Dates: Saturday September 5 and Sunday September 6
Location: LeClaire Park, Davenport IA
Gate Opens: 1:00 p.m. each day
Music on two stages from 2:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.
4 Free Adult Workshops Each Day, in the Freight House
3 Sessions of BlueSKool for the kids each day
Information on Tickets yet to come!
As of May 1, here are the artists who will perform at the 2015 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival.
More headliners to be announced soon!
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Alvin "Youngblood" Hart--internationally acclaimed master of country blues, Alvin will also conduct a workshop on guitar styles
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Corey Harris--a MacArthur Fellow featured in Martin Scorsese's documentary series The Blues, besides his performance Corey will conduct a workshop on the African roots of Delta blues
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David Berntson--educator from Tulsa who teaches children to play harmonica at BlueSKool
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Ellis Kell Band--Quad-City favorites, celebrating their 25th year
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Gaye Adegbalola & the Wild Rutz--a founder of the award-winning acoustic group Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, Gaye is also an educator who specializes in songs made by the sassy original blues divas including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, and Ida Cox, and she will present a workshop on that
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Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat--a guitarist from Texas, Jim has toured internationally with Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, and most recently George Thorogood
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The Kinsey Report--sons of the late Chicago legend "Big Daddy" Kinsey, brothers Kenny, Ralph, and Donald (previously known as one of Bob Marley's Wailers) present a rock mixture of old and new blues
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Mike Zito & the Wheel-- a guitarist from St. Louis, Mike is also co-founder of the Royal Southern Brotherhood, and the Wheel's Jimmy Carpenter will present a workshop on saxophone.
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Tweed Funk--this sextet from Wisconsin performs soul-blues with a horn section
