Alabama Blues Project

2009 OPEN HOUSE BLUES EXTRAVANGANZA!
MAY 1st at the Bama Theatre in Downtown Tuscaloosa
$10 Door / $5 Students & Seniors

PHOTO GALLERIES OF THE 2009 BLUES EXTRAVAGANZA
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RECEPTION PHOTOS • BACKSTAGE & BEHIND THE SCENES

BEGINNING BAND • ADVANCED BAND

STARRING THE BLUES CAMP KIDS

PHOTOS OF 2009 SPRING CAMP

PHOTOS OF 2008 FALL CAMP

WITH SPECIAL GUEST BOBBY RUSH!

No one was surprised this May when Bobby Rush took home the Blues Music Award for “Best Male Soul Blues Artist.” He’s been a leading force in the Southern Soul market as both a recording artists and live performer for decades, and although he’s now—remarkably!—in his 70s he refuses to simply rest on his laurels.

The same night Bobby also took home awards for “best acoustic artist” and “best acoustic album” for Raw (Deep Rush), a testament to his versatility that also highlights how his more contemporary records draw upon the same deep blues vein.

On his new CD Look At What You Gettin’ (Deep Rush) Bobby Rush returns to the modern style with which he’s most closely associated, and once again delivers a fresh mix of ballads, bawdy double meaning songs, and classic soul delivered with the authority of someone who was there during the birth of the genre.

Bobby demonstrates his stylistic diversity with 11 new songs that tap into the modern sounds of the streets but also draw inspiration from veteran bluesmen including Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Parker, and J.B. Lenoir, as well as soul greats Otis Redding and Tyrone Davis.

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THANK YOU!

The Alabama Blues Project would like to thank those who helped make successful our 11^th annual After-School Blues Camp and Blues Extravaganza at the Bama Theatre! Over 70 youth performed to 600 people. Special thanks goes to our star guests Bobby Rush, Deontay Wilder and WTSK/WTUG Deejay Jade Nichole.

We could not have accomplished our program without prestigious sponsors National Endowment on the Arts, Alabama State Council on the Arts, UA College of Arts & Sciences, Jim Walter Resources, Mercedes-Benz, Turner, Webb & Roberts, Barkley GMC, Fitts Agency, Barnett Transportation and Banks-Quarles Plumbing & Heating. We also received financial support from “Blue Jeans for the Blues” participants AT&T, Bank of Tuscaloosa, Alabama Credit Union, UWA Center for the Study of the Black Belt, Jackson-Hewitt, Chamber of Commerce and Don Wallace. Thanks to First United Methodist Church for donating a wonderful space for our as well as Dr. Sarita Cox, Fruit Fiesta Factory and Manna Grocery for providing our healthy snacks.

Blues Camp would not be possible without dedicated bandleaders and co-directors Debbie Bond and Rick Asherson along with fantastic music instructors J.K. Terrell, Herman Bell, DieDra Hurdle, Rachel Edwards, Keith Ruff, John Hawkins, Ethan Gardiner, Michael London, Maggie Bell, Jesse Suttle, DeShawndre Hill, Tasheka Spencer, Ralph Lusian and Kim Bogan. Our incredible group of youth workers are Cordell Crawford, Earl Meriweather, Valerie Strode, Joe Summerville, Marci White and Wescott Youngson.

Thank you sponsors, staff, students, parents and the entire community for your support!