UPCOMING EVENTS ***************************** Saturday, September 18, 2010 SLO Blues Society 30th Anniversary Season CHRIS THOMAS KING Opening set: Guy Budd & the Gypsy Souls Cake, champagne, silent auction, and other surprises **************************** SLO Vets Hall 801 Grand Avenue 8PM  Members $17 / General Admission $20 21 & over, please October 30: Terry Hanck Band December 4: Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors

BLUES SHOW REVIEW. On On Saturday, September 18, the San Luis Obispo Blues Society celebrates our 30th anniversary with Grammy winner Chris Thomas King. King is a musician, actor, and blues innovator who performed in the movies O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Ray. Guy Budd and the Gypsy Souls will be opening the show. The music starts at 8:00pm at the SLO Vets Hall, 801 Grand Avenue in San Luis Obispo. SLO Dance offers free dance lessons at 7:30pm. Tickets are $17 for Blues Society members and $20 for the general public. All tickets are sold at the door. 21 and over, please. For more information or to volunteer, call 805/541-7930. Come early and enjoy cake, champagne, a silent auction, and other surprises. Thanks for sharing 30 years of the blues with us.

CHRIS THOMAS KING
Multiple Grammy winner Chris Thomas King is a musician, actor, and blues innovator with Louisiana roots. His most recent CD, Sketches of ‘Treme, contains elements of traditional and electric blues, the hip-hop blues fusion that he pioneered, and New Orleans inspired ballads, with densely layered guitars in non-standard tunings contributing an otherworldly sound.

Born in Baton Rouge, King is the son of bluesman and club owner Tabby Thomas. A tour of Europe with his father, and the receptive blues audiences encountered there, encouraged him to focus on the blues. His early recordings featured straight forward electric and acoustic blues, but by the mid-1990s, he had created a fusion of blues and hip-hop which led to the 1995 recording of 21st Century Blues…From da ‘Hood followed by Dirty South Hip-hop Blues in 2002. He also continues to record traditional and historic blues, notably The Legend of Tommy Johnson which built on the Grammy winning soundtrack from O Brother, Where Art Thou? This was followed by roles in several movies and documentaries, including the Oscar winning film Ray, which also featured a Grammy winning score recorded by King and Ray Charles. More recently, King has refocused on his career as a touring musician, and has made an effort to include smaller venues, to reconnect with the juke joint blues he grew up with. Rise, his 2008 self-produced collection of songs about Katrina and the rebuilding of the spirit of New Orleans, received a Blues Music Award nomination for the song “Baptized by Dirty Water.” We are honored to share our anniversary with a performer who has consistently worked to keep blues traditions alive while forging links to contemporary events and music genres.

GUY BUDD AND THE GYPSY SOULS.
Guy Budd and the Gypsy Souls play a blend of blues, rock, funk, and jazz, highlighted by the masterful guitar work of Budd and his smoky vocals.  Their well-crafted live shows and three CDs have made them a mainstay of the Central Coast blues scene. The Guy Budd Band first opened for a SLO Blues Society show in 1989.

VOLUNTEER. Your Blues Society is run entirely by volunteers. Besides a sense of accomplishment, volunteers get into the shows for free and receive a free drink ticket.  We could use your help, so call 541-7930 (our voice mail number) and volunteer to work a shift at the show.

DANCE LESSONS.  East Coast Swing Lessons with Linda Drake & SLO Dance.  Chris Harmon and other award-winning instructors from SLO Dance offer beginning swing dance lessons at 7:30 before each Blues Society show.  Lessons are free with admission to the show and no partner is necessary.  Linda Drake’s staff at SLO Dance includes several nationally recognized award-winning dancers and instructors in both Ballroom and Swing.  SLO Dance staff consistently earns awards in major dance competitions and are in constant training as instructors.  Visit their website for more information.
 
 

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