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Celebrating the blues

The crowd cheers as blues guitarist and singer Tab Benoit and his band performs during the 20th annual Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival in Thomson.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-18/celebrating-blues
Earl Maddox

...Orleans and Augusta, and for all the friends that cared for, visited, called, and thought about him during his illness. The blues band, Bradley's Circus, surprised him by flying in from Europe just to say goodbye. A whirling dervish who lived...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000164881673
Richmond County Board of Education | The Augusta Chronicle

...Engineering Magnet High School will add seventh and eighth grades in the 2009-10 school year. A.R. Johnson, which won the blue ribbon award in 2003, currently has grades 9-12. C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet School houses kindergarten through...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/education/richmond-county-board-education
James Brown | The Augusta Chronicle

...copies of dozens of albums in a career spanning more than 40 years, and appeared in more than a dozen movies, including The Blues Brothers and Rocky IV. Also known as "The Hardest Working Man In Show Business," Brown was well known locally for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/people/james-brown
Richmond County Board of Education | The Augusta Chronicle

...Engineering Magnet High School will add seventh and eighth grades in the 2009-10 school year. A.R. Johnson, which won the blue ribbon award in 2003, currently has grades 9-12. C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet School houses kindergarten through...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/organizations/education/richmond-county-boar
Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival marks 20 years

...Benoit, a Cajun blues guitarist, who won the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and Best Contemporary Male Performer at the Blues Music Awards (formerly the W.C. Handy Awards) in 2007; Eric Lindell and the Sunliners; the Randall Bramblett Band...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-05-15/blind-willie-mctell-b
Ramblin' Rhodes: Fans of blues, Americana to welcome Buddy and Jim

...Endless Night; performed on Robert Plant's Raising Sand and Band of Joy tours; was part of the band for John Fogerty's The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again tour and produced Patty Griffin's Downtown Church CD, which won a Grammy Award in 2011 for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-05-15/ramblin-rhodes-fans-b
Art in the Park draws crowd to Columbia County amphittheater

Nicole Broadway seemed oblivious to the blue and purple chalk dust that covered nearly every inch of her as she intently blended and brushed and blended again the chalk lines...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-11/art-park-draws-crowd-columbia
Former Steeler Hall of Famer Jack Butler dies at 85

...him since his career ended in 1959."It had been a long road," John Butler said. "It wasn't completely out of the blue."Unlike Butler's professional career.The Pittsburgh native played wide receiver at St. Bonaventure and was planning...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/nfl/2013-05-11/former-steeler-hall-famer-jac
Toronto downs Boston in Game 5

...and the lead - in their first-round playoff series.Ribeiro put in the puck after Troy Brouwer deflected a shot from the blue line.The Capitals lead the series 3-2. Game 6 is Sunday in New York.The home team has won every game in the series...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2013-05-10/toronto-downs-boston-game-