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what commenced as an opportunity to provide a setting where musicians could jam, turned into an essential part of
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with studio sessions that stretched over a number of months, they let their songwriting take them in new directions working towards their first recording, remaining true to the traditional blues influences. The bands goals were not achieved, lack of funds, songs left unfinished with final mixes not
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programs attempting to bring awareness to the
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was Darton’s feature film debut, which he started in May 2012 and completed about 14 or 15 months later. To round out this team, Darton acquired Joel
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mastered properly along with their own lack of producing experience. The result, a substandard demo used to help book gigs for the band, the multi-track tapes went into a drawer where they were stored and forgotten about until 25 years later. With the aid of
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opportunity to showcase special guest musicians and include an afternoon jam session allowing upcoming musicians the opportunity to perform with a working band making the
Saturday Afternoon Blues Matinee the most popular go to destination for blues fans in
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Cash Wall returned to Springfield, Missouri leaving the music business behind. Wall succumbed to his battle with cancer in February 2009.
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L. Stu Young, in 2012 the almost lost recordings from 1987/1988 were saved, though proper editing, remixing and mastering along with the
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