20Mb Phuket Blues Rock Fest 8 acts

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That was George Cordeiro from USA & the Fang Jang Blues Gang, the opening act of the 2009 Phuket International Blues Rock Festival which was held at Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa, last weekend 21-22 February. We talked to Andy Anderson, Director of the festival, who gave his impression of the atmosphere and audience this year:




The Sam Wilko Band, a local Phuket based father & daughter act, was the next band up on stage:

Andy commented more on the audience and thanked us for helping in some of the filming to produce a souvenir DVD of the highlights:

Corinne Gibbons from Australia had her time on stage:

The Groove Doctors, another locally based band from Phuket, were another popular act:

Jimmy Fame, also known as Jim Newport, the locally based writer, but originally from USA, together with compatriot & evergreen Rich Harper, gave a tribute to the famous Jimi Hendrix:

Lil Willie & Ko from Samui opened the Saturday performers:

Bert Deivert & Janne Zander from Sweden, were one of several newcomers to the festival
Andy mentioned plans for next years 2010 festival:

We cant show all the acts today from this years festival, but we agree that Eric Bibb from USA was the highlight and we look forward to seeing more performers next year:

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