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MVBS Blues Radio Hour

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Every Wednesday

Oct 29 @ 7:30PM – 9:30PM Free
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Hal Reed

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Live at the Hauberg Estate

Hauberg Estate 1300 24th St, Rock Island, IL
Nov 16 @ 3:30PM – 6:30PM $15
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Levee Town

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Live Blues Music!

The Gypsy Highway 2604 Locust St, Davenport, IA
Nov 16 @ 1PM – 3PM $15
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Shawn Kellerman

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Celebrated Blues Artist!

The Gypsy Highway 2604 Locust St, Davenport, IA
Vault Videos

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Albert Collins — Interview 1993

35 Years of the Blues Fest — WQPT

12-Bar Blues — Kevin & Hal

Joe & Vicki Price — Vault Session 2021 Part 1

Albert Collins — Blues Fest 1993

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Blues Education

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Heartbeat of Africa — Kevin & Hal

Wheels on the Bus — Kevin & Hal

Blues The Universal Language — Kevin & Hal

12-Bar Blues — Kevin & Hal

When I First Came to This Land — Robert Jones

Work, Play, & Freedom — Robert Jones

Five Notes, Many Voices — Robert Jones

Blues Roots — Robert Jones

The Blues — Robert Jones

Blues Branches — Robert Jones

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Blues Fest Highlights

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“Diesel” Dave Parker — Back Door Man

Albert Collins — Blues Fest 1993

Henry Butler — Blues Fest 1994

Pinetop Perkins & The Nighthawks — Blues Fest 1994

Joe Price & Snooky Pryor — Blues Fest

Blind Boys of Alabama — Blues Fest

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Blues Fest '85-'19

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Blues Fest 1993

Blues Fest 1994

Blues Fest 1992

Blues Fest 1995

Blues Fest 1998 — 1 of 3

Blues Fest 1998 — 2 of 3

Blues Fest 1998 — 3 of 3

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Interviews & Docs

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Talkin’ Blues — Electro Fi Records 2003

Albert Collins — Interview 1993

Keeping The Blues Alive — WQPT

35 Years of the Blues Fest — WQPT

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Blues in the Schools

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Vanessa Collier — BITS 2023

Hal Reed — BITS 2023

John Jackson — BITS Workshop 2000

Anna Rabson — BITS Workshop 2004

Honeyboy Edwards & Etta Baker — BITS Workshop 1992

Carmello Garcia — BITS Workshop 1992

David Berntson — BITS Workshop 2006

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BlueSkool

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Lewis McCord Bohren — BlueSkool 2004

David Bernston — BlueSkool 2005

Hawkeye Herman & David Bernston — BlueSkool 2004

James “Super Chikan” Johnson — BlueSkool 2006

Fernando Jones — BlueSkool 2003

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