Everyone had a wonderful time at the 2006 Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival!
The weather was perfect and the Blues flowed like fine wine from the levee
on the Mighty Mississippi River. No doubt, the Arkansas Blues &
Heritage Festival is among, if not THE finest Blues festival in the world.
If you want the best, you have to go to the source, and Helena, in the
heart of the Delta, is indeed IT!!! This one was my 8th, and already,
I can't wait til next year!!
2006 International Blues Challenge winner Joey Gilmore
Eric "Scrappy" Hughes Band, from Memphis
One of my all-time favorites, Richard Johnston! Maybe the best
"one man band" in Blues today!
Another one man wonder, Bill Abel
On the Emerging Artist Stage, Melissa Siegler, from Nashville
Perfect weather and great, blues-loving crowds!!!
Sweet Betty on the Main Stage
Waymon Meeks, on the Acoustic Stage
Just one of the street performers on Cherry Street, great shows there
too!
We wandered into one of the Courtyards and were treated to Cheryl Arena,
one of the best female harp players in the world!
Chris Cotton is a heckuva player and has a way with a song, for sure!
We always love the great Sam Carr and the Delta Jukes with Dave Riley!
Another great show on the Main Stage.
Beale Street Caravan founder Sid Selvidge on the Acoustic Stage.
Great stories, great songs!
The Paul Delay Band, on the Main Stage
One of my favorites, one of the last of the great Mississippi Hill
Country guitarist/singers, the great Robert Belfour
Chicago Blues at it's finest, Lil Ed and the Blues Imperials from Chicago,
on the Main Stage.
There were so many great acts it was hard to keep up with them all.
We found ourselves running from stage to stage to stage, not wanting to
miss a thing. If you love the Blues.....you belong at the Arkansas
Blues and Heritage Festival. Once you go, you'll be hooked, and like
us, it'll turn into an annual Family Reunion of Blues Lovers!!