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20th ANNUAL NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL SUNDAY SEPT. 4, 2022

20th ANNUAL NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL SUNDAY SEPT. 4, 2022 20th ANNUAL NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL SUNDAY SEPT. 4, 2022 20th ANNUAL NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL SUNDAY SEPT. 4, 2022

20TH ANNUAL NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL & 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KING BEES! SUNDAY SEPT. 4 2022, 1-6 pm~ In the meadow by the beautiful New River with vast acreage for social distancing. Enjoy the North Carolina mountains' only celebration of authentic Blues Music and legendary artists.

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A MOUNTAIN MEADOW.. A SPARKLING RIVER.. WORLD-CLASS BLUES.. **SAFELY CELEBRATE THE JOY OF MUSIC IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS!** The King Bees bring the best in internationally acclaimed Blues legends & luminaries to a magnificently scenic spot.

NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL 2021  SOLD OUT!  ADVANCE TIX FOR 2022 NOW ON SALE!

>>>>>>>WHERE?<<<<<<< RIVER HOUSE INN, GRASSY CREEK, NC , ASHE COUNTY, NEAR WEST JEFFERSON

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River House Inn 1896 Old Field Creek Road, Grassy Creek, NC 28631 

Advance Online Ticket sales have ended. If you purchased advance tix your name & tix will be at the gate. Tickets available at gate day of show. See you by the river!

NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL 2022 INFO

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  • NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL  ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE ENDED. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT GATE DAY OF SHOW.
  • SUNDAY SEPT. 4, 2022
  • Gates Open at noon
  • Music 1:00-6:00 PM
  • Bring lawn chairs, blankets, canopies, etc
  • RAIN OR SHINE
  • OUR FESTIVAL IS UNIQUELY INTIMATE, NOT TOO LARGE IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE FRIENDLY MOUNTAIN VIBE. WE THANK ALL OF OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THROUGH THE YEARS  AND NEW FRIENDS WHO HELP MAKE THIS EVENT LIKE NO OTHER!




 We're keeping the Blues alive in the High Country! 

*SUNDAY SEPT 4, 1-6 pm  River  House Inn, Grassy Creek NC, near West Jefferson
*In the meadow by the beautiful New River with  plenty of room for social distancing.
*Please, no coolers and no pets. Food and beverages available for purchase.

ACCOMMODATIONS

 ACCOMMODATIONS: Many of you have requested info: High Country accommodations for the festival... Our venue, River House Inn, is a bed & breakfast with wonderful rooms!  
 

   

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***We thank WETS FM Johnson City Tennessee for Media sponsorship!***

ARTISTS ROSTER 2022

ROY ROBERTS, SOUL-BLUES LEGEND

THE KING BEES~ CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF STINGIN' & SWINGIN' & 20 YEARS OF NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL!

THE KING BEES~ CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF STINGIN' & SWINGIN' & 20 YEARS OF NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL!

 As a young teenager in rural Kentucky Roy  Roberts picked up the guitar and hasn't put it down yet. A move to North  Carolina when he was 18 brought Roy's immense guitar prowess to the  attention of preeminent touring musicians. Soon Roy was on the road with  Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and King Solomon Burke. By the mid-1960's,  Roy's rich, expressive baritone and masterful guitar propelled him into  his own recording and performing career. His distinctive, soulful blues has taken him over this country and many others. Roy has won innumerable awards  for producing stellar albums of Blues greats on his label Rock House  records, as well as awards for performance and for Keeping The Blues  Alive. Roy Roberts has been inducted in the Beach Music Hall of Fame.  Most importantly, as a peerless entertainer for over 60 years, Roy  enthralls international audiences with a show that brims with dynamism and soulful  zest. 

THE KING BEES~ CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF STINGIN' & SWINGIN' & 20 YEARS OF NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL!

THE KING BEES~ CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF STINGIN' & SWINGIN' & 20 YEARS OF NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL!

THE KING BEES~ CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF STINGIN' & SWINGIN' & 20 YEARS OF NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL!

THE KING BEES CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF STINGIN' THE BLUES in 2022!!

The King Bees, Rob "Hound Dog" Baskerville and  Penny "Queen Bee" Zamagni produce NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL. They call Ashe County home, but travel the world with their  Blues and American Roots music. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the band  and also the 20th year of New River Blues Festival which they created and produce. 

In the mid-1980's Baskerville and Zamagni began  traveling the deep-South looking for and mentoring under Blues artists of  historical, cultural, and musical significance. Many blues greats took them  under their wing and nurtured and guided The King Bees toward the sound of  authenticity. With Baskerville on guitar and keys and Zamagni on vocals, bass,  and as song smith, The King Bees honed their art with many Blues masters.  By  1990 they had been touring and recording with some of the most culturally  important of Blues artists. In the early 1990's they were signed to a European  label and began touring internationally.

The King Bees have performed on festival stages in  Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, and London as well as taking their show across numerous  countries. Their love of American Roots music has taken them from Mississippi  juke joints to several performances at Lincoln Center. They collaborated with  Rock n' Roll Hall-of-Fame member Bo Diddley and were featured on The B.B. King  Birthday Tour. Baskerville and Zamagni are also recognized as Blues historians,  represent and book Blues artists of note, and produce Blues festivals across the  South.  Veteran drummer extraordinaire, Jim "Jimmy The Groove" Gillon will be laying down the big blues beat.


*"Queen Bee Zamagni belts it out with the best,  backed by a superb band highlighted by the burning riffs of Hound Dog  Baskerville." The Charlotte Observer. 
 

*"Legendary Blues stylists..." The Knoxville  Journal.
 

*"Excellent...Queen Bee Zamagni has a strong,  swinging, slinky voice used to good effect on every number. Fine straight blues  all the way..Tasty!" Blues & Rhythm,  England 

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SANDRA HALL, EMPRESS OF THE BLUES

THE KING BEES~ CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF STINGIN' & SWINGIN' & 20 YEARS OF NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL!

SANDRA HALL, EMPRESS OF THE BLUES

  •   Sandra Hall, Atlanta's Empress of the  Blues, started singing in church at age 4.. Still in her teens, Sandra  Hall formed the Exotics, and her sizzling singing and dancing were  regularly featured at the Royal Peacock Club, one of the premier  nightspots in the South. She shared the bill with such luminaries as   Joe Tex, Otis Redding, and The Temptations. After being signed to  legendary Ichiban Records, Sandra took her career to new heights as she  toured to acclaim over this country and throughout Europe. Her  incendiary performances at Switzerland's Montreux Festival secured  Sandra's reputation as one of the top female Blues singers touring the  continent. From sultry to bawdy to unbridled, Sandra Hall's passionate  performances are as powerful as the Blues itself!
    "Sandra’s power on the stage is something to behold!" Music Maker Foundation 

LYNN FODDRELL

DONALD CEASAR~ THE BLUES EMPEROR

SANDRA HALL, EMPRESS OF THE BLUES

  • LYNN FODDRELL with DOUGLAS TURNER~ The Last of the Mountain Blues Dynasty
    Lynn Foddrell is the last member of the Foddrells, a musical family dating back to the 1800's.We're  honored that this year The Foddrells, Lynn and his cousin Douglas  Turner (who is also carrying on the family's musical legacy), will  open our festival. Lynn is the son of Turner Foddrell (1928 – 1995), and  the grandson of Posey Foddrell (1898 –1985). This musical Stuart,  Virginia family spans back to the 1800's. Grandfather Posey, who learned  from his father, was a multi-instrumentalist who trained all his 5  sons, Lynn's father and uncles, to play music, from Piedmont style blues  to bluegrass to gospel. In the early 1980's Lynn performed with his  father Turner and Uncle Marvin at Ferrum College’s Folk Life Festival,  but soon their musical world widened.  The Foddrell's performed at the  World's Fair in Knoxville, Tn., in Washington D.C. for the Festival of  American Folklife sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, and both  Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City. They also toured  through Europe. When Marvin  died, Turner and Lynn continued as a performing and recording duo until  Turner's death. Although two elderly Foddrell uncles are still living  and play guitars, banjo, and piano, they don’t do public shows. “I’m the  last of the Mohicans," says Lynn Foddrell. 
     

NITRO BOZEMAN & SARASOTA SLIM

DONALD CEASAR~ THE BLUES EMPEROR

DONALD CEASAR~ THE BLUES EMPEROR

Philip NITRO Bozeman rambled from Montgomery, Alabama to Chicago where he came of age watching and l

  Philip NITRO Bozeman rambled from  Montgomery, Alabama to Chicago where he came of age watching, learning from, then joining, the Windy City's best Blues performers such  as Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters and a legion of others. Before  long he was picking up tips from Junior Wells and becoming a fireball of  a harp player. Along his winding journey the strong and sturdy Nitro  had a career in boxing, but never gave up his music. Eventually Nitro  landed in Florida where his musical calling led him to popularity and  success in the state's vigorous Blues scene. Thirty-five years ago he  met a young, hot guitarist, Gene "Sarasota Slim" Hardage, who was making  waves of his own in the Sunshine State and also internationally.  Don't miss these seasoned Bluesmen combining their forces to create a  robust, unvarnished sound that gets to the heart and soul of what  authentic Blues is all about!
".. a pair of consummate, Florida-based  bluesman who work together like the best of the great Blues  partnerships." Tampa Bay This Week 
 


DONALD CEASAR~ THE BLUES EMPEROR

DONALD CEASAR~ THE BLUES EMPEROR

DONALD CEASAR~ THE BLUES EMPEROR

 

 DONALD  "BLUES EMPEROR" CEASAR has been a  favorite at our festival and is a part of the New River Blues Festival  family. An artist of exceptional versatility, performing on drums,  harmonica, and keyboards while singing with gusto and laying down  high-spirited dance steps. Ceasar hales from the bayous of Louisiana, in  the heart of Creole and Cajun country where his grandfather, Alphonse  “Bois Sec” Ardoin and other family members were pioneers and founding  fathers of Cajun Zydeco music. Ceasar has been entertaining audiences  since childhood with his Cajun family band and opening for and sharing  the stage with legendary artists such as Rocking Sidney, Fats Domino,  Dr. John, The Nevilles, B.B. King, Allen Toussaint, and James Brown.  Ceasar delivers a sizzling musical-gumbo full of the succulent flavors  of Louisiana.  "..possibly the hippest entertainer in the
Carolinas.” Jim Otis, The State, Columbia,SC.
 

NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL THROUGH THE YEARS

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35th anniversary of The King Bees!

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Queen Bee Zamagni & Hound Dog Baskerville

Creators & Producers of New River Blues Festival.

From Lincoln Center to Juke Joints to European stages

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