Brothers, Johnny ‘Da Doo’ Wilson, Hosea Leavy, and Fillmore Slim. The Highway 99 Caravan comes north! Ron Hacker and the Hacksaws, a tribute to Little Walter Jacobs, with Gary Smith, Dave Barrett, Joe Filisko, Paul Durkett, and special guest Craig Horton! A dedication to a blues harmonica master. Blues Guitar Women Showdown! Featuring Carmen Getit, Pat Wilder, Laura Chavez. Presented by Rene Solis. Wild about you baby!
Influences: Saturday, September 29, 2007-- Robert Randolf and the Family BandSunday, September 30, 2007 -- Special Anniversary Blues Fest Bash



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