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 Blues gave me what I lacked:
love, hope for all my daysi". - 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:
POLISH:
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
Paweł Szymański
Murphy Blues
After Blues
Plaster
Looz Blues
Dżem
Wielka Łódź
Gang Olsena
Tipsy Driver
Riders
Tadeusz Nalepa
The Best
Cree
Feelin'żanka
JJ Band
Seven B
Anika
Bluesmobile
Terraplane
The Young Blood Fire
Ścigani
Kasa Chorych
Wielebny Blues Band
Blues Doctors
Riders
Magda Piskorczyk & Band
Siódma w Nocy
Krock
Obstawa Prezydenta
Easy Street
Devil Blues
Karolina Cygonek & Tomi Blues Kapela
Boogie Chilli
Hoodoo Band
Coolish Supersession
Boogie Boys
Moo Moo Milk
Śląska Grupa Bluesowa
Hard Times
Shaki'n Dudi
Virgis Jutas & Bogdan Topolski
Romek Puchowski
Przytuła i Kruk
Blues Flowers
Teksasy
Bogdan Szweda & Easy Rider
Outsider Blues
Blue Machine
Outsider
Bluesferajna
Marek Wojtowicz
Nie Strzelać do Pianisty
Harmonijkowy Atak
Cotton Wing
WORLD: Dead Camel Blues Band-Czechy Road Band –Litwa Chris Farlowe & Norman Beaker Band – GB Lord Bishop-USA/GB Nina Van Horn & Her Band - USA/F Dave Hole & Band - AUS Rob Tognoni - AUS The Road Dawgz -Holandia Wheatbread Johnson –USA Dave Ellis Blues Band - USA Carlos Johnson-USA David Lamar-USA Vance Kelly & The Backstreet Blues Band - USA Stan Skibby-USA John Broadway Tucker-USA Mississippi Heat – USA Bill Perry Band - USA Larry Garner & Band - USA Philip Sayce-USA Sharrie Williams-USA Sherman Robertson - USA Alvon Johnson Band - USA Terry Evans - USA Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King - USA Kenny Neal Band - USA Joe Louis Walker - USA Popa Chubby - USA Tommy Castro and The Painkillers- USA
Jimiway blues festival were leaded by:
Jan Chojnacki, Andrzej Matysik, Marek Jakubowski, Ryszard Gloger, Sławek Wierzcholski i 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
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