Be sure not to miss Allen Toussaint on the main stage Saturday, September 19 @ 4:20!
Allen Toussaint (born January 14, 1938) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer and one of the most influential figures in New Orleans R&B.
Allen Toussaint has crossed many paths in his illustrious 40 years plus career in music. He has produced, written for, arranged, had his songs covered by, and performed with music giants The Judds, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Patti LaBelle, Mac "Dr. John" Rebannac, Aaron and Art Neville, Joe Cocker, The (original) Meters, Glen Campbell, The Band, Little Feat, The Rolling Stones, Devo, Ernie K-Doe, Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, Etta James, Ramsey Lewis, Eric Gale and the countless others.
His songs/productions have been featured in numerous films, including but not limited to, Casino, Moulin Rouge, and Maid in Manhattan. He served as musical director for the off Broadway play, Staggerlee, which won the prestigious Outer Circle Critics Award.
Toussaint career began in his early twenties when hired by the local Minit Records to supervise its recording activities, awaiting their arrival of Harold Batiste. Toussaint quickly accumulated an amazing string of hits for the label, producing, writing, arranging and often performing on tracks by Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas, Art and Aaron Neville, Chris Kenner, and Benny Spellman, putting his signature New Orleans sound on the map, an obvious continuation of the Domino/Bartholomew era.
Make sure you don't miss The Dana Fuchs Band on the Main Stage Friday, September 17 and at Fly Me To The Moon Saloon Friday night!
Dana Fuchs combines raw intensity, passionate vocals, starkly honest lyrics, and a fiercely commanding stage presence. With strong roots in blues, gospel and rock, the NYC-based performer leaves audiences spellbound - and a string of sold out shows - in her wake.
MUSIC
March 25, 2008: Dana released her first live CD, “Dana Fuchs Live In NYC,” featuring a bluesy roots-rock set list of brand new songs and material culled from her critically-acclaimed debut independent CD “Lonely For A Lifetime.” An accompanying DVD, “Live From NYC” showcases Dana’s incredible talent as a performer to a sold out show at New York’s legendary BB Kings.
Her debut national tour kicked off in spectacular fashion with three consecutive sold out shows. Dana will be touring across the USA and Europe throughout 2008. Following personal invites, Dana has supported or played with some of rock’s most legendary artists,including Ray Davies (The Kinks), Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers) and Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
FILM & TELEVISION
Across The Universe: Dana mesmerizes as Sadie the aspiring rock star in the original movie musical set to Beatles hits. Her exceptional voice can be heard throughout the film performing iconic Beatles tunes from “Don’t Let Me Down,” to the film’s pivotal track, “Helter Skelter, ”Dana also performs five hits on the film’s top five Soundtrack. Released last year, ATU was nominated for an Academy Award and Oprah said, “ATU is more than a movie, more than a movie musical it's an experience! ”Dana appeared in the trailer for the 2008 hit film “Stop Loss”aperforming an coustic version of her critically acclaimed track “Almost Home.”She is known as MTV’s voice of “The 10 Spot”, one of only two vocal artists selected by MTV Networks to do its broadcast voice-overs.
STAGE
Dana’s reputation has a must-see performer led the producers of the Off-Broadway production “Love, Janis” to cast her in the lead singing role of Janis Joplin. The show was a smash hit, winning her even more fans including renowned director Julie Taymor (”Frida”) who cast her as a star in Across The Universe.
We are having a contest to see who can guess the Saturday night’s headliner that will be revealed on August 16. You get one chance to guess. We will then draw one lucky winner from the group of correct guesses. The winner will receive a set of backstage passes to the 17th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Good luck!
Contest Rules:
1. The winner must already have or must purchase a 3-day festival pass to receive the prize of (2) backstage passes
2. Each person gets only ONE guess each
3. The contest will end on Friday, August 13, 2010
4. Go to our contact page at http://tellurideblues.com/M4/contact.html and send your submission here.
The Telluride Blues & Brews team is flying out to California in July to brew their very own beer for the Festival. With the help of Sierra Nevada Brewery, we will be developing our own recipe exclusively for the 17th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival. Sierra Nevada will then brew 70 kegs to be sold at the festival – wow, we hope you like what we come up with! Thanks Sierra Nevada!
We are having a contest to help name our beer. We will be brewing a lighter style Sierra Nevada and we would like your help on naming this new brew. Besides bragging rights, the winner of this contest also gets a set of backstage passes!
Contest Rules:
1.The winner must already have or must purchase a 3-day festival pass to receive the prize of (2) backstage passes
Single Day Tickets for the 2010 Festival go on Sale today July 1st @ 10am Mtn.
Friday & Sunday Passes are $55.00, Saturday passes are $65.00. Tickets maybe purchased online at www.tellurideblues.com or over the phone toll free at 866.515.6166.
