One other Notodden Blues Pageant is over, and this was my twenty fifth anniversary on the pageant – simply on my prime three record of all of them. The climate was glorious, many tickets bought, the bands and artists had been nice and I obtained to satisfy good associates and acquaintances. What extra are you able to ask for? (Photograph above: Steven van Zandt and the Mostar College of Rock.
The pageant had a nasty yr economically final yr, and so they couldn’t get one other yr like that with out a severe hazard if having to close down. In that perspective it was an amazing pleasure to see that that they had succeeded in lots of the adjustments they instigated this yr, and that the end result was a significantly better end result. The Notodden Blues Pageant is a vital pageant for the blues and blues associated music – not just for Norway, however really worldwide, too. So now we are able to look ahead to a brand new pageant subsequent yr, too.
Listed below are my images of the bands I noticed and a number of the actions on the pageant this yr.
Billy Gibbons
Eric Gale
Joe Louis Walker
Amund Maarud
Tor Einar “Dr.” Bekken, the winner of the Blues Prize 2019
The Bluestown Outlaws
All images are © Per Ole Hagen and should not be used with out written permission.
