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Boogie your way downtown, sit back with an ice-cold beverage, delicious midway fare, sensational tunes and great friends, and enjoy the best outdoor music festival north of Memphis! Want the best seats in town? Grab a two-day Blues Fest VIP Pass online for $75 and take advantage of FREE food, beer and incredible views of the stage.
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This year’s Canton Blues Fest is presented by the Canton Development Partnership, a department of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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Visit CantonBluesFest.com for a full list of festival performers, including special guest stars The Rusty Wright Band and Trampled Under Foot, who has three Blues Music Award nominations: Band of the Year, DVD and Instrumentalist-Bass!
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Mentored by legendary bluesman Albert Collins, self-taught guitar slinger Coco Montoya went on to become the guitarist for John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers for ten years before leading his own band. Billboard called Montoya “the real McCoy in a world of blues guitar pretenders.” Montoya plays with an emotional intensity few string benders possess – and he plays left-handed and upside down in the style of Albert King and Jimi Hendrix.
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• Blues Festival • Canton Farmers’ Market • First Friday Tidbits • Taste of Canton • 4th Street Summer Concerts • Summertime on the Rails • Canton Food Tours • Community Garden • Color Downtown • Canton Marathon • Christmas in July
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SPECIAL FEATURES
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PARTNERSHIP REPORT
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Saturdays, June 23 - Oct. 20
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June 8 & 9
Walter Trout’s practical schooling in blues started when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1973 and got gigs behind Hooker, Big Mama Thornton, Finis Tasby, Pee Wee Crayton, Lowell Fulsom, Percy Mayfield and Joe Tex. But the real turning point was his tenure with British blues giant John Mayall. Trout became part of the Bluesbreakers’ lineage of great guitarists along with Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. Beginning in 1984, he shared sixstring duties with Coco Montoya in Mayall’s band, creating a flexible guitar dynamic that helped provide the Bluesbreakers a renaissance that returned the group to the apex of the international blues touring circuit. Trout began leading his own group in 1989, and cut his debut album, Life In the Jungle, rapidly becoming a star in Europe. His first stateside release, 1998’s critically heralded Walter Trout, started him down the road toward becoming the fixture of the American blues-rock scene that he is today.
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Coco Montoya
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May 23 & 24
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First Friday of every month
ou heard it right… Walter Trout and Coco Montoya will be rolling into downtown Canton in June for the 2012 Canton Blues Fest! This annual two-day affair boasts sensational rhythm and blues all day Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9, from noon until 10:30 p.m. The FREE outdoor summer jam is sure to strike a chord with blues fans large and small.
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Downtown Canton’s streetscape comes alive with fun festivals!
Legendary string benders headline Canton Blues Fest June 8 & 9
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2012 Downtown Event Schedule