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         Send $7.00 ($12.00 overseas)         Mississippi’s GRAMMY Museum by Tim Parsons .................................................50
                                              Fueling the Passion for Music by Brian Reiser .................................................... 54
         PUBLISHER
         Kaati: Kaati@BluesFestivalGuide.com  The Dulcimer Pimp by Bing Futch  ...................................................................... 56
         EDITOR                               Barbara Newman Takes Lead by Tim Parsons  .................................................. 60
         Irene Johnson                        Nicknames and the Blues by CC Rider  ............................................................. 62
         BLUES FESTIVAL E-GUIDE NEWSLETTER EDITOR  Cookin' In Louisiana by Kenny Neal .................................................................. 66
         Michele Lundeen                      Living Legend: Sugar Pie DeSanto by T. Watts .................................................. 68
         SALES MANAGER/MARKETING DIRECTOR     Blues Radio compiled by Irene Johnson ............................................................... 70
         Cheryl O’Grady-Yearnshaw: cogblues@att.net  Cruising to NOLA on a Virgin Voyage by Kate Martinelli ....................................72
         EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS
         Bing Futch, Kate Martinelli, Kenny Neal, Tim Parsons, John   Blues Societies… Join One!  ............................................................................ 75
         Porter, Brian Reiser, CC Rider, Ronnie K. Stewart, T. Watts  Young Guns Blazing by John Porter .................................................................. 76
         PHOTO & ART CONTRIBUTORS             Plan Your Blues Festival Calendar .................................................................. 85
         Courtesy B.B. King Museum, Courtesy Chenango Blues
         Festival,  Exclusive  Image,  Bing  Futch,  Jae  Futch,  Rick
         Gould,  Courtesy  GRAMMY  Museum®  Mississippi:
         photographer Rory Doyle, Courtesy Kenny Neal, Bruce   Greetings Fellow Blues Fans!
         Newman,  PHOTOFEST,  Wendy  Podmenik  Darugar,
         Marco  van  Rooijen,  ©  Joseph  A.  Rosen,  ©  Marilyn
         Stringer, Kurt Swanson, Bob Trester, James Wessel, Bob   We are pleased to bring you the 14th annual Blues Festival Guide, which is produced
         White/CRW Photography, Holly Whitfield   both in print and digital formats once a year. For blues news, music and community

         ADVERTISING SALES                    updates year round, visit us at bluesfestivalguide.com. Stop by and play on our
         Cheryl O’Grady-Yearnshaw, Heather Penrod-Rudd,
         Tom Andrews                          website – you can listen to music on the jukebox; search for festivals by name, date
         ADVERTISING TRAFFIC COORDINATOR      or city; read the latest blues news from around the world; and find bands, blues
         Heather Penrod-Rudd                  societies and more.
         ADMINISTRATIVE/DATABASE MANAGEMENT
         Heather Penrod-Rudd                  We are proud to have the Big Blues Bender as our sponsor this year. Downtown
         DISTRIBUTION MANAGER                 Las Vegas serves as the backdrop for this premier event, which will once again take
         Heather Penrod-Rudd                  over the Plaza Hotel & Casino September 8-11, 2016. We know every festival claims
         DESIGN AND PRODUCTION/WEBSITE        to have the top blues artists, but seriously, have you seen the Bender's lineup this
         Goran Petko/Aqua Design              year? It's crazy!! Artists perform on three indoor stages and a rooftop pool stage –
         CONSULTANTS
         Nancy Edwards, Michele Lundeen, Tom Yearnshaw  as producer A.J. Gross likes to say, “Everything, An Elevator Ride Away!”
         The opinions of the contributors are not necessarily the   Our  new  magazine  editor,  Irene  Johnson,  has  put  together  a  thoughtful  and
         views of RBA Publishing Inc.         interesting  collection  of  features  to  connect  you,  the  reader,  to  the  greater
         FRONT COVER                          blues  community.  From  a  cruise  up  the  Mississippi  River,  to  a  family  recipe
         Here’s high-octane boogie, soul, powerhouse bluesman,
         the multi-award winning Victor Wainwright, the “Piana   shared by Kenny Neal, to Joe Bonamassa's music education non-profit,  to the
         from Savannah,” doing what he does best at the 2015   comprehensive festival calendar, we offer something for everyone. You know that
         Bonita  Blues  Festival  in  Bonita  Springs,  FL.  That’s  JP
         Soars to his right. Victor is a 2016 Blues Music Award   feeling of standing in front of a festival stage, reveling in the camaraderie of your
         Nominee for B.B. King Entertainer of The Year, Band   fellow festival-goers as your spirits lift together in response to the music? The Blues
         of The Year, and Piano Player of The Year! Everything   Festival Guide is that in print – as Bobby Rush always says, it's "your roadmap to all
         about him is simply infectious! www.vwwroots.com
         FRONT COVER PHOTOGRAPHER             things blues."
         Soulshine Photographix by Rick Lewis                                                             Enjoy!
         www.SoulshinePhotographix.com
                                                                                                   Kaati, Publisher
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