This week: we’re heading to Bemidji, Minnesota for a live broadcast from the Sanford Center, up near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Elvin Bishop will be along with his Big Fun Trio (featuring Bob Welsh and Willy Jordan) to bring a little southern blues to the northwoods. Plus: scripts and Minnesota scenes from our Royal Academy of Radio Actors — Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Fred...
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Complete issue here: http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-9-44-october-29-2015/ Featured Blues Interview – Elvin Bishop His latest album may be titled Can’t Even Do Wrong Right (Alligator Records), but whether it’s through the proper alignment of the planets, hard work or just plain ole good living, it seems like Elvin Bishop has sure enough managed to do a lot of things...
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Elvin Bishop, Selwyn Birchwood and Jarekus Singleton recently performed at the 35th Annual Rawa Blues Festival in Katowice, Poland (10/3). The Rawa Blues Festival is one of the largest and most popular blues festivals in Europe. All three of our artists knocked it out of the park. Check out pictures of their individual sets as well as the Alligator Jam Session where the seasoned Bishop is joined...
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2015 BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARDS! Male Blues Artist Of The Year and Contemporary Blues Recording for “Can’t Even Do Wrong Right”! Complete list of winners @...
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Website: http://rawablues.com This year’s Edition of the Rawa Blues Festival will take place on Saturday, 3 October 2015. All concerts will be performed at “Spodek” Hall in Katowice. Elvin Bishop Bettye LaVette Jarekus Singleton Irek Dudek Selwyn Birchwood PLUS: Droga Ewakuacyjna Sex Machine Band Acustic Wes Gałczyński & Power Train Manfred & Johnson Joanna Knitter...
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Veteran California bluesman Elvin Bishop is the Friday-night headliner Aug. 21 for the 2015 Edmonton Blues Festival. Read the full article with Q&A here on EdmontonJournal.com Festival website:...
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor Live National Broadcast June 20, 2015 The Ravinia Festival Pavilion Highland Park, IL, 4:45 p.m. CDT Special Guests: John Fullbright, Rachel Barton Pine, Elvin Bishop with Bob Welsh Find a station in your area You can also listen on Sirius Satellite Radio, Saturdays at 5:00 PM CST, or log onto www.prairiehome.org for a live audio Web...
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The 36th Blues Music Awards took place before a sell-out crowd of 1500 in Downtown Memphis Thursday night. The evening began at a 5:30 reception with nominees Austin Walkin’ Cane and Annika Chambers performing and it ended after midnight. During the course of the evening, 24 Blues Music Award winners were announced and the show featured 20 ten-minute sets, including one by Blues Hall of Famers...
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Blues guitar master Elvin Bishop — newly inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — will appear on TBS’ CONAN on Monday, May 11. The legendary guitarist will sit in with Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band for the duration of the show. Last month, Bishop was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the groundbreaking music he made with The Paul Butterfield Blues...
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Above: Elvin Bishop of Paul Butterfield Blues Band speaks onstage during the 30th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio on April 18th, 2015. Pic: Mike Coppola/Getty via Rolling Stone:...
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ELVIN BISHOP TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AS MEMBER OF THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND Blues guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Elvin Bishop will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as an original member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Other inductees this year include Lou Reed, Green Day, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Joan Jett.The induction ceremony will be held at...
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SBL Entertainment Presents: EVENING OF BITCHIN’ BADASS BLUES: ELVIN BISHOP, TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS, BETTYE LAVETTE Tickets and info ...
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Today is Elvin Bishop’s birthday! To celebrate, we’re offering a 15% discount on select titles from his Alligator catalog, including his brand new CD, Can’t Even Do Wrong Right. Enter code – ElvinBDay – at checkout. Offer valid through 6 PM CT on 10/24. Time to fill up your Elvin collection. The discount will apply on any of these four titles: Can’t Even Do Wrong Right...
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Over 50 years of rollicking, electrified front porch blues from a legendary slide guitarist....
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Fricke’s Picks Radio: Rival Sons, Robyn Hitchcock and Elvin Bishop Literary-inspired psych, lived-in blues and teenage R&B share space on this week’s playlist (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) By David Fricke | August 28, 2014 There is no running theme in this outing, aside from the strong new music that has come through in late summer – warm, chunky blues from veteran...
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CLICK TO LISTEN: npr.org/2014/08/26/343439610/at-71-elvin-bishop-is-still-vigorous-and-can-do-wrong-right The white bluesman whose corny jokes have made his music enduring and fun has a new album Can’t Even Do Wrong Right. He has a raspy chuckle in his singing, and he plays the guitar...
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Order CAN’T EVEN DO WRONG RIGHT for the sale price of $14.98 (includes FREE U.S. shipping). Listen before you buy! Stop by our free stuff page for a FREE download of the title track Can’t Even Do Wrong Right, and go to our jukebox to hear Old School and Let Your Woman Have Her Way. With his “so-loose-they’re-tight” road band behind him, along with his friends...
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A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Elvin Bishop’s album, CAN’T EVEN DO WRONG RIGHT, at Hog Heaven Studios. Guest appearances by Mickey Thomas and Charlie Musselwhite.
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LEGENDARY BLUESMAN ELVIN BISHOP RE-SIGNS WITH ALLIGATOR RECORDS NEW CD, CAN’T EVEN DO WRONG RIGHT, SET FOR AUGUST 19 RELEASE Legendary blues guitarist/songwriter/vocalist Elvin Bishop returns to Alligator Records with Can’t Even Do Wrong Right, set for release on Tuesday, August 19. With his “so-loose-they’re-tight” road band behind him, along with friends Charlie...
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B.B., E.C. & Elvin – flashback! Thank you Hiro for the...
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We’re back in the swing of things on Facebook. Join in for the latest on the new record and tour...
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Elvin’s “Red Dog Speaks” featured in 50 Badass Blues Solos You Must Hear! – Guitar Player...
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Saturday: “Blues On The Porch” w/ Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite & Guy Davis. Click for info and...
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Elvin will once again join the Legendary Blues Cruise, this time with Special Guest Roy Gaines. Other headliners include Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Lowrider Band (Why Can’t We Be Friends?, Lowrider, Cisco Kid — the artists formerly known as WAR!), Tommy Castro, Magic Dick of J Geils fame, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Ruthie Foster, Royal Southern Brotherhood and a...
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September interview in the ToneQuest Report, which Elvin believes to be “the best interview that has ever been published on his life and career.” Download the interview in PDF format here. “I been in the blues all my life. I’m still delivering ‘cause I got a long memory.” -E.B. Inside… How a green kid from Tulsa boarded a bus for Chicago with a small handful of chords and wound...
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