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LouLou
01-11-2011, 09:24 PM
Just heard Bobby "Blue" Bland on jazz station -- "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (the Way You Treat Me)" -- has Bobby Bland ever been here for Jazz Fest? Great artist!
stlbarb
01-11-2011, 11:31 PM
Just heard Bobby "Blue" Bland on jazz station -- "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (the Way You Treat Me)" -- has Bobby Bland ever been here for Jazz Fest? Great artist!
jazz station? he's a blues, soul and R&B guy. old school. plays lots of blues festivals, including Big Muddy (St. Louis, MO) & King Biscuit (Helena, AR - so glad they go the name back) - two of the best blues fests (midwest bias - and free or at least real cheap).
i could not find Bobby using this webiste - but it may be user error.
http://www.nojazzfest.com/history/search.php?band=&artist_first_name=&artist_last_name=&search=+Search+
however, according to this article he was a headliner at last years Cresent City Blues festival in NOLA
http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2010/09/bobby_blue_bland_headlines_blu.html
Just heard Bobby "Blue" Bland on jazz station -- "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (the Way You Treat Me)" -- has Bobby Bland ever been here for Jazz Fest? Great artist!
He appeared at Jazzfest awhile back and his voice was really shot, almost like a croak.
Staxsun
01-12-2011, 08:10 AM
I'm probably thinking of a JF appearance a little farther back, but I heard him and he was superb! I do remember it was at Congo and it was when the stage ran with its back to the track.
He played a night show in 2004, a dual-bill at the Saenger with Al Green.
bobatude
01-12-2011, 09:19 AM
i seen bobby "blue" bland on sept 7,2010 @ the flint blues festival, organized by larry mccray. bobby blue bland was fantastic. luther kent has a cd out called " the bobby bland song book", also excellent . this pic is from the flint jazz fest
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo88/bobatude/IMG_4852.jpg
Staxsun
01-12-2011, 12:06 PM
He played a night show in 2004, a dual-bill at the Saenger with Al Green.
This was definitely a day show at Congo, probably the nineties.
Canine Horror
01-12-2011, 12:12 PM
He played a night show in 2004, a dual-bill at the Saenger with Al Green.
I was there that night.
I seem to recall that there were serious issues with his sound that night (vox kept cutting out), which mysterious cleared up completely when Al Green performed.
Good fun show, though.
Not a lot of folks seem to know this, but Bobby Bland and James Cotton are half-brothers.
chrisjoseph
01-12-2011, 12:22 PM
He played a night show in 2004, a dual-bill at the Saenger with Al Green.
I was at that show. He sounded great.
MormonMatthew
01-12-2011, 12:50 PM
Van Morrison has been covering Bobby Bland's "Ain't Nothing You Can Do" for decades, (that song is showcased on Van's landmark 1974 live album "Too Late To Stop Now") and has invited him onstage as a guest artist during several live shows over the years.
I had no idea that Bobby Bland and James Cotton were brothers......:)
bobatude
01-12-2011, 02:06 PM
I was there that night.
I seem to recall that there were serious issues with his sound that night (vox kept cutting out), which mysterious cleared up completely when Al Green performed.
Good fun show, though.
Not a lot of folks seem to know this, but Bobby Bland and James Cotton are half-brothers.
not only did i not know that they are 1/2 brothers, but i can not find anything on the internet to confirm this
Canine Horror
01-12-2011, 04:15 PM
not only did i not know that they are 1/2 brothers, but i can not find anything on the internet to confirm this
A couple of years ago, a close friend of mine a well known and respected music journo interviewed Cotton at a festival we were both attending.
When the interview was over he asked me whether I had heard about Cotton and Bland having the same Father. Not only had I not heard of it, but it seems that nobody else before or since had heard of this.
He apparently spoke about it at some length and in detail, so there was no room for misinterpretation.
Gards
01-12-2011, 06:40 PM
I have and excellent old double album somewhere with B B King and Bobby Blue Bland together on it.I need to find it and then buy a turntable.;)
festydave
01-14-2011, 03:07 PM
hmmmm.
hmmmm.
Bobby is playing at BB's in NYC on my (gulp) birthday in a couple of weeks...
festivalgirl
01-14-2011, 05:20 PM
Bobby is playing at BB's in NYC on my (gulp) birthday in a couple of weeks...
Again????? ;)
I have and excellent old double album somewhere with B B King and Bobby Blue Bland together on it.I need to find it and then buy a turntable.;)
Together for the First Time Live was the one I had, on cassette. Used to listen to "I Like to Live the Love I Sing About" over and over and over. What a great track. Great album, too. Gotta dig that out...
Gards
01-15-2011, 02:49 AM
Together for the First Time Live was the one I had, on cassette. Used to listen to "I Like to Live the Love I Sing About" over and over and over. What a great track. Great album, too. Gotta dig that out...
Yes that is a great song and we loved playing it.I found the Album today,but still have no turntable.
We saw BB not that long after the album came out,and he was very good,may have been around 77 from memory