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August 26, 2007
More Champagne & Reefer at Orton Park
Posted by Gary Storck
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Like the 2006 Orton Park Festival, the 2007 fest featured a set of blues led by blues guitarist extraordinaire, Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin, who toured and played with the late blues icon, Muddy Waters, for many years.
One of the songs performed on many of those gigs was what Margolin refers to as Muddy’s version of the song, “My Favorite Things,” an ode to cannabis and Piper-Heidsieck entitled, “Champagne & Reefer”.
At the 2006 fest, I spoke with Margolin before the show and requested “Champagne & Reefer” and he graciously obliged click here.
On Saturday night, I asked Bob if he might do an encore and when he took the stage accompanied by an incredible group of musicians including the Cash Box Kings and Chicago blues guitarist Lurrie Bell, “Champagne & Reefer” was one of a handful of tunes played, with a nice dedication to NORML.
As with last year, the audience response was enthusiastic, as blues notes reverberated around the now 150-year old park and surrounding neighborhood into the cool Madison night.
Posted by Gary at August 26, 2007 10:11 AM
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