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Bluegill: 1000Words

Knoxville's Ida Cox, February 25, 1894 - November 10, 1967

Knoxville's Ida Cox, "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues", February 25, 1894 - November 10, 1967

Brownie McGhee, born November 30, 1915 in Knoxville

Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Teeny Tucker to perform at "Alive into 2010!" at the Knoxville Museum of Art

Teeny Tucker wailin'
Teeny Tucker at the Monterey Bay Blues Festival
Teeny Tucker

Labron Lazenby & LA3 win 2009 Best Blues Band contest

Labron Lazenby & LA3, August 7, 2009 (Photo by Don Tritt)

Bluegill's Blues Bash, May 15, 2009

Best New Artist at the 2006 Blues Music Awards, Zac Harmon and his band from Dallas headlined Bluegill's Blues Bash, May 15, 2009.
Miranda Louise aims to please at Bluegill's Blues Bash, May 15.
The Stella-Vees from Lexington, KY will open Bluegill's Blues Bash

"Alive into 2009!" at the Knoxville Museum of Art

"Alive into 2008!" New Year's Eve Party at the Knoxville Museum of Art (Photo by Ray Brown)
Shantelle Hudson & The Juke Joint Band entertained at "Alive into 2009!"
Shantelle "Baby T" Hudson

2008 shows

Cincinnati's Cheryl Renee returned to Knoxville with her Blues band to put a spell on you at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five" Halloween Costume Party, Friday October 31.
Wille King from Freedom Creek in Old Memphis, Alabama, came jukin' at the Knoxville Museum of Art, July 11, 2008. He passed away March 8, 2009.
Wallace Coleman, Barbara Ward Armstrong and Bluegill at 2nd Annual Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival, June 14, 2008
Stacy Mitchhart, "The Blues Doctor", made a house call to The Broker Oct. 3, 2008

Swimming in the Pond

Bluegill and his darling angel, Evelyn, out 'n' about in beautiful downtown Knoxville, August 7, 2009. (Photo by Don Tritt)
The bluegill is, pound for pound, the fightin'est fish in North America - and one of the best tasting!