Just in time for the 50th anniversary celebration of Rock 'n'Roll in the year 2004, the Blue Balls Festival in Lucerne present the show "The Sounds Of Memphis".
Memphis isn't "just" Rock'n'Roll - Memphis is Stax, Rhythm'n'Blues, B.B. King, Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Al Green, The Staple Singers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ann Peebles, Hi-Lo Records...
Memphis has been a magnet to so many Blues & Soul musicians that came from the neighbouring State of Mississippi in search and hopes of more work and a better life. Memphis turned Mississippi Blues into "Southern Soul Blues", Elvis Presley once covered recordings by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and the rest is, literally, history. So the little big city with the egyptian name on the shores of the Mississippi River has played a major role in the development of popular music.
This years opening session at the Blue Balls Festival in Lucerne is dedicated to the "Sounds of Memphis"!
Lucerne, Switzerland salutes Memphis, Tennessee!
The Band
Richard Cousins, Bass & Musical director - Peter Haas, Drums - Hendrix, Piano & Vocals - Blues Müller, Hammond B3 - Marco Jencarelli, Guitar - Roman Weissert, Saxophon, Phil Powell, Trombone - Silvan Kiser, Trumpet
The Guest artists
Nanina Ghelfi, Vocals - Giovi & Sandra Russo, Vocals - Polo Hofer, Vocals - Rhonda Dorsey - Signorino TJ, Vocals - Vera Kaa, Vocals - Adrian Stern, Vocals & Guitar - Yvonne Moore, Vocals - Bubi Rufener, Vocals - Philipp Fankhauser, Vocals & Master of Ceremonies
Friday July 23rd 2004, at the Pavillon of the Cascino Lucerne, from 6 to 10 pm
What Price Glorious Entertainment? Shockingly low! Wearing the official Festival lapel pin (which sells for a measly CHF 30), you will enjoy 9 days of free access to all pavilion gigs, to our photo exhibit and to the Coca-Cola-Festifever-Terrace at KKL as well as to The Club at the Schweizerhof Hotel and the Off-Festival at the Casino. In addition to which, for the first time this year, you and all other lapel pin buyers will get two KKL concerts for free: Backbeat on Tuesday and the Till Brönner show on Saturday (the Festival’s closing concert). Getting the lapel pin is easy: just wait for our sales personnel to approach you on the Festival grounds. And the KKL shows? Tickets for this year’s shows at the Concert Hall are available for between CHF 59 and 99 (numbered seats only), Lucerne Hall shows will cost you between CHF 49 und 99. One thing’s for certain: you have never experienced your favorite international star from so close for so little!
Further Information www.blueballs.ch
