We've been asked by musicians for help promoting their careers and that is our mission, so we are happy to fulfill those requests. What I don't want is those who have already recognized this need and have made a contribution to replicate their appreciation. If you have ever benefited from our assistance, through the privilege of playing one of the first class venues that we have procured, presented and promoted your music from, a little retribution will go a long way right now. I am requesting in this month's donor plea, contributions from those that the Blues Trust has directly impacted the musicians. When you are where you are supposed to be, doing what is right for you, affirmations for somewhere else will tell you to stay on your path. Those that are willing to take the time to look will see. These are the type of signs that remind me that there is something more than what is here on the ground. As the limousine filled with family, his widow and friends passed through the gates, the hawk lifted off and escorted the entourage. A Red Tail Hawk perched on top of the cross at the gates of the Forest Hills Cemetery. When Howard Armstrong passed away and was laid to rest in a Boston cemetery, a similar occurrence was witnessed by those who believe in signs from above. We reached back to the roots for his replacement and enlisted 91 year-old string band legend Howard Armstrong to fill the slot. As his song Now You're Gone was played through the PA, a Red Tail Hawk circled higher and higher above the Boston Blues Festival audience. When Rosco Gordon passed away, just one month before his scheduled Boston Blues Festival appearance and Blues Trust Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, a moment of silence was requested from the Festival stage. It is a theme that has repeated itself time and time again in my life and in the course of the Blues Trust's history. You would have to have lived it to recognize the more than appropriate irony of the on cue raptor to appreciate its significance. I told her that I was going to the window to watch her fly away and as I did, a magnificent Red Tail Hawk flew Heavenward through a gentle spring rain. Gail and I were by her side when she left this world. Today's edition is about Blues, just not about music. If you have opened the June edition of the Blues Trust News expecting to read about the location of your nearest Blues Jam, shut down your computer, pick up your guitar and practice Mustang Sally. Visit the Blues Trust Sponsorship page to see how you can help. Please consider joing our efforts by making a tax deductibe donation to the Blues Trust so that we can continue to be there for those who enrich our lives through their art when they need us. Please visit the Blues Trust History page to see a list of our musician aid and charitable contributions. Our mission to aid Blues musicians continues. No we haven't gone anywhere! We are still assisting Blues artisits, even though it has been a few years since we presented live music. Those wishing to purchase the disc by Pay Pal using the link above will be assesed an additional $2 fee. He is a featured artist at the original House of Blues in Cambridge, MA and Harvard University has bestowed upon him an honorary "Doctorate of the Blues".Click the button to buy it now securely through PayPal or He has appeared with such notables as John Lee Hooker, Eddie Clearwater, Mighty Sam McClain, Ronnie Earl, Jerry Portnoy, Duke Robillard, Kim Wilson, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton (Double Trouble), Susan Tedeschi, Toni Lynn Washington, Roomful of Blues and many others. Described as "volcanic" by the Boston Globe, Ricky always delivers from the heart. Ricky is a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter forty year musician with a list of credits and accomplishments too long to list here. His 3 cds are radio favorites and the song, "Big Boy" has been featured on the House of Blues Radio Hour with Dan Akroyd. Taking his cue from Blues masters past and present, Ricky plays with passion and style. These days of sampled and computer-generated music, it is refreshing to hear music the way it is meant to be played - honestly and with soul! Ricky "King" Russell is one of the Blues' most seasoned performers and brightest talents. About Rick Russell and The Cadillac Horns:
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