When is blue red hot?

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SAULT BLUES SOCIETY

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When is blue red hot?

SAULT STE. MARIE - The posters are up, the tickets are selling quickly and the stage is set.

The Sault Blues Society presents four straight days of red hot blues at the 1st Annual Sault Blues Festival Wednesday through Saturday at the Water Tower Pub.

The Blues Society promises an intimate blues experience with great blues artists.

Wednesday and Thursday nights are free events courtesy of the Sault Blues Society, the Water Tower Pub, the festival’s sponsors and feature local blues veterans.

The festival’s headliners appear Friday and Saturday nights.

Admission each night is only $20 ($15 for Blues Society members).

Friday and Saturday night tickets are available only at Algoma’s Water Tower Inn and Suites’ front desk.

Tickets are limited and are expected to sell out soon.
 
Festival schedule

Wednesday, June 6 - Rusty McCarthy and The Dirty River Blues Band featuring The Ladies Sing The Blues at 8:30 p.m. This presentation is free courtesy of The Water Tower Pub, The Sault Blues Society and our sponsors.

Thursday, June 7 - The Bebop Blues and Jazz Band featuring Jeff “King” Holmes, Martin “Wildman” Virta, Josh “Fleet Fingers” Norling, Ed “Traps” Young, Rusty “Bluesman” McCarthy AND special surprise blues legends at 8:30 p.m. This presentation is free courtesy of The Water Tower Pub, The Sault Blues Society and our sponsors.

Friday, June 8 - Steve Strongman (2012 Blues Guitarist of the Year) - Hot Chicago and Delta blues at 9 p.m. featuring his brand new CD release A Natural Fact. Tickets available at Algoma’s Water Tower Inn and Suites front desk.

Saturday, June 9 - The David Rotundo Band featuring award-winning harmonica player David Rotundo with special guest Juno Award-winning blues keyboardist, Julian Fauth at 9 p.m. Tickets available at Algoma’s Water Tower Inn and Suites front desk.

Steve Strongman

Among many awards over his career, Steve Strongman has recently received the Maple Blues Guitarist of the Year Award.

Beyond Strongman’s talent as a songwriter, guitarist and front man is his ability to engage his audience and deliver an outstanding performance at every live show.

With his inimitable guitar playing and soulful vocals, Strongman delivers incredible performances with power and passion.

Beginning his professional music career at the age of 16, Strongman has spent over 20 years touring Canada, Europe and, more recently, South America.

Along the way he’s been chosen to open shows and perform with Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Randy Bachman, Roy Clark, Otis Clay, Jeff Healey, Sonny Landreth, and British legend Joe Cocker, to name a few.

As well as receiving the Blues Guitarist of the Year Award, he was the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Mel Brown Blues Award as well as the 2010 Hamilton Music Award winner for Blues Recording of the Year for his second studio release Blues in Colour.

Strongman has just released his highly anticipated acoustic CD A Natural Fact featuring solo acoustic material.

www.stevestrongman.com

David Rotundo

Toronto blues harpist David Rotundo heard James Cotton perform at the El Mocambo in 1991.

“He blew one note on the harmonica that hypnotized me...”

The next day, Rotundo went out and bought a harmonica. “…and I’ve been playing the blues ever since.”

Obsession with the blues led Rotundo on a diesel-fuelled roots tour of blues epicentres of the United States, including New Orleans, Clarksdale, Austin, Memphis and Chicago with little more than his wits and a bag full of harmonicas.

“I wanted to hear and experience the real thing.”

He returned to Canada with a visceral perception of the blues and a deep knowledge of blues history.

After making the stories his own, he earned the right to tell them. Rotundo has developed his own language of the blues, honing the technique that gives his voice power and authenticity.

When you see David Rotundo live, you’ll know instantly that he lives for what he does.

www.davidrotundo.com

The Sault Blues Society is a not-for-profit organization that was incorporated two years ago.

One of the goals of the organization is to present an annual Sault Blues Festival.

The Blues Society’s website is www.saultblues.com where there are more details, YouTube clips and pictures.

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