BBQ Application Packet Now Available

Good morning everyone!! Applications for the 2009 ABHF BBQ Cook-off are now available for download below. There are 14 days left until the festival, so please get your applications in. For more information, please contact Jay Hollowell at jayhollowell@gmail.com

2009 ABHF BBQ Cook-off Info Packet

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Sam Carr (1926-2009)

Sam Carr, blues legend, passed away yesterday.  Here’s an article we found about Sam that we thought we would share.  He is certainly going to be missed by us all…

Sam Carr, has lived the blues. His father, ledgendary Blues Man, Robert Nighthawk would take Sam along on his gigs. He was 8 or 9 years old dressed up to the nines and looking sharp. Sam would dance and perform in front of his father’s band and during breaks.

Sam is an energetic man, even at 71 he can out work many men half his age. The first thing you notice about Sam is the way his face changes when he smiles. It’s like the sun came out.

Sam Carr has worked with Frank Frost for so many years that they are a team. Their names have become inseperable to a lot of blues fans. Sam and Frank have made music together since they were kids. While doing gig’s up and down the “Blues Highway” they joined up with Sonny Boy Williamson and became his last band. Sam has consistently been chosen as the best blues drummer in “Living Blues”. The Jelly Roll Kings which also included Big Jack Johnson is probably the best known incarnation of Frank Frost and Sam Carr.

If you attend the four big delta festivals you have seen Sam Carr on stage. He is also one of those drummers that is called when you are going into the studio to cut your CD and you need a great blues drummer. Catch Sam on the latest Jelly Roll Kings release out on Mercury Capricorn.

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Dave Riley and Sam Carr video

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Jackie Payne and Steve Edmondson on youtube

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Media Credential Application Now Available

The application for media credentials at this year’s ABHF is now available for download below. If you have any questions, please contact Billy Ray at b.ray@phillipscountychamber.org

2009 Media Request

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