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By Norm Shaw
The Blues Foundation will give you a chance to buy your blues away later this month. What's the gimmick? No gimmick, just a fund-raiser. On June 25, the organization will host a silent auction at B.B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street. You can pick up some great collectable gifts or travel packages and help The Foundation raise money at the same time. Auction tickets are $100 per couple, which includes dinner at B.B.'s. The Blues Foundation staff is busy gathering items for the auction. A full list of items will be available June 9. The bids are sure to come in for a walk-on role on the hit CBS sitcom, Cybil. How about a trip to some of the top blues spots in the nation, airfare included? You don't have to spend big money to walk away a winner from this auction. There will be items with minimum bids as low as $25. B.B. King's is also giving its service staff the night off as some local celebrities can take charge to wait on attendees. Imagine, if you will, Kelly Cruise making sure your martini is shaken, not stirred. For more information call 527-2583. ***Happy B-day B.B.'s Happy Birthday to B. B. King's as the club celebrates six years on Beale Street. As a part of the anniversary party, The Blues Foundation will sponsor a one-night-only performance with multiple W.C. Handy Award winner Charlie Musselwhite on June 12. Last year, he participated in the Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award ceremonies honoring John Lee Hooker. Check out the cover story on Musselwhite in last month's BlueSpeak. The show begins at 7 p.m. Sid Selvidge, folk artist and producer of The Blues Foundation's Beale Street Caravan, will open the show. Expect some cool giveaways of past years' Handy posters. ***Official airline Northwest Airlines has been designated "The Official Airline of The Blues Foundation." Over the years, Northwest Airlines has featured artists such as B.B. King, Aaron Neville and The Memphis Horns in their advertisements. In fact, the airline won the Foundation's Keeping the Blues Alive Award in Advertising in 1996. The partnership between The Blues Foundation and Northwest Airlines is part of a three-year commitment. ***Beale Street Caravan The Blues Foundation takes Beale Street Caravan global. Beale Street Caravan has an international distribution deal with NPR Worldwide and with broadcasting on Armed Forces Radio. If you are in Memphis, you can hear Beale Street Caravan every Saturday night at 11 p.m. on the WKNO stations. Show 36 June 7 Miss Lavelle White is soothing to the soul with her captive sounds from the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. "Voodoo Man", "For You I Love" and "Yes, I've Been Cryin'" will leave you screaming for more. Charlie Wood has made a name for himself on Beale Street as the redhead with the hot sounds. You can hear him sizzle on this Caravan episode. "One Kind Word" and "Green Onions" will rank among your faves. Specialty features: Tracy Nelson on Mavis Staples and Allen Toussaint on Eddie Bo. Show 37 June 14 Well, Daddy-o, let's have some fun on Highway 61. Visit the Beale Street and Highway 61 intersection for the Crossroads Music Showcase. Nashville's Those Legendary Shackshakers take the stage and don't give it back. Their crisp rock-a-billy groove can wake up a room to some drink sippin', boot skippin' and table clippin'. Next on the bill is The North Mississippi All Stars who will help you "Shake Your Moneymaker" like you're "Down in Mississippi." If there ever was a present day band that defines the Memphis sound, it's the All Stars. Special features: Tracy Nelson on Tina Turner, Richard Hite on Magic Sam. Show 38 June 21 Junior comes to the city and it will never be the same again. Junior Kimbrough brings his juke joint to Beale Street. From "Have Mercy on Me" to "Do the Romp", Junior will transporting you to his place and time in the blues. Once you get your footing, Kenny Brown and his band of bandits take you "Back to Mississippi." Made up of R.L. Burnside guitarist Kenny Brown, Cedell Davis' guitarist Dale Beavers and local rockers John Bonds and T-Money. It's gritty blues you can use. Special features: John Hammond on Son House, Tracy Nelson on Memphis Minnie. Show 39 June 28 The Memphis Chapter of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences offers the best that Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi have to offer at their annual awards ceremony. This year's spotlight was on James Cotton, Preston Shannon, DDT, Ann Pebbles and the Bar-Kays. Memphian James Cotton is presented his Grammy Award by NARAS National President Michael Greene. Special features: Soul Session Notes.
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