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The weather is heating up, and that means it is time for some Blues Festivals. I want to give my Brethren a chance to attend the festival of their choice, so I am giving away 40 pairs of tickets, all summer long.

ENTER HERE for your chance to get on my exclusive guest list.

Employees of Ben Manilla Productions and Dial-Global Radio are ineligible to enter.

Omar Kent Dykes "Big Town Playboy"

Omar Kent Dykes is back with a new CD called “Big Town Playboy.”  He brings along a few friends like Jimmie Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton, and many more.  Our good friends at Ruf Records have passed along a handful of copies for us to pass along to you, my Blues Brethren.

ENTER HERE for your chance to win.

Delta Groove Four-Pack

Delta Groove Records has gotten a lot done in just five short years of existence, and this week’s contest proves the point.  Five lucky Brethren will win 4 CDs this week—music from Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers’ “Soul Monster,” Candye Kane’s “SuperHero,” and a myriad of Delta Groove artists playing on “Live at Ground Zero,” volumes one and two.

For your chance to win this groovy prize, ENTER HERE.

Employees of Ben Manilla Productions, Dial-Global Radio, Delta Groove Records are ineligible to enter.

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The DVD of Last Days of the Fillmore documents the final week of San Francisco’s Fillmore West before it closed in 1972.  With performances from Santana, The Grateful Dead, Boz Scaggs, Hot Tuna, Elvin Bishop, and more, it is a great trip back in time.

 Our longtime friend Roy Rogers has a new album out on the Blind Pig label, and it’s called “Split Decision.”  Roy tears it up with his incomparable slide guitar work.

 

History rocked and rock made history during a sold-out three-gig stand at Madison Square Garden in late February 2008 when icons Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood performed a concert together for the first time since their all-too-brief days in the legendary Blind Faith in 1969. Whether they will ever team again is unknown. But Reprise is giving you the chance to get your hands on a copy of the performance.

Born in Alabama in 1932, Iverson Minter eventually became known as Louisiana Red, jamming with the likes of BB King and Muddy Waters.  Ruf Records is now releasing “Back to the Black Bayou” from Louisiana Red and Little Victor’s Juke Joint.  We have got a bunch of free copies for Blues Brethren.

 

One of our favorite bands is The North Mississippi Allstars.  Now, Allstar Cody Dickinson has formed a spinoff group, the Hill Country Revue, which delivers what Cody calls gritty, nasty, stripped-down blues.  The folks at Razor and Tie Records have passed along a few copies for the Blues Brethren.

 

We are giving away copies of a new release from Alligator Records.  Eric Lindell was raised in California but these days lives in New Orleans.  You can hear the Delta influence on his new CD “Gulf Coast Highway.” 
 

 

This week we are giving away new music from Black Joe Louis and the Honeybears out of Austin, Texas. They have a cool vintage horn-driven sound akin to James Brown.  Some call it Garage Soul.  Call it what you want, it is cool.

 

Our good friends at DeltaGroove and ElectoGroove Records have a couple of new CDs on the way: one from Jason Ricci and New Blood called “Done with the Devil”, and a new one from the Insomniacs called “At Least I’m Not With You.” We’ve got a handful of each CD and if you’re a winner, you will get them both.

 

The fine folks at Rhino Records know that blues fans love all kinds of music, and they want you to know about a brand new release from the vaults of The Grateful Dead.  It’s a 3-disc live recording called “To Terrapin: Hartford ’77,” and we’ve got a bunch of copies for Blues Brethren.

 

The youngest of the four Neville Brothers, Cyril Neville, has a new album out called BRAND NEW BLUES.  Our friends at M.C. Records have passed along copies to give away to five lucky listeners.

 

 If you recall the earliest version of Fleetwood Mac, you remember it as a great blues band.  That band is back, with Rick Vito leading the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band.  They have just released a new live album called “Blue Again,” and Mick’s label 429 Records wants you to have a copy.

 

I have some great Chicago Blues to be given away this week.  It’s Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials and their latest album “Full Tilt.”  Our friends at Chicago’s legendary Alligator Records have passed along a handful of copies to pass along to you.

 

Our good friend Duke Robillard has a new project, and if you love swing, you are gonna absolutely love this.  The outfit is called Sunny and Her Joy Boys and the CD is just out on Stony Plain Records.  And we have five copies to give to you, my Blues Brethren.

 

JJ Cale’s new CD Roll On is CD of the Month this month.  It is JJ’s first batch of new material since 2004 and it comes on the heels of his Grammy Award for The Road to Escondido—the collaboration with Eric Clapton.

 

 

Cookie Mariano and her band The Vagrantz were fixtures along the Treasure Coast.  We're saddened to hear of Cookie's recent passing due to cancer. The good folks at Blues Destiny records want 10 of the Brethren to have copies of their latest -- a 19-song disc called “Destiny Blues.”

 

 

You may have heard dobro player Rocco DeLuca a few years back, playing with the likes of Taj Mahal, John Mayall, and John Lee Hooker.  He formed his own band “The Burden” in 2005, and they had a great debut in 2007.

Now Rocco DeLuca and the Burden are back with a new CD called "Mercy", and Universal Records wants to reward the Blues Brethren by giving away a bunch of copies.

 

Eddy Clearwater moved to Chicago from his native Mississippi in 1950, where the legendary guitar master, Magic Sam, took him under his wing.  Eddy earned the nickname “The Chief” and became a legend of the Chicago Blues scene.  His latest CD is called "West Side Strut", and thanks to Alligator Records, you can pick up a copy for free.

 

There’s a new CD out from New York bluesman Guy Davis.  It’s called “Sweetheart Like You” and Guy’s record label, Red House Records” has passed along 10 copies for me to pass along to you. 

 

Jorma Kaukonen has been making great music now for more than 40 years – from The Jefferson Airplane to Hot Tuna.  Jorma has a new album coming out next week called “River of Time.”  Red House Records wants to reward the Blues Brethren by giving away 10 copies of Jorma’s new CD.

Delta Groove Records has two brand new releases coming in February.  The Soul of John Black has a new album entitled "Black John".  And Bobby Jones of the Mannish Boys has a solo effort called "Comin' Back Hard".  Delta Groove gave us ten copies of each of these to pass along to a lucky ten of you.

Peter McGraw "Party, Party, Party!"

Canadian bluesman Peter McGraw is back with a new album, and Donnie Walsh from Downchild Blues Band is sitting in.  The title track of the album, “Party Party Party” is our blues breaker this week, January 24-25, and to celebrate, we have ten free copies to hand out to the Blues Brethren. 

 

 Dance Onstage with The Blues Brothers!

You and a guest could be dancing onstage with The Blues Brothers at the Grand Opening of the House of Blues Boston on February 21st! Two Brethren and their respective guests will get into the soundcheck, see the show, and dance onstage. Congratulations to Lenny Turnquist of Boxford, MA and Mark Thompson of Bath, Ontario. See you guys at the House of Blues!

 

 

New York Blues Queen Roxy Perry was voted as one of 2008’s top artists.  This week, Roxy has given us ten autographed copies of her latest album “In My Sweet Time” to give away to certain and very special Blues Brethren!  I mean – you. 

We have ten free CDs from the pride of Camden Arkansas – Michael Burks.  His third CD on Alligator Records is called IRON MAN, and our Alligator friends have passed on ten copies for us to give to you.  Michael is an awesome electric guitarist.  And you can hear him recorded live – and acoustic - on the Podcasts page.

 

 

Hopefully over the holidays you got a chance to see Cadillac Records, the movie about the legendary Chess Records label.  This week I’ve got ten copies of both the film soundtrack from Sony, and ten copies of a new CD of the original Chess versions of all those songs, from our friends at Universal Music.

Did Santa forget to leave some blues in your stocking?  Chicago’s venerable Alligator Records is here to ease the pain.  Five lucky winners will get copies of two of Alligator’s hottest from 2008 – JJ Grey and Mofro’s "Orange Blossoms", and Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials’ “Full Tilt.”

 

Geoffrey McBride started out singing gospel as a kid in his home town of Lexington, North Carolina.  Now he has crossed over to R&B, Soul and the Blues on his new CD “If it Wasn’t For the Heartache.”  We have ten copies to give away courtesy of Blues Destiny Records.

Maria Muldaur not only channels Allen Toussaint on her new CD, YES WE CAN, she has invited an army of powerful women to help her out, including: Bonnie Raitt, Holly Near, Joan Baez, Phoebe Snow, and Odetta.  Now that is a lineup!

40 years ago Jimi Hendrix released the genius double album Electric Ladyland.  We are marking the occasion by giving away ten copies of a DVD called “The Making of Electric Ladyland”.  This is an awesome DVD with all kinds of great interviews including with Jimi Hendrix himself.  

Rory Block's latest album, "Blues Walkin' Like a Man", is a tribute to Son House, and our friends at Stony Plain Records want to share some copies of it with you.

Joe Louis Walker is making his label debut on Stony Plain Records with his new CD, "Witness To The Blues". It was produced by the amazing Duke Robillard, and we have some copies for you.

 

Peter McGraw has a new album out called FOLLOW ME TO THE BLUES.   It features his good friend Donnie Walsh from Downchild Blues Band.  Our pals at Blues Destiny records have passed along ten copies for the Blues Brethren.

 

We have been trying out some T-shirt designs over here at the Bluesmobile. Now you have a chance to own the very first TheBluesMobile.com shirt, an extra-large, signed by Dan Aykroyd, and your favorite host, Elwood Blues.

New music from Mississippi-born and Chicago-bred bluesman, Byther Smith.  We have CDs and DVD’s of his new release BLUES ON THE MOON to drop on you courtesy of Delmark Records. 

Blues from South Dakota’s Nakota Nation, new music from Indigenous.  The latest album from Indigenous is called Broken Lands and music fans will love the melding of blues, rock, soul, and country.  The folks at Vanguard Records want you to have a copy, and so do we.

Ry Cooder has a brand new 2-CD set called The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed, which spans his entire career on 34 tracks.Rhino Records has given us 10 copies of this great collection. 

The legendary Bob Dylan has hand-picked a batch of previously unreleased recordings for his “Bootleg Series, Volume 8.” Columbia Records and TheBluesMobile.com want you to win a copy of this new Dylan CD.

Chrissy Hynde and the Pretenders are back with a new CD called “Break Up the Concrete.”   The folks at Shangri-La Music want you to have a copy, and so do we. 
 

There is a nineteen year old singer from London, called simply Adele. She cites Ella Fitgerald and Etta James as her influences, and her music is a mix of pop, jazz, and blue-eyed soul. Columbia Records would love to introduce her to you.

B.B. King has a new record out. It is called "One Kind Favor" and many are calling it a masterpiece. B.B.'s record label, Universal-A&M-Geffen, has given us copies of the new CD for you Blues Breathren. 

The band Little Feat is back with a bunch of friends on a brand new CD called "Join the Band". Joining the band are Dave Matthews, Jimmy Buffett, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes and many more. Our friends at 429 Records have passed along some copies for us to pass along to you.

 

“The Georgia Songbird,” EG Kight, just released a new album called “It’s Hot in Here.”  EG has been nominated six times for Blues Music Awards and her songs have been recorded by many people including the legendary Koko Taylor.

We are giving away a Fender guitar played and signed by the legendary Buddy Guy! For one lucky runner-up, we have Buddy's 2007 career-spanning box set "Can't Quit The Blues."