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State Street Blues Stroll - Saturday June 14, 2003

 
   Hear 5 hours of nonstop music by some of the finest Blues Artists in the nation
   Browse in our downtown shops - Enjoy a wide variety of the region's very best food

   Below, are brief descriptions of the Artists with Links . . .
  

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Free Outdoor All Ages Stages:


Johnny Rawls Band @ Bud Light Main Stage (Veterans' Square & State Street)
- Gospel, blues and good hard soul music, 2003 nominee W. C. Handy, Best Male Soul Artist.

Lonnie Shields Band @ Bud Light Main Stage (Veterans' Square & State Street)
- Rooster Records Artist / 1993 Living Blues Critics Award; Media's Bluesman in residence

Catfish Hodge (DC) @ Bud Light Main Stage (Veterans' Square & State Street)
& "Adventures at Catfish Pond for Children" @ 1st Keystone Federal Plum Street Mall Stage 3 pm
- From Chicken Legs, Bluesbusters, Hillbilly Funk Allstars

Sister Blue @ 1st Keystone Federal Plum Street Mall Stage 7:30 pm
- Roars and rocks the blues

Wanamaker Lewis & Seth Holzman @ 1st Keystone Federal Plum Street Mall Stage
- Blues guitar (Lewis) and harp (Holzman, aka Zep Harpo)

Rob & Rich Birch and Special Guests @ Church Street Stage
- Media, PA Local Showcase

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Featuring in Media's downtown nitespots:


Barbone Street Jazz Band w/Connie Rainis @ Towne House
- Dance to the region's hottest swing band
&
Steve Guyger Duo @ Towne House
- Hear one of America's best harp players

Bootsie Barnes' All Stars @ New Orleans Cafe 
- Legendary saxophonist in rare appearance from Ortlieb's Jazz Haus

Dennis Gruenling & Jump Time @ Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant
- Swing Blues; Gruenling is a spectacular harmonica player and an accomplished composer - Blues Bytes
Best Modern Blues Harmonica - 1999, 2000, 2001 - Real Blues

Leroy Hawkes and the Hipnotics @ Bootlegger Buck's
- Media's fav chef & cohorts heat up their own special R&B sauce

Roger Girke and the Funky Twisters @ Joclyn's 
- Bluesy gumbo from down below the Mason-Dixon Line

K Floor @ West End Saloon
- Philadelphia City Paper Music Awards nominees - Best Rock Band two years in a row

Rachael Davis @ The Plumstead Inn
- Influences range from the jazz stylings of Ella Fitzgerald to soulful pop, Boston Music Award, Best New Singer - Songwriter, 2001

Blues Brothers & a Sister @ John's Grille
- A real juke joint bustin' band, On a mission from GOD

Bradley Litwin @ Pinocchio's 7 pm to 12 pm (All Ages)
- Master of Delta Blues, Stride and Jazz Guitar, does special "family" shows

Ari Eisinger @ 20/20 Fusion Café (All Ages)
- Guitarist and singer who plays blues from the 1920s and 1930s, e.g. Blind Lemon Jefferson & Blind Boy Fuller

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