"Blues gave me what I lacked:
love, hope for all my days". - B.K

 
Festival presents various colours of blues

Jimiway blues festival is well-known annual festival started many years ago. The festival was presented in Polish TV stations TVP-1,  TVP-2,  Polsat 2, TVP3  and maganizes as well as played in many radio stations. Jimiway can be seen in USA thanks to TV Polonia. Each year many bands are willing to take part in such celebrations of blues. Many blues stars from Poland, Czech, Germany, UK and USA appeared on the festival as well as well-known blues radio and tv journalists

Jimiway blues festival started many years ago but origins reaches 1994. That time my son Oskar encouraged me to come back into playing the blues. Then some projects came up: "Jimiway" concerts, rhythm & blues band Fire Band and "Jimiway" association of blues and rock 70.  We had 15th edition of Jimiway festiwal in 2006. The first four were organized as concerts. Festival has been held in OCK (Cultural Centre in Ostrow). The town authorities appreciate our music and help financially to make it better

Bands appeared on Jimiway blues festival:

Fire Band, Pivo, Free Blues Band, Tortilla Flat, Green Grass, Slawek Wierzcholski i Nocna Zmiana Bluesa, Leszek Cichoński  & Workshop, Czerwony Kogutek, Freeman, Swawolny Dyzio, Blues Forever, Easy Rider, RMI, Who Knows, Ślimak Pędziwiatr, Mietek Blues Band, Izo-Top, Irek Dudek, Carlos Johnson-USA,  Paweł Szymański,  Murphy Blues,  After Blues,  Dead Camel Blues Band-Czechy, Plaster, Looz Blues, Dżem, Wielka Łódź, Gang Olsena, Lord Bishop-USA, Tipsy Driver, Riders, Tadeusz Nalepa, The Best, David Lamar-USA, Cree, Stan Skibby-USA, Feelin'żanka, John Broadway Tucker-USA, JJ Band, Seven B, Anika, Chris Farlowe & Norman Beaker Band /GB/, Wheatbread Johnson -USA, Bluesmobile, Terraplane, The Young Blood Fire, Ścigani, Kasa Chorych, JJ Band, Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band-USA, Wielebny Blues Band, Blues Doctors, Riders,  Dave Ellis Blues Band, Magda Piskorczyk & Band, Siódma w Nocy, Krock, Obstawa Prezydenta, Easy Street, Devil Blues, The Road Dawgz -Holand, Bill Perry  Band-USA, Karolina Cygonek & Tomi Blues Kapela, Boogie Chilli , Rob Tognoni-Aus, Mississippi Heat-USA, Hoodoo Band, Coolish Supersession, Boogie Boys,  Nina Van Horn & Her Band - USA/F, Dave Hole & Band - AUS, Larry Garner & Band - USA

Jimiway blues festival were leaded by:
Jan Chojnacki, Andrzej Matysik, Marek Jakubowski, Ryszard Gloger, Sławek Wierzcholski and Andrzej Jerzyk.

Festival is begins with  "Who  Knows" song by Jimi Hendrix - our spirit patron. That song became our anthem also performed by the town authorities and children choir Do-Re-Mi.  Each festiwal day is finished with jam session together with the bands and all willing musicians.

Jimiway is a way of life for musicians and blues fans.  Variety of blues gives us hope that such feeling, hope, love and sorrow will be spread through generations. Blues is an amazing sound phenomenon that exists somewhere inside sensitive human soul. That simplicity of blues music and  mysterious phrase moves also people not brought up with blues tradition.

"They are living behind the wall, doing something, maybe sleeping
Wake them up with the music, let them hear such sound".- B.K