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Post by 2FAB on Mar 21, 2019 18:23:55 GMT -5
Dan Aykroyd is appearing with Downchild Blues Band in a FREE show on the opening night of the Rochester (New York) International Jazz Festival, June 21. Downchild Blues Band featuring Dan AykroydPrevious years of this festival have included performances by the Blues Brothers Band and Aretha Franklin (both in 2002, the festival's first year), James Brown (2006) and Booker T. & the M.G.s (2010--also a free show!). |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Mar 22, 2019 17:08:06 GMT -5
Very cool, Dan-O, thanks for the info. It's so current the gig isn't even listed at their website yet ! - www.downchild.com/I remember back at Blues Central in 2009 we had a thread going for Downchild Blues band and that they were doing a 40th Anniversary concert and Dan Aykroyd was a part of the show. That concert was part of a documentary and I still have never seen it. This was the 2010 trailer for the documentary ... It was apparently released on DVD in 2012 with this as the cover ...  - www.imdb.com/title/tt1815703/I don't actually recall being aware at the time of it being available for sale on DVD. It's currently unavailable on Amazon and I can't find it on daBay, and I can't see it anywhere on youtube or Vimeo. It would be a good DVD for the collection. There is a DVD of the concert itself, I believe the date was November 14, 2009. $30 bucks up here in The Great White North ...  - www.ebay.com/itm/Downchild-Blues-Band-Live-at-Massey-Hall-DVD-2011-Region-1-NTSC/264117164890But it's the documentary DVD that seems to be more on the rare side. I'll search around a bit more for it, gotta be for sale somewhere.  |
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Post by 2FAB on Apr 5, 2019 15:37:31 GMT -5
Downchild Blues Band ... were doing a 40th Anniversary concert and Dan Aykroyd was a part of the show. Yep, and this upcoming show with Dan is part of their 50th Anniversary celebration! |
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Post by 58hemifury on Apr 5, 2019 15:47:04 GMT -5
That's like 4 hours from me, I'm a thinking......
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jun 24, 2019 10:07:03 GMT -5
- I've noticed this vid so far, I'll look around for some more footage and pics later on. The sound is not great in this vid but anytime Elwood walks on stage wailin' on da harp it's a good thing  . |
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Post by 2FAB on Jun 24, 2019 18:57:46 GMT -5
Anytime Elwood walks on stage wailin' on da harp it's a good thing . Damn straight! I was there, and it was quite an entrance. He started the show by introducing the band from off-stage, and talking up Rochester. The band did several songs before he came out, the last being "Shotgun Blues." After "Born In Chicago" (in the video) came "Soul Man," "Almost" and "Flip, Flop & Fly" (and the sound was much better in person!). |
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Post by Steam McQueen on Jun 24, 2019 19:14:58 GMT -5
^ Right on, Dan-O ! How many times have you seen Elwood now ? Here's a couple of pics I saved earlier (1920x1080).   |
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Post by 2FAB on Jun 25, 2019 15:42:13 GMT -5
How many times have you seen Elwood now? I am lucky -- this was the third time I've seen him perform. I also "met" him at a Crystal Head Vodka signing in 2012. The other shows, both with Brother Zee and the Sacred Hearts, were at a casino south of Buffalo in 2008 and at the Paramount on Long Island in 2016 (where they also played in 2013). During this Rochester show, Dan/Elwood announced that he and Downchild would be doing another free show the following night (June 22) at the Toronto Jazz Festival, and I thought about going. |
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