"The Shane Dwight Band, known for it's high octane, dance 'till you drop Rock & Blues, is fast becoming the Sensation of the West Coast. The bands ability to draw a crowd is consistent and unparalleled as each show draws more and more fans who file in and literally 'Boogie' all night." - ShaneDwight.com
Bluesin' Round Town
M o n d a y, August 15
Bunkhouse Saloon 10pm-2am Open Blues Jam hosted by Junior Brantley
124 S. 11th St. 702-384-4536 [new]
Golden Nuggett Showroom 10pm Lon Bronson All-Star Band
129 E. Fremont St. 702-385-7111
Nevada Palace 1-5pm Jimmy Limo
5255 Boulder Hwy. 702-458-8810
Sand Dollar Blues 10pm-2am Al's Allstar Jam
3355 Spring Mountain Rd. 702-871-6651 [new]
T u e s d a y, August 16
Bourbon Street Cabaret (inside the Orleans) 9pm-3am Bruce Conte
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7111 [new]
Nevada Palace 1-5pm Jimmy Limo
5255 Boulder Hwy. 702-458-8810
Pink E's 9pm-1am Calvin Brooks w/ Jazzy Blues
3695 W. Flamingo Ave. 702-252-4666
Sand Dollar Blues 10pm-2am Chicago Blues Showcase
3355 Spring Mountain Rd. 702-871-6651 [new]
Tailspin 9pm Open Mic & Jam
6295 S. Pecos Rd. 702-436-7925
W e d n e s d a y, August 17
Brendan's Irish Pub (inside the Orleans) 9:30pm-1am Pete Contino Band
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7075
Bourbon Street Cabaret (inside the Orleans) 9pm-3am Bruce Conte
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7111 [new]
The Cellar 11pm-3am Billy Ray Trio
3601 W. Sahara Ave. 702-362-6712
Double Down Saloon 10pm-2am Blue Cherry & Friends
4640 Paradise Rd. 702-791-5775
Nevada Palace 1-5pm Jimmy Limo
5255 Boulder Hwy. 702-458-8810
Sand Dollar Blues 10pm-2am Brad Cordle
3355 Spring Mountain Rd. 702-871-6651 [new]
T h u r s d a y, August 18
Bootlegger Bistro 9:30pm Moody Scott or Ruth Brown
7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South 702-736-4939
Brendan's Irish Pub (inside the Orleans) 9:30pm-1am Pete Contino Zydeco West
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7075 [new]
Bourbon Street Cabaret (inside the Orleans) 9pm-3am Bruce Conte
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7111 [new]
The Cellar 11pm-3am Billy Ray Trio
3601 W. Sahara Ave. 702-362-6712
Euro Place 9pm Nathan Wolf Project
1243 E. Sahara Ave. 702-369-1556
House of Blues (inside Mandalay Bay) 8pm Jonny Lang
3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South 702-632-7600 [new]
Nevada Palace 1-5pm Jimmy Limo
5255 Boulder Hwy. 702-458-8810
Railhead (inside Boulder Station) 8 & 10pm Shane Dwight Band
4111 Boulder Hwy. 702-432-7777
Sand Dollar Blues 10pm-2am Joey Vitale & Hur~Kane
3355 Spring Mountain Rd. 702-871-6651 [new]
F r i d a y, August 19
Bourbon Street Cabaret (inside the Orleans) 9pm-3am Bruce Conte
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7111 [new]
Cafe De Tout (In Village Square) 7:00 p.m.
Junior Brantley w/ Frankie Paris & Cold Sweat
9330 W. Sahara Ave., Ste 160 Tel: 702-267-9844 [new]
The Cellar 11pm-3am Billy Ray Trio
3601 W. Sahara Ave. 702-362-6712
House of Blues Courtyard (at Mandalay Bay) 10pm-2am Pete Contino Zydeco West
3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South 702-632-7600 [new]
Sand Dollar Blues 10pm-2am John Earl's Boogieman Band
Late night, 2:30-6am Stoney Curtis
3355 Spring Mountain Rd. 702-871-6651 [new]
Squiggy's Bar 9pm-1am Monk & The Po' Boys
3885 W. Sahara Ave. 702-871-4952
Take 1 - Live Blues Call for times & lineup
707 E. Fremont 702-433-8253 [new]
Tequila Cantina 10pm-2am Moanin' Blacksnakes
5486 Boulder Hwy. 702-457-3001
S a t u r d a y, August 20
Brendan's Irish Pub (inside the Orleans) 9:30pm-1am Pete Contino Zydeco West
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7075 [new]
Bourbon Street Cabaret (inside the Orleans) 9pm-3am Bruce Conte
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7111 [new]
Cafe De Tout (In Village Square) 7:00 p.m.
Junior Brantley w/ Frankie Paris & Cold Sweat
9330 W. Sahara Ave., Ste 160 Tel: 702-267-9844 [new]
The Cellar 11pm-3am Billy Ray Trio
3601 W. Sahara Ave. 702-362-6712
Golden Nuggett Showroom 12am Lon Bronson's All-Star R&B, Rock & Soul Revue
129 E. Fremont St. 702-385-7111
Moon Doggies 1opm The Bounders
1750 S. Rainbow Blvd. 702-878-3392 [new]
Sand Dollar Blues 10pm-2am Moanin' Blacksnakes
Late night, 2:30-6am Swollen Blue
3355 Spring Mountain Rd. 702-871-6651 [new]
Squiggy's Bar 9pm-1am John Earl & the Boogieman Band
3885 W. Sahara Ave. 702-871-4952 [new]
Take 1 10pm $5 American Roots Night
707 E. Fremont St. 702-433-8253 [new]
S u n d a y, August 21
Bourbon Street Cabaret (inside the Orleans) 9pm-3am Bruce Conte
4500 W. Tropicana Ave. 702-365-7111 [new]
The Cellar 11pm-3am Billy Ray Trio
3601 W. Sahara Ave. 702-362-6712
Mr. D's 5-9pm BluesStorm
1810 S. Rainbow Blvd. 702-362-8777 [new]
Nevada Palace 1-5pm Jimmy Limo
5255 Boulder Hwy. 702-458-8810
Sand Dollar Blues 10pm-2am Shuffle-Aires
3355 Spring Mountain Rd. 702-871-6651 [new]
Willy's American Saloon 4-8pm Blues Jam hosted by Blues Society
2202 Paradise Rd. 702-369-1438
Blues Beyond the Neon
Phoenix, AZ Buckwheat Zydeco, J.D. Simo, and Louisiana Red Play The Rhythm Room
Wednesday, August 17th Buckwheat Zydeco
"Buckwheat Zydec is spearheading the hybrid Creole dance music's move into rock venues. Mr. Dural's playing was expressive, soulful, dynamically varied and rhythmically incisive. ...Buckwheat leads one of the best party bands
in America; he can pump out zydeco two-beats or
shift into rolling 12-bar blues, steaming all the way." - The New York Times
Thursday, August 18th J.D. Simo
J.D. Simo's showmanship and ability are every bit as good as musicians twice his age [J.D. is 19]. Whether playing behing his back or running around the room, J.D. always conveys the joy he has for preforming. And this joy is passed on to those in the audience. - Don Brown Sr., Caught Live Too!
Friday & Saturday, August 19-20 Louisiana Red
When Red performs, the songs are often only launching pad for expressing his immediate feelings in the almost lost tradition of spontaneous composition that goes back to the original Delta Blues artists an even further to the West-African griot bards. (Source: louisiana-red.com)
The Louisiana Red shows include a CD Release Party and Live Recording Session. Both nights will be recorded by the award winning Clarke
Rigsby and will be part of Louisiana Red's next CD!
Tickets for Buckwheat Zydeco are $20-$23, J.D. Simo $5, and Louisiana Red $10 Friday Night, $12 Saturday Night. All shows begin approximately at 9 p.m. The Rhythm Room is located at 1019 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014, Tel: 602.265.4842 < map >
Beyond The Neon Listings For a more extensive list of Blues artists playing Nevada and neighboring states go to the SoCal & Southwest Calendar. The schedule has been updated! Look for more additions soom.
'Nuff Said Now it's your turn. If you have any information you would like to see in this column send an e-mail to snvblues@yahoo.com. We especially welcome club listings. Telephone numbers are supplied for all venues.
All shows, dates and times are subject to change. Call the club or venue for confirmation before diggin' any of the music. May all your Blues be minor. -- Bion
Chris Hiatt & Band
Biography Brief
Chris Hiatt's musical road has taken him to many places. These days it's taking him down some pretty bluesy streets. Though Stevie Ray Vaughan IS one of Chris Hiatt's main musical influences, one also hears the influences of Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits), Johnny Marr (of the Smiths), the Beatles, R.E.M., and scores of other guitarists whose records lurk in the back of Hiatt's collection. The band includes Pennsylvania native THE GERM on bass guitar and drummer CHRIS 'CRASH' KLETTKE, originally from Washington State. Germ's solid attack and his sense of groove made him an obvious choice to work in Hiatt's band. A veteran of many area bands, Germ also brings a mountain of both live and studio experience under his belt. Crash was the prestigious INLAND EMPIRE BLUES SOCIETY's 1997 BEST BLUES DRUMMER OF THE YEAR, an honor presented by his peers and by regional blues fans. The music, is best described by a Portland, Oregon critic as 'Blues-based-British-influenced-Pop'.
Hiatt and the band have released three CDs, the last ,'THE BALLAD OF TEXAS FLOYD', is the bluesy follow-up to Hiatt's 1999 release, 'CATHARIS' and appeals to fans of Hiatt's brand of Rockin' Blues.
Fans will get the best taste of Hiatt guitar work yet to come. Hiatt and company are working on, what the band and those within hearing range say, is a culmination of the best songs Chris Hiatt's ever written. Add to that, Hiatt has the best band line-up in a decade, and the valuable lessons learned in those years. (Source: chrishiatt.com)
Photo by R.J. Bianchino copyright © 2001-2005 Moondog Productions
Luther Allison Biography
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
b. 17 August 1939, Mayflower, Arkansas, USA, d. 12 August 1997, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Born into a family where he was the fourteenth child of 15, the young Allison worked with his siblings in the local cotton fields. In his youth, guitarist Allison sang with a family gospel group and moved to Chicago in 1951, where he attended school with one of Muddy Waters' children. Around 1957 he formed his own band with his brother Grant to work on the west side. They gigged occasionally under the name of the Rolling Stones and later the Four Jivers. After a year the group disbanded and Allison went on to work with Jimmy Dawkins, Magic Slim, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, Little Richard, Freddie King and others until the mid-60s.
In March 1967, Allison recorded a session for Bill Lindemann, later issued by the collector label Delmark Records. He toured California, recording there as accompanist to Sunnyland Slim and Shakey Jake. He made his first album under his own name in 1969 and was one of the major successes of the Ann Arbor festivals of 1969 and 1970. In the early 70s, he recorded for Motown Records' subsidiary label Gordy and from the late 70s spent much of his time in France, living and working for a large and faithful following. He also recorded for many labels, usually live albums or studio sessions comprising funk or Jimi Hendrix- and Rolling Stones-influenced rock.
In the late 80s, following two well-received albums, Serious and Soul Fixin' Man, Allison found his career in ascendance. By the mid-90s, he was reaching a peak, winning W.C. Handy awards and experiencing financial success with a bestselling album, Blue Streak. This Indian summer of his career was cruelly cut short when in July 1997 he was diagnosed as having lung cancer; tragically, just over a month later, he died. It all happened so quickly that the interviews he had conducted for various magazines had not even gone to press. His son, Bernard Allison, released his debut album shortly before his father's death.
Discography:
Love Me Mama (Delmark 1969)***, Bad News Is Coming (Gordy 1973)***, Luther's Blues (Gordy 1974)***, Night Life (Gordy 1976)***, Love Me Papa (Black & Blue 1977)***, Live In Paris (Free Bird 1979)***, Live (Blue Silver 1979)***, Gonna Be A Live One In Here Tonight (Rumble 1979)***, Time (Paris Album 1980)***, South Side Safari (Red Lightnin' 1982)***, Lets Have A Natural Ball (JSP 1984)***, Serious (Blind Pig 1984)***, Here I Come (Encore 1985)***, Powerwire Blues (Charly 1986)***, Rich Man (Entente 1987)***, Life Is A Bitch (Encore 1988)**, Love Me Mama (Delmark 1988)***, Let's Try It Again - Live '89 (Teldec 1989)**, More From Berlin (Melodie 1991)**, Hand Me Down My Moonshine (In-Akustik 1992)**, Soul Fixin' Man (Alligator 1994)***, Bad Love (Ruf 1994)***, Blue Streak (Ruf 1995)***, Reckless (Ruf 1997)****, Live In Paradise (Ruf 1998)****, Live In Chicago (Alligator 1999)****, South Side Safari (Catfish 2000)**, Play It Forward (Ruf 2002)***.
Compilations:
Sweet Home Chicago (Delmark 1993)***, The Motown Years 1972-1976 (Motown 1996)***, Where Have You Been? Live In Montreux 1976-1994 (Ruf 1997)****.
Videography:
Live In Paradise (RUF 1998).
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Caught Live! Barley's 4th Annual Brewfest
Chris Hiatt, Danny Rhodes, Pete Contino * May 14, 2005
by Don Brown Sr.
Barley's 4th Annual Brewfest is a day long celebration of beer and music. For only twenty bucks you got to sample all the microbrews you wanted and also get to listen to three talented up and coming bands. The Pete Contino Band, Danny Rhodes and The Messengers, and Chris Hiatt. It was going to be a special day at Barley's Casino in Henderson Nevada.
The Pete Contino Band took the stage at noon to start the music. They got the party started with Zydeco favorites and classic songs with a zydeco flavor. They worked the crowd up quickly with their party style and tight instrumentation. "Little By Little" and "Hey Pockey Way" showed the crowd just how talented they are. Guitarist Skip Eaton turned in some fine licks on Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower." "Little Mama" lead into a wild "Iko Iko" and "Jambalaya" jam. "Zydeco Train" and "Hot Tamale Baby" ended a cooking set.
The band kept up the early afternoon excitement with "Say Hey" the first song off of their new cd Push It. The hit "Hey Baby" lead straight into "Life On The Bayou." The all time hits "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry" had the fans dancing. "Sweet Home Alabama" was lead by saxophonist Ed Judd gave this Lynyrd Skynyrd hit a different taste. Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" helped the Pete Contino Band finish off another great set.
Northern Arizona's own Danny Rhodes & The Messengers had to follow the Pete Contino Band, and follow they did. Rhodes quickly lead his band through the instrumental "Sissi Strut." Danny played the lap steel on the party anthem "I Got Loaded." "Real Party Now" from their first cd Home Cookin' went over well with the crowd. "Trouble In Paradise" was lead by saxman Greg Aiken taking a vocal turn. The band finished up with "Runaway Child" and won over many new fans with that set.
Danny Rhodes & The Messengers really let it fly with their second set. Songs like "I Want A Big House" featured some nasty bass work by Richard Neville. "Check Out Her Mama" had that taste of Louisiana< through and through. Bill Whiters "Ain't No Sunshine" was given a new treatment.
The next run included a few tunes from their latest cd Welcome To The Night which kept the party going. The blues rock of "Way Past Midnight" gave way to the slow blues of "Baby Please Don't Go." James Brown's mega hit "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" lead into their closer "Play Time" and leaving their new fans cheering for more.
Last but not least to hit the stage was Chris Hiatt. Chris and his bandmates "Crash" and "Germ" have been rocking Vegas and Henderson for years, but this time it would be different.
Hiatt and his band rocked the place on Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Couldn't Stand The Weather" and "Look At Little Sister." The latter was helped by Greg Aikens on saxophone, "Superstition" and "Cold Shot" kept his fans happy. The solo "Life At The Drop" gave theb rhythm section a chance to catch their breath. They came back in time to tear it up on "Pride And Joy" and the closer "Let The Good Times Roll."
The second set was going to be the first time Chris and his band has played his new songs in Henderson. Hiatt eased into it with two tunes from The Ballad Of Texas Floyd. The instrumental "Statoil Stomp" and "Oath Of Love" got it off to a fine start. One of the best new tracks "Rise Again" had the fans on their feet. His ode to Las Vegas "Sin City Jump" kept it up.
"Mean Old Frisco" and "Straight Up" lead into more new tunes. The hot "Next To My Woman" and the slow blues of "2 Day Blues" showed the quality of his songs. The band broke into the Beatles' "Birthday" for a couple of fans. "Thangs Together," and "Play This Way" lead into another of my new favorite's "Undestand." Drummer Chris "Crash" Klettke wrote the fun "One O'Clock Girl" before the band finished up with an odd combination of classics - the Johnny Cash hit "Ring Of Fire" and Black Sabbath's "Fairies Wear Boots". This ended a wild day of beer and music at Barley's Casino. I can't wait for next year.
Photography by Jeff DeMarco copyright © 2005 Brown Ink
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