Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm::
Blues Award winners for Best New Act of 2008: "...Bent deep in the Mississippi hill country, RL Burnside's grandson, Cedric, has teamed up with the monster guitar talents of Lightnin' Malcolm, giving a mixed dose of traditional to modern hill country blues with a new twist all the way from rock to psychedelic." - Dirk Wissbaum, Bluessource.comJuly 3 - TBA, Stage To Be Announced.

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* Taj Mahal * Little Feat * John Mayall * Booker T. * Bobby Rush
* Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen * Curtis Salgado
* Galactic with Cyril Neville * JJ Grey & Mofro * Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue * Walter Trout * Michael Burks Band with Lucky Peterson * Baskery * Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm * Moreland & Arbuckle * Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks * Mingo Fishtrap
* PorterDavis * Janiva Magness * Zydeco Swamp Romp with Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Donna Angelle & Zydeco Posse, Corey Ledet & his Zydeco Band, Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic
... and that's just the beginning>

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Join us at next year's Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, July 2-5, 2010 World-class festival fights hunger

Join us at next year's Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, July 2-5, 2010

World-class festival fights hunger