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For the sixth year at Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Blues Fest 96 is proud to present the finest Delta Music from Northeast Arkansas and surrounding regions. Still free thanks to the musicians who can't give enough to the world we want you to think of us for your Labor Day Weekend.
This year we are pleased to announce we will be joined by Frank Frost and Sam Carr, Mack Self and the Silver Dollar Band, Joe Lee, Gerry Moss, John Shepherd and the Houserockers, Suzanne Michell, Jonathan, Hairy Larry and the Flying Hungarians, Aaron Love and his TV Band, Cliff Cammarata, Philip Jackson, The West Finch Blues Band, The Electric Outlaws, Willie Lee Riley, and many more. We will be playing from noon to dark, August 31 and September 1, at Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro.
The Electric Outlaws will kick off the Blues Fest Jams on Thursday, August 29, at Hairy Larry's. Then Blues Fest Jams and Hot Blues Bands will make joyful noise at Hairy Larry's in Jonesboro on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights Labor Day weekend. We jam at Hairy Larry's and we encourage musicians to bring their instruments and participate. You never know who's going to walk through the door.
Blues Fest 96 is put on by The Blues Club, Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Delta Music. For more information contact Larry or Vivian Heyl at (870) 933-7070 or e-mail vivian@deltaboogie.com.
Blues Fest 95 was a world class music festival and really put us on the map. Special thanks go out to all the musicians who made this possible. Let's all kick butt again this year and make Blues Fest 96 the Best Yet!!!
On Saturday August 31 and for the entire festival Joe Lee will be hosting an Alley Records reunion. Joe Lee was proprietor at Alley Records where he produced hundreds of records and many hits in the sixties. Any musicians that recorded at Alley should contact Joe Lee at 870-972-0787.
Blues Fest 96 is dedicated to the memory of Sammy Creason and Carter Bridger. Carter Bridger was percussionist and vocalist with the West Finch Blues Band and played at the last three festivals. Sammy Creason played with Joe Lee, Sonny Burgess, Larry Donn and many other area musicians in the sixties. Since then he toured and recorded with the Bill Black Combo, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Lee Lewis and many others in his life as a Rock and Roll drummer. Like many Northeast Arkansas musicians Sammy Creason was proud to carry our music to the world.
