Art by Grego Anderson
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grego@mojohand.com
Supporting Maine Musicians that perform Blues, Roots, Swamp Rock, Funk, Jazz, Americana, Bluegrass & Rockabilly.
Musicians & Venues please send Gigs by Tuesday for inclusion.
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Jan
24
Fri
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueLisa's
AddressAugusta
Jan
25
Sat
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueTrails End Steakhouse & Tavern
Address59 Eustis Village Rd, Eustis, Maine 04936
Jan
26
Sun
2020
Contact
(207) 772-3310
VenueThree Dollar Deweys
Address241 Commercial St, Portland, ME 04101
Jan
31
Fri
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueWidowmaker
AddressSugarloaf
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VenueLenny's
AddressRt. 302 / 1274 Bridgton Rd, Westbrook, ME 04092
NotesThe 3 ACES are: JC (Jeff Christiansen), Jeff Davison and Rob Babson. The ACES play roots music (R&B, blues, soul and more), featuring cool songs and strong vocals.
Feb
1
Sat
2020
Feb 1 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
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VenueVillage Coffee House
Address19 Gloucester Hiil Road, New Gloucester Maine 04260
NotesBig Nite O' Blues (& Such) II. BNOB II will serve up down-home, traditional Chicago blues n' other other gritty roots stuff. On tap are great blues n' roots tunes featuring strong vocals by the whole band and tasty and honkin' harp. JC on vocals, guitar, mandolin and bass; LunchPail Jere DeWaters on vocals and harp; the ACE rhythm section is Jeff Davison on drums and soulful vocals and Rob Babson on bass, vocals and guitar. The Village Coffee House is a great, comfortable to hear good music. Last year's BNOB was hot. Try it, you'll like it. $10 donation at door.
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueTea Pond Lodge
AddressEustis
Feb
8
Sat
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueStratton Plaza
Address149 Main St, Stratton, ME 04982
Feb
15
Sat
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueBlack Mountain Ski Area
AddressJackson, NH
Feb
20
Thu
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueWidowmaker
AddressSugarloaf, Carrabassett Valley
Feb
21
Fri
2020
VenuePortland House of Music
Address25 Temple St., Portland, ME 04101
Noteswith special guest The Renovaters.
Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 day of show.
Doors at 8 pm | Music starts at 9 pm.
21+
All of our tickets are paperless. Purchased tickets will be at will call at the door. All you need to do is arrive with your ID and enjoy the show!
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Clayton Joseph (C.J.) Chenier was born September 28, 1957 – the son of the great King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier.
C.J.’s father was the first Creole musician to win a Grammy Award. C.J. spent his childhood in the tough tenement housing projects of Port Arthur, Texas. His earliest musical influences were an eclectic mix of funk, soul, jazz and Motown, and his first musical instruments were piano, tenor saxophone and flute.
It wasn’t until his 21st birthday, after winning a scholarship and studying music at Texas Southern University, that C.J. first performed with his famous father and the legendary Red Hot Louisiana band.
On the road his father showed him how to front a world class touring band – teaching C.J. how to run the family business and how to develop his lifelong passion for music into a career. When Clifton died in 1987, his son said it only felt natural to carry on the legacy – and he stepped up to lead the Red Hot Louisiana Band. He recorded his debut album for the great American independent label, Arhoolie Records. As he told a journalist at the time, he does not try to imitate his father’s playing: “I play it the way I play it. All my father really told me was to do the best I could do with my own style.” In the following years C.J. would record albums Slash Records and the legendary Chicago label Alligator Records.
Today, C.J. continues to record and rack up honors and awards. This year, he is being honored along with his late friend, Clifford Antone, in the acclaimed Museum of the Gulf Coast’s Music Hall of Fame in the Golden Triangle; where he will join the likes of Janis Joplin, Tex Ritter, Percy Sledge, George Jones, Marcia Ball, Johnny Winter, The Big Bopper, ZZ Top and, of course, his father, Clifton Chenier.
Feb
22
Sat
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueTrails End Steakhouse & Tavern
Address59 Eustis Village Rd, Eustis, Maine 04936
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueTrail's End
AddressEustis
Feb
28
Fri
2020
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueTuck's
AddressFarmington
Feb
29
Sat
2020
Contact
(207) 799-2245
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VenueSpring Point Tavern
Address175 Benjamin W Pickett St, South Portland, ME 04106
Contact
(207) 319-5553
VenueBald Mountain Camps
AddressOquossoc
Mar
6
Fri
2020
Mar 6 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
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VenueCadenza
Address5 Depot Street, Freeport, ME 04032
NotesFrank Fotusky plays Acoustic Blues in the style reminiscent of the great East Coast "Piedmont" players such as Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, John Jackson, Blind Willie McTell to name a few. A majority of his material is culled from the '20's, '30's and '40's and Acoustic Blues and Guitar Rags are the foundation of his music. Along with this repertoire, his original compositions are rooted in this era and still carry a contemporary feel. East coast or "Piedmont Blues," as it is so often called, consists of sophisticated syncopation with fingerpicked guitar. The result is a sound that resembles that of the ragtime piano.
Frank has performed with Virginia Bluesman John Jackson, Paul Geremia, Roy Book Binder, Hubert Sumlin and has been festival headliner in his own right. BLUES ACCESS has said, "(Frank) offers a sparkling guitar sound on fine Piedmont-style blues and rags....Fotusky's clean fingering draws you in and projects the music, which would be somber in other hands, out." In the fall of 1999, Frank released his first CD "TEASIN' THE FRETS" to widespread critical acclaim.BLUES REVUE stated, "Thirteen heartfelt cuts...played and sung with care and emotion." Tom Olson from the Blues Connection said, "Frank understands and plays the music authentically," and BIG CITY BLUES offered, "This is a player that would be welcomed on any porch, front or back!"
Tickets are $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door.
If you have questions or comments about Cadenza, please feel free to contact Matt Fogg at foggmatthew@gmail.com or Alan Mooney at halanmooney@gmail.com.
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VenueMaine Craft Distilling
Address123 Washington Ave, Portland, ME 04101
Mar
14
Sat
2020
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VenueCadenza
Address5 Depot Street, Freeport, ME 04032
NotesWe are Memphis Lightning and we bring our own brand of ol' school Rock & Roll and down and dirty Blues to a juke joint near you.
Memphis Lightning was born out of tradition with a pedigree second to none. Having played with the Blues Legend Eddie "Blues Man" Kirkland, Memphis Lightning are the real deal. Their energetic performances will bring you back to the days when the Jukejoints were rockin' and the Blues was King. So bring a friend, roll back the rug and get on the floor....Memphis Lightning is in the House.
Made up of Darren Lightning Thiboutot Jr on the guitar and vocals. Lightning has been hand in hand with the blues, a cancer survivor, a showman, and a truly gifted musician.
Having played with Buddy Guy, Big Sandy, Eddie Kirkland,
Marty Sammon, Tab Benoit, among others. One of the greatest guitarists around today... - Jimmie Vaughan,
Ill play with you, anytime... - Tab Benoit
Big Red Thiboutot Sr on the bass, and sometimes back there on the drums, Big Red is a Grammy Nominated musician who has played, toured and or recorded with artists such as Eddie Kirkland, Kenny Neal, Lazy Lester, Pinetop Perkins, Hoo Doo Kings, Lucky Peterson, Colleen Sexton, GE Smith, Tab Benoit, among many others. Regarded as the king of groove, Big Red one of the best around, grooving on the drums, or laying it out on the bass.
And a revolving cast of characters, we are blessed to have some of best musicians around to fill the 3rd spot, including Steve Reny, Lance Burpee, Scott Morrison, among many others!
Featuring...
Darren Thiboutot Jr - Guitar, Vocals
Big Red Thiboutot Sr - Bass, Vocals
Tickets are $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door.
If you have questions or comments about Cadenza, please feel free to contact Matt Fogg at foggmatthew@gmail.com or Alan Mooney at halanmooney@gmail.com.
Contact
(207) 336-0071
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VenueBuck-it Grill & Pub
Address371 Turner St, Buckfield, ME 04220
NotesSteve, the Ice Man, Bailey, on Guitar and Vox
Jessie Mae Hines, on Vox and Percussion
Kate Seavey, on Bass and Vox (and guitar, too, from time to time)
Don Reed (SlowPoke Johnson), on Keys, Percussion (and Bass, too, from time to time),
Chris (Krank) Hartogh, on drums
Mar
27
Fri
2020
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VenueCadenza
Address5 Depot Street, Freeport, ME 04032
NotesIt all started back in the 20th century. It was the 1980s and hair metal bands ruled. The radio was jam packed with synthesized pop. Emerging hip-hop was all the rage.
Thats when three teenage buddies decided it was a good time to start an American, roots-rock, blues band. They loved Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters and B.B. King. Their classmates didnt know what to make of them but they boogied anyway.
Calling themselves Unfinished Business, Rob Babson, Dean Clegg and Troy R. Bennett started rocking high school dances, barbecues, band battles and all-night parties around their high school in Maine. After graduation they kept on playing but not together. Fate had other plans for them. For the next 30 years, each followed different paths through parallel lives of professional music-making.Now, after a three-decade hiatus, they're back together as the Unfinished Blues Band because theyre not done yet.
They're still all about the basics: Swinging Drums, grooving bass lines and soulful guitar. Its all they need to make you dance, stomp and sing along.
Babson's hands fly like lightning over his shining guitar strings. He wrings pathos and fury from its electrified, wooden body. Clegg, is the beating heart of the band. He hammers out tight rhythms on the drums with his brain and all four limbs. Bennett's fingers bring the bottom all the way to the top. His rumble-tumble bass lines never stop trucking.
They all sing and you will, too. You wont be able to help yourself.
Together, they've got nearly a hundred years of combined performing experience. As old friends, they're finding renewed energy in the music they make together. The spark is still alive and burning brighter than ever.
Tickets are $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door.
www.unfinishedbluesband.com
If you have questions or comments about Cadenza, please feel free to contact Matt Fogg at foggmatthew@gmail.com or Alan Mooney at halanmooney@gmail.com.
Apr
11
Sat
2020
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VenueSpring Point Tavern
Address175 Benjamin W Pickett St, South Portland, ME 04106
NotesLeo Chalmers, Harmonica & Vocals
Pete Lamont, Bass Guitar
Jason Pratt, Lead Guitar & Vocals
Dave Whitney, Drums & Vocals
May
9
Sat
2020
Contact
(207) 336-0071
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VenueBuck-it Grill & Pub
Address371 Turner St, Buckfield, ME 04220
NotesSteve, the Ice Man, Bailey, on Guitar and Vox
Jessie Mae Hines, on Vox and Percussion
Kate Seavey, on Bass and Vox (and guitar, too, from time to time)
Don Reed (SlowPoke Johnson), on Keys, Percussion (and Bass, too, from time to time),
Chris (Krank) Hartogh, on drums
Aug
22
Sat
2020
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VenueSpring Point Tavern
Address175 Benjamin W Pickett St, South Portland, ME 04106
NotesLeo Chalmers, Harmonica & Vocals
Pete Lamont, Bass Guitar
Jason Pratt, Lead Guitar & Vocals
Dave Whitney, Drums & Vocals
Oct
3
Sat
2020
Contact
(207) 772-9577
VenueCumberland Fair
AddressCumberland Maine
Nov
20
Fri
2020
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VenueSpring Point Tavern
Address175 Benjamin W Pickett St, South Portland, ME 04106
NotesLeo Chalmers, Harmonica & Vocals
Pete Lamont, Bass Guitar
Jason Pratt, Lead Guitar & Vocals
Dave Whitney, Drums & Vocals