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OTHER BLUES EVENTS YOU WILL ENJOY:

6th annual BLUES BY THE SEA
Saturday, May 8, Freshfields Village, Kiawah Island, SC (Bobby "Watch Your Step" Parker, Shane Pruitt, Skyla Burrell) www.bluesbash.com/kiawah

10th annual GREENWOOD BLUES CRUISE
Thurs-Sat, July 8-10, Greenwood, SC
(Daddy Mack Blues Band, J.J. Caillier & the Zydeco Knockouts, Wanda Johnson & Shrimp City Slim, Veronika Jackson, more) www.greenwoodbluescruise.com

14th annual CAROLINA DOWNHOME BLUES FESTIVAL Thurs-Sat, Oct 7-9, Camden, SC www.bluesbash.com/camden Artists t.b.a.

21st annual LOWCOUNTRY BLUES BASH
February 4-13, 2011
Charleston, SC
www.bluesbash.com
Artists t.b.a.

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WELCOME TO THE SECOND ANNUAL
PEE DEE BLUES BASH
Friday-Saturday, April 23-24, 2010
Florence, South Carolina

Born in the American South, the blues truly is now a world music, enjoyed by and performed by people all around the globe.  We are delighted to partner this year with Francis Marion University and the Arts International Festival.  In keeping with the international theme, it is our pleasure to present three exciting international blues acts in addition to a roster of great USA-based artists.  We encourage you to bring the entire family out to experience a weekend of great American blues music, brilliantly performed by talented musicians from three continents.  Have fun! 

- Gary Erwin aka Shrimp City Slim
Organizer, Pee Dee Blues Bash

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BRADLEY'S CIRCUS (The Netherlands)   Charlie Sayles
www.bradleyscircus.comwww.myspace.com/bradleyscircus  

Fronted by two women - the dazzling Mattanja Joy Bradley on vocals and Lidewij Veenhuis, one of Europe's top female harmonica players - Bradley's Circus is a hot, energetic Dutch roots/blues band visiting us at the tail end of their first USA tour.  This is a group that knows how to rock the house and light up a stage.  With the feverish public response to their gigs this month, there is no doubt this band is building a following in America.  Don't miss!

 
   

HARPER (Australia)

 
www.harper.biz  

Harper grew up in the Aussie outback but was exposed to American blues and rock at an early age.  A master of both the harmonica and didgeridoo (Australian aboriginal wind instrument), he blends world beat rhythms with big-boned urban blues and, with his fine young band, puts on a memorable show.  His third CD on the respected Blind Pig Records label should be in stores by the time Harper arrives at our festival.  Unique!

 
   


ROBERT LIGHTHOUSE (Sweden)

 
www.robertlighthouse.com  

Close your eyes and you will believe you are listening to vintage Memphis or Mississippi blues from the early 1950s...Robert Lighthouse is a one-man band (guitar, harmonica-in-the-rack, vocals) who has traipsed through the American South, absorbing all the best influences:
Muddy Waters, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Robert Johnson, etc.  This is thrilling, authentic blues that has won him fans on both sides of the Atlantic.  Latest album:  "Democracy Boulevard" (2009).

 
   

AND OUR AMERICAN BLUES ARTISTS:
RANDY MCALLISTER (Texas blues/roadhouse rock/swamp music), MAC ARNOLD & PLATE FULL O' BLUES (one of South Carolina's blues legends), ASAMU JOHNSON PROJECT (meat 'n' potatoes urban blues from Michigan), and more!


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