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Sunday March the first we start off with The Panhandle Daddyz a great honky-tonk band from the Golden area with Glenn Taylor on pedal steel. Thursday the 5th we will be presenting The Stanleytones from Longmont one of the longest running local bluegrass outfits that play traditional and original bluegrass. Chris Daniels and the Kings return on Friday the 6th with their big sound featuring a great horn section and plenty of your dancing favorites. Jason Ricci & New Blood  will be here Saturday the 7th fresh from their nomination for a blues music award and being master of ceremonies for the 25th annual International Blues Challenge. Sunday the eighth we will have Felonius Smith and his acoustic blues band with their version of old post ww2 blues in a laid back fashion. Thursday the 12th we will feature The Mayhem String Band from Mississippi they have just recorded a new record at Jimbo Mathus’ Delta Recording Service and may have some advance copies with them, great southern Bluegrass. Halden Wofford and The Hi-Beams return for a wild and wacky night of Honky-tonk music on Friday the 13th, get there early is you want to sit. Big Bill Morganfield returns to Lyons after and very long delay since his appearance at our Blues festival many years ago. Yes he is Muddy Waters son and sounds a lot like his Daddy. If you close your eyes when he is playing slide you’d swear Muddy himself was in the room. Don’t miss this show if you like the blues it may be another five years to get him back .The third week of March starts with Swing State on Sunday the 15th a fine new group that plays vintage and original swing music, Dixieland and old time country it is a super group with Nancy Thorwardson, Greg Schochet, Adam Kiem and Bill Ponterelli on clarinet. Wednesday the 18th will be our tribute night with a show featuring the songs of the Hank Williams’ hosted by Jamie Lunde of Awnry girl productions, get a hold of Jamie www.awnrygirlproductions.com if you want to participate. Thursday the 19th we will have that great old time country band Glove Trucker  featuring the great vocals of Brian Johanson this cat can really sing these old tunes and writes great originals. Friday the 20th marks the return of The Johnny O band fresh from a trip to Memphis representing Colorado at the IBC. A special show on Saturday the 21st with west coast blues legend Ron Thompson & The Resistors he played with John Lee Hooker and helped revive John Lee’s career He is one of the best vocally and guitar wise. Don’t take my word for it just go to his web site and see the comments from his peers. This man knows the blues. The next Sunday the 22nd we will have an early show with the Outside the Door kids from Boulder from 12-4pm and Then Beth Wood takes stage from 6-9 with a great little band and her wonderful songs and voice, she is one of the best and now a resident of Lyons. Rue will be returning with its brand of gypsy jazz and vintage music with clarinet virtuoso Bill Ponterelli and wonderful vocals by Erin Humphries, Don Yaffee on guitar and Brain Schey on bass and ukulele on Thursday the 26th. Mike Kaylor and his blues band will perform on Friday the 27th; Mike is a great vocalist and piano player from Nashville. Saturday it will be The Lionel Young Band  Lionel and the boys always get the joint jumpin’ with their funky blues and more. Lionel plays the fiddle like a guitar and soon will be featured on Elvin Bishops next CD. The Zydematics  end a great month of March on Sunday the 29th with their zydeco and Cajun danceable songs so wear the dancing shoes and be ready to party. Don’t forget our finest bluegrass jam every Tuesday hosted by K.C. Groves and Eric Thorin all levels are welcome and out once a month acoustic plug-in jam and open stage the second Monday the 9th this month all players are welcome and everybody gets to play. See you around the place.

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Mama’s Little Yella Pils....hitting shelves near you NOW!

Our new canned good is a delicious, small-batch   
version of the beer that made Pilsen, Czechoslovakia famous. Mama’s is made with hearty amounts of pale malt, German specialty malts, and traditional (Saaz) and 21st century Bavarian hops. It’s the perfect antidote for the watered-down, cornfed versions of pilsner clogging America’s shelves. Our first canned lager, it’s also fermented at cool temperatures with a German yeast. While it’s rich with Czeched-out flavor, Mama’s gentle hopping (about 35 IBUs) and low ABV (just 5.3%) makes it a luxurious but low-dose beer. Look for our Gold Metal Winner on US shelves in March. Sadly, the Feds rejected our “Take Two and Call Us in the Morning” line on the can.

Craft Beer Ace Joins Oskar Blues Brewery

 
John Bryant, a well-respected heavyweight in the craft beer industry, is now a part of our Canned Beer Apocalypse crew.
 
John has enjoyed very impressive stints at Odell Brewing and Deschutes Brewery, we're thrilled to have him on our team.
 
He'll oversee the day-to-day operations in our Longmont facility and help us keep our machine running smooth and strong.
 
Get full details HERE 

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Oskar Blues Brewery grows 64% in 2008 
 
Oskar Blues Brewery enjoyed its sixth straight year of significant growth, increasing its beer production by 64% in 2008.  The company -- the nation’s first hand-canning craft brewery and makers of canned Dale’s Pale Ale, Old Chub Scottish Style Ale, Gordon, and Ten FIDY Imperial Stout -- produced 19,500 barrels of beer in 2008. The brewery produced 12,409 barrels in 2007. (A barrel of beer equals 31 gallons.) This growth makes Oskar Blues one of the fastest-growing craft brewers in America.

The Brewers Association has just reported that US craft beer production as a whole grew by 5.8%. Get details HERE.  The brewery’s 2008 growth was aided by its expansion into new markets (Texas, California and other states) and the opening of a new 35,000-square-feet brewery and cannery in Longmont, Colorado.

Our brewery in Lyons, CO continues to produce beers for the famed brewpub/music venue there. Oskar Blues began canning its beers (one can at a time on a table-top machine) in November of 2002. The move made Oskar Blues the first US craft brewer to brew and can its own beer.

Our beers are now available in 23 states: CO, AZ, CA, ID, WA, OR, AK, NM, GA, VA, NJ, PA, MA, NY, WI, RI, CT, MD, NC, FL, TN, TX and SC.

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Oskar Blues Brewery is Beating the Recession

If you missed our mighty spotlight dance on News 4 Friday February 27th, click on the picture and see the clip in the Beating the Recession window video.

http://cbs4denver.com/video/?id=53853@kcnc.dayport.com

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