THREDBO BLUES FESTIVAL
Thredbo, Australia
18th - 20th January 2013

Blues lovers, mark the calendar, January 18-20, 2013. This festival promises to eclipse its predecessors with a line up of artists representing the top shelf of the Australian Blues scene - young bloods to household names, acoustic to electric and horns.

Renowned as the 'boutique blues festival' by blues lovers, the program has a stellar line-up including the legendary Cyril B Bunter - as the headline act.

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THREDBO’S fantastic 2013 summer kicks off with the 19th Thredbo Blues Festival
Don Hopkins & Rob Grosser Andy Cowan Swamphouse Tom Richardson Genevieve Chadwick Blackwood Jack Marco Goldsmith The Others Johnno Zilber Matt Finish	Marco Goldsmith Tangled Weed Gail Page Continental Blues Party Shannon Bourne Owen Cambell Bridie King Faye Blais Liza Ohlback Jules Bolt

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Thredbo’s picturesque mountain location is a spectacular setting to enjoy a diverse range of Australian Blues acts, with over 100 performers playing a fresh mix of Roadhouse, Chicago, R&B, Soul, Funk and Delta Blues.

The festival program features over 20 separate acts and is working on a strong line-up of Australian artists and an international act. 12 Acts, ( see inside ) have been already been confirmed.

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The blues is a vocal and instrumental music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure, hence the term 12 bar Blues. It evolved in the United States in the communities of former African slaves, from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants. From blues music came great artists, such as Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bessie Smith, and others. The blues influenced later American and Western popular music, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, country music and pop songs. The first recording of the blues was in 1895. George W. Johnson's recording of "Laughing Song" was the first blues song to be recorded.

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