Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival
Guitar Shorty; and Sun Puppet
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| Country and Region | United States — Oklahoma |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | Rentiesville, Oklahoma USA |
| Festival Contact Information | Dusk ‘til Dawn Blues Festival |
| Festival Description | Oklahoma Blues Legend D.C. Minner moved back to his birthplace and home in Rentiesville, Oklahoma after 32 years on the road touring, and created a huge legacy of music there. The small rural community will rock all night long to the sweet sounds of 30 bands on three stages during the annual Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival. The festival celebrated its inaugural edition in 1990. “Keeping D.C.’s dreams alive” is the theme. Children will parade across the field in costumes and with painted faces… they will get to be in drum circles and take a home a harmonica with a book and a lesson…the Kid’s Village keeps them busy throughout the event. Two stages outdoors fill their ears as the music soaks in while having fun…but they do not go into the time-worn Juke Joint! First opened by D.C.’s Grandmother Lura in 1936 when he was one, and reopened some 20 years after her death as the Down Home Blues Club this is fun, funky, and very much alive with some of the best music you would ever want to hear. D.C. always did say “the guitar sounds better around 4:00am — something about the night air” — and this is your chance to check that out for yourself, in Rentiesville over Labor Day Weekend. |
| Festival Dates | August 30 - September 1, 2013 |
| Festival Links | http://www.dcminnerblues.com/ |
Festival Events:
Lineup 2012:
- Miss Blues
- Delta Moon
- Guitar Shorty
- Zac Harmon
- Jimmy Ellis
- Daddy Mack
- Leon Blue
- Mudhounds
- Cecil Gray
- Randy McAllister
- Selby Minner
- Johnny Rawls
- Poochie Slick Willie and the Right Cats
- Chuck Blackwell and Olie Stew
- Blue Fire Foley
- Kevin & Backup Blues
- Blue Fish
- Soul Magnetic with Baby Ray Mucker
- Harold Aldridge
- Silverbone
- Berry Harris
- Bronko as Howin Wolf
- Mogo Sonatoa
- and many more
Artist feature 2012:
- Guitar Shorty
Performances — 10:00pm and 1:15am on August 31; and at 1:15am on September 1, 2012, Main Stage
- Alligator recording artist and master bluesman Guitar Shorty will perform at the Dusk Til’ Dawn Blues Festival in Rentiesville on Friday, August 31 and Saturday September 1, 2012. He will be performing songs from his latest Alligator Records release, BARE KNUCKLE. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with his supercharged live shows and his incendiary recordings (beginning in 1957 with a Willie Dixon-produced single on the Cobra label). BARE KNUCKLE, produced by famed songwriter and bassist Wyzard (a member of Mother’s Finest who has toured with Stevie Nicks and others), burns with heavy blues-rock fire from start to finish, putting Shorty’s infectious energy and guitar pyrotechnics on full display.
Children’s programming 2012:
- The Kid’s Village (“children under 12 are free and we keep them busy!” Marsha Whalen reports) will rock to the conga drums once again with Jahruba and his drum circles. He is an OK State Arts Council roster artist and their funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field) and Domenica Lovera will be back with crafts and face painting as well as Patrick Duffy and a legitimate excuse to get dirty – the pottery wheel!
Practical Info:
Directions:
- Rentiesville is 15 miles South of Muskogee, 125 miles East of Oklahoma City, 4 Hours North of Dallas or less and 1 hour Southeast of Tulsa
- From I – 40 North up US 69, second exit at Checotah/Rentiesville
- South from Muskogee, down US 69, second exit at Oktah/Rentiesville
- Information call +01 918-855-0978
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