SAVE THE DATE!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
An incredible day of music and community,
in a wonderful location,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
An incredible day of music and community,
in a wonderful location,
in support of a great organization,
in memory of a
great musician and person.
"This Was His Wish, To Give Back."
Music will be held on the inside stage and the outside stage under the Mossy Oaks - and then later at night, around the bonfire.
Save the date & we'll see you at the gate!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
2015 Performers:
2015 Performers:
Subject to change and additions!
Look for complete schedule and details
in upcoming email & Facebook postings!
Bed Head Betty
Bo' Hog Root
Common Taters & the Tune Ups
Clyde Ramsey Band
Debi Jordan
Hal Shows
Heather Gillis
King Cotton
Major Bacon
Wanderfoot
To inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contact
Debbi Ramsey at (850)597-6131
or debbiramsey@gmail.com.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
AT
Bradfordville Blues Club
AT
Bradfordville Blues Club
7152 Moses Lane, Tallahassee, FL 32309
(850)906-0766
Pat Ramsey Biography
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1953, Pat Ramsey
began playing the harmonica at the age of 17. After a couple of years honing
his chops while hitchhiking around the US, Pat joined the Bunny Brooks Band in
Denver (an offshoot of the 60's band, Jam Factory) in 1973.
In 1978, he impressed Rick Derringer, who told
Johnny Winter of this "long haired kid in Denver" who played a mean
harp! Johnny liked what he heard so much that he hired Pat to play all the harp
parts on the album "White Hot and Blue".
In late 1978, Pat met Butch Trucks of Allman
Brothers fame. After a couple of sizzling jams in Colorado with Butch and his
band, Trucks, Pat signed on, and made the long move to Tallahassee, Florida.
When the Allman Brothers Band reunited in 1979, Butch disbanded Trucks and
introduced Pat to a local Tallahassee band called Crosscut Saw.
Julien Kasper, a seventeen year old guitar prodigy
and Pat became partners and the band quickly thinned from seven to four when
they decided to take the band on the road. In the next five years, Pat and
Crosscut Saw played every Juke Joint and Roadhouse from Key West to
Connecticut. They opened for B.B. King (twice), Johnny Winter, Johnny Van
Zandt, .38 Special, Bobby Bland, The Nighthawks, and others. Before disbanding,
Crosscut Saw released their album "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know".
Crosscut Saw's annual reunions are still one of Tallahassee's top draws!
In 1985, the Pat Ramsey Band was formed when
Julien opted to study Jazz at the graduate level. They opened for many notables
as well, including a seven-city tour of Florida (in 1987) with his old friend
Johnny Winter.
Pat moved to Sarasota, Florida, in 1991, to play
with his friend from the Freddie King band, guitarist Greg Poulos. The
Poulos-Ramsey Band was born. Within months they were opening for acts like
Charlie Musselwhite, Solomon Burke, Albert Collins, Ronnie Earl, James Cotton,
and Pinetop Perkins. Jerry Wexler hailed them as "Sarasota's ONLY Blues
Band"! Two years later, they were ready to make the jump to Memphis, TN.
Alas, while Pat was busy scouting gigs in Memphis, tragedy struck Greg's family
in Florida, bringing a premature end to this endeavor.
A new face in a new city, Pat began dealing craps
in a casino on the muddy Mississippi River, an hour south of Memphis. Jamming
on Beale Street on his days off, Pat was quickly accepted by local musicians
and was hired to play at "Blues City Cafe" as part of the house band.
Living out of a trailer in a nearby fish camp, Pat scrimped and saved for the
next two years.
With the help of his old friend Julien Kasper (now
PROFESSOR Julien Kasper at Berklee College of Music, Boston) and some of the
best local Memphis musicians, Pat produced the aptly titled CD "Its About
Time". The CD received very strong reviews and Pat began touring once
again. Pat's stellar live performances with The Blues Disciples produced the
live CD's, "Live at the Grand", and "Live at the Big Bend Blues
Bash" and the posthumously released "Live in Key West".
Pat passed away on Nov. 17, 2008 but his music
lives on and he is remembered in the hearts of his family, friends and fans.
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