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Alabama Blues: Freedom Creek Festival and Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza

Posted: May 28, 2009

Don't miss the chance to travel to the beautiful state of Alabama this weekend for some of the best and as well as some of the most original blues you will ever hear. Looks like Alabama will finally get a break in the weather for a change, and these two fine festivals will be safe from the interminable rain. Aliceville is expecting a sunny weekend with temps in the very high 80s, and Huntsville is expecting the same with temps in the mid to high 80s. .

The Freedom Creek Blues Festival, founded by the late, great Willie King, will be held this weekend in Old Memphis, Alabama (near Aliceville) in memory of Willie King who died on May 8th of this year. This year's stellar line up will include the legendary Kenny Neal, Jerry "Boogie" McCain, Cedric Burnside, Lightenin' Malcolm, as well as my friend Debbie Bond (co-founder and executive director of the Alabama Blues Project), and a host of others. For a full line-up, details on the performers, and photos of the 2008 festival by Alabama filmmaker Max Shores, go to the Freedom Creek Blues Festival web site. To hear a blues song composed by Blind Albert in memory of Willie King, go to MySpace/Blind Albert and click on "Ode to Willie King."  The 2009 Festival will begin on Friday May 29 at 4 pm and continue through Saturday, May 30.

If you turn around and head north to Huntsville, Alabama, late Saturday afternoon, you just might make it in time for the Fifth Annual Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza. One of the highlights of this year's event is the screening of Max Shores' superb documentary "Songs Inside the Box" which has been shown at numerous film festivals this spring, including the George Lindsey Film Festival. Shores'  film was recently aired on Alabama Public Television. The 2009 Extravaganza will take place from 6 pm to 11 pm Saturday, May 30, at the Flying Monkey Arts Center. Huntsville's own bluesman Microwave Dave (also known as Microwave Dave and the Nukes) will be one of the select performers. He is also featured in the film "Songs Inside the Box." Dave is pictured here playing his cigar box guitar. Watch for an interview with Microwave Dave on Swampland, and be sure to catch his radio show "Talking the Blues" on Huntsville Public Radio--WLRH and WJAB. To learn more about cigar box guitars, check out Cigar Box Nation or purchase a copy of Max Shores' documentary on DVD from the University of Alabama Center for Public Television and Radio.

Do something special for this last weekend in May!Come to Aliceville on Friday and Saturday for the Blues Festival, then drive northeast to Huntsville for the Cigar Box Extravaganza, Huntsville has a number of excellent hotels as well as the Marriott near the Space and Rocket Center or the elegant new Embassy Suites next to the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. Treat yourself to Sunday brunch at the Jazz Factory on the square, and be sure to leave the the afternoon free for playing golf at the famous Robert Trent Jones golf course at nearby Hampton Cove. See for yourself just why our new automobile tags celebrate "Sweet Home, Alabama."


 ---Penne J. Laubenthal

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