Great Bands, Fans, and Venue
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The 2010 Memphis Blues Festival is in the books now. It was the best yet! The outdoor setting on Lions Field, a stage situated under a large pavilion, a great setting for a live presentation of music.
Little Leon with Strat Axis, what a great set. They had the house on fire!
Little Leon, your back!
Bruce Keefe Band…..and Stone Soul Panic two of the best 3 piece blues bands I’ve had the pleasure to work with.
Living Room Blues, with Gary Meisner, Tour Veteran with Albert King, you guys layed it out. Special Guest Glimme (also known as the Coon Man) brought an authentic Detroit Blues man to the stage along with Frank Bryant from Junior Walker and the All Stars Fame…….
Were keeping the Blues Alive in Memphis (Michigan that is). And were keeping this event Free! We will post band appearances on our memphisbluesmi.com site as information becomes available.
Thank you to all the Fans who shared this fine Summer Weekend of Music in Memphis………………………….
StevieWeave
Success? Boy was it ever. Hundreds of people came out over a two-day Blues Festival and Fireworks show – all in our small town of Memphis, Michigan. The weather was beautiful, people positive, and food was cookin’. This comes time to thank everybody that was involved.
Thank you to all of the participating bands that came out, put in all their energy, and entertained the masses.
Thanks always goes to our leading man, Stevie Weave for making this all possible. Thanks to Bill Sarwas for hammering them stages together, assisting bands, and keeping people happy throughout the weekend. Thank you to Live Sound Productions out of Marine City, MI for amplifying the talent for Memphis to hear in perfect sonic goodness. Thank you to the Memphis Lions for granting us access. Thank you Memphis Fire Department, Richmond Lenox EMS, skilled Pyrotechnics, my fiance’, Erica, and my parents for helping get the drums from house to stage. Memphis Police/Chief Danish. I am sorry if I have missed anybody, but Steve will give me the correct information to add to this list as I continue to update this website.
Here We Are!
6 Aug 2010The time has come. Today marks the start of the 3rd Annual Memphis Blues MI Festival. Stevie Weave has done it again, making it bigger every year – bringing great Blues talent to Memphis Michigan. Be sure to get here early to get a parking spot. Starts at 4pm – Free Admission!
Click here for directions.
SummerTime The Blues is Coming Easy
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Just a few weeks until the Memphis Blues Festival. I’m excited.
A Great Crew of Local Musicians coming to perform Free for the 2010 MBF.
These Bands, absolutely, represent the best of the Detroit Music Community that imbibes the Blues, can sing the Blues, and can play the Blues……………….
There is a wide span of ages, influences, and personalities; a bright pallete of performers for our two day Summer Celebration here in Memphis.
Memphisbluesmi.com is a network promoting Live Blues here in Memphis, Michigan. We are an open sourced, musician minded, network.
All videography, Still Photos, Music Mixes off the Board, Mixes off the analog, are all available to the bands with the exclusive right to use any of the mentioned above, in any way they choose for their own promotional purposes, crediting the source of material.
Steve Gobie, (Our Sound Reinforcement Man Extraordinaire) will supply a full P.A. system with 4 monitors(4 mixes) front of house speakers (4 bass bins and 4 JBL mains) ,24 channel mixer, drum,vocal, and instrument mics,power amps,100 Ft Snake, and all cords involved to run system. Steve will also be the Sound Tech. for both days.
Thanks to all the Musicians, Technicians, Artists, and Fans of Live Blues in Memphis, Michigan, for bringing the 2010 Memphis Blues Festival to Light………………………….
Its Nearly Memphis Blues Time….
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Little Leon, Linda Ruth with MuleDrive, Blue Top Blues, Our Friends the Blues Syndicate, Bruce Keefe Band, F Street Blues Band, Stone Soul Panic. An Old Detroit Favorite, Living Room Blues, Fossil, and Phoenix Blues Band, all appearing this August 6th and 7th at the Memphis Blues Festival in Memphis Michigan. Chicken and Ribs! Fireworks on Saturday, Bring your favorite power chair and personally stocked Cooler. Music on both days from 4PM until 10 PM………………..
Keeping the Blues alive in Memphis, Michigan that is.
Mississsippi Delta BluesMan…Eddie Burns
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God willing, and health permitting, Mr. Eddie “Guitar” Burns will make a special guest appearance with Living Room Blues Saturday August 7th at the Memphis 2010 Blues Festival in Memphis, Michigan. Eddie played with John Lee Hooker in the Glory days of the Detroit Blues Scene, a Hasting Street Regular. If you have heard Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom By JLH, you’ve heard Eddie play the Blues…
One of the last, Authentic, Mississippi Delta, Blues Men…………….
Memphis Blues Festival 2009
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One small step to keep the Blues alive
One Giant leap for the Memphis Blues Venue in Memphis, Michigan
The 2009, two day Blues Presentation at Lions Field, staged under their large outdoor pavilion was brilliant
Over ten bands participated Friday and Saturday August 7th and 8th, 2009.
This free event was obviously enjoyed by the large crowd on hand for the various festivities taking place on the Lions Field.
What’s not to like? A huge covered pavilion, options to bring your favorite event chair, as well as your own personally stocked cooler.
What a fantastic, responsive, family oriented crowd to perform for. The young and old living large at the Memphis Blues Festival. I must mention also, what a considerate crowd. No mess after two days. Everyone respectful of the property and facilities. My sincere and extreme gratitude to every one of our Blues Fans….
The Bands
Check out the participating bands via their links
Go see them and support them when you can!
The Bands: They brought their A game; each performing a one hour set, each donating their time and equipment for free. Without them this event could not happen. Thank you all the Bands. You make the Memphis Blues Venue free, and successful!
My heart felt thanks to all the musicians who supported our event. A genuine joy and love of playing for a good audience was plainly evident in you all.
A special thank you to Randy Hanley, my friend and drummer in our band Fossil Blues. This event could not take place without his musical and technical talent.
Thank you Bill, for your rodie expertise. The Memphis Lions, and Dave Pearl our Memphis Recreation Director, for the faith in us to make this happen……
One of the best, small town, emerging Blues Venues, in the State. See you next year in the last small town north of Detroit……………………..
MBMI
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