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• The Legendary Pops Staples Passed Away December 19
• The Rosebud Agency is first music industry facility to convert to 100% solar power


• Loudon Wainwright III To Co - Star In New Fox / Dreamworks TV Series
• Rosebud Founder Mike Kappus Featured In Pollstar Executive Profile
• Duke Robillard's Non-Stop Year 2000


• John Lee Hooker Biography Out October 17 in US via St. Martin's Press


• John Lee Hooker Documentary To Debut In France September 30
• Duke Robillard Interview On CDNOW.COM
• John Lee Hooker thrills Vasona crowd / SJ Mercury News
• Eric Clapton onJ J Cale in September Mojo Magazine
• Ivan Lins Scores Latin Grammy Nomination


• Loudon Wainwright III returns to Conan O'Brien Friday September 1st
• John Lee Hooker Feature on CNN's Newsstand September 5
• Rosebud Debuts the W C Handy All Stars
• Ruth Brown Update
• ¡Cubanismo!'s new CD, Mardi Gras Mambo Out August 22
• Rosebud Turns 24
• Marcia Ball Signs to Rosebud for World Wide Booking Representation
• Ivan Lins New CD, Carnegie Hall Tribute


• Duke Robillard, Jay Geils and Gerry Beaudoin featured in The New Guitar Summit
• David Lindley and Wally Ingram's Jazzfest 2000 Performance To Be Webcast on Riffage July 18


• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Jazzfest Performance Webcast on Riffage Wed July 5
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Video Interview
• The Robert Cray Band - Austin City Limits Repeat
• The Duke Robillard Band New CD "Explorer" just released
• John Lee Hooker Cancelled Dates


• Duke Robillard,Charlie Musselwhite and Muddy Waters Score Handy Awards
• Loudon Wainwright III To Appear On Conan O'Brien June 6
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Join Widespread Panic On Record
• Charlie Watts / Jim Keltner CD Just Out
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Video Interview
• David Lindley On June 2000 Acoustic Guitar Cover


• John Lee Hooker Dates Postponed
• Muddy Waters' "Rollin Stone" honored by Grammys
• Duke Robillard Honored As One Of World's Most Diverse Guitarists
• Loudon Wainwright III - The BBC Sessions - Now Available In The US
• Loudon Wainwright III Onscreen In Sandra Bullock's New Film 28 Days


• Tommy Castro to join B.B. King Summer Blues Festival Tour


• Robert Cray Wins 5th Grammy Award
• Tommy Castro's "Live At The Fillmore" CD, VHS and DVD - Tour
• Sue Turner-Cray Film Scores More Fest Success
• Blues Revue Readers Choose Rosebud Artists' CDs Among All Time Favorites
• Loudon Wainwright III President's Day Song On NPR February
• Loudon Wainwright III's "So Many More Fabulous Songs"
• Loudon Wainwright III Atlantic Recordings Limited Release
• Austin City Limits featuresThe Robert Cray Band February 12
• John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" in "Play It To The Bone"
• Ruth Brown song featured in "Hurricane"
• Coco Montoya Releases Alligator Debut


• Five Rosebud Artists Score W.C. Handy Nominations
• Blues Agent of The Year,Tom Gold, Joins Rosebud
• Coco Montoya New CD and Tour
• Five Rosebud Artists Garner Grammy Nominations
• John Lee Hooker to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award



• Sue Turner-Cray short film in Festivals, Soundtrack byRobert Cray & Friends
• Grammys HonorJohn Lee Hooker with Lifetime Achievement Award
• Robert Cray andLoudon Wainwright III Featured at Rainforest Alliance Benefit


• Ruth Brown Featured in Rolling Stone, Jet Magazine and Hollywood Reporter
• Duke Robillard/Herb Ellis CD Just Out on Stony Plain Records
• David Lindley in Holiday Shows With Jackson Browne
• The Robert Cray Band's Heavy Picks album due out November 16, BBC Radio 2 Special with Memphis Horns, Robert On new Clapton CD
• Loudon Wainwright III in Rolling Stone's Fathers and Sons Feature, Loudon added to NYC Rainforest Alliance Benefit Nov. 29, Mountain Stage coming soon
• John Lee Hooker Biography Released in England


• Ruth Brown Steals The Show At Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame
• The Robert Cray Band Featuring the Memphis Horns on Sessions at West 54th St.
• Duke Robillard Joins George Thorogood & The Destroyers for Midwest Dates
• Charlie Musselwhite To Support B.B. King November West Coast Dates
• Robert Cray In Rainforest Alliance benefit November 29 with James Taylor, Levon Helm and Angelique Kidjo
• John Lee Hooker Biography Soon To Be Released in the UK
• John Hammond joins Tom Waits for New York finale
• John Lee Hooker closes the 1999 San Francisco Blues Festival with surprise performances by Carlos Santana and Pinetop Perkins
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Add More Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Dates
• Charlie Musselwhite rejoins Cuba's Eliades Ochoa on-stage


• Loudon Wainwright III on CNN's Showbiz Today August 18
• Legendary R&B ArtistRuth Brown Signs With The Rosebud Agency


• David Lindley and Wally Ingram featured on Tonight Show July 27 with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin and Bruce Hornsby
• ¡Cubanismo! on Conan O'Brien and the cover of Pollstar in one week
• The Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Clarence Fountain join Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tour


• Charlie Musselwhite &Luther Allison continue W. C. Handy Award Streaks
• The Blind Boys Of Alabama featuring Clarence Fountain support Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Al Green
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Co-Bill with Jazz Squad, Support Widespread Panic in support of new Buck Jump CD
• David Lindley and Wally Ingram On Tour with Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby and Shawn Colvin Rosebuds on Conan - Charlie Musselwhite, The Robert Cray Band, ¡Cubanismo! all set for appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien


• Charlie Musselwhite in House of Blues Webcast - May 21st @ 10:00 pm
• LW3 To Release Y2K Warning - Loudon Wainwright III's Social Studies CD Kicks Off With Y2K Send Up
• China Festival postponed, Rosebud ArtistsThe Robert Cray Band,The Dirty Dozen Brass Band,Davíd Garza, andZap Mama affected
• ¡Cubanismo! to perform at Baltimore Orioles / Cuban baseball game May 3
• Charlie Musselwhite's Continental Drifter out now. Charlie also featured in Muddy Waters TV Special, on Tom Waits' new CD and with Bob Weir & Ratdog on Earthjustice CD
• The Legendary Memphis Horns Join The Robert Cray Band On Tour


• Loudon Wainwright III on Austin City Limits April 10
• John Lee Hooker feature on CBS Sunday Morning, April 11
• The Robert Cray Band,The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Zap Mama and Davíd Garza featured in Beijing Festival
• The Robert Cray Band's new Take Your Shoes Off featured in Rykodisc Promotion
• Rosebud Artists Featured on Fish, Tree, Water Blues - Environmental Project to benefit Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund


• Charles Brown Given First Class "Homegoing"
• R & B Foundation HonorsJohn Lee Hooker With Lifetime Achievement Award
• Rosebud Artists' Songs Honored by Grammys With Hall of Fame Induction Charlie Musselwhite On Blues Revue Cover, In Hendrix Film, New CD
• Ken Baker, Saxophonist with John Lee Hooker Passes - February 8, 1999


• John Hammond, Luther Allison, Charles Brown, Charlie Musselwhite, Duke Robillard Score W.C. Handy Nominations
• Charles Brown Passes
• The Dirty Dozen Brass Band On New Black Crowes CD
• Charles Brown Tribute features Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John, Charlie Musselwhite & more
• Loudon Wainwright III and "Bad Boy Bill" (Clinton)
• John Hammond honored with 4th consecutive Grammy nomination
• John Lee Hooker on the cover of Blues Revue
• Charlie Musselwhite to tour Europe with B.B. King in March '99



• Charles Brown update
• John Lee Hooker scores silver and gold
• Loudon Wainwright III and The McGarrigles on CBC's "The National"
• John Lee Hooker and Big Head Todd in The Waterboy
• Pops Staples,John Lee Hooker to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards
• ¡Cubanismo! #1 on CMJ New World Music chart


• The Staple Singers andCharles Brown to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Loudon Wainwright III on VH-1's Midnight Minutes November 17
• John Lee Hooker will be honored on November 14 when a street in his hometown of Clarksdale, MS will be renamed John Lee Hooker Lane


• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame presents a tribute concert honoringJohn Lee Hooker October 30, 1998 at Stanford University
• John Lee Hooker's The Best of Friends just released
• Pops Staples Receives National Heritage Fellowship Award
• Booker T. & The MGs Box Set Out Now -Booker T. On Tour Highway 61 Tour features Rosebud Artists, The Blind Boys of Alabama featuring Clarence Fountain, Booker T. Jones and John Hammond Belated Update -Loudon Wainwright III's Attempted Mustache and Unrequited remastered from original sources to appear on CD for the very first time


• ¡Cubanismo! signs to Rosebud - US Tour and New CD Now
• Loudon Wainwright III on new McGarrigles, Best Of Cambridge Folk Festival CDs


• John Lee Hooker house fire
• John Lee Hooker's new CD, The Best Of Friends, now set for an October 20 release


• Loudon Wainwright III set as performer/emcee on Newport Folk Festival tour
• Loudon Wainwright III joins Lucinda Williams in a taping of Austin City Limits
• John Hammond featured on House of Blues Tour October 10-24
• John Hammond featured on Summer/Fall shows with Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers, The Robert Cray Band and G. Love
• John Hammond featured on B.B. King Tour November 3-12
• John Lee Hooker's 1st Canadian date in almost five years an advance sellout


• Luther Allison sweeps W.C. Handy Awards.Robert Cray co-hosts
• John Lee Hooker honored with George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Achievement Award and Panga Pamodzi Award for Musical Achievement
• Beausoleil Avec Michael Doucet - Now Nine time winners for Best Cajun Band in New Orleans' Big Easy Awards
• Loudon Wainwright III featured on ABC's Nightline
• Luther Allison wins big in the Living Blues Readers' Awards
• The Robert Cray Band wins Best Blues Song of 1997 in Living Blues Readers' Awards


• Robert Cray to co-host W.C. Handy Awards with Ruth Brown Big Head Todd & The Monsters with John Lee Hooker bring "Boom Boom" back to life again
• Luther Allison receives Lifetime Achievement Award
• Luther Allison wins Orville H Gibson Award for Best Male Blues Guitarist
• BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet andGeno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie nominated for the 1998 Big Easy Awards
• Charles Brown featured on the cover of Blues Revue's April issue
• John Lee Hooker's "Mama You Got A Daughter" in City Of Angels soundtrack


• JJ Cale's "Slower Baby" featured on Palmetto soundtrack
• John Lee Hooker A Double Grammy Winner
• BeauSoleil's Long Awaited Grammy Triumph
• Duke Robillard on Dylan's Triple Grammy Winner
• '98 Grammy Award Winners Help LaunchWainwright's Little Ship!


• Rosebud artists score ten W.C. Handy Awards Nominations
• Rosebud's best year ever capped by six Grammy Nominations - John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, the late Luther Allison, Charlie Musselwhite and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet score Grammy Nominations.
• BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet Named Best Cajun Band and their L'Amour Ou La Folie CD named Best Cajun Album
• Robert Cray on UK #1 Single, "Perfect Day"



• Pops Staples acts / performs in upcoming film, Wag The Dog, with Willie Nelson, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche and Denis Leary
• John Lee Hooker appears in Free Tibet Film


• NewDuke Robillard Blues + Jazz CD Compilation Releases
• Robert Cray Blues Revue Cover Story
• Charles Brown celebrates 75th with Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Ruth Brown, and Jimmy Scott


• Luther Allison honored in Chicago and San Francisco Tribute Events
• Charles Brown presented with NEA award by Hillary Clinton
• New Releases from Rosebud artistsThe Blind Boys Of Alabama andLoudon Wainwright III
• John Lee Hooker adds more movie credits
• John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room


• Rosebud Artists' Music In The Movies
• John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room to open in San Francisco Oct. 3
• Charles Brown signs with Rosebud - Award + Tribute Due This Fall
• Ivan Lins On Tour In America


• Luther Allison passes on August 12, 1997


• Luther Allison has been diagnosed with cancer and will be cancelling some of his upcoming dates to begin treatments.
• 7/15/97 Official Statement RegardingLuther Allison's Medical Condition
• 7/17/97 OfficialLuther Allison Update
• 8/8/97 OfficialLuther Allison Update
• John Lee Hooker to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Eric Clapton JoinsThe Robert Cray Band at Northsea Jazz Festival


• Ellen Comes Out ForJohn Lee Hooker on April 30 ABC TV Special
• Luther Allison leads W.C. Handy Awards wins again
• Time Is On His Side-John Lee Hooker's, Don't Look Back profiled in Time Magazine
• Charlie Musselwhite's Rough News tour - Europe, US dates
• Robert Cray's Sweet Potato Pie is ready for tasting


• JJ Cale track in Howard Stern movie
• Luther Allison's Gets Reckless - Handys appearance kicks off Summer US Tour
• People Magazine and New Orleans' Big Easy Awards declareBeauSoleil Best Cajun Group


• John Lee Hooker Looks Ahead with 'Don't Look Back'
• Duke Robillard in a 'Dangerous Place' & Jack Nicholson movie


• 1997 - W. C. Handy Awards Nominations forLuther Allison, John Hammond andCharlie Musselwhite
• Bammie Nominations forBooker T.,Charlie Musselwhite andThe Robert Cray Band'sJim Pugh
• The Dirty Dozen Set For South by Southwest
• John Lee Hooker joins Tom Petty &The Heartbreakers
• Grammy Awards nomination forJohn Hammond (produced byDuke Robillard),Robert Cray,Booker T. Jones,Ivan Lins.
• John Hammond andDuke Robillard Down Under (And SoonLoudon Wainwright III /Richard Thompson)
• Cray's Mother and Pie


• Loudon Wainwright III honored for 'Best Lyric' in 1996
• Duke's Advice regarding Homocide
• Beausoleil Super Bowl Appearance, New CD, Prairie Home Companion date



• John Lee Hooker - Lifetime of Achievement
• John Lee Hooker Pre-Election Blues
• John Lee Hooker Future Grooves
• The Blind Boys of Alabama Beverly Hills 90210
• Upcoming ReleasesJohn Lee Hooker,The Robert Cray Band,Charlie Musselwhite,Duke Robillard
• JJ Cale Syndicated Cale


• Luther Allison featured on Blues Revue Magazine cover
• NewJohn Lee Hooker &John Hammond re-releases
• Gold, Platinum & Double Platinum Record Awards (Booker T. Jones,The Staple Singers,The Robert Cray Band)


• The Dirty Dozen Ears To The Wall Tour
• JJ Cale's Guitar Man Tour
• The Robert Cray Band Finish Touring, Recording in Memphis, Midnight Stroll Turns Gold while B Persuader earns Double Platinum in US


• New Orleans' Mayor Morial Declares August 2 -The Dirty Dozen Day
• JJ Cale continues streak of famous covers
• Luther Allison sweeps Living Blues Readers and Critics polls following Handy Awards and NAIRD Award Wins
• Also making new records for release in early 1997 areThe Robert Cray Band,John Lee Hooker,Charlie Musselwhite andThe Duke Robillard Band


• Grammy Award Wins forJohn Lee Hooker - Hooker Pepsi Commercial, Soundtrack Appearances
• Robert Cray's "Well I Lied" in The Truth About Cats and Dogs,The Dirty Dozen's "My Feet Can't Fail Me • Now" in Steve Martin's Sgt. Bilko, The Dirty Dozen horns on The Black Crowes new CD, Three Snakes And One Charm
• John Hammond andDuke Robillard new CD's & package tour -Luther Allison's #1 blues airplay and commanding 6 Handy nominations


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