Bayfront Blues Festival

Lamont Cranston

Lamont Cranston at Bayfront Blues Festival

Coco Montoya

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Sugar Blue

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Deb Callahan

Deb Callahan at Bayfront Blues Festival

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The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue — Magic Dick, Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart and Bernard Allison

The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue at Bayfront Blues Festival

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The Edwin H. Gott arrived under the Lift Bridge as Mike Zito was on stage leaning into his guitar at the Bayfront Blues Festival on Sunday afternoon. The Gott came in for some blues and some gas before loading up on iron ore pellets at the BNSF dock in Superior. Those will go to steel mills in Toledo. Photo taken on August 10,2008
*submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 08-11-2008

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Behind the trees, the cymbals and the Hoopsnakes, the Cason J. Callaway departed under the Lift Bridge on Saturday afternoon. The Blues Festival continues today but we are getting to the end of the long line of boats waiting to load coal at Midwest Energy Resources. The Algolake is probably gone by now and the American Century is due out later this afternoon. Photo taken on August 09,2008
*submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 08-10-2008

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The Joseph L. Block went under the Lift Bridge on Friday afternoon, on its way to Two Harbors to load iron ore pellets. At the same time, Shannon Curfman was in the middle of her set at the Bayfront Blues Festival (above). Both the Blues and the boats continue today, most of the boats will be here for coal; 4 thousand footers, all loading coal, will come under the Lift Bridge to back up the Blues at Bayfront. Photo taken on August 08,2008
*submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 08-09-2008

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2008 Bayfront Blues Festival August 7-10, 2008

August 8, 2008

Friday, August 8, 2008 Centerville All Stars   Shannon Curfman Ruthie Foster Anthony Gomes & the New Soul Cowboys Shemekia Copeland Saturday, August 9, 2008 Big Walter Smith and the Groove Merchants The Rusty Wright Band The Hoopsnakes Sunday, August 10, 2008 Davina and the Vagabonds Mike Zito

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American Mariner departs to the blues

August 13, 2007

Fiona Boyes and the Fortune Tellers made it to the Bayfront Blues Festival stage on Sunday afternoon in time to sing to the Beluga Expectation leaving for Spain with wind turbine blades and the American Mariner departing with coal for Milwaukee. Above, she serenades the American Mariner. Photo taken on August 12, 2007. *submitted to [...]

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Algolake comes to the Fest

August 12, 2007

The Algolake came under the Lift Bridge on Saturday afternoon, in time for the mid afternoon set by Ross William Perry (above, left) at the Bayfront Blues Festival. The Algolake will be loading coal but probably didn’t leave until after the music was over. Longshoremen at the Port Terminal finished discharging wind turbine parts from [...]

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Federal Ems and Blues Fest

August 11, 2007

Roxanne Potvin (above) was the only member of the Blues Caravan Women that made it to the Bayfront Blues Festival on Friday afternoon but she put on a great show for the crowd. Of course, she was backed up nicely by the beautiful Federal Ems moving slowly to the Lift Bridge on her way to [...]

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Bayfront Blues Festival August 9-12, 2007

August 10, 2007

Friday, August 10, 2007 Lamont Cranston Band Mighty Lester Tommy Castro Ian Parker … as the salt water ship Vanessa C comes under the Lift Bridge Ian Parker Although Roxanne Potvin didn’t have her usual side kick Deborah Coleman with her (she had connecting flight troubles), Roxanne’s part of the Blues Caravan Women was a [...]

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Mesabi Miner arrives to music

August 13, 2006

The Mesabi Miner was center stage while Jason Ricci was entertaining the crowd at the Bayfront Blues Festival Saturday afternoon. The thousand footer carried limestone from Cedarville/Port Dolomite, Michigan in the cargo hold. After dischaging that cargo at the CN dock in West Duluth, it was next set to move across the St. Louis River [...]

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American Integrity departs to music

August 12, 2006

The Tarbox Ramblers played on at the Bayfront Blues Festival on Friday afternoon as the American Integrity departed Duluth. The 1,000-foot-long laker had 62,000 tons of coal to deliver to Detroit Edison at St. Clair, Michigan. Today, most of the boat traffic should be over before the Festival gets going. The music will of course [...]

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And the Anderson also

August 15, 2005

The Arthur M. Anderson arrived Duluth on Sunday with a load of limestone and some heavy accompaniment from John Lee Hooker Jr. and his band. Duluth will be much quieter when the Anderson departs today with taconite. *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 08-15-2005

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Columbia Star likes the Blues too

August 14, 2005

The Columbia Star was right on cue Saturday afternoon, providing a nice backdrop to Ronnie Baker Brooks at the Bayfront Blues Festival. The Arthur M. Anderson is set to make an appearance at the Blues Festival late this afternoon, just after coming under the Lift Bridge with a load of limestone. *submitted to the Duluth [...]

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McCarthy likes the Blues

August 13, 2005

The Walter J. McCarthy Jr. came under the Lift Bridge during a break in the music at the Bayfront Blues Festival. It is here to load coal for Consumers Energy’s Cobb power plant at Muskegon, Michigan. *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 08-13-2005

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Frontenac departs with the Blues

January 2, 2005

The Frontenac departed Duluth during the Blues Festival last August (above). Most of the people in the picture didn’t know the boat was just behind them. They were listening to Mavis Staples. Today, the Frontenac will be under the Lift Bridge again, here to load taconite. Very few of us will be watching, but for [...]

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Paul R. brings coal to the party

November 1, 2004

The Paul R. Tregurtha may be the largest boat on the Great Lakes but it seemed to fit snuggly on the stage of the Blues Festival last August. As usual, it was taking a load of low sulfur Western coal to lower lakes power plants. *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 11-01-2004

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Paul R. Tregurtha here more often

September 10, 2004

The Paul R. Tregurtha has been here 38 times this year, more than any other boat that visits the port. Last year, it made 50 trips to the Twin Ports, the most visits of any boat that year also. At 1,013 feet, 6 inches long, it is the largest boat working the Great Lakes. Photo [...]

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Columbia Star and a music star

September 5, 2004

The Columbia Star departed Duluth while Tinsley Ellis (right) was entertaining the crowd at the Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth on August 15th. *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 09-05-2004

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Mesabi Miner named for miners

September 3, 2004

The Mesabi Miner is making its 16 visit of the year to the Twin Ports. Four of those visits found it loading coal at Midwest Energy Resources in Superior. On the other visits, as today, it loaded taconite at the DM&IR Dock in West Duluth. Launched in 1977, it was the 4th thousand footer on [...]

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Frontenac entering Duluth

August 6, 2004

Built in 1968, the Frontenac was named for the governor of the French possessions in North America in the late 17th century. He established a government at Quebec, Canada. *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 08-06-2004

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Paul R. will take coal to Marquette

June 24, 2004

The Paul R. Tregurtha will be loading about 61,000 tons of coal today for the Presque Isle power plant in Marquette, Michigan. It will then return to Midwest Energy to load coal for Taconite Harbor. It will be back again in a couple days to load coal for its usual destination at St. Clair, Michigan [...]

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Mesabi Miner here today

June 10, 2004

The Mesabi Miner will be here today for the 8th time this year. It loaded taconite at the DM&IR Dock in West Duluth on 7 of those trips. It was across the St. Louis River loading coal at the Midwest Energy coal dock on the other trip. Photo taken March 19, 2007. *submitted to the [...]

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McCarthy loaded with coal

June 9, 2004

The Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. , (above) is just leaving the Midwest Energy Resources Company coal dock on April 30th of this year. It is carrying about 60,000 tons of coal. You can see the shiploader on the left, upright now but ready to load coal into the next boat. *submitted to the Duluth News [...]

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