1st
Annual Hot Blues and BBQ a Smashing Success, won by LUTHER BADMAN KEITH BLUES
BAND
The 1st annual Hot Blues and
BBQ in Oxford was a smashing success! Attendance was pegged at around 1,800 despite
the torturously hot and humid temperatures. Everyone in attendance found their
own ways to seek shelter from the weather, and the early reports from festival-goers
were overwhelmingly positive, thus paving the way for a 2nd annual event in June
of 2006.
All 10 bands that competed in round 1 of the Motor City Breakdown
were pumped up and ready for battle, and responded by giving the performance of
their lives. This event is part of a series of competitions in which the winning
acts advance to the next round, with the ultimate goal of sending one band from
metro Detroit to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. Partnering
with Oxford for this event were the Detroit Blues Society, Big City Rhythm and
Blues Magazine, HMR Guitars, Guitar Center, and Axis Music Academy. The panel
of 8 music / media professionals scored each act according to the Blues Foundation
rules and the results were as follows:
First
Place – Luther “Badman” Keith
Luther
and his band automatically advance to the Detroit Finals and also won:
1.
A commemorative, custom-made, Hot Blues and BBQ guitar built by HMR Guitars of
Chesterfield, Michigan.
2. A paid booking for Oxford’s Concerts in Centennial
Park
3. A commemorative plaque for the event competition Second
Place – Billy Davis Rhythm Machine
Billy
and his band won:
1. A paid booking for Oxford’s Concerts in Centennial
Park
2. A commemorative plaque for the event competition Third
Place – Lady Sunshine and the X Band
Lady
Sunshine and her band won:
1. A paid booking for Oxford’s Concerts in
Centennial Park
2. A commemorative plaque for the event competition Peoples
Choice – Smokin’ 45’s
This award
was determined by festival-goers and the Smokin’ 45’s won:
1. A
paid booking for Oxford’s Concerts in Centennial Park
2. A commemorative
plaque for the event competition Hot Blues
and BBQ Media Contacts:
Teri Stiles windanz@sbcglobal.net (248) 882-6197
Steve
Allen sallen8961@aol.com (248) 249-5287
Robert Jr. Whitall blues@bigcitybluesmag.com
(248) 582-1544 Steven J. Allen - Event
Coordinator
Hot Blues and BBQ
22 W, Burdick St.
Oxford, MI 48371
Press
release
BLUES BENEFIT SUPPORTS FREEDOM HOUSE
TROY -- Some of Metro Detroit's
top blues talent will perform Sunday
Dec. 10
on behalf of Freedom House, a Detroit program that provides free social services
to refugees.
The benefit, from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., will be held at
the Troy
Elks Club
and will feature Nikki James and the Flamethrowers, the Alligators, Luther Badman
Keith, Robert Jones and the Detroit Blues Society All Stars.
Freedom
House, a non-profit organization, is the only multi-cultural shelter in Detroit
that provides free social services to refugees. It provides assistance with education,
legal, counseling and re-settlement. Freedom House has assisted refugees from
Rwanda, Somalia, Tobet, Romania, Pakistan, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Blues benefit tickets are $10. Patrons can also purchase a buffet and beverages.
The Troy Elks Club is located at 1451 E. Big Beaver (Between Rochester and John
R). Phone 248-689-2500.
For more information on the blues benefit, contact
Bill Oppenheim at 810-983-3964.
Blues
in Belgium Tour Blastoff Party
  Saturday,
Oct. 21
--
Showtime: 9 p.m.
Place: Porter Street Station
(1440 Porter, between Trumbull
and 8th Street, near old Tiger Stadium, Detroit)
Cover charge: $5
For
more information: call 313-496-1406
Badman
goes to Belgium !!!
Detroit
bluesman Luther Badman Keith, whose holds down a day job as a newspaper editor,
will perform in Belgium on a nine-day tour in November.
Keith will be
backed by the Corruptors band, comprised of Dennis Debbaudt on bass, Dave Uricek
on guitar and Dave Watson on drums. Local saxman James Payton, of the group Impact
Seven, will also tour with Keith, who will do six shows in the cities of Antwerp
and Brussels.
Keith's tour is being sponsored by Belgium businessman
and blues fan Patrick Wendelen, who came to Detroit in June to see Keith perform,
after hearing Keith's CD, Badman.
---
The song Cooking in the Kitchen, from the Badman CD, has received substantional
airplay on radio stations around the United States, according to Broadcast Music
Inc., the music industry radio monitoring agency.
--- At the Smith's
Creek Blues Festival, Keith shared the staged with the dynamic Shirley King, the
daughter of B.B. King, who is known as the daughter of the blues. |
