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Jim White blogs about the blues and related music.

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BlueNotes Motto:
Doin' the lord's work for the devil's music

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Favorite photo:

Annie Raines at the Thunderbird Cafe on Oct. 31.  (Jim White photo)

Blues quote:
"If I hadn't heard blues, I would have missed a big part of myself."  -- Paul Rishell

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Pittsburgh Blues Festival '08

Chris Cain tonight at the Thunderbird

Chris Cain, who doesn't get to the Burgh very often, is due in town tonight at the Thunderbird Cafe in Lawrenceville (where they have best blues bar beer in town). His sizzling guitar and big voice are worth an evening of your time, 

I caught him at Moondog's in May of '08, and he cranked out an evening of tough blues, jazzy guitar licks and just plain lots of good music.

In other news, BlueNotes has been a travelin' man for the past week or so, and the blog was saved ony by Bluzer's lively comments. But he plans to settle down next week with some CD reviews and snappy patter -- at least until Labor Day weekend, when he'll be back on the road again for the unofficial end of summer (the white shoes go back in the closet).

HoneyBoy Dog update: Some of you may remember that HoneyBoy Dog is if the official dog of the BlueNotes blog. Well, his history is that he was found at the Pet Adoption League in Yukon (that's in Pa.), and we're all happy that we found him there. What does that have to with the blues? Well, I noticed on a local blues schedule that the Jimmy Adler band is set to play at a place called HQ132 in Yukon on Saturday night (It looks like they host a lot of area blues bands). Coincidence? I think not. But we do wonder if HQ132 is anything like Area 51.


Posted Aug 28 2009, 01:00 AM by Jim White

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HQ132 wrote re: Chris Cain tonight at the Thunderbird
on Thu, Sep 3 2009 11:23 PM

Hey Jim-come check us out at HQ132 in Yukon-you are correct-we are hosting lots of blues bands and having a great time! Check out our schedule online www.hq132.com. Thanks-Becky Cook-Owner

Jim White wrote re: Chris Cain tonight at the Thunderbird
on Thu, Sep 3 2009 11:34 PM

Thanks Becky..

I might take you up on that. We got our latest dog at the Pet Adoption League in Yukon -- he's HoneyBoy Dog, the official dog of the BlueNotes blog. He's named after the great bluesman Honeyboy Edwards.