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Cool
John & Captain Luke – Hotel
Happiness 

Since it’s getting into autumn now, the leaves are starting to change
and there is a bit of a chill in the air: perfect for digesting songs about
change. Change is inevitable, it happens, and it proves that we’re alive. That’s
why I was so fascinated by “Hotel Happiness” by Captain Luke and Cool John Ferguson: the
Captain’s impressively low bass rumble and Cool John’s picking make the song
seem like the typical love song full of saccharine sweetness.

But here’s
the thing about hotels: they aren’t meant to be lived in. The very nature of
them is novelty: small sized soaps, mints on the pillow, questionable
pay-per-view — the kind of things that aren’t really suited to everyday life.
Maybe happiness is this fleeting, too. Maybe it’s like a vacation. “I’m
checking into hotel happiness / cause darlin’ I found you,” Luke
croons. It’s adorable, and you want to think that you’ll be in that perfect
honeymoon bliss forever. Maybe there is an underlying current of impermanence
and maybe not. Maybe it’s just about escaping yourself long enough to appreciate
what you have while you have it.

Cool John Ferguson will be in
Columbia, MO this weekend for Roots N Blues N BBQ and
both Captain Luke and Cool John will be at Capitol Blues Night in
October. 

–
Whitney

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Capitol Blues Night is back –
and bigger!

The Blues is back in D.C. – Capitol Blues Night is October
24th! This time though, a full Music Maker Blues Revue will be
performing at The Hamilton, and tickets will be $25.

Don’t miss
this – it’s not often you get to see Ironing Board Sam, Captain Luke, Cool John Ferguson, Big Ron Hunter, Sol Roots and Ardie Dean all on one
ticket!

Tim said, “This classic drink-house lineup will be seen
in one of DC’s finest venues. Ironing Board Sam filled the Blues Tent
to capacity at Jazzfest all by himself. Add Cool John Ferguson and Captain Luke,
and the show will be just that much more explosive.”

We
hope to see you at The Hamilton October 24th! Doors open at 6:30pm, show begins
at 7:30pm. Get your tickets at thehamiltondc.com/live.
 

  L.C. Ulmer brings boogie music from South Mississippi to the Music Maker Stage on
October 13th. Ulmer, born in Ellisville, MS in 1928, has spent his life
playing music and working various jobs. He learned guitar from his
father, and sang in his church choir as a child. Other influences include artist
Blind Roosevelt Graves; Ulmer studied Graves’s slide-playing and imitated it.
Before he entered his teens, Ulmer began playing for tips – his first
professional gigs.

Ulmer said, “The guitar was my pride and job.
I wanted to go in front of that audience – always wanting to be seen.   I love
that feeling. That’s me.”

At 79 years old, Ulmer’s record,
Long Ways from Home, was released by Hill Country Records. He continues
to play for a growing fanbase, performing at Festivals throughout the U.S. and
Europe. We are so thrilled to have L.C. Ulmer as part of the Music Maker Stage in
Hattiesburg, MS on October
13th!