- Long Beach Blues Festival
infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Long Beach Blues Festival
caption = Long Beach Blues Festival Logo (2007)
location =Long Beach, California
years_active= 1980 - present
dates = 2 days on Labor Day Weekend
genre =Blues
website = [http://www.jazzandblues.org/ http://www.jazzandblues.org/] The Long Beach Blues Festival, inLong Beach, California , is one of the largestBlues festivals and is the second oldest on the West Coast (first being theSan Francisco Blues Festival ). It is held on Saturday and Sunday ofLabor Day weekend. For many years it was held on the athletic field on theCalifornia State University, Long Beach campus. The 2008 festival, the 29th annual, was held at Rainbow Lagoon indowntown Long Beach . [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Blues Fest is moved to raise profile |url=http://www.presstelegram.com/search/ci_9460101?IADID=Search-www.presstelegram.com-www.presstelegram.com |work=Long Beach Press-Telegram |publisher= |date=2008-06-02 |accessdate=2008-06-27]The festival is organized and used as a fund raiser by
KKJZ , a publicly-supportedradio station on the CSULB campus broadcasting blues andjazz in Southern California.History
The Festival was started in 1980 by jazz radio station KLON (later renamed to KKJZ) in Long Beach, California under the direction of Bernie Pearl, who was the host of a blues program "Nothing But The Blues" on KLON at the time. The first Festival was a one day event titled the "KLON Blues & Gospel Festival" held at Veterans Park, Long Beach, drawing only a small crowd of 700, resulting in loss of $7,000 for the radio station. The Festival grew larger each year, becoming a major fund raising event for KLON. During 1996 through 2000, KLON expanded the event to 3 days utilizing the entire Labor Day weekend. It went back to the 2-day event in 2001 because CSULB wanted Labor Day to clean up the field for their use in the new school semester. The Festival venue for the second Fest and thereafter was the North Athletic Field at Cal State University, Long Beach (CSULB), with the exception of 1992 which was held at Shoreline Aquatic Park in downtown Long Beach, and at Rainbow Lagoon in downtown Long Beach beginning in 2008.
Past festival lineups
*1980:
Chambers Brothers , William Clarke Band,Pee Wee Crayton ,Prince Dixon ,Margie Evans ,Lowell Fulson ,C.C. Griffin ,Blind Joe Hill , Hollywood Fats Band,Cleo Kennedy ,Lee King Band ,Doug MacLeod Band, Night Owls, George Smith,Finis Tasby ,Big Joe Turner ,Phillip Walker ,Smokey Wilson
*1981:Clifton Chenier ,Albert Collins ,Pee Wee Crayton ,Margie Evans ,Blind Joe Hill , George Smith, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson,Smokey Wilson
*1982:Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown ,Robert Cray ,Johnny Littlejohn ,Little Milton ,Mighty Flyers withRod Piazza ,Johnny Otis Show ,Esther Phillips , George Smith, Taj Mahal
*1983:Bobby "Blue" Bland ,Clifton Chenier ,Johnny Copeland ,Willie Dixon ,Albert King ,Jimmy McCracklin ,Sonny Rhodes ,Freddie Roulette ,Koko Taylor
*1984:Elvin Bishop ,James Cotton ,Pee Wee Crayton ,Buddy Guy &Jr. Wells Band,John Lee Hooker ,Etta James ,B.B. King ,Denise LaSalle ,Brownie McGhee ,Son Seals ,Big Joe Turner ,Jimmy Witherspoon
*1985:Roomful of Blues ,Otis Rush , Jimmy Smith, Lee Allen, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson,Linda Hopkins ,Bo Diddley ,The Blasters ,Albert Collins ,Papa John Creach , Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers,Cash McCall Band,Charlie Musselwhite
*1986:Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows , Guitar Showdown withJohnny Copeland ,Buddy Guy & Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Super Harmonica Jam withJames Cotton ,Rod Piazza &Jr. Wells ,Hank Crawford ,Jimmy Johnson ,Albert King ,Robert Lockwood, Jr. &Pinetop Perkins ,Little Milton ,Rockin' Dopsie withKatie Webster ,Koko Taylor
*1987:Lonnie Brooks ,Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown ,Cephas & Wiggins , Jeannie &Jimmy Cheatham & The Sweet Baby Blues Band,Robert Cray ,Snooks Eaglin ,Etta James ,B.B. King , Tony Matthews,Johnny Otis Show ,Phillip Walker ,Katie Webster
*1988:Johnny Adams ,Bobby "Blue" Bland ,Ruth Brown ,Albert Collins ,James Cotton ,Albert King , Kinsey Report withBig Daddy Kinsey ,Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials ,Staple Singers ,Johnnie Taylor ,Walter "Wolfman" Washington
*1989:Bobby "Blue" Bland , Charles Brown,Solomon Burke ,Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters,The Fabulous Thunderbirds ,Grady Gaines & The Upsetters,Buddy Guy , John Hammond,John Lee Hooker ,Johnny Shines ,Terrance Simien & The Mallet Playboys,Koko Taylor
*1990:Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuringSam Myers ,Ruth Brown ,Albert Collins ,Bo Diddley ,Roy Gaines ,Harmonica Fats with theBernie Pearl Blues Band,Etta James ,Little Milton ,Lonnie Mack ,Yank Rachell ,Otis Rush ,Johnny Winter
*1991: Blues Brothers Band withSteve Cropper ,Donald "Duck" Dunn and Matt "Guitar" Murphy,Robert Cray Band with the Memphis Horns,Five Blind Boys of Alabama ,John Lee Hooker ,B. B. King ,Big Jay McNeely with the Rocket 88's,Jay McShann &Jimmy Witherspoon ,Koko Taylor
*1992:Chuck Berry ,James Brown ,David Honeyboy Edwards ,Ruth Brown ,Mighty Clouds of Joy ,Popa Chubby ,Snooky Pryor withJohnny Nicholas ,Hubert Sumlin ,Irma Thomas & The Professionals,Joe Louis Walker
*1993:Preston Shannon Band,King Biscuit Time withRobert Lockwood, Jr. ,Pinetop Perkins and host"Sunshine" Sonny Payne ,Rufus Thomas , Tribute To Robert Johnson with John Hammond,Rory Block ,Lonnie Pitchford and Kevin Moore (Keb' Mo' ),James Cotton ,John Lee Hooker ,Five Blind Boys of Alabama ,Charlie Musselwhite ,Denise LaSalle ,Little Milton , Tribute To Muddy Waters withJimmy Rogers ,Willie Smith , Calvin Jones, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson,Carey Bell ,Pinetop Perkins andBig Daddy Kinsey
*1994: All-star Chess Records Tribute withBilly Boy Arnold ,Bo Diddley ,Lowell Fulson ,Johnnie Johnson ,Sam Lay ,Dave Myers ,Jimmy Rogers andHubert Sumlin ,Jr. Wells ,Staple Singers ,Buddy Guy ,Robert Cray Band,Jeff Healey Band, Blues Pioneers (Homesick James ,Jack Owens &Bud Spires ,Jesse Thomas ), Ladies Sing The Blues (Barbara Morrison ,Diamond Teeth Mary ,Big Time Sarah )
*1995:Buddy Guy ,Otis Rush ,Dr. John ,The Fabulous Thunderbirds , Charles Brown, Fat Possum Juke Joint Caravan withPaul "Wine" Jones ,Junior Kimbrough andDave Thompson ,Booker T & The MGs , with the Memphis Horns featuringEddie Floyd &Mavis Staples ,Floyd Dixon ,Johnny Otis Show featuringLinda Hopkins ,Lowell Fulson &Big Jay McNeely ,Jay McShann &Jimmy Witherspoon ,Brownie McGhee ,Rufus Thomas
*1996:Asleep at the Wheel ,Marcia Ball ,Lou Ann Barton ,Bobby Bland ,Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown , Charles Brown,Texas Johnny Brown ,W. C. Clark ,Johnny Copeland withShemekia Copeland ,Floyd Dixon ,Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets featuringSam Myers ,Lowell Fulson ,Roy Gaines , Cal &Clarence Green ,Guitar Shorty ,Carol Fran &Clarence Hollimon ,Joe Hughes ,Little Richard withGrady Gaines and the Upsetters,Long John Hunter ,Smokin' Joe Kubek withBnois King ,Pete Mayes , Jimmy "T99" Nelson,Henry Qualls with Hash Brown,Sonny Rhodes ,Angela Strehli ,Texas Tornados
*1997:Buddy Guy ,James Cotton ,Son Seals ,Otis Clay ,John Lee Hooker ,Koko Taylor ,Otis Rush ,Snooky Pryor ,Soul Stirrers ,Chuck Berry ,Ike Turner 's Rhythm & Blues Revue,Bo Diddley ,Joe Louis Walker , Chess All-stars featuringHubert Sumlin ,Billy Boy Arnold ,Jimmy Rogers , andJohnnie Johnson
*1998: Sing It! (Marcia Ball ,Irma Thomas &Tracy Nelson ),Lou Ann Barton , Blues Brothers Band featuringEddie Floyd &Wilson Pickett ,Lonnie Brooks ,Roomful of Blues featuringDuke Robillard ,Curtis Salgado &Ronnie Earl ,Robben Ford ,Dixie Hummingbirds , theYardbirds , The Splinter Group feat. Peter Green,John Mayall 's Bluesbreakers, British Blues Reunion featuringMick Taylor ,Kim Simmonds , Peter Green &Keith Emerson ,James Harman , Taj Mahal,Jimmie Vaughan
*1999:Guitar Shorty withSonny Rhodes ,Koko Taylor And Her Blues Machine,The Fabulous Thunderbirds withSmokey Wilson ,Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown ,Buddy Guy ,Clarence Carter ,Johnny Rawls withRoy Gaines ,Little Milton with Bobby Rush,Al Green ,Bobby "Blue" Bland , Harpmasters Jam withSnooky Pryor ,Carey Bell ,Billy Boy Arnold andSugar Blue ,Joe Louis Walker withJimmy Thackery andBilly Branch ,Ruth Brown ,Charlie Musselwhite ,John Lee Hooker
*2000: Bo Diddley with Billy Boy Arnold, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Son Seals with Sugar Blue, Lonestar Shootout: Lonnie Brooks, Long John Hunter, and Phillip Walker, Bernard Allison, Etta James, Bobby Womack, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Jimmy Dawkins, Carl Weathersby with Melvin Taylor, Mavis Staples with the Staple Singers Band, The Allman Brothers Band, Robert Cray Band, Harpmasters Jam II with Rod Piazza, James Cotton, Johnny Dyer, Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Branch, and the Mighty Flyers
*2001: James Harman, Koko Taylor, Guitar Shorty, Jimmie Vaughan, Lucky Peterson, Solomon Burke, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Percy Sledge, Howard Tate, Little Milton
*2002: Arthur Adams, Otis Rush, Ben E. King, The Ohio Players, Jeff Healey, Robert Cray Band, Mable John, Roy Gaines, Tyrone Davis, Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm, Dr. John, Etta James
*2003: King Brothers, Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Carey Bell, Hubert Sumlin, Charlie Musselwhite, Keb' Mo', The Neville Brothers, Billy Preston, Irma Thomas & The Professionals, Joe Louis Walker, Joe Cocker, Al Green
*2004:Macy Gray ,Jimmie Vaughan withLou Ann Barton ,Jimmy Dawkins withBilly Boy Arnold ,Rod Piazza withJames Cotton ,Buddy Guy ,Leon Russell ,Little Milton withDave Alvin ,Solomon Burke ,Clarence Carter
*2005:Etta James ,Los Lobos ,Howard Tate , Bobby Rush, Cafe R&B,The Black Crowes ,Bobby Bland ,Guitar Shorty , Johnny Rawls, Otis Clay.
*2006: War,Joe Cocker ,Rickie Lee Jones , Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson,Bettye LaVette ,Lucky Peterson , The Mannish Boys,Kenny Neal ,Billy Branch ,Carl Weathersby , The Campbell Brothers
*2007:Buddy Guy ,Dr. John , Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine, Jackie Payne/Steve Edmonson Band, The Delgado Brothers,Little Richard , Jimmy Reed Highway,Robert Cray Band , Irma Thomas & The Professionals, The Honeydripper Allstars, andHarry Manx & Kevin Breit
*2008: Chuck Berry, John Mayall, Pinetop Perkins,The Dirty Dozen Brass Band , Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings, Roy Young, Taj Mahal Trio,Booker T. Jones , Charlie Musselwhite, Eddie Floyd, Joe Louis Walker andAna Popovic Notes
References
*Souvenir programs and flyers of the past festivals
External links
* [http://www.jazzandblues.org/events/lbbf/2008/ Long Beach Blues Festival web site] .
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