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		1 Open Mic with Steve Clements Open Mic with Steve Clements May 1, 2013 9:00 pm The Wednesday open mic at the Back Page is an institution. Maintaining a constant flow of regulars and newbies, Steve Clements carefully weaves his way through each week, signing up, and…	2 Feed the Bird (Jazz night hosted by Jonathan Bousquet) Feed the Bird (Jazz night hosted by Jonathan Bousquet) May 2, 2013 9:00 pm “Feed the bird” is Umass Lowell’s answer to the culture gap (there’s one in every generation). Drinking bud to jukebox nonsense: No. Burning the flame of intellectual and emotional expression in jazz:…	3 Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion (The Queen of Pawtucket Soul returns to Lowell) Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion (The Queen of Pawtucket Soul returns to Lowell) May 3, 2013 9:00 pm “A smoke ring from a Cuban cigar wafts through a city kitchen as a soul singer croons on crackly vinyl; freshly diced onions sizzle as they hit the olive…	4 Brickyard Blues! -Classic Motown and Stax dance tunes, featuring R&B favorites (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy) and originals. Brickyard Blues! -Classic Motown and Stax dance tunes, featuring R&B favorites (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy) and originals. May 4, 2013 9:00 pm Classic Motown and Stax dance tunes, featuring R&B favorites (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy) and originals. BAND WEBSITE	5
6	7	8 Open Mic with Steve Clements Open Mic with Steve Clements May 8, 2013 9:00 pm The Wednesday open mic at the Back Page is an institution. Maintaining a constant flow of regulars and newbies, Steve Clements carefully weaves his way through each week, signing up, and…	9 Gumbo Diablo Gumbo Diablo May 9, 2013 9:00 pm Gumbo Diablo is a Boston-based quartet specializing in a sound they call pan-Americana – roots rock that crosses borders and boundaries. Mixing traditions such as zydeco and r&b from Louisiana, cumbia from…	10 Melvern Taylor Melvern Taylor May 10, 2013 9:00 pm Melvern Taylor writes happy songs about miserable people. His instrument of choice is the ukulele. They go together like milk and cookies. He learned to play guitar with an…	11 Travis Colby Travis Colby May 11, 2013 9:00 pm The Travis Colby Band is a high energy power trio that plays Funk, Blues R&B covers and originals. The members of the TCB are all multi-instrumental, which provides a big…	12
13	14	15 Open Mic with Steve Clements Open Mic with Steve Clements May 15, 2013 9:00 pm The Wednesday open mic at the Back Page is an institution. Maintaining a constant flow of regulars and newbies, Steve Clements carefully weaves his way through each week, signing up, and…	16 Matt Stubbs (Soul drenched roots and blues) Matt Stubbs (Soul drenched roots and blues) May 16, 2013 9:00 pm As a bandleader and composer, Stubbs has earned himself a reputation for penning soul-drenched Roots & Blues guitar instrumentals. His well-crafted songs are melodic and original; echoing the…	17 Chris Fitz (Blues Award winner) Chris Fitz (Blues Award winner) May 17, 2013 9:00 pm “The Chris Fitz Band takes American blues and roots music and drives it into the 21st century with electric abandon and virtuosity all the while sounding modern and…	18 Parker Wheeler (Debut performance of the legendary Blues Party MC) Parker Wheeler (Debut performance of the legendary Blues Party MC) May 18, 2013 9:00 pm Parker Wheeler & Friends have enjoyed three decades of unique ensemble performance on the North Shore and on Saturday, May 18 are pleased to be appearing at the Back Page…	19 Gerry Beaudoin Quartet (Straight ahead jazz) Gerry Beaudoin Quartet (Straight ahead jazz) May 19, 2013 7:00 pm GERRY BEAUDOIN QUARTET FEATURING GERARD BEAUDOIN 3rd VIBES JUSTIN MEYER BASS PHIL MCGOWAN DRUMS Award winning jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin ( 1992 NAIRD Award for best jazz recording, 1993 and 1995 Cadence Editors Choice…
20	21	22 Open Mic with Steve Clements Open Mic with Steve Clements May 22, 2013 9:00 pm The Wednesday open mic at the Back Page is an institution. Maintaining a constant flow of regulars and newbies, Steve Clements carefully weaves his way through each week, signing up, and…	23 “Delta Soul (the Tony Soul Delta Blues Project)” “Delta Soul (the Tony Soul Delta Blues Project)” May 23, 2013 9:00 pm Delta Soul is …Tony Soul Parente on vocals, Mike Kalenderian on guitar and vocals, Bob Cramer on guitar and slide guitar, Matt Sambito on bass and vocals and Phillip DeLaine…	24 A Ton of Blues A Ton of Blues May 24, 2013 9:00 pm Georgetown Fats, Boston Blues Society Editor (March 31,2012) – “Having made significant inroads and contacts while in Memphis, and by keeping an active gigging schedule, it is only a matter…	25 Racky Thomas (butt kicking vocals, harmonica and guitar playing) Racky Thomas (butt kicking vocals, harmonica and guitar playing) May 25, 2013 9:00 pm Having discovered Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, amd Big Walter Horton among others, Racky has made harmonica and vocals his main emphasis and cut his teeth performing in Copenhagen…	26
27	28	29 Open Mic with Steve Clements Open Mic with Steve Clements May 29, 2013 9:00 pm The Wednesday open mic at the Back Page is an institution. Maintaining a constant flow of regulars and newbies, Steve Clements carefully weaves his way through each week, signing up, and…	30 Feed the Bird (Jazz night hosted by Jonathan Bousquet) Feed the Bird (Jazz night hosted by Jonathan Bousquet) May 30, 2013 9:00 pm “Feed the bird” is Umass Lowell’s answer to the culture gap (there’s one in every generation). Drinking bud to jukebox nonsense: No. Burning the flame of intellectual and emotional expression in jazz:…	31 Little Wolf Little Wolf May 31, 2013 9:00 pm LITTLEWOLF fashions a unique, dynamic roots/blues/rock explosion: a fusion of Steve Lett’s 35 years of experience and Kristi Clanton’s youthful exuberance. Bred in West Texas, Steve Lott is is one…