Chocolate & Wine Festival Entertainment
If you are interested in playing your music at the 2009 Chocolate & Wine Festival, please contact us.
The festival is proudly presenting music for everyone. Come enjoy and have a really good time!
The 2009 Entertainment Lineup includes:
Review of Jake Lear's second album, "Lost Time Blues"
released 1 March, 2009
Self Published
In once sense, Vermont based Jake Lear offers nothing different to the greater majority of upcoming acts on the
Blues scene.
How many times have we caught an earful of the supposed next Stevie Ray or new Freddie King only to be left
distinctly disappointed?
With "Lost Time Blues", his second in a short space of time Lear however offers something that a lot of
his peers fundamentally fail to achieve: he manages to live up to and do justice to the legends that he claims
to draw influence from.
In fact, one listen of opener ´Streets Of Michelangelo´ brings the listener back to the heydays of hearing SRV’s
´Couldn’t Stand The Weather´ for the first time, while ´Leave This Town´ urges to be played in a dimly lit, whiskey
stenched Mississippi juke joint. The key to paying homage to your inspirations is the skill of placing your own
twist on the influence in question, whilst retaining the primary sound they were so well known for.
Lear´s twist on the Texas Blues sound arrives in the form of an underlying folky tone, particularly apparent on
standout tracks ´Ragged And Dirty´ and ´Bluebird´. With an abundance of guitarists hitting the Blues world in 2009,
aiming to be the next Bonamassa, it’s becoming somewhat difficult to sort the best from the rest.
Judging by this latest release however, Jake Lear is a name to keep an eye out for. Lost Time Blues? Hopefully not…
Lee Borland
Blues Matters
The Lonnie Griffiths Band is singer, guitarist, songwriter Lonnie Griffiths,
drummer Ellen Mulligan and bassist Scott Zimmerman.
The trio of Montrose artists performs Lonnie's original music, a weave of poetry and guitar
work that is equally original and familiar, as well as covers that have
inspired the band to bring their interpretations of the songs to life.
Each artist in the band is left to his/her own musical experience to add
to the simple structure of a song and to their bandmates´ performance.
Every Lonnie Griffiths Band show is a unique and dynamic experience.
Check out tunes, dates, pics and info at www.lonniegriffiths.com.
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