30TH ANNUAL PREFERRED MUTUAL CHENANGO BLUES FESTIVAL
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Friday, August 18, 2023

Friday is a Free admission show
  Donations to support the show are welcome!


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Curtis Salgado

Award-winning vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Curtis Salgado, the man NPR calls “an icon” with “a huge voice,” is revered worldwide for his ability to wring every ounce of soul out of every song he performs. Salgado is famed not only for his powerhouse live shows and ten previous albums, but also for his passionate and insightful original songs. In total, he has won nine Blues Music Awards, including the B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year. DownBeat calls his songwriting skills “an impressive gift.” Billboard says Salgado’s music is “inspired and powerful.”
https://www.curtissalgado.com


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John Primer

Two-time Grammy nominated artist and American blues legend John Primer was the bandleader and guitarist for Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Magic Slim & The Teardrops. Having played or recorded with a who's who of blues greats including Junior Wells, Gary Clark Jr., Derek Trucks, Johnny Winter, The Rolling Stones and Buddy Guy to name a few, John Primer's personal accolades, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, reflect his countless contributions to the history of Chicago blues. There are very few fans, critics or musicians who will deny the fact that John Primer is the real deal.
https://johnprimerblues.com




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Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience

Terrance Simien is a two-time Grammy winning zydeco artist from southwest Louisiana. Zydeco is music born from the confluence of many cultures and races… and no one does it better than Terrance and his Zydeco Experience bandmates. They have performed over 10,000 concerts in 45 countries, including as part of the State Departments cultural diplomacy tours. This unique American music form will have you on your feet and dancing – just like the folks at those 10,000 shows!
https://www.terrancesimien.com



Saturday, August 19, 2023

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Charlie Musselwhite

Charlie Musselwhite’s journey through the blues was from his birth in Mississippi to Memphis, Chicago and California. Arriving in Chicago in the early sixties, he was just in time for the epochal blues revival. In 1966 at the age of 22 he recorded the landmark Stand Back! to rave reviews. A precipitous relocation to San Francisco in 1967, where his album was being played on underground radio, found him welcomed into the counterculture scene around the Fillmore West as an authentic purveyor of the real deal blues. 

Fifty years of nonstop touring, performing and recording have reaped huge rewards. Charlie Musselwhite is living proof that great music only gets better with age. This man cut his musical teeth alongside Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and everyone on the South side of Chicago in the early 1960’s. Thank your lucky stars that he is still with us telling the truth with a voice and harp tone like no other.
 
Musselwhite, more than any other harmonica player of his generation, can rightfully lay claim to inheriting the mantle of many of the great harp players that came before him with music as dark as Mississippi mud and as uplifting as the blue skies of California. He is a 13 time Grammy nominee winning in 2014 for his collaboration with Ben Harper and has won 33 Blues Music Awards.
https://www.charliemusselwhite.com


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Tommy Castro & The Painkillers

Tommy Castro is a three time winner of the prestigious Blues Music Award for Entertainer of the Year, most recently in 2022 when he also won for Album of the Year and with his bandmates for Band of the Year. He is as good a live act as you can find in the blues world and in any other world for that matter. His seventeen albums cover a full range of his influences from John Lee Hooker and Taj Mahal to rock and roll and horn fueled soul – never covering the same ground twice.
 
Living Blues magazine describes his playing as “Sizzling, slow burning, gritty blues rock… shimmering, swampy, downright funky vibes drenched with Castros stinging, pure and crisp lead runs and fluid, jet-fueled solos.” Sounds about right. Don’t miss him.
https://www.tommycastro.com



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Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds

For nearly a decade, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds have been
hailed for their explosive brand of modern soul, equally celebrated for their three studio albums and electrifying live performances. Kincheloe grew up amongst an intensely musical family in upstate New York’s Catskill Mountains, co-founding Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds with her brother Jackson at just 18. The band based itself in Brooklyn and soon earned a rep as one of the hardest working outfits anywhere in the world, playing upwards of 150 shows each year including headline dates, sold out residencies, and top festivals. “Sister Sparrow, Arleigh Kincheloe’s nom de disque, is a soul queen,” raved The Washington Post, while NPR simply noted, “one of the biggest voices in rock music.”
https://www.sistersparrow.com


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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band is the greatest front porch band in the world. Rooted in the acoustic guitar, country blues tradition of Charly Patton and Bukka White they have evolved by incorporating influences from Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters. The result is a turn back the clock approach to the music and their recordings with their most recent release being written by candlelight and recorded using the best technology available… in the 1950’s. Expect world class fingerstyle guitar playing from Rev Peyton backed by his wife, Weezy on washboard and Max Senteney on drums.

https://www.bigdamnband.com


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Melody Angel

Melody Angel is an artist gaining some much deserved recognition. The Chicago Reader called her “The Future of the Blues” and the Southside Chicago native is indeed navigating a forward looking musical path while integrating the legacy of classic blues. Her mother was a cousin of Otis Rush and she grew up surrounded by a musical family who loved soul and gospel in addition to the blues and this was a major influence in her vocal style. These old roots are grafted onto her other musical mentors, most notably Prince and Jimi Hendrix. Blues is an ever evolving medium and Melody is helping lead it forward.
www.melodyangelmusic.com



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Jimmy Carpenter Band

Saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and Gulf Coast Records recording artist, Jimmy  Carpenter is currently on tour promoting his fifth album and latest Gulf Coast Records release, The Louisiana Record. He won the 2022 Blues Music Award for Best  Instrumentalist/Horn for the 2nd consecutive year. And he is now a Grammy-Winning  composer, for a composition he contributed to the New Orleans Nightcrawlers’ winning
 album, Atmosphere. Jimmy has toured internationally with Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Thackery,  Walter Wolfman Washington, Eric Lindell, and Mike Zito and the Wheel. 2019’s Soul  Doctor, his first album on Gulf Coast Records, was extremely well-received worldwide. He has been a working musician for over 40 years, spent many years  in New Orleans, and now resides in Las Vegas, where he is the Musical Director of one of  the hottest blues festivals in the world, The Big Blues Bender.



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Honey Island Swamp Band

What better way to close down our 30th Annual Chenango Blues Fest than by presenting one of our, and all of our fans, favorite bands. New Orleans natives thrown together in San Francisco by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Honey Island Swamp Band brings together the diverse talents of its members to encompass a laundry list of influences. The New Orleans Time Picayune says “blues, Southern rock boogie, Appalachin music and New Orleans swamp funk all factor into their sound, but its decidedly their own. We wanted to end our anniversary event with a party, and we couldn’t think of a better way to do it. Stick around and celebrate with us as we end the day in style.


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Guy Davis

Guy Davis is a Renaissance man whose work in music, film, theater and writing has received numerous accolades. He is a two-time Grammy nominee and a Blues Music Award winner for his music, he has starred in off Broadway plays, appeared in films, written several scripts and taught master classes on guitar, harmonica and acting. When asked about his experience as a performer, Guy has replied “there is no tale so tall that I cannot tell it, nor song so sweet that I cannot sing it.” Prepare to experience both.


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Gabe Stillman Band

Based nearby in Williamsport, PA Gabe is attracting an ever growing fan base with his blistering live shows and very well received original recordings. His recent recording “Just Say the Word” charted at #10 on the Billboard Blues Chart and he was one of the hottest artists on the most recent Legendary Blues Cruise. Bruce Iglauer, President of Alligator records calls him “one of the most promising young blues talents on the scene today.. don’t miss him.” That’s sage advice – don’t come late and miss the guy who may steal the show.



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