Unfortunately production delays of Jim Quick’s new CD “Down South” has prompted a rescheduling on of the CD Release concert in Market Square, downtown Roanoke.

The new date is Wed., Oct. 13 – same start time (6:00pm), same location – still FREE!

Here’s what Jim tells us, “My Dear Valley Friends of the Star City, it is with great regret that I must inform you of our inability to have our “Down South” CD release concert on the originally scheduled date of September 15th due to production delays.  However, it is with great excitement that I announce we’ve rescheduled this free concert to our first available date, Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in beautiful downtown Roanoke, VA.   I’m so excited about this opportunity to share my music with you and hope to see you there.  Also a special thanks to all those in Roanoke that are making this concert possible, especially our friends at EventZone.”

Since announcing this free concert EventZone has been so impressed with the cooperation, momentum and excitement that immediately emerged.  Not only from existing fans of Jim Quick locally, but also those on a regional basis.  Additionally, many Roanoke citizens and civic, business and government leaders have expressed their support and enthusiasm for this concert in downtown Roanoke.

In addition to being a great concert, this event will also help communicate to the public that, “downtown Roanoke is vibrant and open for business.”  This message is perfectly timed because of the exciting downtown changes and opportunities that are moving into action, most currently the ambitious renovation of the historic City Market Building.

So “Good things will come to those who wait,”  and Jim Quick and this new CD are certainly worth the wait!   Jim is certainly a fan favorite in the Roanoke Valley and all points south.  His music is a unique blend of soul, blues, rock and country all with that unmistakable beach music rhythm – or as Jim Quick describes it, “Carolina swamp music.”  His last CD, released under the alias band name of King Tyrone & The Graveyard Ramblers, contained the smash hit, “Mama’s Drinkin’ Liquor Again” (see video below).

It’s now time for Jim Quick to move to the next level on the national music scene – and his latest CD, “Down South” (produced in Nashville by multi-Grammy award winning producer Gary Nicholson) will likely do just that. (See the CD credits at bottom of this page).

Listen to the Title Track – “Down South”

Don’t just take our word for it – fans and music lovers in the Roanoke region will get to judge for themselves, because Roanoke has been selected as one of the sites that will host a CD Release Concert – and what’s even better is it’s FREE and presented by Haley Toyota and Clear Channel radio stations (Sunny-FM, WROV, Steve-FM, WYYD & WJJS) and WDBJ-7 “Your Hometown Station.”

Rescheduled date Wed. Oct. 13, 2010!

Market Square downtown Roanoke  – starting at 6:00pm.

After-Party with Meet & Greet and autograph signing at Corned Beef & Company
(starting approx. 9:00pm)

We’re told the band will perform some of their classic hits, but also plan to play
most of the the entire new CD during this show.

Lawn chairs will be permitted – and beer, wine and soft drinks will be available for purchase within the concert venue. However, due to VA ABC laws no alcoholic beverages will be permitted to enter or leave the concert venue.  If you’re planning to come downtown for dinner that night we highly recommend you make your reservations early!

Become a Facebook Fan of this concert so we can keep you up to date on the latest news and also so we can provide you with a sneak preview from the “Down South” CD when we get it.

“Down South” CD Credits

1) Livin’ On Love

2) Rewind

3) Stronger Than You Need to Be

4) Down South

5) I’m a Dog

6) Deal With It

7) Ain’t No Good Place to Cry

8)Forever Man

9) Strongest Weakness

10) Brilliant Conversationalist

11) It’s Too Late

12) Hurt That Bad

13) It’s Always Something

14) Don’t Shoot the Snake

Produced by Gary Nicholson

© 2010 iSuwanee Records

Quick-Warren Entertainment, LLC

P.O. Box 201 Dunn, NC 28335

All rights reserved.  Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

swampsoul.com    coastlineband.com    isuwanee.com

Musicians:

Lynn Williams – Drums, Percussion

Steve Mackey – Bass

Rob McNelley – Electric Guitar

Gary Nicholson – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Kevin McKendree – Piano, Rhodes, B3 Organ

Colin Linden – Slide Guitar

Al Anderson – Guitar (It’s Always Something)

Jim Hoke – Saxophones, Harmonica, Jew’s Harp

Steve Herman – Trumpet

Chris Charmichael – Strings

Delbert McClinton – Harmonica, “Barking” (I’m a Dog)

Lead Vocals: Jim Quick

Background Vocals: Bekka Bramlett, Perry Coleman, Regina McCrary, Ann McCrary, and Frieda McCrary

Produced by Gary Nicholson

Executive Producer: Irvin Warren

Recorded at The Sound Emporium and Fearless Studios – Nashville, TN

Recorded by David Z, assisted by Patrick Granado

Production assistance by Nathan Nicholson and Casey Meyer

Mixed by Ray Kennedy at Room and Board – Nashville, TN

Mastered by Ray Kennedy at Zen Masters – Nashville, TN

Artwork by Michael Walker

Web Design by Justin Wells

Thanks to: Irvin Warren, Gary Peacock, Larry Sanderson, Brian Crews, Amy Byrd, and Gary Nicholson

Special thanks to my band and brothers: Sam Bryant, Casey Meyer, Albert Rogers, and Glen Tippett

Eternal thanks to my parents, my sister, and my best friend and love of my life… Crystal.

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Let us know who  your favorite bands were this summer, who would you like to see come next year??  Just because Party in the Park has ended does not mean there won’t be other fabulous events brought to you by EventZone!

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Here’s what’s coming next:

Sept. 15- Jim Quick’s “Down South” CD Release concert downtown Roanoke in Market Square!  Admission is FREE!!! So after work come have drinks and listen to the new and exciting sounds of Jim Quick!  5:30- 9:00.  After party at Corned Beef & Co. 9:00-10:00.

Oct. 2- SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival with Grammy winning performers like Jimmie Vaughan, John Lee Hooker Jr. and Teresa James!!  The music won’t be the only thing smokin’, we’ve also got some of the “BEST” rib vendors  in town who are coming to battle it out for the title of  ” Best Rack in town.”  It’s a perfect combination of great food and outstanding food.

*Pink “Vote for my Rack” apparel will also be on sale – with a portion of the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.

This year’s SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival , on Sat. Oct. 2 (Elmwood Park, downtown Roanoke, VA) will be the best yet!  And that’s saying something since over the last few years we’ve had Delbert McClinton, John Hammond, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Thackery, Jimmy Hall, Paul Thorn, Anna Popovic, Hamilton Loomis and others on stage!

So you can get a preview of the music – our friend “Bratha Dave” from BluzNdaBlood has just competed  show #102 for his podcast – it features the artists and music from this year’s SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival.  Enjoy!

You can subscribe to the BluzNdaBlood Blues Podcast via iTunes too!

If you’d like to contact “Bratha Dave” here’s his email.

Don’t forget the best ticket deal is town is the Advance Discount of $22.00 – available online or a all regional SunTrust Bank locations – click here for details.  SunTrust customers also get a discount!

This is a unique opportunity because this event has grown to become a highly anticipated festival every year and unlike other events, Big Lick Blues will not have rigid guidelines for vendors (approval based upon application review). Fabulous local restaurants cooking up ribs and BBQ, People’s Choice awards, Rib eating contest and great blues and jazz music are just some of the elements that make this event so popular.

This year SunTrust Big Lick Blues is excited to bring Grammy winning performers like Jimmie Vaughan, Teresa James and John Lee Hooker Jr. to the Roanoke Valley. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to have prime space during an event that brings over 3,000 people to Elmwood Park.

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If you have any questions or need additional information please do not hesitate to contact Amanda Gaylor.

]]> http://www.eventzone.org/2010/08/now-accepting-merchant-vendor-applications-for-suntrust-big-lick-blues-festival-oct-2/feed/ 0 http://www.eventzone.org/2010/08/john-lee-hooker-jr-has-truley-lived-the-life-of-a-bluesman/ http://www.eventzone.org/2010/08/john-lee-hooker-jr-has-truley-lived-the-life-of-a-bluesman/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:45:07 +0000 Larry http://www.eventzone.org/?p=3057 John Lee Hooker Jr. was born in Detroit “Motor City” with Delta blues-filled blood running through his Motown veins. The son of the great John Lee Hooker, he was exposed the life of the blues from a young age. At only eight years old Jr. performed on Detroit’s WJBK radio and knew from that moment that he wanted to follow the path of his father and become a world-class musician. Touring alongside Hooker, Sr. throughout his teens, Jr. had already performed in prestigious venues such as Detroit’s Fox Theatre with acclaimed musicians like Jimmy Reed by the time he was 16. In 1972, an eighteen year-old John Jr. was singing vocals alongside his father for the recording of Hooker, Sr.’s album Live at Soledad Prison.

Unfortunately, while living the “life of a bluesman” he succumbed to the demons that surround it, derailing his musical career for many, many years. Drugs, alcohol, divorce, incarceration, and death nearly brought his once promising career to a screeching halt, but it was living the blues and his faith in the Almighty that resurrected Jr. Hooker. With the support of his family and friends, and a crew of talented musicians who never ceased to believe in him, Jr. Hooker finally found his own inner muse, making music that expresses the depth of emotion he has experienced in his personal life.

His first album, Blues with a Vengeance, is what he called his “celebratory redemption.” After struggling through years of extreme hardship and nearly losing himself to the streets, the remarkable John Lee Hooker Jr. overcame the adversity to begin a rapid emergence into the blues spotlight. Released in April 2004, Blues with a Vengeance certainly lived up to its name by wrapping up 2004 with a Grammy nomination in the Traditional Blues Album category and a nomination for a distinguished W.C. Handy Award as Best New Artist Debut. The California Music Awards (formerly the BAMMYS) named Blues with a Vengeance 2004’s Outstanding Blues Album of the Year, and the Bay Area Blues Society presented John Lee Hooker Jr. with the 2004 Comeback Artist of the Year award, as he performed alongside world-class musicians Jimmy Reed, BB King, Bo Diddley, Lenny Kravitz, Taj Mahal, Koko Taylor, Charlie Musslewhite, Etta James, and John Lee Hooker.

Cold As Ice, Jr. Hooker’s second album, was released in June of 2006 and showed his progression as a contemporary blues artist. Blending his roots with a modern sound, his style is indicative of his Motown base. Music enthusiasts describe his style as R&B, Jazz, Funk, and “down home blues”. While the record did not gather as much attention as his debut, it received positive reviews across the board and solidified Jr. Hooker as one of blues’ rising stars. Epitomizing the synthesis between traditional blues and the new age funk, the record at times pays homage to his father while at others it blazes a trail of its own.

John Lee Hooker Jr. releases his third CD, All Odds Against Me only to discover the impact it has made worldwide in its infancy… it generated a ‘08 Grammy nomination. Jr. Hooker continues to carry the blues into the 21st. century. The 12-song album was his first effort to include only new original tracks, a contrast to either of his previous solo projects.

Additionally, Jr. continues to stretch the envelope, becoming blues’ first animated superhero in a cartoon included on the enhanced disc. The first episode of “Bluesman” introduces Jr. Hooker. as a crime-fighting musician, singing in clubs by night and cleaning up the streets by day. Conceived by Frenchman Laurent Mercier at the Callicore Animation Studios in Paris, the video series has also inspired work to begin on a comic book. Mercier, son of a French jazzman contemporary of Hooker Sr., dreamt up the idea as a way for the two sons to pay tribute to their fathers’ legacies and Jr. immediately embraced the vision. Set to “Blues Ain’t Nothing but a Pimp” from Blues with a Vengeance, the video is the first of three to be released in 2008.

From the gravely blues of the Detroit streets to a new era of sound; from the shadow of his father’s accomplishments to standing apart from his namesake; from criminal to crime-fighter; from San Quentin to the Red Carpet, its no wonder the album is called All Odds Against Me. John Lee Hooker Jr. has built upon his colorful past as he continues to distinguish himself as a contemporary “Bluesman.”

See John Lee Hooker. Jr, at the Sat. Sept. 2, 2010 SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival in Elmwood Park, downtown Roanoke.  Advance discount tickets are available now online or at all regional SunTrust Bank branch locations for just $22.00. Also appearing are Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps and 4x Grammy winner, “Mr. Tuff Enough” Jimmie Vaughan.

]]> http://www.eventzone.org/2010/08/john-lee-hooker-jr-has-truley-lived-the-life-of-a-bluesman/feed/ 0 http://www.eventzone.org/2010/08/early-bird-discount-tickets-on-sale-now-ends-july-31st/ http://www.eventzone.org/2010/08/early-bird-discount-tickets-on-sale-now-ends-july-31st/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:51:26 +0000 Larry http://www.eventzone.org/?p=2804 The award winning SunTrust Big Lick Blues Festival, Sat. Oct. 2, 2010 – promises once again to deliver “Rockin’ Blues & Smokin’ Ribs!”   And this year’s entertainment

lineup will blow you away.  Featuring 4x Grammy winner and guitar legend Jimmie Vaughan and his Tilt-A-Whirl Band (featuring Lou Ann Barton).   2x Grammy nominee John Lee Hooker, Jr. and his band with their funky Blues & Soul sound!  The Virginia debut of Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps will keep you on the dance floor!  Plus Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner, the U.S. Foods Rib

Cook-Off Competition, the Martin’s Rib Eating Contest and all the ribs and BBQ you can handle!

Here’s the best news, buy tickets now and save $6.00@ off the gate price!  The discount advance ticket is just $22.00!

Marcie Hancock, Salem High School, recipient of the $500 Festival in the Park and EventZone Scholarship

Gwendolyn Sewell, Christiansburg High School, recipient of the $250 Visual Art Scholarship

Angela Huang, Cave Spring High School, recipient of the $250 Visual Art Scholarship

Mariah Davis, Salem High School, recipient of the $250 Visual Art Scholarship

Abagail Bagliani, Roanoke Catholic, recipient of the $500 John Will Creasy Memorial Scholarship

Emily Eyestone, Blacksburg High School, recipient of the $500 A.W. “Skip” Brown, Edward Jones Scholarship

Minjin Chung, Blacksburg High School, recipient of the $250 Music Scholarship

We wish all of these students a successful and creative future!

*Please check back around January 2011 for Festival Scholarship information.

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