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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Big Lick Blues Festival 2009 music lineup

2 p.m. Gates open

2:30 p.m. Mo' Hippa Band -- This act, winner of the 2009 Blue Ridge Blues Society competition, includes former members of Shenandoah Valley groups Sun Dried Opossum and Deep Blue Jones. Drummer Jeramie Fortune is the nephew of former Statler Brother Jimmy Fortune, and has performed with him. mohippaband.com.

4 p.m. Stacy Brooks -- Brooks was 5 years old, on a U.S. Army base in Germany, when she received her first standing ovation, according to her online bio. From there, she was hooked. In 2007, she received a Washington (D.C.) Area Music Association nomination for best new artist. She sings some of her lyrics in German. myspace.com/stacybrooksmusic.

5:45 p.m. The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz and Victor Wainwright: The Pianist Envy Show -- Wirtz, a longtime favorite among Roanoke Valley blues enthusiasts, plays barrelhouse piano like he grew up in a brothel. So does Wainwright. They should just team up and buy one. But then most of us wouldn't get to hear them work. myspace.com/rbcw, myspace.com/victorwainwright.

7:30 p.m. Delbert McClinton -- Read more about McClinton

After party with Motor City Josh and The Big 3, at Blue 5 Restaurant, 312 2nd St. SW, Roanoke. blue5restaurant.com, motorcityjosh.com.

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