PrintThe Thunder Bay Blues Festival is excited to announce the lineup for the 2010 Festival at Marina Park. To follow, is a listing of performers appearing at the Festival. Click "More" to learn more about each artist.
 | Albert CastigliaAlbert Castiglia (pronounced ka-STEEL-ya) gets a lot of satisfaction watching people forget their troubles, press close to the stage and dance as they respond to his music... More |  | Big Walter SmithBig Walter Smith has been a musician for 56 years, a rare longevity in a difficult business that few people would dream possible let alone achievable. More importantly... More |
 | Blooz BerriesA Blooz Berry is a special kind of artist found only in Northen Ontario’s small towns. They are grown in a culture rich in musical influences and mixed with the roots of traditional.... More |  | Blue RodeoA pre-eminent 26-year career, 11 Juno Awards including 5 wins for Band of the Year, a coveted star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, the keys to the City of Toronto jangling in their pockets... More |
 | Blues BrotherhoodA fully-developed concept evolved well beyond the status of the trendy or faddish, tribute bands have been a part of the contemporary music-scape seemingly forever. While rock ... More |  | Buddy GuyOn September 25, 1957, George “Buddy” Guy boarded a train in Hammond, Louisiana with a one-way ticket for Chicago in his hand. He was about to leave the only world.... More |
 | Clay BreilandClay Breiland has been blessed with an artistic soul, a combination no doubt of his father’s musical inclinations and his mother’s artistry. He was born in Thunder Bay but his singing and guitar.... More |  | Dana Fuchs“Overall, the album is really about love…all kinds of love. Angry love, jealous love, tortured love, brotherly love, sisterly love and self love.” Ostensibly a commentary on.... More |
 | Dr Buck & the BluesbangersFormed in early 2004, Dr. Buck and the Bluesbangers is a 5-piece blues band that is comprised of talented local artists that all have one thing in common, love of music and specifically that genre... More |  | Grand Funk RailroadFor eight years - !969 to 1976 - Grand Funk Railroad (GFR) were the rock stars of American rock and roll bands. They blazed trail for such followers as Foreigner, Van Halen... More |
 | JJ Grey & MofroFew of the thousands of fans that JJ Grey has made around the world over the past 15 years are aware of the specifics of his down-home upbringing, that he is totally enamoured with the bucolic,.. More |  | Joanna ConnorIn 1971, an executive for Warner-Reprise reflecting on the marketability of pretty women and guitars quipped, “They’re shaped the same!” Condescending, if not insulting to the 21st century ... More |
 | John Booth & the Southside BandJohn Booth and the Southside Band took its first breath in 2006. They have performed at the 2009 and 2011 Blues Showcases and the 2010... More |  | Laurie MorvanLaurie Morvan is a dynamo who brings a much needed female perspective to the male-dominated blues stage. Truly motivational, there isn’t a challenge in life that she hasn’t... More |
 | Les DudekIt is highly unlikely that anyone pointed out when Les Dudek was born in a Naval hospital in Rhode Island on August 2, 1952, that the family surname derives from the Slavic... More |  | Matt AndersenAt 6’ 2’’, Matt Andersen is a blues man in an extra large shirt. Hunched over his treasured Lakewood guitar, long curly hair partly obscuring his face, the first thing that strikes you... More |
 | Michael Abraham TrioA consistent message is just as important in music as it is in business. Michael Abraham has long been a champion of acoustic country blues. More than something that he heard ... More |  | MidnightIn February of 2010, four life-long friends got together to jam once a week and share their love of “BLUES” music. Thus, the band Midnight was born. With over 130 years of combined musical... More |
 | Moreland & ArbuckleIf there’s one thing that guitarist Aaron “Chainsaw” Moreland and harmonica player/vocalist Dustin Arbuckle have learned about the music business it’s that if you have the talent... More |  | Oli Brown
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 | Sean ChambersLet’s be perfectly honest here. There are so many excellent players in the big wide world of the blues guitar that you really can’t fault a fan for missing one now and again. But, when a prestigious... More |  | Southern Comfort
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 | The ChainThe Chain is an explosive contemporary blues band comprised of experienced musicians from all genres of music which makes for a very eclectic sound. The Chain performs original material... More |  | Tracy K & Jamie Steinhoff
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 | Trampled Under FootThe Schnebelens, Nick (31, guitar and vocals), Kris (29, drums and vocals), and Danielle (27, bass and vocals) are imbued with a profound sense of the traditions that underpin... More |  | Tyler Yarema
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 | Wild T & the SpiritWhen asked in a 2010 interview how long he had been playing the guitar, Tony “Wild T” Springer replied with a chuckle, “I was in the womb playing with my umbilical cord.” Coming from... More | ||
