[NEohioPAL] James Cotton and Guy Davis headline Kent Blues Festival

[The Kent Stage]

The Kent Stage
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KENT BLUES FEST THIS WEEKEND! 
>The 2nd Annual Kent Blues Festival will bring the sounds of blues to downtown 
>Kent on July 23 and 24.  A complete schedule of all of the shows, background, 
>and map is available at www.kentbluesfest.com. 
>
>The festival kicks off with a free after work concert on Friday, July 23 at the 
>Home Savings Bank Plaza, in downtown Kent at the corner of Main and Water 
>Streets.  Colin Dussault’s Blues Project, one of the area’s most well-known 
>blues bands, will play from 5 p.m. till 7:30 p.m. Dussault has been a fixture on 
>the Northeast Ohio music scene for more than two decades and is known as one of 
>the hardest working artists in the region.  Beer and soft drinks will be 
>available for purchase. 
>
>Following the kickoff concert on July 23, there will be free live blues at 12 
>Kent venues.  Featured artists include Frankie Starr, Eric Noden and Friends, 
>the Midlife Chryslers, the Numbers Band, the Juke Hounds, Austin “Walkin’Cane” 
>and many more. 
>
>On Saturday, July 24 at 8 p.m. at The Kent Stage, the festival concludes with a 
>headlining concert by blues harmonica legend James Cotton and acclaimed 
>singer/songwriter Guy Davis. Tickets are available at www.kentstage.org. 
>
>Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2006, the Smithsonian Institute in 1991, 
>and winner of countless W.C. Handy Blues Awards, Cotton has shared the stage 
>with B.B. King, The Rolling Stones, Johnny Winter, the Allman Brothers, Santana, 
>Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Sam and Dave, the Grateful Dead and 
>many others. 
>
>An orphan at the age of nine, he was raised in Mississippi by his mentor, Sonny 
>Boy Williamson, who remains famous for his many unique songs and innovative 
>Delta Blues harmonica style. As a young teenager, Cotton befriended Howlin’ Wolf 
>and joined forces with him - playing Mississippi and Arkansas juke joints for 
>two years. Cotton played on the definitive 1960 reading of Muddy Waters “Got My 
>Mojo Working” cut live at the Newport Jazz Festival. 
>
>In 1966 Cotton formed his James Cotton Blues Band which continues to showcase 
>his immense talent and keeps him one of the most sought-after, hard-driving, 
>seminal blues musicians touring the world today. Cotton feeds off the energy of 
>his audiences, winning standing ovations night after night. 
>
>Guy Davis is a musician, composer, actor, director, writer and consummate 
>performer. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to reviving the 
>traditions of acoustic blues and bringing them to as many years as possible 
>through the material of the great blues masters, African American stories, and 
>his own original songs, stories and performance pieces. 
>
>Throughout his life Davis has had overlapping interests in music and acting. 
>Early acting roles included a part in the film Beat Street and on television in 
>One Life to Live. He made his Broadway debut in 1991 in the Zora Neale 
>Hurston/Langston Hughes collaboration Mulebone, which featured the music of Taj 
>Mahal. In 1993 he performed Off-Broadway as legendary blues player Robert 
>Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. 
>
>***  SCHEDULE  *** 
>FRIDAY – July 23 
>  
>Home Savings Bank Plaza – Kent Blues Fest Kick-off 
>Colin Dussault’s Blues Project – 5 pm – 7:30 pm 
> 
>  
>157 Lounge             
>Mike Lenz – 8-10 pm 
>  
>BW-3 
>Frankie Starr Band – 7-10 pm 
>  
>Dominick’s – 
>Wanda Hunt Band – 9 til Midnight 
>  
>Kent Stage – 
>Eric Noden & Friends – 8-11 pm 
>  
>The Loft – 
>Cleveland Fats – 8 – 11 pm 
>  
>Mugs 
>The Juke Hounds – 7:30-10:30 pm 
>  
>The Pub 
>Austin Walkin’ Cane – 11 pm til 1 am 
>  
>Professors Pub 
>Lucas with Déjà vu – 8 – 10 pm 
>Songwriters Showcase – 10 pm – 1 am 
>  
>Ray’s Place 
>The Numbers Band (15-60-75) 9 pm til Midnight 
>  
>Venice Café 
>The Bluestones – 8 – 11 pm 
>  
>Water Street Tavern 
>Bongo Joe & Little Stevie-O – 7-9 pm 
>Midlife Chryslers  – 9:30 – Midnight 
>  
>Zephyr Pub 
>Ian Penter – 7-9 pm 
>Misery Jackels – 9-10 pm 
>Damn Gallows – 10 pm til 1 am 
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>SATURDAY – July 24 
>  
>James Cotton Blues Band and Guy Davis at 8PM
>The Kent Stage, tickets at www.kentstage.com  


      
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