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Blues Fest 97 Pictures

Great Music
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A Great Time!

Ben Ben

Ben Ben is a consumate performer. He knows what putting on a show means and he delivers the real goods.

Clarence Turner

This was Clarence Turner's 2nd Blues Fest performance. He sings like a bird and crows like a rooster. He counterpoints his comedic talent with show stopping renditions of such classics as "A Change is Gonna Come"

Da Fellas

Da Fellas are composed of five incredibly talented young men. They harmonize perfectly through R&B, Soul, and Blues originals and all time favorites.

Leon Gambill

Leon Gambill is the stuff of Rock and Roll, recording his first rock and roll song in 1951. He performed at hops, dives, and shuckins throughout the delta.

Kyle Timms

New Blues talent is important. Kyle Timms brought his own guitar style to Blues Fest. The Timms family has a long history in Blues and Rock and Roll. Father Tommy Timms was part of The Pacers in the '50s.

Mark Sallings and the Famous Unknowns

Mark was sweatin the Blues on a hot delta day. Join him on his own Delta Boogie web page for more shots.

Mack Self and The Silver Dollar Band

Mack recorded at Sun in the early 50s. Like many of the early Sun artists he was required to do the circuit and he performed in gymnasiums, halls, and clubs all around the delta.

Suzanne Michell

Suzanne Michell is a teacher who can do too. Her extraordinary singing voice carries her through any genre. She performs blues, folk, jazz, celtic, and just about any other style you can think of.

Tuesday Blues

Tuesday Blues began performing in the late 60's. They went their seperate ways as bands sometimes do. Reuniting for Blues Fest 96 brought them together once again. They now perform regularly around the northern delta.

Terry Ray Bradley

Terry recorded "Red Hair and Green Eyes" at Alley when he was 14 and he still plays a lot of good old fashioned Rock and Roll.

Uncle Fred the Deadhead

Fred Wilson affectionately known as Uncle Fred is a songwriter, poet, talented musician, comedian, and a bio-chemist. Brains and beauty, too.

Pictures by Larry Heyl and Uldis Heyl