Welcome to the Memphis Blues Society

The Memphis Blues Society is conducting a membership drive during the month of May.
Sign up on-line or by mail, by May 31, 2008, and you will be included in a drawing to win this really cool blues guitar (picture of the guitar), provided by Kenny Allyn of Mojo-Sonic!

http://www.myspace.com/101fm

G'day,
If you have any blues bands looking for airplay in my part of the planet,[Australia] please point them my way.
I put togeather a three hour blues show every Wednesday,played on radio 101fm here in Brisbane and streamed live on the web. Check out my page for times.
Playlist are on my blog and always happy to interview and keep the blues alive.
thanks for your support.

If you are one of the youger generation of musicians who is internet savy and need free content for your website, we have put together an article directory for your free use. We use RSS to distribute the feeds. Feel free to grab content from our site as you need it.
To learn more, please visit:
http://articles.memphisbluessociety.com/

Some of you know that I've been working days at Ground Zero Memphis (since Oct of last year), trying to finish out the construction, and get the building ready for the upcoming great times we'll all be having there soon.

Memphis Blues Society Showcase, April 6, 2008 @ Old Millington Winery, 3-6 pm. Performing:

-Eric Hughes Band
-Blues Healers
-Victor Wainwright
-Misbehavin w/ Laurie "Waddy" Mitchell

TORONTO - Blind rock and jazz musician Jeff Healey has died after a lifelong battle against cancer. He was 41.

Healey died Sunday evening in a Toronto hospital, said bandmate Colin Bray, who was in the room with Healey's family when the guitarist died.

So, do just the music playing panhandlers pay the $150 fee? Or did the Beale Street Merchants Association make sure they collected $150 from each of the 30 or so panhandlers who approached me for "spare change" during the IBC? Is that $150 a daily, weekly, monthly or annual fee?

Buddy Miles born September 5th, 1947 in Omaha Nebraska, passed away Tuesday,
peacefully on February 26, 2008, 10:09 p.m. in his home; at (60) sixty years
old.

Gibson Guitar Company and Robert Johnson Blues Foundation New Generation Award Contest Accepting Entries

CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI -The Robert Johnson Blues Foundation is now accepting entries for the 2008 New Generation Award Contest. The Gibson Guitar/ Robert Johnson New Generation Award will be presented to the year's most promising young blues musician, as determined by an elite panel of music industry professionals, from the entries received.

I have brought to you, the newest revision of the Memphis In May schedules - these are tenative, unofficial and subject to change without notice.
Let's show some support for these acts as well as our local blues scene!!!