(GLOUCESTER, MA) – The eighth annual Gloucester Blues Festival returns
to Cressy’s Beach at Stage Fort Park [Gloucester, Massachusetts] this
Saturday, Aug. 10, with a lineup of award-winning artists, national touring
acts and – for the first time in its history – forecasted good weather.
“We’ll have a bunch of different styles of blues, which is exciting and
educational for the people who come,” said Paul Benjamin, owner and organizer
of the festival. “This also gives people a chance to see artists they never get
to see in Gloucester or in the area.”
Chris Beard, son of blues legend Joe Beard, will open at 11 a.m. The
winner of Best Emerging Artist Album at this year’s Blues Music Awards, Amanda
Fish, follows at 12:15pm with Newton native Tyler Morris joining her on stage.
Marquis Knox will pay homage to blues greats at 1:30pm. Darrell Nulisch,
who’s played with David Maxwell, Ronnie Earl’s The Broadcasters and
sung with James Cotton’s band on tour, will play at 2:45pm.
Damon Fowler will grace the stage with his guitar and voice at 4:15pm.
Johnny Rawls will bring out his “Red Cadillac” and share his sound,
which was crafted at the side of southern soul legend O.V Wright, from 5:45-7pm
to close the show.
A beer garden and food and craft vendors will set up at Stage Fort.
Refreshments from hamburgers and hotdogs to sausages and Mexican food will be
available.