The News Review:
- Patsy Cline black & white blues; Guitar Zack
- The devil went down to Gulfport
- Downtown Happenings Through July 3
- Commentary: Make homeless mission a Robert Johnson museum
- Ravenna Restaurants relocate expand in town
- Danish broadcaster’s house of blues
Patsy Cline black & white blues; Guitar Zack
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Jun 25, 2007
htm –>Patsy Cline black & white blues; Guitar Zack6. 07Monday June 25 2007The blues and country music have always had a lot in common — all you have to do is listen.
The devil went down to Gulfport
Poynter.org – Jun 25, 2007
As time went on he noticed that Magee often tapped his feet and twiddled his fingers as if he were playing guitar and he learned from other staff members that Magee had once been a blues musician. Intrigued Moore jumped on the Internet. He discovered that his patient was once heralded as one of the greats in blues music. Some fans called Magee the world’s greatest one-man band. During performances from New York to Florida to France he would play guitar and sing while he worked cymbals and percussions with his feet. Some say he earned the nickname Mr. Satan because his fingers moved over the strings with unholy speed.
Downtown Happenings Through July 3
The Chattanoogan – Jun 25, 2007
The Rhythm & Noon Concert Series continues its free lunchtime programs on the Miller Plaza Stage this Friday June 29 with Blue John from noon – 1 p. The Rhythm & Noon Series showcases a variety of local and regional artists presenting classical folk jazz choral pop gospel and blues music every Friday through August. The Rhythm & Noon concert series is presented by the Chattanooga Downtown Partnership and is sponsored by Northwest Georgia Bank Chattanooga Coca Cola Bottling Company WTCI TV45 and Sunny 92. Visit DowntownChattanooga.
Commentary: Make homeless mission a Robert Johnson museum
Pegasus News – Jun 25, 2007
Most folks would recognize such big names as Bob Dylan The Beatles and Eric Clapton — they were all influenced by this man?s music. And he recorded a good portion of it right here in our hometown. To blues music fans this building is a shrine. To the folks who live or own businesses downtown the mission is a source of crime and negativism in the minds of potential visitors to the downtown area. Why not move the mission to a location outside of downtown let?s say?the Harry Hines area. Then develop a Robert Johnson Museum in the original building where his famous recordings were done. Any other big city in America would have already incorporated this great piece of local cultural lore into its cultural points of interest.
Ravenna Restaurants relocate expand in town
Ravenna Record Courier – Ravenna Record Courier – Jun 25, 2007
Shakers established in December 2006 also has made a few changes in recent weeks. The establishment on North Chestnut Street specializes in signature martinis live jazz and blues music an upscale bar menu and relaxing adornment. Now it features an open outdoor patio for lunch which customers have raved about said store owner Diane Harris. Eric McGee a 1990 Ravenna High School graduate has plans to begin operating McGee’s Coffee-N-Cream in September. The coffee shop would offer a pull through service window along with gourmet coffees slushies Italian ice and a light food menu. “I grew up (in Ravenna) that is the main reason I wanted to open” McGee said.
Danish broadcaster’s house of blues
International Herald Tribune – Jun 25, 2007
Cost overruns and construction delays amounting to more than €220 million or $295 million have forced major cuts in jobs and programming that Danes fear could forever alter the Danish broadcasting landscape. “I think that many of the employees share the view that it's scandalous that is has cost so much to build this” said a veteran DR journalist who asked not to be identified for fear of retribution. The Danish Union of Journalists says the 300 jobs – about 10 percent of the total payroll – that will be cut by September will accompany programming cuts that will affect everything from folk-music radio programs to coverage of the 2008 lympics in Beijing. In mid-June a strike by DR employees effectively kept the broadcaster off the air for an afternoon. Analysts call the crisis the most serious in the 82-year history of the public broadcaster and its long-term effects leave DR in a difficult position considering the coming digitalization of Denmark's airwaves and the increasing activity of foreign investors in the Danish media market. Today in Business with Reuters.