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Duck Holmes Hits St. Louis, MO and Columbus, OH in February
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HEY JIMMY .. You can promote your act on reverbnation too... God Bless You and your work....
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Jimmy "Duck" Holmes is the last living practitioner of the famed Bentonia blues style made famous by Skip James and Jack Owens. Holmes, 60, is also the owner of the legendary Blue Front Cafe, Mississippi's oldest juke joint. He has recorded two acclaimed CDs for Broke & Hungry Records.
Favorite Blues Artists and Bands
Jack Owens, Skip James, Tommy West, Henry Stuckey.
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http://brokeandhungryrecords.com

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Bentonia Blues Festival Scheduled to Coincide With 60th Anniversary of the Blue Front Cafe

Bentonia Blues Fest Scheduled to Coincide

With 60th Anniversary of Blue Front Café




(Bentonia, MS) – If you lived in the tiny town of Bentonia, Mississippi a few decades ago, you could barely step outside of your home without hearing the sound of blues music floating through the air. “When I was a kid, sometimes you could sit on the porch and hear two, maybe three guitarists playing on different sides of town. The summer air would just carry that sound for miles,” said… Continue

Posted on March 25, 2008 at 6:26pm

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes

Unreleased Jimmy "Duck" Holmes Song Available For Free Download!

Broke & Hungry Records is making available a previously unreleased recording of Jimmy "Duck" Holmes performing his song, "Take A Trip." The recording, available in mp3 format, is ONLY available through LiveBluesWorld. And it's absolutely FREE.

The recording stems from the session for Jimmy's sophomore CD, Done Got Tired of Tryin', which was held at his rural juke joint, the Blue Front Cafe in July 2006. Just as the song was reaching a full head of steam, a freight train blasted…

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Posted on January 25, 2008 at 10:18pm

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At 9:13pm on June 11, 2010, Ms SsugahMs Ssugah said…
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At 4:17pm on May 15, 2010, Ira Dean SmithIra Dean Smith said…
Should would like to see you in Chattanooga Tn.
At 5:40pm on April 24, 2010, Charles E. Compton Sr.Charles E. Compton Sr. said…
Pure Raw Delta Blues.......EXCELLENT Jimmy. Chuck Sr. :)))
At 1:36pm on September 6, 2009, Tony Lee KingTony Lee King said…
HEY JIMMY ..
You can promote your act on reverbnation too...
God Bless You and your work....

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At 2:38am on December 29, 2008, billy jones bluezbilly jones bluez said…
What up Duck?!
Here is my wish for the very best to you and all my LiveBluesWorld friends as we take the music of our heritage into 2009 and the 21st century.
It's an honor to be on this journey with you. ..and a pleasure to be your friend. Thank you for allowing me to be a member of the community.

..."true greats" ...are not those born with "golden spoons" in their mouths. ...but those who through "hard work" turn their own "wooden spoons" into "gold".

"...the re-emergence of blues music as serious social commentary."
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At 8:57pm on August 29, 2008, Kevin GregoryKevin Gregory said…
Hi, Jimmy! It was such a great pleasure to have you at our festival this year. I'm hard at work on the lineup for next year. It was good to see you at the BMA's, too. Hope to see you again soon!
At 10:31pm on June 8, 2008, EricEric said…
Thanks for coming all the way up to Brooklyn Jimmy. Your show Thursday night was incredible. You sounded great...and the crowd loved every minute of it. Hope we can get you back up here sometime.
At 12:34pm on April 2, 2008, PoePoe said…
Mr. "Duck":

Please send your material to WABG-AM Radio 2001 Garrard Avenue Greenwood, MS 38930. www.jamespoe.com
At 1:53pm on February 20, 2008, Sugar BlueSugar Blue said…
More power to you Mr.Holmes!!!!
At 10:02am on February 16, 2008, Pappa DPappa D said…
jimmy, your fantastic. god bless you and keep you well
 
 
 

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