[Trimmed&Burnin]

Back2Blues Fest was great!! I'm still getting over the weekend LOL,,, worked my butt off but had a great time. Ashely Cleveland was Awsome!!! Dusty Shoes Band with Goldielocks on (mostly a Tele) and Casterway on bass had a really nice set, There were some bands that had not been there before like Jimmie Bratcher band and John Lee Sanders, these guys were awsome! We were honored with a call for an encore at the end of our set on Sunday,,,, but we were running out of time,,,
Overall the most amazing band to me was the Johnny Mannion Band (Belly Boy) Not only did they have their own killer set(s) but they were the go to band for all the guys like Larrry Howard, Eric Turner, and Darrell Mansfield. Johnny Mannion Band was the tone for the whole festival.
The 2009 Back2Blues guitar was won by Graham Ord, a BC Bluesman who has played at B2B's a number of times, a more humble, talented, and deserving guy would be hard to find.
The main goal of Back2Blues Fest is to buy well drilling rigs for water wells. We have located a rig. It costs $55,000, this weekend we raised $28,000 to put towards it. Back2Blues Fest really is "the best little Gospel Blues Fest west of Chicago". Well worth the trip from whereever you are to attend next year.