Cholla High School Blues Band

The Southern Arizona Blues and Heritage Festival is sort of a Tucson Meet Yourself of the genre. The juke joints and players of the Mississipi Delta made it tangible, gave it a name, called it even when it wasn’t due, as if to ward it off or as a check on high times. But the Tucson Blues Festival is built on the understanding that everyone, young and old, of every ethnicity, gets the blues. Perhaps that has been so since the beginning of time.

On Oct. 20, the fest brought us young folks’ blues as interpreted by the Cholla High School Blues Band; Latino-flavored blues by Chicha Dust, mid-century electric blues from Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings, and much more in a day of diverse music within the genre.

Tucson Weekly’s music photographer C. Elliott shares the view.

Chicha Dust
Roy Rogers with the Delta Rhythm Kings
  • C. Elliott
  • Roy Rogers with the Delta Rhythm Kings

This article appears in Oct 17-23, 2013.

4 replies on “Tucson Blues Festival: Every Shade of Blue”

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  3. The music was great from start to finish. The Cholla kids were a delight and it just got better with each set. And the weather was perfect. Only one complaint = Chicha dust ran out of CDs. We’ll be back for next year’s event.

  4. Weather was perfect for a great day of the blues. The venue change was fine…even if I have to drive a little farther now. Everyone had a good time and glad I was able to snag a Chicha Dust CD.

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