Roundhouse Blues & BBQ

November 9-10, Savannah GA

Roundhouse Railroad Museum

Roundhouse has been around since the mid70's, though the food wasn't BBQ and the music wasn't blues but Kate Smith and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. In fact, the festival formerly known as the Night In Old Savannah didn't really start being a blues festival until 1996, but since then it's featured some of the best in the blues festival circuit, including Chubby Carrier and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. This year, Johnny Winter leads the pack. Tickets are $12 for one night and $20 for two nights.

Headliners: Johnny Winter, Magic Slim, Wanda Johnson, Shrimp City Slim, Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love

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Buddy Guy audio tour includes stop at Chicago Blues Festival

A multimedia podcast about Chicago blues location narrated by Buddy Guy has been downloaded nearly 100,000 times, but somehow just came to my attention. The tie-in here is that one of those locations is the Chicago Blues Festival, the subject of one of the series' 22 chapters.

The whole project is first class, one of the best multimedia presentations I've ever seen. The idea is that you would put it on your photo-enabled MP3 player and listen to it while visiting the sites, but it works almost as well from the comfort of an easy chair. The tour is available for viewing at a website or for download as a podcast. Highly recommended.

Video: FP reports from Telluride Blues & Brews

Festival Preview was on hand in Telluride CO September 14-16 for Telluride Blues & Brews 2007. Our video report includes an interview with festival director Steve Gumbel and performance clips by Grace Potter, Joe Bonamassa, Ana Popovic and more.