Coahoma to Sonoma County Blues Festival – We like the sounds of that!

While Clarksdale welcomes the American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour this Sunday at the Delta Blues Museum, two of our favorite musicians – Watermelon Slim and Lightnin’ Malcolm – will be serenading our good friends Bill Bowker and Charlie Musselwhite of KRSH, plus a whole lotta lucky folks in Petaluma, California.

COAHOMA TO SONOMA COUNTY BLUES FESTIVAL
When: Noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, August 19 and 4:20 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, August 20
Where: Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma (These guys visited the DB office not long ago. Very cool folks!)
Talent: Watermelon Slim, Lightnin’ Malcolm, David Jacobs-Strain, Coyote Slim and the Coahoma to Sonoma All-Star Band with Sarah Baker, Steve Pile, Donny Maderos and Gary Silva.
Tickets: Free.
Note: All the free tickets for the Monday show have already been handed out so it’s oficially “sold-out.”
Information: www.krsh.com/Mississippi-Blues-Experience/13671813

Read more about it in John Beck’s article for the Sonoma County PRESS DEMOCRAT.

The article includes a fine interview with Watermelon Slim. Anybody got a plane we can hop on tomorrow to California?! Have map will travel.

Coahoma to Sonoma Map

Thanks for sharing this article with us Charles Evans! mmh

VIDEO: WATCH SLIM SHAKE IT TO SOME SEAN BAD APPLE MUSIC AT THE BLUESBERRY CAFE IN CLARKSDALE!

WATCH LIGHTNIN’ MALCOLM AT THE NEW ROXY IN CLARKSDALE!