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Local Midlands BBC TV has had a brief feature on upcoming release of the Keep On Keepin' On Film video below, the news bit starts at about one minute in

Here's a shout about an upcoming festival that just may be of interest to some, its over 10 days and its in Manchester Which means that it more than likely that it will hit a lot of members on here Its the Manchester Jazz festival 26 July - 4th August Artist wise, while it does features the recently talked about Lee Fields & The Expressions Show at the Band in the Wall on the first weekend 27th July am not up to speed really on many of the other artists, so if any members can/want to point out any must go to or just interesting acts via the comments, am sure it be useful Here's the link to the programme http://www.manchesterjazz.com/festival-programme-2013/ Video Intro http://youtu.be/sMo8nFLqGMU The full festival site link http://www.manchesterjazz.com/

The first of a whole summer hatful of album release news... A Lonnie Lester album from Tramp records who are hitting their 10 year anniversary mark with some stylish releases Here's the blurb... Born in dorena, missouri in 1937, lonnie lester started singing in church at the age of six. as a teenager he performed with doo-wop groups in and around gary. after being on the road with junior walker he ended up in san francisco in 1959. while there he opened for r&b stars like sam & dave, the drifters, aretha franklin, little willie john, and many others. the next big step was his move to chicago, illinois, where he cut more than a handful of R&B/soul singles for the nu-tone label. during the early 70's, he formed a five-piece band called lonnie lester & touch. in the 80's he traveled the country with his band in addition to performing in the indianapolis area. he retired from the music business full-time in 1991, but continues to perform in the indianapolis, indiana area. the 8-page cd booklet contains detailed liner notes and scans of particular labels. Here's the lineup... so this is love the meanest man in town jay walk you can't go you choose git down ain't that a shame I know * power structure pt.1 power structure pt.2 can't let you go pt.1 can't let you go pt.1 I have never been blue * I know (b&g version) * so this is love (alternate version) the meanest man in town (alternate version) Here's the link... http://www.tramprecords.com/artists_cd_lp.html Here's the sampler... https://soundcloud.com/tramprecords/album-sampler-tr9023 Out and available now in the following formats lp - cd - download (note the site says that the lp has the same info as the 8 page cd leaflet) Lonnie Lester - The Story of Lonnie Lester - Trip 9023 Here's the end word... wait a minute baby am telling the truth... http://www.tramprecords.com/sound/45/trlp9023_04.mp3