MonmouthBlueshttp://www.monmouthblues.com/Copyright MonmouthBluessNewsSaturday, October 25th, 2008 At the historic Rivoli Theatre in Monmouth, Illinois Need directions to the Rivoli? Click here. EVENT SCHEDULE: 2pm: doors open 2:30pm: Charlie Hayes and Joel Fleming perform 3:45pm: Matthew Skoller Band performs 5: Fred Dixon performs 5:45: Michelle Malone performs 7:15: Lurrie Bell performs 9:15: open jam Eddie B will serve rib snacks, full rib dinner and pulled pork sandwiches from 4pm-8pm. This schedule is a best guess. We've got a lot of musical equipment to change out from act to act. Be sure to kick back and hang out for the open jam! We'll see you at the show!!Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:56:37 +0000http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/deep-blue-innovators-blues-festival-schedule/http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/deep-blue-innovators-blues-festival-schedule/Just a quick reminder - it's not too late to buy your tickets locally or online for a savings (the early-bird price is just $14)! If we receive online ticket orders between now (Friday, Oct. 17) and next Friday (Oct. 24), we won't send them out via mail, but rather hold them at the Rivoli box office in your name, so they'll be waiting for you at the show. Tickets are also available locally in Monmouth (Daw Violins, the Bijou Pub), in Galesburg (Cherry Street Guitar, Music Makers, Capitol Music), in Macomb (Capitol Music) and in Burlington (Weird Harolds). You'll also be able to pick up tickets at the door for $17. We'll see you at the show!Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:03:43 +0000http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/tickets-for-the-show/http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/tickets-for-the-show/ Blues master (and perhaps the last living link back to the days of Robert Johnson and Son House) Honeyboy Edwards will bring his amazing talents to Galesburg for a show at the Orpheum (Galesburg, IL) on Thursday, October 30th. Honeyboy’s life has been intertwined with almost every major blues legend, including Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Big Joe Williams, Big Walter, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters, and the list goes on forever. Learn more about Honeyboy here. The show will also feature the award-winning and critically acclaimed Kilborn Alley Blues Band. Visit the band's website here. You can get tickets at the Orpheum box office or online here. We'll also have a few pairs of tickets to give away during the October 25th Deep Blue Innovators Blues Festival. Why don't you make a point to see both shows? What a week for the blues here in the cornfields!Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:19:51 +0000http://www.monmouthblues.com/local-events/honeyboy-edwards-at-the-orpheum/http://www.monmouthblues.com/local-events/honeyboy-edwards-at-the-orpheum/ Living Blues Magazine just announced their 2008 award winners this week. Chicago guitar sensation (and Deep Blue Innovators Blues Festival headliner) Lurrie Bell came out one of the big winners in these 15th annual awards. Lurrie earned the Blues Artist of the Year award in both the readers and the critics poll. He also took home the Most Outstanding Guitarist award as well. Congrats to Lurrie and we can't wait to hear his set at the festival this year - now only three weeks away! We'll see you at the show!Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:37:48 +0000http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/just-in-award-winner/http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/just-in-award-winner/ Charlie Hayes and Joel Fleming have been fixtures on the local music scene for decades. Together, they make a powerful blues duet, sensing each other's musical energy and crafting brilliant blues improvisations. Charlie’s acoustic blues range from the classic sounds of Robert Johnson to the contemporary picking of Keb Mo. Charlie is known for his rock-solid back beat (both mono and alternating bass) and multi-string leads, coupled with searing vocals. Joel performed in the mid-1980s with the Air Force Tops in Blue, a musical showcase, touring overseas. In the 1985 Hohner Harmonica contest he placed second in the nation. He is an accomplished harmonica player on both diatonic and chromatic. Joel has been playing harp for over 40 years and Charlie has been playing professionally for over 30 years. On October 25th, they'll take those 70+ years of combined experience to deliver an amazing opening act, as well as to provide backing muscle for blues troubadour Fred Dixon.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:23:21 +0000http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/performers-charlie-hayes-and-joel-fleming/http://www.monmouthblues.com/blues-festival/performers-charlie-hayes-and-joel-fleming/