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(Title track from 2012 album)

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, the blues-belting, axe-grinding husband-and-wife duo, will make their long-awaited return to the Tetons next month to kick off summer at Center for the Arts.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band will perform on the solstice, June 21, at the downtown Jackson theater. Tickets go on sale May 29.

Also playing the center this summer are Paul Thorn on July 17, Kathy Mattea on July 24, the Hootenanny on Aug. 12, John Butler Trio on Aug. 13 and Shawn Mullins on Sept. 19.

Tedeschi Trucks Band has been in demand among readers of this site for years. The group (formerly called Soul Stew Revival) played Targhee Fest in 2008, and a possible return had been in the mix until the band decided to tour with the Black Crowes this summer. Tedeschi also sang at the center in 2009.

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Tags: blues, center for the arts, rock

Happy new year, everyone! Let’s start off 2013 right by giving away two floor tickets to blues artist Ruthie Foster on Thursday at Center for the Arts.

Foster, a Grammy-nominated songwriter and guitarist from Texas, got her start singing in her uncle’s choir at age 14. She studied music in college, fronted a blues band that played biker bars, and later served in the Navy.

For her 2009 album The Truth According to Ruthie Foster, she worked with a distinguished cast that included guitarist Robben Ford and keyboardist Jim Dickinson. She recorded her latest CD, Let It Burn, in New Orleans with George Porter Jr. and Russell Batiste of the Funky Meters, backed by the Blind Boys of Alabama. Amazon calls the album a “deeply intimate recording: a smoky mix of original songs coupled with inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers,” ranging from Adele to Los Lobos, The Black Keys and Johnny Cash.

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Tags: blues, center for the arts

While everyone was at Teton Village on Saturday, grooving to the hip-hop of G. Love, blues guitarist John Mayer apparently made a guest appearance at the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar.

According to bar staff, Mayer joined Nathan Dean and The Damn Band and traded a few licks. “It was incredible, and John was one of the nicest people we have met at the Cowboy Bar,” the bar posted on its Facebook page.

What Mayer was doing in Jackson Hole is unclear. He recently canceled his spring tour, including a gig at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, because of a recurring throat ailment. He does not sing in the clip above.

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Tags: blues, cowboys

It’s good to be the president, especially when the house band on Mardi Gras features B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Mick Jagger, backed by Jeff Beck, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Trombone Shorty and Gary Clark Jr., among others. And, of course, the ever-smooth Barry O. on vocals.

The celebration of the blues was the latest in a series of concerts First Lady Michelle Obama has organized honoring American music.

From the Washington Post review:

‘This music speaks to something universal,’ the president said before introducing King. ‘No one goes through life without both joy and pain, triumph and sorrow. The blues gets all of that.’

PBS will broadcast the show Feb. 27. “Previous performances in the series have saluted the music of the civil rights era, Motown and Broadway, as well as jazz, country (twice), classical and Latin music,” the Post reported.

(Via Teton Dems)

Posted under Democratic Party, Music, Politics

Tags: barack obama, blues

By popular demand, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears are coming to the Tetons this summer.

The soul-rock band from Austin, Texas, will perform at the eighth annual Targhee Fest, which will be July 13-15. Also booked are Florida swamp rockers J.J. Grey and Mofro and Mississippi blues crooner Paul Thorn.

Targhee also has set a preliminary lineup for its 25th annual Bluegrass Festival on Aug. 10-12, featuring Steep Canyon Rangers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Donna the Buffalo, Kane’s River, Hot Rize and Darrell Scott.

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Posted under Music, Ski Resorts

Tags: bluegrass, blues, festivals, funk, rock, targhee