That has to be the best Bonanza to date!
Dundee was jumpin' the weekend of July 23rd., 24th. and 25th.
Blues music
coming out of every second pub as you walked through the city.
Friday Night
the International Stage at Duke's Corner was really cookin'
PapaMojo kicked
things off with a fine lively set before Lil' Jimmy Reed took
to the stage and
wowed the crowd, he really is a fine performer and on Friday
he played out of
his skin. Muddy's eldest son Mud Morganfield followed him onto
the stage ably
backed by The Dirty Aces and had the crowd eating out of his
hand. What a great
opening for a great weekend. Saturday there was blues
everywhere with Jimmy C,
Werner Lindner, The Chicago 5, Wolftrain, Wang Dang Delta, Son
Henry's East Side
Kings, Nikolaj, Gypsy Bill Williams, Dick Wardell the list
goes on and on, all playing
top quality blues. Sunday was more of the same with Dick
Wardell hosting a very
successful Junior Workshop aided by Bob Hall, Werner, Lil'
Jimmy, Lorraine Linden
and Billy Allardyce. Sunday night's official closing was the
Bonanza Party, and party
is just what the crowd did. Italian trio Baton Rouge opened
for Lil' Jimmy playing a
mix of Delta and more modern blues until the Alabama Rooster
took the stage and the
crowd by storm playing blues like it should be played. Not to
be outdone Mud fought
back with a red hot set during which he handed roses out to
ladies in the crowd. The
night ended to tumultuous applause from a very very happy
crowd.
The "unofficial" end was a blues jam/head cutting 2 sets by
Werner and Jimmy C in
the Doghouse each one trying to out play the other and the
crowd loved it.
A great end to a great weekend, let's do it all again next
year.
Such a pity that once again there was freeloading going on
by both bands and venues
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Mud
Morganfield
Mud Morganfield, eldest son of the late, great Muddy Waters has been
delivering his charismatic Chicago Blues to audiences all around the
world. Audiences from Russia, Sweden, Australia, Denmark, Brazil,
Argentina, Denmark Spain, Mexico and the UK have all experienced the
Mud effect. He looks and sounds strikingly like his old man, so much
so the one of his dad's former sidemen said "It's like watching a
ghost in the flesh!" Mud, however also has his own very individual
mojo working and will be playing this years Bonanza with The Dirty
Aces, with whom he has recorded a brand new live album. He has
shared the stage and gained the respect of many of his dad's ex
sidemen and Chicago blues superstars, Buddy Guy, Kenny Big Eyes
Smith, Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater, Pinetop Perkins, Jimmie
Johnson, Mojo Buford, to name but a few and at the 2009 Chicago
Blues Festival he shared front man duties with his younger brother
Big Bill Morganfield in fronting an all star band including the
legendary musicans - Pinetop Perkins and Willie Big Eyes Smith.
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Lil Jimmy
Reed
Lil’ Jimmy Reed from Alabama USA is back for a third visit to the
Bonanza and will as usual, be thrilling everyone who comes along to
see him. Lil Jimmy Reed has opened shows for and performed with well
known artists such as, The Bobby Blue Band, Ike Turner, Little
Milton, Marvin Sease, Clarence Carter and many, many more. Jimmy has
also entertained many in the political arena including Gov. Don
Seigelman or Alabama, and has also made appearances on the Ann
Varmun Morning Show. In 1995, the Alabama Blue Society presented
Jimmy with the Alabama Blue Treasure Award. The Alabama Blues
Project is dedicated to helping provide a support for the lesser
known bluesmen and women living and performing regularly in Alabama.
Jimmy has also played for many of the festivals around the South
including the New Orleans Jazz and heritage Festivals, The Tampa
Florida Blues Ship and many small and local clubs in Europe, and
Korea.
(see www.liljimmyreed.com)
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