Chicago Blues Artists  

Albert Collins
Albert King

Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Walter Horton
Billy Boy Arnold
Billy Branch
Buddy Guy
Champion Jack Dupree
Elmore James
Harvey Mandel
Hound Dog Taylor
Howlin' Wolf
J.B. Hutto
J.B. Lenoir
Jimmy Cotton
Jimmy Rogers
Michael Bloomfeild
Johnny Shines
Junior Wells
Little Walter
Lonnie Brooks
Luther Allison
KoKo Taylor
Magic Sam
Mighty Joe Young
Muddy Waters
Otis Rush
Otis Spann
Elvin Bishop
Sonny Boy Williamson
Son Seals

Record Labels

Chess Records
Leonard Chess
Delmark Records

Other Related Artists

Charley Musselwhite
Paul Butterfiled
Koko Taylor
Willie Dixon

Chicago Blues Festival Schedule

Smokestack Lightning   (schedule is subject to change)  
The complete Chicago Blues Festival Schedule for

Friday, June 11th is listed below.

Front Porch

11:30 am-1pm - Blues in the Schools featuring Eric Noden,
Katherine Davis and the Stone Academy Blues Students and more
1:30-2:30 pm Henry Gray and Andy Cornett
3-4:30 pm Jimmy Dawkins "Tail Dragger
5-6 pm\Café R&B
6:30-7:30 pm - Big George Brock and the House Rockers
with George Brock Jr. Gibson Guitar Crossroads
12-1:15 pm Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames

Gibson Guitar Crossroads

12-1:15 pm - Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames
1:45-3:15 pm - Mary Lane and the No Static Blues Band
3:45-5 pm Grady Champion

Mississippi Juke Joint

12:30-1:30 pm Grady Champion
2-3 pmSam Lay
3:30-4:30 pm Stevie J and the Blues Eruption
5-6 pm - Adib Sabir
6:30-8 pm - Mississippi Jam

Route 66 Roadhouse 1

2:00-1:00 Beginning Delta Blues Harmonica Lesson with Joe Filisko
1:30-3:30 pm - Discussing Wolf: 100 Years of Remembrances moderated by
Dick Shurman, with Betty Kelly. Barbara Marks,Eddie Shaw, and Hubert Sumlin
4-5 pm Wildsang
5:30-7 pm East of Edens Soul Express

Petrillo Music Shell

5-6:05 pm - Howlin’ Wolf alumni featuring Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang
with Jody Sam Lay, Henry Gray, Abb Locke, Corky Siegel and special guest Hubert Sumlin
6:15-7:10 pm Otis Taylor Band
7:20-8:15 pm James Cotton Blues Band with special guest Matt “Guitar” Murphy
8:25-9:30 pm Zora Young’s Tribute to Wolf and Sunnyland with special guest Hubert Sumlin I

Saturday June 12 Spoonful   (schedule is subject to change)  

Front Porch

11:30-12:30 pm Ramblin’ Rose
1-2:15 pm Bobby Dixon Blues Band
2:45-4 pm Nora Jean
4:30-5:30 pm - Andre Williams
6-7:30 pm - Johnny and Destiny Rawls

Gibson Guitar Crossroads

12-1:15 pm - Toronzo and the Cannonball Express
1:45-3 pm Sugar Blue Band
3:30-5 pm Sonny Rhodes

Mississippi Juke Joint

12:30-1:30 pm - Jarekus Singleton w/ Keeshea Pratt
2-3 pm David “Honeyboy” Edwards
3:30 - 4:30 pm - Bill “Howlin Madd” Perry with Alphonso Sanders
5-6 pm Dexter Allen 6:30-8 pm -  Festival Jam featuring Blue Plate Special

Route 66 Roadhouse

12-1 pm - Beginning Southern Blues Harmonica Lesson with Joe Filisko
1:30-2:30 pm - Joe Filisko and Eric Noden
3-4:15 pm - Rev. K.M. Williams and the Amazing Trainreck
4:45-5:45 pm Larry Hoffman interviews "_self" William Ferris
6:15-7:30 pm East of Edens Soul Express

Petrillo Music Shell

5-6:10 pm Nellie "Tiger" Travis and guest
6:20-7:25 pm Bobby Parker and the Blues Night Band
7:35-9:30 pm - Chicago Blues A Living History featuring Billy Boy Arnold"
Billy Branch, John Primer, Lurrie Bell and special guest Carlos Johnson

Sunday June 13th is listed below.

Front Porch

11:30-1 pm - Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
1:30-3 pm - Dancin’ Perkins
3:30-4:30 pm - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
4:45-5:45 pm Guitar Shorty
6:15-7:30 Lubriphonic

Gibson Guitar Crossroads

12-1:15 pm Quintus McCormick
1:45-3 pm - Gibson Guitar Showdown w/ Carl Weathersby and Larry McCray
3:30-5 pm - Roy Roberts with special guest Barbara Carr

Mississippi Juke Joint

12:30-1:30 pm - Jimmy Duck Holmes and Terry “Harmonica” Bean
2-3 pm - Bobby Rush
3:30-4:30 pm - Homemade Jamz
5-6 pm - Jarekus Singleton with Keeshea Pratt
6:30-8 pm - Mississippi Jam

Route 66 Roadhouse

12-1 pm - Beginning Chicago Blues Harmonica Lesson with Joe Filisko
1:30-2:30 pm - Larry Hoffman rambles with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
3-4:30 pm - Blues Books: University of Illinois Press
5-6:30 pm East of Edens Soul

Petrillo Music Shell

5-5:50 pm - Erwin Helfer’s Chicago Boogie Woogie Ensemble
6-7 pm - Vivian and Vance “Guitar” Kelly and the Backstreet Blues Band
7:10-8:20 pm - Chicago Blues Reunion featuring Barry Goldberg, Corky Siegel,
Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel and special guests Charlie Musselwhite, and Sam Lay
8:30-9:30 pm T.K Soul

Admission;
Free

 

CHICAGO BLUES
FEST SHEDULE 2009



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