THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, September 9, 1994 TAG: 9409090073
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E9 EDITION: FINAL
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HOW DO YOU like your blues? Seared Chicago style? With a little Delta spice? You're in luck. The bill for today's Elizabeth River Blues Festival is sure to suit all tastes. The daylong jam turns 10 this year and gets under way promptly at noon at Town Point Park.
Headliners for the show are:
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials. Ed Williams calls his style of electric Chicago blues ``gut-buckin' music.'' It's a no-frills, get-down definition - and accurate. Just ask anyone who saw the slide guitarist this summer at the cramped Jewish Mother. Good news: Lil' Ed will have room to roam today. ``What You See Is What You Get'' is his third album for Alligator.
Duke Robillard. Roomful of Blues. The Fabulous T-Birds. Fronting his own band. Robillard has been a Hampton Roads' regular a long time, and that kind of resume indicates that his Town Point set will touch all bases. ``Temptation,'' his new album for Virgin/-Pointblank, finds the guitarist more on a straight R&B/blues tip than the jazzy ``After Hours Swing Time.''
John Hammond. He was born and raised in New York City, but John Hammond plays the blues like he grew up in Greenville, Miss. On his most recent album, ``Trouble No More'' (Pointblank/Charisma), Hammond expanded that stripped-down Delta sound, working with Little Charlie and the Nightcats and Roy Rogers. Frequent stops have made him a Hampton Roads favorite.
Local acts: Chesapeake's Deborah Coleman was a co-founder of Misbehavin'; H.M. Johnson and the Rhythm Kings have been a fixture for many moons; the R&B All Stars is a year-old outfit fronted by keyboardist Michael Goldberg; Beale Street is even newer, formed six months ago by ex-Blues Defenders axman Phil D'Orio; Eddie Level and the Bad Boys are regulars at Ocean Eddies; the Blues Cats hail from Newport News; and guitarist Tommy Parker, a founding member of the Blues Exchange, played the first festival in 1985. ILLUSTRATION: Photos
LIL' ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS PERFORM CHICAGO-STYLE BLUES.
DUKE ROBILLARD IS A HAMPTON ROADS REGULAR.
JOHN HAMMOND'S MUSIC BELIES HIS URBAN UPBRINGING.
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