The Bluefest is coming to Ottawa Canada again in July for 12 days.. 2 weeks from Tuesdays to Sundays with 5 stages and about 275 ACTS.
The 2011 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest line-up has been announced and features great acts, such as: Soundgarden, The Black Keys, Death Cab for Cutie, John Fogerty, Ben Harper, A Perfect Circle, Girl Talk, The Tragically Hip, The Flaming Lips, Buddy Guy, Steve Miller Band, Death from Above 1979, Erykah Badu, My Morning Jacket, Joe Satriani, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Billy Talent, Peter Frampton, Skrillex, Bootsy Collins, The Roots, Galactic, Blue Rodeo, Rise Against, Tegan & Sara, Dropkick Murphys, plus many more!
These are just the MAIN Stage Acts to attract the $$$ and about 30,000 people a night. But I like to find Some Real Blues Acts on the 3 smaller more intimate back stages.
Blues like below by written by Robert Johnson who would have been 100 years old this month.Give this a listen ...
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YouTube - Roy Rogers (slide guitar) - The Sky Is Crying