Bluesalicious - Memphis Blues Dance Exchange, March 20

Music Line-up

Live Bands

Saturday Night

Ms. Nickki with Jesse Frank & the Blues Bandits

Steeped in the blues of Memphis and the Mississippi Delta, Ms. Nickki is a local favorite headlining weekly at one of the best juke joints in town. Ms. Nickki with Jesse Frank & the Blues Bandits will be bringing the house down Saturday night.

DJ Line Up
Showcased will be some of your favorite National DJs.

	Patrick Warren from Austin, TX Patrick began dancing in 2002 after being dragged kicking and screaming to a Swing class. He was instantly hooked. Introduced to Blues dancing in 2004, Patrick began attending several Blues weekends. After taking Blues musicality through a Jerry & Kathy class at Cheap Thrills, he became hooked on Blues music. He began collecting a wide variety of music that he felt was ideal for Blues dancing. The next logical step was for Patrick to begin sharing his music with others.
	Jeff Miller from Virginia Beach, VA Originally from Chicago, Jeff grew up listening and playing to the sounds of Glenn Miller, Dave Brubeck, and Louis Jordan. Who knew decades later he’d be dancing to the same songs. Now a Virginia Beach transplant, he got hooked on the swing dance scene in 2001 and has kept the scene going ever since. With Chicago Blues in his heart, it was no surprise he easily got hooked into Blues Dance after his first exchange's late night blues room and it all went to Hell after that. He helps to keep the Blues alive not only in his city by being at the heart of Dirt Cheap Blues & the area’s Natchel Blues Network, but also helps organize Blues events all across the country. He's been DJing since 2003 and all across the country. But with his lack of sleep he continues to grow his library to find the right songs for you to groove to all night long. He loves to crank out your must-have faves, the unknowns, and tunes that will push you in and out of your comfort zone on the dance floor. Still keep an ear out for his curveball songs that make you say "What the hell is this? But hey, let's dance!”
	Matt Kelsey from Los Angeles, CA Matt’s been dancing the past five years, enjoying great lindy and blues exchanges along the way. Originally based out of Tennessee, he currently splits his time between living in Tampa Bay, FL and Los Angeles, CA. Matt has enjoyed being the DJ at various venues, including the Las Vegas Lindy Exchange, Swing Dance USA, CCIDX, do Something blue, Poor Man’s Blues, Orlando Blues, Blue Bella, and the Zendah Grotto dance hall in Tampa, along with many late-night houseparties across the country. Matt likes a variety of musical genres, and prefers to surprise dancers with unexpected, fun and easily danceable songs that might not be heard at every other venue. His hope is to open dancers’ minds to new songs while ensuring they have a good time along the way. He’s looking forward to dancing in Memphis for the first time and enjoying all Beale Street has to offer. Matt is honored to be DJing at Bluesalicious and thrilled to be returning to his home state of Tennessee.
	Roy Rydbeck from San Francisco, CA Roy has been a regular Blues and Lindy Hop DJ since 1998. He DJed in Tampa from 1999-2000, Chicago from 2000 to 2005, and San Francisco from 2005 to 2008. Roy is currently one of the regular DJs at San Francisco's Friday Night Blues, as well as at the numerous San Francisco Blues parties. Roy has DJed numerous events across the map, including events in: Chicago, San Francisco, Tampa, Miami, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Cleveland, New Orleans, Dallas, St. Louis, Memphis, Indianapolois, Moscow, and St. Petersburg (Russia). Roy's Blues DJing is a good mix of different kinds of Blues. Some of Roy's favorites are Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, T-Bone Walker, Howling Wolf, Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty, Billy Boy Arnold, Memphis Minnie, and Sonny Boy Williamson-2.
	Sergio Loreto from South FL Sergio has been dancing for 10 years and DJing for over 8. He is the co-founder of Swing Affair, the organizers of SoFlex. Sergio taste in music range from the 20's to today. Big Band, Jazz, R&B, Jump Blues are nicely weaved together to give the dancers a great variety in tempos. Over the past 3 years Sergio has been bitten by the Blues bug. During this time his travels took him to DJ gigs at various events like the Y8A Blues Party, Herrang Dance Camp, various Blues parties and Exchange stops at Atlanta, San Francisco, Austin, London, Amsterdam, Moscow, among others.

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