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Fund Aids Family Of Will Roy SandersBlues fans have an opportunity to help the family of late Bluesman Will Roy Sanders, who passed away from lung cancer on February 16th, through a fund that has been established in his memory.The fund has been set up at Shangri-La Records, which is located at 1916 Madison Avenue, In Memphis, Tennessee, and more detailed information is available below. Sanders is best known for recording the song "Crosscut Saw" with the Binghampton Blues Boys, a tune that would later be made famous by Albert King, Eric Clapton, and others. He was recently the subject of a documentary film titled Will Roy Sanders: The Last Living Bluesman. He was well known in Memphis as a member of The Fieldstones, and also ran that city's Green's Lounge juke joint in the 1990's until fire destroyed it in 1997. Sanders is survived by his wife, Dorothy, his 18 children, & his 42 grandchildren. Donations made to the Will Roy Sanders fund help to offset funeral expenses. For more information on making a donation, call (901) 359-3102, or click on the link below. Shangri-La Records Will Roy Sanders - The Last Living Bluesman Daltry "A Great Blues Singer"Rolling Stone's website has some news from the land of the British rockers. RS reports that Roger Daltry recently told BBC6 Music that he is "...a great Blues singer." and would love to collaborate on an album with former Led Zeppelin maestro Jimmy Page.Daltry's band, The Who, are on a bit of an unscheduled break, due to guitarist Pete Townshend’s tinnitus, and Daltry took the opportunity to extend his services to Page, if he's interested. “I don’t sing the blues with the Who, but that’s what I used to be before Townshend started writing. I used to be a great blues singer.” Rolling Stone had previously reported Page's desire to get back to work, much like his former bandmates Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. Jones is currently playing bass in Rock band Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and Josh Homme. Plant is working on a solo album, according to various sources, and recently found great success with the album Raising Sand, which he recorded with Alison Krauss. The Who performed during the halftime spectacular of this year's Super Bowl, and are currently scheduled to perform together on March 30 at London's Royal Albert Hall. Daltry is also gearing up for a tour with Eric Clapton, and you can see those dates by clicking here. Click Here To Read the Rolling Stone Article The Blues Brothers Becoming A TV Show?
The widow of late actor John Belushi has teamed with Saturday Night Live writer Anne Beatts to come up with the script for a television series based on The Blues Brothers films, according to various media outlets.The show will reportedly feature Kieron Lafferty and Wayne Catania in the roles of Jake and Elwood Blues, two neer do well "blood brothers" who grew up in a Catholic orphanage and front a Soul and Blues revival band. Lafferty and Catania are currently serving in those roles with the traveling Blues Brothers Revue. The fictional duo was iconically played by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd originally. Judy Belushi Pisano told Australian website Undercover.com that she and Beatts have written a script together, along with Lafferty and Catania; and the story arc will span across "six to eight shows where they are on a mission down the Mississippi back to New Orleans." Pisano has been heavily involved with The Blues Brothers franchise from the beginning, and also co-produces the current Blues Brothers Revue show along with Aykroyd. No further information was provided as far as when they hoped to start production on the television series, or if any specific networks had shown interest in picking it up. Click Here For The Official Website of The Blues Brothers Revue! Read the Original Story Here at Undercover.com The Blues Brothers Trailer 2010 Blues Hall of Fame
The Blues Foundation announced on February 16 the 2010 class of inductees into it's Blues Hall of Fame.The class of 2010 is led by Chicago-based Bluesman, and leader of the super-talented Brooks family of Blues musicians, Lonnie Brooks. Other notables include Blues singer and harmonica god Charlie Musselwhite, as well as the wonderful Bonnie Raitt. In addition, "The Father of the Blues," W.C. Handy is included in the 2010 Hall of Fame inductees, along with Gus Cannon and Cannon's Jug Stompers, and Amos Milburn. Non-performers entering the Blues Hall of Fame this year are writer Peter Guralnick, and radio host Sonny Payne. Sam Charters' book The Bluesmen has been selected as this year's "Classics of Blues Literature" induction. Songs entering the Hall of Fame include "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" (Otis Rush), "Fever" (Little Willie John), "Key To the Highway" (Big Bill Broonzy), "Match Box Blues" (Blind Lemon Jefferson), and "Spoonful" (Howlin' Wolf). Robert Cray's Strong Persuader, Hung Down Head by Lowell Fulson, and Fenton Robinson's I Hear Some Blues Downstairs are the album inductees. The Blues Hall of Fame inductions are held as a part of the celebration of the Blues Foundation's Blues Music Awards each year, and this year, will be held Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at the Memphis Marriott Downtown. (The night before the awards.) The Blues Foundation Has Biographical Information Posted On All of The Blues Hall of Fame Inductees, and That Information Can Be Found By Clicking Here. More Information About the 2010 Blues Music Awards Can Be Found Here. Full-Time Blues Radio Featured Music Exclusively by the 2010 Class of Blues hall of Famers, Click Here To See the Playlist and Purchase Tracks! R.I.P. Lil' Dave Thompson
It is with a heavy heart that we share the news of Lil' Dave Thompson's passing. Thompson was killed in an automobile accident early February 14, 2010 in Georgia. He was 40 years old.David Thompson, seen in this image performing at the 2009 W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival in Henderson, KY, was an accomplished Blues guitarist from Mississippi. He was born into the Blues, his father, Sam, being a Blues musician, as well; and had most recently released Deep Into The Night on Electro-Fi Records in 2008. According to police, Thompson and his band were traveling back to Mississippi from a performance in South Carolina, when the driver of their van lost control on Interstate-20, Sunday morning. The vehicle left the roadway, where it overturned and slid a reported 500 feet, striking several trees in the process. Thompson was thrown from the vehicle during the crash, and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. WRDW News 12 in South Carolina says according to state troopers, none of the passengers in the van were wearing seat belts. Lil' Dave Thompson leaves behind a wife of 15 years, Susan White, and five children, David Jr. (20), Danielle (19), Shequeena (18), Shirleiah (16) and Destiny (13). He is also survived by sisters Patricia, Barbara Denise, Jennifer and Pasty Thompson, Zenovia Henderson and Rose Marie Richmond; and brothers John, Sam, Elijah Allen and Tyrone Thompson. According to his website, LilDaveThompson.com a support fund has been set up by the family, and contributions to the family can be mailed to: Community Bank For the benefit of Dave "Lil' Dave" Thompson Cards and letters to the family are also welcome, and can be sent to: John Thompson Or email to John Thompson: thomp964@bellsouth.net Funeral arrangements for Lil' Dave Thompson will be at 2:00 PM, Saturday February 27th, 2010 at Bell Grove Mission Baptist Church: 1301 BB King Rd Everyone associated with Full-Time Blues would like to send our most heartfelt prayers and deepest condolences to the family and friends of Lil' Dave Thompson. I saw Dave perform last year for the first time, and I am sad that the opportunity to see him again has been lost. He will be sadly missed. - Johnny Full-Time Lil' Dave Thompson - "I Got the Blues" Crossroads Festival Returns In 2010!
The release was oficially posted this morning on WheresEric.com that Eric Clapton has teamed with T-Mobile MyTouch to hold the 2010 edition of the Crossroads Guitar Festival. It is only the third such event to be held, and the first since July 2007.The Crossroads festival will return to Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) on June 26, 2010. Toyota Park also hosted the 2007 Crossroads event. Tickets for the festival are set to go on sale to the general public on Saturday, February 20th at 10:00 AM CST. Ticket prices are set at $100 plus additional fees and parking. The event is held as a way to bring some of Eric Clapton's friends and favorite guitarists to collaborate with one another. More importantly, though, it is held to raise funds for the Crossroads Centre, Antigua, a treatment facility for chemically dependent individuals, individuals with compulsive addictive behaviors, their families, and loved ones. More information and a link is posted below. More than two dozen artists and acts have already been confirmed for the event, with that list being provided below. Favorites like B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Steve Winwood, and Jeff Beck will return in 2010, along with new faces to the Crossroads festival such as The Allman Brothers Band and Joe Bonamassa. For More Information On the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, CrossroadsGuitarFestival.com CURRENT ARTIST LISTING CONFIRMED Albert Lee Stay Tuned To FullTimeBlues.com For Updates and Coverage of the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival!! About The Crossroads Centre, Antigua Founded in 1998, Crossroads Centre, Antigua was created to provide treatment and education to chemically dependent persons, those with other compulsive addictive behaviors, their families and their significant others. Treatment is provided through residential care, family and aftercare programs. The pathway to recovery is founded on the movement toward a change in lifestyle. Crossroads Centre, Antigua also operates a 16-bed halfway house in Antigua called the Bevon House (exclusively for Antigua residents) and facilitates a school-based education series, Breaking the Cycle, in all Antiguan schools. The Crossroads Centre has recently expanded its programme to offer transitional living for men, in line with the Crossroads Centre’s philosophy on recovery, at The Sanctuary in Delray Beach, Florida, for those who have completed a residential treatment programme. On a personal note, I attended Crossroads 2007, and I can tell you quite honestly, it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I will be in attendance at Crossroads 2010, for sure! - Johnny Full-Time Page 2 >
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