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2005 Duck Hill Grassroots Blues Festival

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2005 Duck Hill Grassroots Blues Festival

by C.W. Roberson

7/11/2005

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Enjoying the festival with new Duck Hill friends....

I'm really sorry I got there so late and missed some of the fine acts before 5:30 or so when I got there - y'all have missed some good pictures because of that; I missed some fine blues and y'all are missing some pictures. My camera is not the best, the resolution on these may not be that good, but you can get a pretty fine idea of what you missed, just the same. The rain at my house, and reports of side storms off Dennis kept me uncertain, but there was no rain in Duck Hill until after I arrived (Murphy's Law). As it turned out, rain should never deter people going to this Festival, because there is a Club next to the festival field and the music goes on!

Go Duck Hill Grassroots Blues Festival! I'll be back next year, count on it.

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Having fun at the Grassroots

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Having fun at the Grassroots

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Having fun at the Grassroots

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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John Horton with Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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John Horton with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue played up a storm!

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The canvas trying to fly (right after it knocked John Horton off the stage!)

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A big wind rolled in and ripped the cover off the stage, but couldn't stop the music very long!

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Nope, not leveling the stage.....

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Lotta volunteers keeping the music going.

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Going the extra mile - thanks guys!

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And the wind it did roar!

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To the rescue....

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Ricky Johnson and the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Ricky Johnson with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Ricky Johnson with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Ricky Johnson with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Ricky Johnson with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Ricky Johnson with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Dancing, having fun.

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Dancing at the Grassroots

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Ricky Johnson with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Ricky Johnson with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Dance, dance, dance

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Getting into it at the Grassroots

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Mississippi Delta Blues Revue helps us get our groove on

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Barbara Looney belts one with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Barbara Looney with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Barbara Looney with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Get down Barbara!

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The Eighth Wonder of the World...the one...the only...Mississippi Slim

with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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The Eighth Wonder of the World...the one...the only...Mississippi Slim

with the Mississippi Delta Blues Revue

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Rain caused a delay and drove us inside, but IT COULDN'T STOP THE MUSIC

Willie King and the Liberators

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Willie King and the Liberators

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Young blues fan listening to Jerry Katawar

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Tan Gello Band

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Mississippi Slim enjoys the "Real" Brown Sugar Band

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The "Real" Brown Sugar Band

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Grooving

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The fun goes on and on. . .

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Dancing the night away

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Mississippi Slim and a young admirer

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Last chance to dance

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The "Real" Brown Sugar sings to Mississippi Slim

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Dance your blues away

2005 Duck Hill Grassroots Blues Festival

Photographs by C.W. Roberson

7/11/2005

2005 Grassroots Blues Festival Line Up

3^rd Annual Grassroots Blues Festival

Duck Hill , Mississippi

Saturday, July 9, 2005

12:00 Noon – 10:15 p.m.

Master of Ceremony- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Anthony “Tony” Dean

12:00 - 12:15 The Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Afro Griots Blues

12:15 - 12:30 Welcome and Introduction of Master of Ceremony

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al White, Director

Action Communication and Education Reform, Inc.

1:15 – 1:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Louis “Gearshifter” Youngblood

2:00 – 2:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eddie Cusic

2:45 – 3:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howl-n-Perry Band

3:30 – 4:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elmo Williams

4:15 – 4:45 . . . . . . . Venessia Young & The Pure Blues Express Band

5:00 – 5:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Little Willie Farmer

5:45 – 6:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry & Mike Kattawar

6:30 – 7:00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Willie King & The Liberators

7:15 – 7:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tan Gello Band

8:00 – 9:00 . . . . . Mississippi Delta Blues Revue featuring

. . . John Horton, Albert Folk, Mississippi Slim,

Ricky Johnson, Tammy Gibson,

William “Harpo” Harbison, and

Tommy “Wildcat” Collins

9:15 – 10:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “The Real” Brown Sugar

This project is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and, in part, from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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