Schedule

Friday, June 24, 2011


6 p.m. Taj Weekes & Adowa

Grammy nominated international reggae recording artist Taj Weekes & Adowa from the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia brings his melodic vocals and vibrant rhythms of original music. Weekes is highly regarded as a visionary musician, songwriter, poet and humanitarian of the reggae music world.

www.tajweekes.com

7:30 p.m. Rockin' Jake

The sensational Rockin' Jake from New Orleans will provide a power-packed mix of rock 'n’ roll and hard-driving blues. Five-time winner of Off Beat Magazine's coveted Best of the Beat New Orleans Music Awards for best harmonica player, Jake has been hailed by many as one of the premier harmonica players in the country. His original sound is a hybrid of second line, swamp funk, blues and zydeco, with influences from Paul Butterfield, Big Walter Horton, James Cotton, The Meters, WAR, J. Geils Band, Clifton Chenier and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. A truly hard working musician with extraordinary talent, Rockin’ Jake and his band pour out their souls in every performance with high energy and electricity which consistently brings the audience to their feet.

www.rockinjake.com

9:00 p.m. Curley Taylor &

Zydeco Trouble

Curley Taylor was born and raised in Louisiana and has been around music all of his life. At the age of 16, Curley started playing drums in his father's band (Jude Taylor & His Burning Flames), which is deep in Louisiana Blues, Soul and Zydeco. By the age of 25, Curley had played drums for some of Louisiana's finest legends including CC Adcock, Steve Riley, John Hart, "Lil" Bob of the Lollipops, "Lil Buck" Senegal and Wayne "Blue" Burns. He traveled with the great Louisiana legend CJ Chenier. While playing with Mr. Chenier, Curley found an interest in playing the accordion. He was told he "played the drums and the accordion with great emotion and natural feeling by his long-time mentor."

www.curleytaylor.com

Saturday, June 25, 2011

1:00 p.m. The Headwaters

The Headwaters is a professional jazz/folk trio based in Denton Texas.The group is made up of Jordan Coffing, a singer and guitar playing unicyclist from Houston, Texas; Ella Smith, a singer and freelance clown makeup artist from Helena, Montana; and Andrew Jagannath (A.J.) from Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, a guitar player by day and bearded dragon tamer by night. The three three met randomly and bonded through similar musical interests and a profound love of climbing trees. Ella and Jordan are currently perusing vocal jazz degrees at the University of North Texas, while AJ is studying guitar performance and contemporary writing and production at Berklee College of Music.

The Headwaters Facebook page

3 p.m. Mike Bader

& the Bear Jam

Mike Bader and the Bear Jam blues band, from Missoula, offer a great mix of Chicago style blues to the deep soulful blues of Memphis.

www.myspace.com/mikebaderbluesband

4:30 p.m. Ricky Earl Band

featuring Cherise

Ricky Earl, Louisiana bluesman, brings a new vibe of music to the scene. Ricky’s style is a mix of Johnny Taylor, Chuck Berry, Sam Cook, and BB King all rolled into one tight package. Cherise is currently collaborating with Ricky Earl, and is an exciting vocalist and entertainer specializing in R&B, Jazz and Blues. This dynamic-duo are true blues trendsetters.

www.road-dawg.com/talent_Ricky_Earl_Band_featuring_Cherise.html

6 p.m. Halden Wofford

& the Hi-Beams

Halden Wofford and the Hi-Beams' classic style of honky tonk has a language and culture all to itself, but only takes one quick lesson to learn how to love for a lifetime. The twang of the steel guitar, snap of the snare drum, thump of the stand-up bass and rippin’ electric guitar solos mix with Wofford’s distinctive vocals to create a sound that is familiar yet purely original. Ringing out all along the Front Range of Colorado and beyond, Wofford’s wavering tenor conjures up images of Hank Williams Sr., Buddy Holly and Bob Wills.

www.hibeams.com/index.cfm

7:30 p.m. Levee Town

Since forming in 2002, LEVEE TOWN has taken their powerhouse sound from the fertile Kansas City blues scene to festival stages all over the US. Known for their explosive live show, this foursome has won adulation and critical praise the old-fashioned way - they earned it. In addition to playing an average of 250 dates a year, the band is constantly writing new songs and revamping the classics. LEVEE TOWN is fronted by a trio of talented singer-songwriters (Brandon Hudspeth - guitar/vocals, Jacque Garoutte - bass /vocals, and Jimmie Meade - harmonica/vocals, along with Jan Faircloth keeping it tight on the drums, vocals & hand percussion).

www.leveetown.com/home.html

9 p.m. Indigenous

Mato Nanji has always provided the heartbeat of the band Indigenous, along with the warm dusty voice and the soaring, spirited guitar fireworks that have earned the group from South Dakota's Nakota Nation a place among roots rock's elite. But with the emotionally charged and musically visceral Broken Lands, the band's second album on Vanguard Records, Nanji makes a transformation from sparkplug to visionary.

www.indigenousrocks.com/