15th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads October 19 & 20, 2012 Live from Blue Heaven Studios in Salina, Kansas
Shemekia Copeland, The Campbell Brothers with Calvin Cooke, Ted Beard and Aubrey Ghent, Mud Morganfield, Tail Dragger, Jerron…
“Blind Boy” Paxton, Ironing Board Sam, Alabama Slim, Robert Lee Coleman and D.C. Bellamy!
For tickets and updated lineup information, visit www.blueheavenstudios.com or call 800-716-3553
The music is killer. The funky, thick, sweaty blues vibe is palpable! The old church sanctuary rings with hand-clapping as the musicians’ chords and wails pepper the packed pews.
Order your tickets now. That’s our best advice, for it’s the Blues Masters at the Crossroads. It’s a two-night music extravaganza of soul and blues highlights and your seat awaits. But be quick — remember there are only 450 of them. Wait at your own risk!
To celebrate our 15th Blues Masters we’ve assembled one of our hottest musical lineups ever! We’ve got The Campbell Brothers with Calvin Cooke, Ted Beard and Aubrey Ghent: African-American sacred steel music — a blend of gospel, soul, rock and jazz — the pedal steel guitar moans and wails, a magnificent and moving sound! The electrifying Shemekia Copeland shares gritty, passionate blues with a powerful, knock-your-socks-off amazing voice. Mud Morganfield, son of the legendary Muddy Waters, is gracing our stage, as are Tail Dragger, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton, Ironing Board Sam, Alabama Slim, Robert Lee Coleman and D.C. Bellamy. Audiophiles rave about the sound quality of this event — our 88-year-old gorgeous Gothic-style church sanctuary features perfect acoustics. And the talent is real and legendary. Catch sizzling video clips of all of this year’s artists at http://www.blueheavenstudios.com/BMC15Lineup.cfm. Then see and hear it for yourself!
This year’s Blues Masters Host Hotel once again is The Ramada Conference Center, located at 1616 W. Crawford Street in Salina. Call 785-823-1739 and ask for the “Blues Masters rate.” This is where the musicians will be staying and where there’ll be an after-hours jam session Friday and Saturday nights.
Blues Masters at the Crossroads Blue Heaven Studios, 201 S. 8th St., Salina October 19-20, 2012 Tickets: $50 for each night – all seats are general admission Time: Doors open at 6:45 p.m.; shows start at 7:15 p.m. Tickets available at: www.blueheavenstudios.com, at 605 W. North Street in Salina, or by calling 785-825-8609.
Friday, October 19 Lineup:
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton
Ironing Board Sam Calvin
Cooke backed by the Campbell Brothers
Aubrey Ghent backed by the Campbell Brothers
Tail Dragger
Mud Morganfield
Saturday, October 20 Lineup:
Alabama Slim
Robert Lee Coleman
D.C. Bellamy
Shemekia Copeland
The Campbell Brothers with Ted Beard
“Blues in a church in Salina, Kansas? Twenty-five years chasing music all over the country and I find musical heaven at Blues Masters at the Crossroads.” — Scott M. Bock, writer for Living Blues (USA).
