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15 Sep Marcia Ball rocks Telluride Blues & Brews Festival on Sunday

Posted at 17:01h in Festivals, Performing Arts by Susan Viebrock 0 Comments

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  Marcia Ball hit the jackpot with her name. It defines the lady and her talent, as in Marcia Ball is: “More fun than a barrel of funky monkeys. Spicy, Texas-Louisiana blues, rock ‘n’ roll and boogie-woogie…awesome piano,” National Public Radio Translation: The lady is,...

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10 Sep Telluride Blues & Brews: More than just Telluride

Posted at 19:00h in Performing Arts by Clint Viebrock 0 Comments

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  The Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, #18 if you're counting, hits town on the weekend of September 16-18, 2011. Blues & Brews is the last big event of the Summer in Telluride. The argument could be made it is also one of the first...

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06 Sep Telluride Blues & Brews: Willie Nelson's harp man, Mickey Raphael

Posted at 15:55h in Festivals, Old Events, Performing Arts by Clint Viebrock 0 Comments

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[click “Play” to listen to Mickey Raphael’s conversation with Clint]   Willie (Danny Clinch photo) Willie Nelson and Family are the Sunday night closer for the 18th Telluride Blues and Brews Festival (September 16-18, 2011). “Willie Nelson?” you ask. “At Blues and Brews?” Well, yes....

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10 Jul Telluride Blues & Brews single-day tickets on sale now

Posted at 08:43h in Festivals, Old Events, Performing Arts by Telluwriter TIO 0 Comments

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Buddy Guy, 2009 B & B The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival single day tickets went on sale Friday, July 1st at 10am (MST). Every September, the bands, the fans, and the barrels of beer roll into Telluride Town Park for the annual Telluride Blues...

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03 May Telluride Blues & Brews presents Durango Blues Train

Posted at 17:10h in Beyond Telluride, Old Events, Performing Arts by Susan Viebrock 0 Comments

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[click “Play”, Steve Gumble talks about “Blues on the Rails”]   kicker: “Blues on the Rails” launches June 4 The name “Steve Gumble” rhymes with innovation. Gumble’s first party trick was to parlay the ownership of a liquor store into a world class festival: now...

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20 Apr Telluride Blues & Brews Festival: Year 18 Line-up

Posted at 14:31h in Festivals, Old Events, Performing Arts by Susan Viebrock 0 Comments

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[click "Play" to hear Steve Gumble's conversation with Susan]     He's on the road again –  and headed our way. Turns out Steve Gumble has booked the iconic Willie Nelson, who first appeared at Telluride Bluegrass in 1982 –  as the headliner for his...

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23 Sep Telluride Blues & Brews 2010

Posted at 13:55h in Festivals, Foodies, Old Events, Performing Arts by Cynthia Hansen Zehm 0 Comments

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I’ve been a fan of the Telluride Blues & Brews Festivals for years. I’ve actually watched the event morph from a few tasting tents on Colorado Avenue to a full-blown, internationally renowned music festival with some of the best musicians on the planet, fabulous microbrews...

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19 Sep Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, 2010.09.17

Posted at 23:50h in Festivals, Old Events, Performing Arts by Cynthia Hansen Zehm 0 Comments

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It’s Saturday at Blues & Brews. Thursday was a cool jumpstart and Friday was awesome – honestly some of the best blues guitar playing I’ve ever heard. From smooth opener Matt Schofield to "bad boy" George Thorogood’s  closing act – and I can’t forget Dana...

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17 Sep Telluride Blues & Brews, 2010.09.16

Posted at 23:47h in Festivals, Old Events, Performing Arts by Cynthia Hansen Zehm 0 Comments

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Having the great good fortune to be asked by TIO CEOs Susan and Clint Viebrock to cover this year’s Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, I decided to start with the kickoff event on Thursday – a Sunset Blues Concert at the Mountain Village Plaza, “featuring...

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17 Sep George Thorogood at 17th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Fest

Posted at 09:30h in Festivals, Old Events, Performing Arts, Personalities by Susan Viebrock 0 Comments

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[click “Play” to hear Susan’s conversation with George Thorogood] Steve Gumble’s 17th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival takes place September 17 – September 19 on the Main Stage in Town Park. So what do you picture when you hear the word “blues?” Do you...

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