Episode 169: April 16, 2023 (part one of two)

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & AmericanaApril 16, 2023“Don’t be the best in town. Just be the best until the best comes around.” Buddy GuyRevisit today's show, and our archives at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/KIWRblues.com 1. Eric Bibb / Family2. Stephen Monroe / Storm3. A.J Croce / So Much Fun 4. Bob Malone (Oh Well, Fleetwood Mac) 5. Lucinda Williams feat Bruce Springsteen6. Bruce Springsteen / Jungleland 7. Diana Krall / Simple Twist of Fate 8. Joanna Shaw Taylor / Nobody's Fool9. Gov't Mule w/ Ruthie Foster & Ivan Neville / Dreaming Out Loud 10. Tedeschi Trucks Band / Last Night in the Rain 11. Little Feat / All That You Dream 12. Buddy Guy w/ Billy Gibbons / I'm Gonna Wear You Out13. Billy Gibbons w/ Larkin Poe / Stacking Bones 14. Christone Kingfish Ingram / Another Life Goes By 15. North Mississippi All Stars / See the Moon 16. Danielle Nicole / Cry No More 17. Bonnie Raitt / Blame It On Me 18. Rory Block / I'd Rather Go Blind (Etta James) 19. Etta James / Never My Love Upcoming Shows & Events of InterestApril22 Earth Day 22 Record Store Day28 The New Pornographers, Waiting Room (Neko Case) 29 Boo Boo Davis, The JewellMay2 Jason Isbell & Amythyst Kian, Orpheum4 Harper, B.Bar5 Gov't Mule, Orpheum 6 Built to Spill, Waiting Room6 Blues Society Annual Meeting (5 p.m.), B. Bar10 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly Sports Bar, LaVista 11 Buddy Guy @ The Holland 12 The Killer, Steel Shed (Holland) 15 Beatles Tribute, Orpheum18 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly20 Southern Culture on the Skids, Waiting Room25 Curtis Salgado, Waiting Room 26 Blue Venue @ B. BarJune2 Marcia Ball, Arkansas3 Soaring Wings Vineyard Blues, Booze & Balloons8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens9 Chicago Blues Festival  - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray        Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes        and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson- Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year        Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan- Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa’s Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch11 Chicago Blues Festival- Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana- Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band9-11 Summer Arts Festival13 Jackson Browne, Omaha 16 Flaming Lips, Steel21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas)July 1st Saturday in the Park, Sioux City 6-8 Zoo Fest, Zoo Bar8 Orchestra plays music of Dr. Dre14 Sugaray Rayford & Eddie V, (Playing With Fire)15 Twelve Bar Blues Band, Dom Martin Band, Justin Saladino, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)15 Tori Amos @ Orpheum19 Little Feat & Leftover Salmon, Orpheum25 Tedeshi Trucks Band @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln)28 Diana Krall @ Holland28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #1 w/ Tommy Castro, Sugaray Rayford, Hector Anchondo28 Maha Music Festival29 28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #2 w/ GA 20, Blood Brothers (Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia) 29 Diana Krall @ Hoyt Sherman, Des MoinesAugust 4 New American Arts Festival, Benson area5 In the Market for Blues11 A,J, Croce, Admiral 11 Trombone Shorty, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Ziggy Marley @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln) 11 Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado, Samatha Martin & Delta Sugar (Playing With Fire)12 Bywater Call, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)14 Blues Traveler, Pinewood Bowl 20 Doobie Brothers, Pinewood Bowl27 Black Keys, Pinewood Bowl31 - 9/4 Kris Lager's Ozark Festival, ArkansasSeptember15-17 Telluride Blues Festival (Bonnie Raitt) In the Mood for a Getaway? (Regional Shows: Des Moines, KC, & Iowa City)Upcoming shows at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City...May 5th, Robert Plant(Led Zeppelin) & Alison Krauss, May 26th, Chicago, May 10th, Steve Miller w/Cheap Trick, June 11, Barenaked Ladies, June 14, Doobie Brothers, June 15, Tyler ChildersJune 19, Matchbox 20June 30, Revivalist w/ Head and the HeartJuly 1, Young the Giant w/ Milky ChanceJuly 18, Foreigner w/ LoverboyRain - A Tribute to the BeatlesAugust 1,2,3,4,5,6'Jagged Little Pill' (Morisette play) August 25, The Black Keys, September 6. 3 Doors Down, Upcoming shows at Kansas City's Knuckleheads SaloonApril 19th, Rev Peyton's Big Damn BandMay 11th, Brandon Santini,May 20th, Southern Culture on the Skids,May 25, 26, 27, The Mavericks,Upcoming shows at the Hoyt Sherman in Des Moines include...July 29th, Diana KrallThe Englert Theater in Iowa City has some good shows coming up this year.April 21 & 22, David Sedaris