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Alabama Blues Project
712 25th Avenue
Northport, AL 35476
Phone (205) 752-6263
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info@alabamablues.org

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SPRING 2008

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WINTER 2006

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SUMMER 2006

WINTER 2005

FALL 2005

OTHER ALABAMA BLUES PROJECT NEWS:

2008 Spring After-School Blues Camp OPEN HOUSE EXTRAVEGANZA!
Friday, May 23rd at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa
Featuring Blues Camp kids, Sam Lay, Homemade Jamz, The Project, The Blues Instructors,
Gary Edmonds, Carroline Shines, Debbie Bond, Doobie 'Doghouse' Wilson and more . . .

The Alabama Blues Project thanks the community for its turnout and enthusiasm for the Honeydripper film premiere at the Bama Theatre. We were very grateful to have director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi here for the event. They were both very pleased with all the support shown for the movie and the ABP. 

 

We would also like to extend special thanks to the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa County – particularly Pam Pennick, without whom this could not have been possible. Thank you also to Jeremy Butler, the University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences, Tommy Fell, Josh and Rebecca Rothman, Joanna Jacobs, Dr. Sarita Elizabeth Cox, Jarrett Hudson, Omar Dinkins, our extraordinary Board of Directors, and all of our friends for your much appreciated help. 

 

While Honeydripper is fiction, the tradition of blues in Alabama is very real. It is our mission at the ABP to preserve and promote this heritage. Alabama, unlike Mississippi, has not yet realized its potential for cultural tourism that is possible through the effective promotion of the blues in our state. Our dream is to have a living blues museum with space for teaching and performance, as well as exhibition space for traveling and permanent collections, and archival storage to appropriately preserve the rich blues history that exists in this state. Click here for more information about our preservation projects.

 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE ABOUT THE HONEYDRIPPER PREMIERE

Alabama Blues Project Reaches Out to Aliceville Children
Through African-American Music and Heritage Education
Willie King Partners with the Alabama Blues Project,
Bringing the Blues to Aliceville Middle School (September 18, 2007)

 

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UPCOMING ALABAMA BLUES
Click Here for a Listing of Alabama Venues that Book the Blues

When
Who
Where
Wed, June 18
Soul Collision, Happy Hour 6pm
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Thurs, June 19
Bike Nite TBA 6pm
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Fri, June 20
Curtis Flies and the Bluesmasters 8:30pm
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Sat, June 21
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Sun, June 22
Teen nite w/ Blue Moon Music 7pm
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Wed, June 25
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Thurs, June 26
Bike Nite TBA 6pm
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Fri, June 27
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM
     
Sat, June 28
The Burly Earl
BIRMINGHAM

 

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Fellowship Award Winner Willie King, 2007 Freedom Creek Blues Festival

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To help promote the 2007 Freedom Creek Blues Festival on May 25-26, this program is a rebroadcast of Rebecca Ryals interviewing Willie King at the 2003 Freedom Creek Blues Festival in Old Memphis near Aliceville, includes musical examples.

 

Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Alabama Folk Heritage Award Winner

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This program is a rebroadcast to help promote the Alabama State Council on the Arts' "A Celebration of the Arts Awards" held May 16th, 2007 at the Davis Theater in Montgomery where bluesman Jerry "Boogie" McCain received the Alabama Folk Heritage Award. In the radio program Folklife Specialist Anne Kimzey interviewed Jerry McCain about his life and music career at his home in Gadsden Alabama. Musical examples are included in the program.

 

Debbie Bond and Alabama Blues Project Blues Camp, September 2005

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Barbara Edwards, Deputy Director, conducts an interview with Debbie Bond, Executive Director of the Alabama Blues Project. The Alabama Blues Project is a non-profit organization, located in Tuscaloosa, which focus on the promotion, documentation and presentation of the Blues.

 

Black Belt Roots Festival

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Photos from 2003 festival

Joey Brackner, visits the 2004 Black Belt Roots Festival in Eutaw, Alabama. He talks with festival organizers, craft artists and a Fayette County step group that performed at the recent event.

 

Russell Gulley, October 2004

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Joey Brackner interviews singer/songwriter and folklife researcher Russell Gulley about his musical career and new CD Back to the Swap. Musical examples are included.

 

Nancy Gonce, September 2004

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Folklife Program Manager Joey Brackner interviews Nancy Gonce discussing a wide range of cultural issues from the Florence/Muscle Shoals area. The W. C. Handy Festival, the George Lindsay/UNA Film Festival at the University of North Alabama and a Federally-funded Heritage study are among the topics covered.

 

Johnny Shines 1991 Radiovisions

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This program is a broadcast of a 1991 Radiovisions series that features bluesman Johnny Shines. Radiovisions is a production of Russell Gulley and the Big Wills Arts Council of Ft. Payne Alabama. The Radiovisions series of programs were initially released as audio cassettes. This particular program is a brief biography of the late Johnny Shines and his music.

 

ALABAMA BLUES-FRIENDLY RADIO STATIONS


Moulton


89.3 fm Huntsville
Public Radio


Atmore
"L.A." Blues Cruise - Friday 9:30-11:30pm


Montgomery


WAPR 88.3 fm
Selma/Montgomery

WUAL 91.5 fm
Tuscaloosa

88.7 fm
Birmingham

88.7 fm
Muscle Shoals
& Florence

94.7 fm Decatur

98.1 fm Madison

100.7 fm Huntsville


Mobile


Auburn

WOAB
104.7 fm

Ozark


WTSU 89.9 fm
Troy


Normal
(Alabama A&M Univ.)


95.9 Greenville
107.9 Montgomery
96.7 Pine Hill

Jacksonville

Gadsden



Muscle Shoals

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2008 Summertime Blues Camp Art Sessions
Photos by Cara Lynn Smith

2008 Summertime Blues Camp Music Sessions
Photos by Cara Lynn Smith

2008 Summertime Blues Camp Open House
Photos by Cara Lynn Smith

Summertime Blues Camp Photos by Kathlene Rushing

2008 Open House "Blues Extravaganza"
Photos by Jan King of Two Sisters Photography

2008 Open House "Blues Extravaganza"
Photos by Michelle Canant

2008 After School Blues Camp Sessions
Photos by Jan King of Two Sisters Photography

2008 After School Blues Camp Sessions
Photos by Cara Lynn Smith

2007 Evening of Art & Blues

2007 Summetime Blues Camp
Photos by Cara Lynn Smith

2008 Honeydripper Premiere

 

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2008 ABP INTERMEDIATE BAND DEBUT
MAY 3RD - TUSCALOOSA CRAWFISH & BLUES FESTIVAL


Town Hall with Tommy Stevenson (Tuscaloosa News Video)
ABP Program Director Cara Smith speaks on the 2008 Blues Extravaganza and Freedom Creek


Aliceville School Residency - September 2007

Watch Clips of the 2007 Aliceville
School Residency Open House!
Video & Edit by Jonathan Morris

Aliceville Middle School Counselor
Olivia Parsons Speaks on the
Importance of Arts & Music
Education in Pickens County
Video & Edit by Jonathan Morris

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Alabama Blues Camp Reaches Out - Alabama Public Radio (1-1-2008)

 

Debbie Bond and Alabama Blues Project Blues Camp, September 2005
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Barbara Edwards, Deputy Director, conducts an interview with Debbie Bond, Executive Director of the Alabama Blues Project. The Alabama Blues Project is a non-profit organization, located in Tuscaloosa, which focus on the promotion, documentation and presentation of the Blues.

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Coming Soon - So check back!

 

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Our programs are made possible by the generous support of our sponsors, including the Law Offices of Turner, Webb & Roberts, P.C., Jim Walter Resources, Children’s Trust Fund of Alabama, the National Endowment for the Arts, Alabama State Council on the Arts, Bonnie Raitt, Covenant Presbyterian Church, db Tech, Guitar Center Music Foundation, Harrison Galleries LLC, Little Willie’s Jazz & Blues Club, Mercedes Benz, Pollack Foundation, Crooks Foundation, The Harrision Foundation, Nick's Kids Fund, Manna Grocery, First United Methodist Church of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Consortium for Higher Education, United Way of West Alabama, Zildjian, and many other kind organizations and individuals.