Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010
Tina Nina Nu - Silver Spring Blues Festival Finale
Mary Shaver sings Tina Nina Nu!
The Second Annual Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring 2010 was held on Saturday, May 22, 2010.
Organized by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., this year's Blues Festival headlined the legendary "Nighthawks," one of the region's hardest working blues bands and winners of the Washington Area Music Association2009 awards for best duo/group and best recording for 2009's "American Landscape," in the Blues/Traditional R&B category.
Also on the program were Silver Spring's favorite son, Jonny Grave, Choo Choo Charlie Williamsand Baltimore Red Jones, the Andy Poxon Band, the DC Blues Society Band, the Daryl Davis Band featuring Ida Campbell, and Mary Shaver and the Smokin' Polecats featuring Pete Ragusa.
The Silver Spring Blues Festival was sponsored by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., the DC Blues Society, Downtown Silver Spring, RCN, Lee Development Group, Southern Management Corporation, the Silver Spring Voice, Dale Music, WPFW-FM and the Silver Spring Regional Center. The Festival was videotaped by Montgomery Community Television, Inc.
For more information, visit www.silverspringblues.com
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Photographers! Post your Silver Spring Blues Festival pics to Flickr
Got pics from the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring. Post them to the Blues Festival flickr group located here.
On Facebook? Post your pics to the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Facebook page at this link.
On Facebook? Post your pics to the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. Facebook page at this link.
A Spectacular Silver Spring Blues Festival!
The Silver Spring Blues Festival 2010 was spectacular!
The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. wishes to express its appreciation to the hundreds and hundreds of fans who attended the 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring.
Concert-goers were treated to high-energy performances by the legendary “Nighthawks,” Silver Spring’s favorite son, Jonny Grave, Choo Choo Charlie Williams and Baltimore Red Jones, the Andy Poxon Band, the DC Blues Society Band, the Daryl Davis Band featuring Ida Campbell, and Mary Shaver and the Smokin’ Polecats featuring Pete Ragusa.
At the Festival’s end, blues fans witnessed an incredible jam session featuring the Nighthawks, Mary Shaver, Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner, Andy Poxon, and Sam’i Nuridden of the DC Blues Society Band.
The Silver Spring Blues Festival was sponsored by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., the DC Blues Society, Downtown Silver Spring, RCN, Lee Development Group, Southern Management Corporation, the Silver Spring Voice, Dale Music, WPFW-FM and the Silver Spring Regional Center. The Festival was videotaped by Montgomery Community Television, Inc.
Many thanks to all who supported the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring!
The Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. wishes to express its appreciation to the hundreds and hundreds of fans who attended the 2010 Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring.
Concert-goers were treated to high-energy performances by the legendary “Nighthawks,” Silver Spring’s favorite son, Jonny Grave, Choo Choo Charlie Williams and Baltimore Red Jones, the Andy Poxon Band, the DC Blues Society Band, the Daryl Davis Band featuring Ida Campbell, and Mary Shaver and the Smokin’ Polecats featuring Pete Ragusa.
At the Festival’s end, blues fans witnessed an incredible jam session featuring the Nighthawks, Mary Shaver, Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner, Andy Poxon, and Sam’i Nuridden of the DC Blues Society Band.
The Silver Spring Blues Festival was sponsored by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., the DC Blues Society, Downtown Silver Spring, RCN, Lee Development Group, Southern Management Corporation, the Silver Spring Voice, Dale Music, WPFW-FM and the Silver Spring Regional Center. The Festival was videotaped by Montgomery Community Television, Inc.
Many thanks to all who supported the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Limited Edition Silver Spring Blues Festival T-Shirts
Don't forget to get your Limited Edition Silver Spring Blues Festival T-Shirts at the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring!
These high quality commemorative t-shirts were designed by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. and pressed at Planet Cotton in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Your purchase supports the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., our spectacular blues performers, and community arts & entertainment programming in Silver Spring.
These high quality commemorative t-shirts were designed by the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc. and pressed at Planet Cotton in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Your purchase supports the Silver Spring Town Center, Inc., our spectacular blues performers, and community arts & entertainment programming in Silver Spring.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Schedule of Performances - Silver Spring Blues Festival 2010
Harmonica Workshop 3pm - 4pm
Choo Choo Charlie teaches anyone to play!
Bring your harmonica (Key of C) to learn techniques and songs.
Under the Big Top 2pm - 6pm
Musical Instrument Petting Zoo by Dale Music
On the Fountain Stage*
2:00-2:20pm
Choo Choo Charlie Williams and Baltimore Red Jones – acoustic Delta, Piedmont, Ragtime, and Texas style blues featuring harmonica and guitar
2:25-2:55pm
Jonny Grave - acoustic blues from the Heartland, steeped in the traditions of R.L. Burnside, Fred McDowell and others.
3:05-3:50pm
Andy Poxon Band – get up and go with this 15-year-old who's writing his own blues songs and has a blues groove of his own!
4:00-4:50pm
Daryl Davis Band – a Montgomery County local performing nationally with legendary greats such as Chuck Berry – featuring festival MC / WPFW89.3fm "Don't Forget the Blues" Friday host, Ida Campbell.
5:00-5:50pm
DC Blues Society Band - DCBS brings you Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner and more entertainment coming from the local blues scene!
6:00-6:50pm
Mary Shaver and the Smokin' Polecats – Muddy Waters style with a female touch – featuring Pete Ragusa (Nighthawks drummer for 35 years).
7:00-7:50pm
The Nighthawks – world renowned and legendary blues group – WAMMIE winners of Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) best duo/group and best recording for 2009's "American Landscape," in the Blues/Traditional R&B category. Get your signed award-winning CD at the festival!
* Schedule Subject to Change
Website: http://www.silverspringblues.com/ Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ssbluesfest
Choo Choo Charlie teaches anyone to play!
Bring your harmonica (Key of C) to learn techniques and songs.
Under the Big Top 2pm - 6pm
Musical Instrument Petting Zoo by Dale Music
On the Fountain Stage*
2:00-2:20pm
Choo Choo Charlie Williams and Baltimore Red Jones – acoustic Delta, Piedmont, Ragtime, and Texas style blues featuring harmonica and guitar
2:25-2:55pm
Jonny Grave - acoustic blues from the Heartland, steeped in the traditions of R.L. Burnside, Fred McDowell and others.
3:05-3:50pm
Andy Poxon Band – get up and go with this 15-year-old who's writing his own blues songs and has a blues groove of his own!
4:00-4:50pm
Daryl Davis Band – a Montgomery County local performing nationally with legendary greats such as Chuck Berry – featuring festival MC / WPFW89.3fm "Don't Forget the Blues" Friday host, Ida Campbell.
5:00-5:50pm
DC Blues Society Band - DCBS brings you Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner and more entertainment coming from the local blues scene!
6:00-6:50pm
Mary Shaver and the Smokin' Polecats – Muddy Waters style with a female touch – featuring Pete Ragusa (Nighthawks drummer for 35 years).
7:00-7:50pm
The Nighthawks – world renowned and legendary blues group – WAMMIE winners of Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) best duo/group and best recording for 2009's "American Landscape," in the Blues/Traditional R&B category. Get your signed award-winning CD at the festival!
* Schedule Subject to Change
Website: http://www.silverspringblues.com/ Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ssbluesfest
Friday, May 14, 2010
Cable Provider RCN Supports Silver Spring Blues Festival!
A public service announcement about the Silver Spring Blues Festival has been appearing frequently on RCN, one of the area’s leading providers of cable television programming!
In the D.C. metro area, RCN’s network extends to the Washington, D.C. neighborhoods of Capitol Hill, Glover Park, Friendship Park, Friendship Heights. Dupont Circle, Cleveland Park, Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, Brookland, Shaw, Chinatown, Benning Road, Congress Heights, Anocostia, Mt. Vernon Square, Tenleytown, Mount Pleasant, Van Ness, Fort Totten, Georgia Petworth and cities in Maryland including Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Takoma Park and in Virginia in the city of Falls Church.
RCN’s broadcast of the Blues Festival PSA is a reflection of the company’s strong support of communities and neighborhoods in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.
RCN encourages its employees to be socially active and to volunteer their time to improve the well being of the communities where they live and work. The company also sponsors a number of local programs that give back to the community. In addition, RCN has a number of commercial partnerships with local sports and entertainment facilities and programs, which reinforce our goal to help promote the concepts of competition and choice.
RCN continues to bring competition, better prices, premier programming, high-value bundles, superior services (including one of the fastest Internet connections in the market), and quality customer care to residents in its service areas. As a competitor to the telecom and cable giants, the company feels it is also important to champion and support the local communities they serve. Their goal is to be viewed by their customers as their hometown service provider – a company that cares.
The Silver Spring Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 2 pm at the Silver Fountain on Ellsworth Street in Downtown Silver Spring.
For more Festival information, check out www.silverspringblues.com
Click here to learn more about Silver Spring Blues Festival sponsor, RCN.
In the D.C. metro area, RCN’s network extends to the Washington, D.C. neighborhoods of Capitol Hill, Glover Park, Friendship Park, Friendship Heights. Dupont Circle, Cleveland Park, Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, Brookland, Shaw, Chinatown, Benning Road, Congress Heights, Anocostia, Mt. Vernon Square, Tenleytown, Mount Pleasant, Van Ness, Fort Totten, Georgia Petworth and cities in Maryland including Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Takoma Park and in Virginia in the city of Falls Church.
RCN’s broadcast of the Blues Festival PSA is a reflection of the company’s strong support of communities and neighborhoods in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.
RCN encourages its employees to be socially active and to volunteer their time to improve the well being of the communities where they live and work. The company also sponsors a number of local programs that give back to the community. In addition, RCN has a number of commercial partnerships with local sports and entertainment facilities and programs, which reinforce our goal to help promote the concepts of competition and choice.
RCN continues to bring competition, better prices, premier programming, high-value bundles, superior services (including one of the fastest Internet connections in the market), and quality customer care to residents in its service areas. As a competitor to the telecom and cable giants, the company feels it is also important to champion and support the local communities they serve. Their goal is to be viewed by their customers as their hometown service provider – a company that cares.
The Silver Spring Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 2 pm at the Silver Fountain on Ellsworth Street in Downtown Silver Spring.
For more Festival information, check out www.silverspringblues.com
Click here to learn more about Silver Spring Blues Festival sponsor, RCN.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Choo Choo Charlie Williams at the Silver Spring Blues Festival!
Choo Choo Charlie Williams, harp virtuoso, brings his internationally known musical talents to the Silver Fountain stage for the Silver Spring Blues Festival at Downtown Silver Spring, on Saturday, May 22, 2010. Baltimore Red Jones joins Choo Choo Charlie at the Silver Spring Blues Festival.
With his band, the "SPITFIRES," Choo Choo Charlie performs a broad range of musical styles including Classic Rock and Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Swing, Jazz, Zydeco, Chicago, Jump and Country Blues, and a variety of popular and seasonal tunes plus his own originals to bring good times to music lovers of all ages. Choo Choo has played in a wide range of musical groups over the past 25 years in the mid-Atlantic region and in Europe. He resided in Germany for five years (1981-86) where he performed throughout western Europe and returned to perform for the Millennia 2000 New Year Eve at the Hotel La’ Sapiniere in Chamonix, France with the “German” SPITFIRES.”
Picture above is of Choo Choo Charlie and the Spitfire Allstars at Hot August Blues. The Spitfires include Josh Scheps on drum, Rick Hagman on bass and Mike Kavanaugh on guitar (wearing shorts). Three featured Allstars included Daryl Davis on piano, Ron Holloway on sax, and Linwood Taylor on guitar
With his band, the "SPITFIRES," Choo Choo Charlie performs a broad range of musical styles including Classic Rock and Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Swing, Jazz, Zydeco, Chicago, Jump and Country Blues, and a variety of popular and seasonal tunes plus his own originals to bring good times to music lovers of all ages. Choo Choo has played in a wide range of musical groups over the past 25 years in the mid-Atlantic region and in Europe. He resided in Germany for five years (1981-86) where he performed throughout western Europe and returned to perform for the Millennia 2000 New Year Eve at the Hotel La’ Sapiniere in Chamonix, France with the “German” SPITFIRES.”
Picture above is of Choo Choo Charlie and the Spitfire Allstars at Hot August Blues. The Spitfires include Josh Scheps on drum, Rick Hagman on bass and Mike Kavanaugh on guitar (wearing shorts). Three featured Allstars included Daryl Davis on piano, Ron Holloway on sax, and Linwood Taylor on guitar
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