SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD (vocals, drums), STEPHEN HULL, (vocals, guitar) DAVE HERRERO, (vocals, guitar) & JOHNNY IGUANA (piano) – 2024 CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL in FRANCE
All Chicago Blues Festival 2024 Tour Dates
Posted by Daniel Leon | September 26, 2024 | Events | 0|
©: Boom Boom Productions.
As has been the custom since 1969 (!), the Chicago Blues Festival tour will visit us at the end of 2024. Last year, it took us to different cities in the United States, to Seattle with Lady A, to Saint-Louis with Marquise Knox and to Jackson with Dexter Allen. Some people do not hesitate to criticize these choices of sets without Chicago artists. I find the trial a little futile. Indeed, even if the tour is called Chicago Blues Festival, this does not oblige it to select only bluesmen from the Windy City since it offers the European public the best in terms of American blues. The question does not arise for this edition which has selected artists from Chicago, namely singer-guitarist Stephen Hull (who certainly lives in Racine, Wisconsin, but the city is close to Chicago where he performs very regularly), singer-drummer Sheryl Youngblood ( my article of December 4, 2023 ) and singer-guitarist Dave Herrero. Here is now the list of 28 dates (including 25 in France!) in November and December 2024.
Sheryl Youngblood. ©: Free Press Journal.
– November 8, Grande-Synthe (59), as part of the Bay-Car Blues Festival .
– November 9, Cléon (76) .
– November 10, Ruiselede (Belgium).
– November 11, Ruiselede (Belgium).
– November 14, Sumperk (Czech Republic) as part of the Blues Alive Festival.
– November 15, Montluçon (03) .
– November 16, Léognan (33) as part of the Jazz & Blues festival .
– November 17, Saint-Romain-en Gal (69).
– November 19, Limay (78), as part of the Blues sur Seine festival .
– November 20, Annecy (74).
– November 21, Saint-Étienne (42) .
– November 22, Brest (29) .
– November 23, Quéven (56) .
– November 24, Tournon-d’Agenais (47).
Stephen Hull and Andrew Alli. ©: Evelyne Balliner / La Traverse.
– November 25, Talant (21).
– November 27, Marcq-en-Barœul (59) as part of the Jazz en Nord Festival .
– November 29, Rodilhan (30) .
– November 30, Le Thor (84) .
– December 1 , Oraison (04).
– December 3, New Morning in Paris .
– December 4, Clermont-Ferrand (63) .
– December 5, Romorantin-Lanthenay (41) in partnership with La Maison du Blues .
– December 6, Pau (64) .
– December 7, Pau (64).
– December 8, Niort (79) .
– December 12, Availles-en-Châtellerault (86) .
– December 13, Montembœuf (16).
– December 14, Tremblay-en-France (93) .
Dave Herrero. ©: House of Blues.
https://lestempsdublues.com/2024/09/26/toutes-les-dates-de-la-tournee-2024-du-chicago-blues-festival
Chicago Blues Festival 2024 Tour
Boom Boom Productions announces the 54th Chicago Blues Festival tour, November 8 – December 8, 2024.
Led by Stephen Hull and his band, this new tour will be anchored in Chicago blues with also Sherryl Youngblood and Dave Herrero .
Stephen Hull was one of the two headliners of the 2022 New Blues Generation tour with Andrew Ali, and here he is leading “among the big boys”. Enough to confirm his talent with his second place at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January.
Soul Bag spoke with him in its issue 252 .
Follow the Boom Boom Productions Facebook page for specific dates and locations
Sheryl Youngblood – Every Day of Your Life
Description
DIGITAL SINGLE
Sheryl Youngblood – Every Day of Your Life
Delmark 879-8 (December 1, 2023)
Digital Single
“Every Day of Your Life”, a song written by the late Jimmy Johnson and recorded live by Chicago blues rising star Sheryl Youngblood, is released NOW as a digital single by Delmark Records. The tune was recorded by Sheryl and the Delmark All- Star Band during the label’s 70th anniversary celebration at Space, Evanston, IL as a tribute to Mr. Johnson.
Sheryl is joined by Dave Specter and Mike Wheeler on guitars, Roosevelt Purifoy on Hammond B3 organ, Larry Williams on bass and Cleo Cole on drums.
Johnny Iguana’s Chicago Spectacular!
Growing up up in Philadelphia, Johnny Iguana really zeroed in on Junior Wells and Otis Spann after becoming obsessed with Chicago blues at age 15. In his later teens, armed with a fake ID and a sport coat, he played countless all-night blues gigs at Philly bars— largely songs plucked off Junior’s records. A few years later, Johnny met Junior at a NY show and was thrilled when Junior hired him after live auditions in Boston and Rhode Island. Johnny packed his bags and spent three years touring and recording with Junior. Decades later, Johnny still calls Chicago home and has emerged as one of the premier blues piano players in the United States. Since his days with Junior, he has toured or recorded with a who’s who of Chicago blues greats: Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Billy Boy Arnold, James Cotton, Lil’ Ed, Carey Bell, Eddy Clearwater, John Primer, Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch and more. He has learned from the best, a lifelong immersion and dedication.
This is Johnny’s first blues album as a leader, and it’s not your typical blues album. That’s because, as you’ll hear, Johnny is not your typical blues piano player. At a time when bold originality is less welcomed in blues than it is in other music, Johnny stands out as an artist who has reached the apex of his craft but who has not allowed a strict definition of blues to limit his expression. A feat of this album and of Johnny’s artistry is how his original compositions flow naturally and organically out of the classic Chicago blues piano repertoire. His chordal creativity is as much on display as his blues-language fluency. It all makes sense and fully delights, as vintage blues and boogie morph into something new, intoxicating, witty, wild—yet still anchored in the blues.
This is a blues album from top to bottom. It is traditional. It is contemporary and audacious. It is the story of Johnny Iguana, a one-of-a-kind piano man exalting his Chicago blues heroes while making his own mark. In the bigger picture, it’s compelling evidence that blues today is vital, and still evolving (full notes by Larry Skoller included).
