Silky Sol and CC Rep Ms Ssugah

Her first trip out was to attend (with press credentials) the Texas Music Festival, held the last weekend in August. The show, however was cut short because of the on coming Hurricane Gustav.

Ms. Ssugah did get a chance to spend a few moments with up and coming Southern Soul artist Silky Sol (on the left). You can hear a few of Silky's songs on the Chittlin Circuit Internet Radio station. The track What Cha Want With Me? will be one of the next Southern Soul hits.

For more information on Ms Ssugah, check out her website at: www.myspace.com/texasraisedcajun

Bobby Rush

The same night Bobby also took home awards for “best acoustic artist” and “best acoustic album” for Raw (Deep Rush), a testament to his versatility that also highlights how his more contemporary records draw upon the same deep blues vein.

On his new CD Look At What You Gettin’ (Deep Rush) Bobby Rush returns to the modern style with which he’s most closely associated, and once again delivers a fresh mix of ballads, bawdy double meaning songs, and classic soul delivered with the authority of someone who was there during the birth of the genre.

Zakiya Hooker and Pat Wilder on stage

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Issac Hayes

Hayes was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. In the late 1960s, Hayes became a recording artist, and recorded successful soul albums such as Hot Buttered Soul (1969) and Black Moses (1971) as the Stax label's premier artist.

Alongside his work in popular music, Hayes is a film score composer for motion pictures. His best known work, for the 1971 blaxploitation film Shaft, earned Hayes an Academy Award for Best Original Song (the first Academy Award received by an African-American in a non-acting category) and two Grammy Awards. He received a third Grammy for the album Black Moses.

In 1992, in recognition of his humanitarian work, he was crowned an honorary king of Ghana's Ada district. From 1997 to 2006, he provided the voice for the character "Chef" on the Comedy Central animated TV series South Park.

Latimore, Lil'Ray Neal, Preston Shannon, Kenny Neal, Joe Cambel

The Legends and stars in attendance were, to name a few, Millie Jackson, Kenny Neal, Bishop Joe Simon, Denise LaSalle, Preston Shannon, Roy C and Al Bell. Thursday evening the list included Ms Jody, Sweet Angel, Karen Wolfe, Willie Hill, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Mr. Sam and B.B. Queen.

The grand finale started when Lil' Ray Neal began his Little Milton tribute. Calling Kenny Neal to the stage, we saw two great guitar (and brothers) players in action. Then Nephew Tyree Neal joined in. It got even better when Latimore took control of the keyboards then these players were joined by Memphis Blues man, Preston Shannon. Finally a cousin to Little Milton Joe Cambel entered the stage. No where on the planet could you find such an assembled group of talented blues artists.

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