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BIG
GEORGE BROCK TOUR SCHEDULE
AND UPCOMING CONCERT EVENTS...
(Photo:
Big George Brock, unidentified lady and Muddy Waters -- circa 1960)
2011
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(Book Brock for your festival, club or private
party. Call him today at 314-531-9207.)
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calendar to search for more Big George dates in St. Louis.
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Sat.,
4/2, 2011 -
Highway 61
Roadhouse, Webster Groves (St. Louis), MO: Big George Brock, 9pm.
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Sat.,
4/16, 2011 -
Juke Joint Festival,
Hopson Commissary, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock at one of 17 nighttime
blues venues (pre-sale wristbands on sale at jukejointfestival.com.
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Sat.,
4/17, 2011 -
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest ,
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, Clarksdale, MS: Big George
Brock (around noon), Honeyboy Edwards, Rev Peyton and more!
Free event. "Please tip your musicians!"
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Thurs.
6/23 , 2011 -
Becky
Thatcher Riverboat Cruise, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sat.,
8/13, 2011 -
Hopson Commissary,
Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock performs a late night blues show at historic
Hopson Commissary during Sunflower Blues Fest weekend.
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Sun.,
8/14, 2010 -
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II,
near Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, Clarksdale, MS: Big George
Brock and more!
Free event. "Please tip your musicians!"
2010
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party. Call him today at 314-531-9207.)
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Sun.,
2/21, 2010 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: "Helping Hand for Haiti" Big George
Brock plus all bands welcome (donations go to Haiti).
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Sun.,
3/21, 2010 -
St. Louis Jazz and Blues Vespers, Second Baptist Church (9030
Clayton Rd at Clayton and McKnight), St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock,
6pm-8pm.
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Sat.,
4/17, 2010 -
Juke Joint Festival,
Hopson Commissary, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock at one of 16 nighttime
blues venues (pre-sale wristbands on sale at jukejointfestival.com.
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Sat.,
4/18, 2010 -
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest ,
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, Clarksdale, MS: Big George
Brock, Honeyboy Edwards, Rev Peyton and more!
Free event. "Please tip your musicians!"
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Fri.,
5/7, 2010 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Fri., 6/4, 2010 - Ground
Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock returns to where
he recording "Live at Seventy Five"!!!
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Sat., 6/5, 2010 - Highway
61 Blues Festival, Leland, MS:
Big George Brock performs... along with Johnny Winter, Big Jack Johnson,
T-Model Ford and other Mississippi legends.
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Fri., 6/11, 2010 - Chicago
Blues Festival, Chicago, IL: Big George Brock plays Howlin' Wolf Tribute!
(He shared the stage with the Wolf more than once, after all, and recorded
with Wolf's guitarist Hubert Sumlin...) Big George's son will also join
the show.
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Thurs., 7/22, 2010 - Becky
Thatcher Riverboat Cruise, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sat.,
7/31, 2010 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sat.,
8/7, 2010 -
Hopson Commissary,
Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock performs a late night blues show at historic
Hopson Commissary during Sunflower Blues Fest weekend.
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Sun.,
8/8, 2010 -
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest II,
near Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, Clarksdale, MS: Big George
Brock and more!
Free event. "Please tip your musicians!"
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Sat.,
8/22, 2010 -
Summer
Fusion - Fundraiser for Independence Center (4245 Forest Park Ave.),
St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sat.,
8/28, 2010
- Benefit
for Gary Myers at Hwy 61 Road House, Webster Groves (St. Louis), MO:
Big George Brock w/Love Brothers Band, Last to Show First to Go and JG.
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Thurs., 9/30, 2010 - Becky
Thatcher Riverboat Cruise, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock, 8pm (three-hour
tour).
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Sat.,
10/9, 2010 -
Hopson Commissary,
Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock performs a late night blues show at historic
Hopson Commissary during Helena Blues Fest weekend.
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Sun.,
10/10, 2010 -
Cat Head Mini Blues Fest III,
near Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store, Clarksdale, MS: Big George
Brock, Terry "Harmonica" Bean, Big A, Bilbo Walker and more!
Free event. "Please tip your musicians!"
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Sat., 10/16, 2010 - Bukka
White Blue Bluff Festival, Aberdeen, MS:
Big George Brock performs... along with Super Chikan, Cedric Burnside,
Lightnin' Malcolm and more.
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Sat.,
10/23, 2010 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: "King of St. Louis Blues Day" starring
Big George Brock.
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Fri.,
11/5, 2010 -
The Old Rock House, St.
Louis, MO: "The Listening Room Series" with Big George Brock,
8:30pm.
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Fri.,
11/12 , 2010 -
Hattie's (310 E Main, Belleville, IL): Big George Brock, 8:30pm.
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Fri.,
12/3 , 2010 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Fri.,
12/31 , 2010 -
Annual "New Year's Eve Blues House Party" with Big
George Brock (venue TBA).
2009
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Sun.,
1/18, 2009 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: "Obama-MLK Appreciation Concert" with
Big George Brock, Clarine Wagner and many special blues guests -- on the
eve of Martin Luther King Day and President-elect Obama's inauguration.
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Fri., 3/20, 2009 - Club
TNT (418 W. Kirkham), Litchfield, IL: Big George Brock, 9pm.
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Sat., 4/18, 2009 - Hopson
Commissary, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock & the Houserockers
play JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL
at Hopson, 9pm.
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Sun., 4/19, 2009 - Cat
Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock
& the Houserockers
join the Cat Head Mini Blues Fest line-up in street in front of store
(starts at 10am) - FREE!
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Fri., 5/8, 2009 - Club
TNT (418 W. Kirkham), Litchfield, IL: Big George Brock, 9pm.
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Sat., 6/13, 2009 - Central
West End Art Fair & Taste, St. Louis, MS:
Big George Brock.
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Sun.,
6/28, 2009 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Thurs., 7/16, 2009 - Becky
Thatcher Riverboat Cruise, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sun.,
7/26, 2009 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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SATURDAY, 8/8, 2009 - Hopson
Commissary, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock
plays during Sunflower River Blues Fest weekend at Hopson, 10pm. Look
for his brand
new tour bus (click to see it)
painted by artist Carol Boss... Very cool!!!
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Sun., 8/9, 2009 - Cat
Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock
& the Houserockers
join the Cat Head Mini Blues Fest line-up in street in front of store.
FREE! (10am fest starts... Big George goes on around
noon.)
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Sun.,
8/30, 2009 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: "BLUES
BUS" REPAIR FUNDRAISER!!! The engine blew up
on the Big Brock Blues Bus during its recent tour of the Delta. Help the
big man get it fixed and back on the road. All proceeds go towards repairs.
(Thanks!) Show stars Big George Brock & the New Houserockers with
guest.
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Sat.,
9/5, 2009 -
Big Muddy Blues
Festival, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock headlines
on Sat night after Marquise Knox (9pm, 2nd & Morgan Stage).
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Sun.,
9/6, 2009 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock plays
festival weekend at BB's.
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Fri.,
10/30, 2009 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Fri.,
11/6, 2009 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Thurs., 12/31, 2009 - Highway
61 Roadhouse, Webster Groves (St. Louis), MO: Big George Brock's Annual
New Year's Eve Blues Bash! Contact club early for reservations.
2008
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Fri.,
1/11, 2008 -
BB's Jazz Blues &
Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sat.,
1/12, 2008 -
Bruno's Pub &
Grill, Rolla, MO: Annual diabetes fundraiser starring Big George Brock.
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Wed.,
2/13, 2008 -
The Family Arena, St.
Charles, MO: Big George Brock opens for BB King, 7pm.
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Sat., 3/15, 2008 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sat., 3/29, 2008 - Club
TNT (418 W. Kirkham), Litchfield, IL: Big George Brock.
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Sat., 5/10, 2008 - Ground
Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS: Big George's 76th Birthday Celebration
during Clarksdale Caravan
Music Fest weekend -- very special opener Jimmy "DUCK" Holmes!
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Sat., 5/31, 2008 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sat., 6/7 - Hannibal, MO: Private Party.
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Sat., 6/28, 2008 - Club
TNT (418 W. Kirkham), Litchfield, IL: Big George Brock, 9pm.
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Sat., July 5, 2008 - Mississippi
Valley Blues Festival, Davenport, IA: Big George Brock.
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Sat., July 12, 2008 - Brigg's
Farm Blues Festival, Nescopeck, PA: Big George Brock headlines festival.
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Sun., July 13, 2008 - Blues Society Party, PA.
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Sat., Aug. 9, 2008 - Ground
Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock at GZBC during Sunflower
Fest weekend, 9pm.
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Sun., Aug. 10, 2008 -Cat
Head Mini Blues Fest, Clarksdale, MS: Big George Brock along with
four other real-deal blues acts.
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Sat., Aug. 30, 2008 - Big
Muddy Blues Festival, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock performs at
5pm on Budweiser Main Stage. (Other fest acts include Kenny Neal, Michael
Burks and Bettye LaVette.)
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Sun., Oct. 26, 2008 - Starlite Room (8350 N. Broadway),
Baden (St. Louis), MO: Big George Brock opens up for Latimore. Doors 6pm.
Show 8pm.
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Sat., Nov. 1, 2008 - Highway
61 Roadhouse, Webster Groves (St. Louis), MO: Big George Brock's Annual
Fan Appreciation Day... with Big George celebrating his 57th year of playing
blues in St. Louis!
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Sun., 11/23, 2008 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Sun., 12/21, 2008 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock.
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Wed., Dec. 31, 2008 - Highway
61 Roadhouse, Webster Groves (St. Louis), MO: Big George Brock's Annual
New Year's Eve Blues Bash!
BOOKINGS: To book 5-time Blues Music Award nominee and Living Blues Critics Award winner Big George Brock for blues festivals worldwide, call 662-624-5992 or email roger@cathead.biz .
2007
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Sat., 1/13, 2007 - Bruno's
Pub & Grill, Rolla, MO: Annual diabetes fundraiser starring Big
George Brock.
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Fri., 2/9, 2007 - Oxford
Film Festival ("Hard Times" documentary screening, 3:30pm)
AND Long
Shot Bar ("live" concert, 10pm), Oxford, MS.
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Sat., 2/10, 2007 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Marquise Knox opens the show
at 7pm.
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Sat., 2/17/2007 - Royal Vagabonds Mardi Gras, St. Louis,
MO: Masked ball ("After 5" attire); $50 advance only; info 314-971-3040.
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Sat., 3/10/2007 - Illinois
Central Blues Club Anniversary Show, Springfield, IL.
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3/22-25, 2007 - Memphis
International Film Festival, Memphis, TN ("Hard Times" documentary
screening; day/time TBA).
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Sat., 3/24, 2007 -
Le
Passage Blues Festival, Le Passage, France.
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Thurs., 3/29, 2007 - Washington University, St. Louis,
MO: Jazz
at Holmes concert series, 8pm.
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Fri., 4/27, 2007 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Marquise Knox opens the show
at 7pm.
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Thurs., 5/10, 2007 - Blues
Music Awards, Memphis, TN: 3 nominations plus a short performance.
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Fri., 5/11, 2007 - Ground
Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS: Special guest on Watermelon Slim's
show.
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Sat., 5/12, 2007 - Ground
Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS: Big
George's 75th Birthday Celebration during
Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest weekend. To be recorded for upcoming CD
tentatively titled "Live At Seventy Five."
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Sat., 6/2, 2007 - Shannon
Street Blues Festival, Jackson, TN: Along with Jimmy "Duck"
Holmes, Jimbo Mathus, Nora Jean Bruso and others.
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Fri., 6/8, 2007 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Marquise Knox opens the show
at 7pm.
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6/20-6/30, 2007 - First-ever U.K. Tour
with Bill Abel from "Round Two" album. (Contact flo@floarpin.com
with date/venue questions.):
Wed 6/20 YORK – Deep Blues Club
Thurs 6/21 NEWCASTLE – The Cluny
Fri 6/22 DARLINGTON – Darlington R&B Club
Sat 6/23 STAMFORD – Shake Down Blues @ Stamford Arts Centre
Sun 6/24 LEICESTER – The Musician
Mon 6/25 LONDON – BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones Session
Tues 6/26 SWANSEA – Tawe Delta Blues Club
Wed 6/27 BRACKNELL – South Hill Park Arts Centre (performance plus
"A Talk About Harmonica Blues")
Thurs 6/28 BASINGSTOKE – Sainsbury’s Blues Club
Fri 6/29 LONDON - Pizza on the Park
Sat 6/30 WORTHENBURY – Worthenbury Blues festival
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Sat., 7/21, 2007 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Big George Brock with Riley
Coatie and the Houserockers.
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July 25-29, 2007 - Cognac
Blues Passions Festival, Cognac, France: 5 days of shows with Riley
Coatie band from "Club Caravan" album plus Barry Bays!
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Sat., 8/4, 2007 - Cincy
Blues Festival, Sawyer Point, Cincinnati, OH.
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Sat., 8/11, 2007 - Ground
Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS: Big
George's CD Release Party during Sunflower
Blues Fest weekend. Pick up his new "Live At Seventy Five" CD
from Cat Head Presents, and have him sign it at the show! Bill Abel opens
the show at 9pm. Special guests Riley Coatie and Clarine Wagner.
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Sat., 9/1, 2007 - Big
Muddy Blues Festival, St. Louis, MS (Laclede's Landing):
Main stage performance.
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Sat., 9/22, 2007 - Imperial Palace (formerly Club 54),
St. Louis, MO: Big George plays party open to public.
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Sat., 9/29, 2007 - Columbus
Jazz & Blues Festival (662-328-2787, 662-242-0860), Columbus,
MS: Headliner is Big George Brock. Also appearing Willie King, Eden Brent
and others.
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Fri., 10/5, 2007 - Blueberry
Hill, St. Louis, MO: 9pm, with Riley Coatie band and special guest
Clarine Wagner.
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Sat., 10/20, 2007 - Blues
Masters at the Crossroads, Salina, KS: All-star concert at Blue Heaven
Studios.
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Sat., 10/27, 2007 - 11am-1pm, Blues & BBQ college
event, St. Louis, MO.
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Sun., 11/4, 2007 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Annual "Appreciation Day"
(w/special guests, including "Big George Junior") and St. Louis
CD Release Party for "Live
At Seventy Five."
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Sun., 12/23, 2007 - Spruell's Int'l (Jefferson &
Stoddard), St. Louis, MO: Pre-Christmas Party Show.
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MON., 12/31, 2007 - HWY
61 ROADHOUSE, Webster Groves (St. Louis),
MO, 314-968-0061: NEW
YEAR'S EVE HOUSEPARTY starring Big George
Brock & the Houserockers w/Clarine Wagner. 9pm. $10 music
cover... OR contact club about "special dinner show offer."
VERY cool venue (take virtual tour on their web site). CD signing at the
show.
BOOKINGS: To book 5-time Blues Music Award nominee and Living Blues Critics Award winner Big George Brock for blues festivals worldwide, call 662-624-5992 or email roger@cathead.biz .
2006
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Sat., 1/14, 2006 - Bruno’s
Pub and Grill, Rolla, MO: Diabetes Fund fundraiser.
• Sat., 4/15, 2006 - Horizon
Casino Mulberry Lounge, Vicksburg, MS: special guests Bill Abel Blues
Band.
• Sun., 4/16, 2006 - Riverboat Cruise, Helena, AR to Greenville,
MS: Private party.
• Wed., 5/10, 2006 - Ponderosa
Stomp, Memphis, TN: special guests Bill Abel Blues Band.
• Thurs., 5/11, 2006 - "Blues
Music Awards," Memphis, TN: nominated for Comeback
Album of Year!
• Fri., 5/12, 2006 - Proud
Larry's, Oxford, MS: special guests Bill Abel Blues Band.
• Sat., 5/13, 2006, 9pm - Ground
Zero Blues Club, Clarksdale, MS: DVD
release party w/special guest Hubert Sumlin.
• Sun., 5/14, 2006, 8:30pm - Huey's
Midtown, Memphis, TN: Brock Trio w/Bill Abel.
• Sun., 5/21, 2006 - BB's
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Late "Mother's Day"
celebration.
• Sat., 6/3, 2006 - Highway
61 Blues Festival, Leland, MS: special guests Bill Abel Blues Band.
• Sat., 6/10 - Chicago
Blues Festival, Chicago, IL: On the Gibson Crossroads Stage at 12:30pm.
• 6/20-6/26, 2006 - Rootsway
Roots & Blues Festival, Rome and Parma, Italy plus Bellinzona,
Switzerland.
•Thurs.,
7/20, 2006 - Becky
Thatcher Riverboat Cruise, St. Louis, MO: Sorry, sold out.
• Sat., 8/12, 2006,
6pm
- Sunflower River Blues
Festival, Clarksdale, MS.
• Sat., 8/12, 2006,
9pm -
Ground Zero Blues
Club, Clarksdale, MS: CD Release Party
for Round Two
with special opener Homemade Jamz (the young blues brothers
from Tupelo, MS)!
• Sun., 8/13, 2006,
noon
- Cat Head Mini Blues
Fest, Clarksdale, MS: Free show during...
CD Release Party Weekend for Round
Two -- Big George's follow-up to Club
Caravan . Other acts include Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry,
Rev. Peyton, L.C. Ulmer and more.
• Fri., 9/1, 2006 - Howlin'
Wolf Memorial Blues Festival, West Point, MS: Plus Hubert Sumlin,
Willie King, Slick Ballinger and more.
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Sat., 9/3, 2006 - Memphis
Music & Heritage Festival, Memphis, TN: 4:15pm set (duo w/drummer!).
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Sun., 9/3, 2006 - Big
Muddy Blues Festival, St. Louis, MO: Plus Jimmy "Duck" Holmes,
Henry Townsend and more.
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Sun., 10/8, 2006 - Cat
Head Mini Blues Fest, Clarksdale, MS: Plus T-Model Ford, Jimmy "Duck"
Holmes, more.
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Sat., 11/4, 2006 - BBs
Jazz Blues & Soups, St. Louis, MO: Annual "Appreciation Day"
w/Clarine Wagner and special opener Marquis Knox -- St. Louis' 15-year-old
blues sensation!
BOOKINGS: To book 5-time Blues Music Award nominee and Living Blues Critics Award winner Big George Brock for blues festivals worldwide, call 662-624-5992 or email roger@cathead.biz .