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New Orleans Style Dixieland Jazz in Cape May, NJ

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2009

Cape May Traditional Jazz Society Presents Dixieland Jazz Sunday August 9, 2009 from 2 to 4 pm VFW Post 386 419 Congress St. Cape May, NJ 609-884-7961 Ragtime Bobby Quaile & Bill Newnams experienced 6 piece Traditional Jazz group featuring Valerie Jeanne on vocals - a red hot, swinging, fun show. Tickets $10 advance purchase $15 at door everyone is welcome $10 CMTJS member price Proceeds donated to Lower & ...

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Fab Faux Perform The Beatles' "Revolver" at Beacon Theatre (NYC) on September 12th

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 13, 2009

THE BEATLES’ ‘REVOLVER’ TO BE PERFORMED LIVE, IN ITS ENTIRETY, BY THE FAB FAUX – SEPTEMBER 12TH AT THE BEACON THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY A Seminal Album, Never Performed in Concert by The Beatles Fan-Voted Songs to Determine Second Set of Beacon Concert THE NATION – Live Review: “Almost Magical…” On September 12th, The Fab Faux will perform The Beatles' REVOLVER, in its entirety, at The Beacon Theatre in New York City. The concert will recreate a seminal chapter ...

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Summertime Blues for a Cure Golf Outing and Blues Concert Tees-off July 24

Source: Just Roots PR
July 11, 2009

Golf Outing and Blues Concert Blues Concert When: Friday, July 24 at 8 pm Where: Whiskey Dick's, Columbus, OH Performing: Scotty Bratcher Band and Matt O'Ree Band Donation: $15.00 Golf Scramble and Outdoor Blues Concert When:Saturday, July 25 Scramble begins at 1pm Blues Concert outdoors begins at 7:30 pm Where: Northstar Golf Club, Sunbury, OH Performing: Hurricane Jerry and Stormfront ...

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Whiskey Dicks Braces for Whirlwind Transcontinental Blues Family Reunion, July 17

Source: Just Roots PR
July 11, 2009

Batten the hatches as the perfect storm converges over Whiskey Dick's for this one night event

The perfect storm will converge over Columbus' Whiskey Dick's as Award-winning international artists “Colin John Band" and “Michael Hill" will team up with their good friends “Long Tall Deb and the Drifter Kings" for a special blues event at Whiskey Dick's in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, July 17 from 9:00pm- 1am.

In addition to being heavyweight performers in their own right, all acts featured have ...

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Grammys' Ehrlich Tells How Jackson Tribute Came Together

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2009

Grammy Awards producer Ken Ehrlich was the man behind the effort to rush a program into place for Michael Jackson's memorial service.

I've never been a real fan of Jackson's, but after watching the live 2 1/2 -hour televised memorial service to him, I must congratulate those around him who produced it.

As a former radio and television producer, I was amazed at the high quality of its production. When I think of how little time they had to pull ...

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Deluge at Smoke Jazz Club Stops the Music

Source: Michael Ricci
July 9, 2009

On Monday night at around 9:30, water began pouring through the ceiling at Smoke, a jazz club at Broadway and 106th Street.

It was right in the middle of a set by John Farnsworth, a saxophonist, and the damage caused by a sprinkler system that had been set off by smoke or fire six floors up was bad enough that the club had to be shut down, said Paul Stache, one of its owners.

The sprinkler system destroyed our club, ...

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Michael Jackson's Memorial Was Not Our Proudest Moment

Source: Michael Ricci
July 8, 2009

Everyone -- including the media and myriad opportunists -- sought to cash in on the death of the pop star, with scant mention of the scandals that tainted his legacy.

I got to Staples Center some time after the parade of Ringling Bros. elephants and just before a bikini-clad woman who held aloft a sign that said, “Go Vegetarian for the Man in the Mirror." I suppose it goes without saying that not all memorial services draw the same crowd. ...

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Summertime Blues for a Cure Golf Outing and Blues Concert

Source: Just Roots PR
July 8, 2009

When: Friday, July 24 at 8 pm Where: Whiskey Dick's, Columbus, OH Performing: Scotty Bratcher Band and Matt O'Ree Band Donation: $15.00

Golf Scramble and Outdoor Blues Concert

When: Saturday, July 25 Scramble begins at 1pm Blues Concert outdoors begins at 7:30 pm Where: Northstar Golf Club, Sunbury, OH Performing: Hurricane Jerry and Stormfront Trampled Under Foot Sean Carney Band ...

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