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Cool
John Ferguson
rocks Capitol Blues

 with the
Music Maker Blues Revue
Cool John at Cap Blues Night  Seeing Cool John perform
is always a special treat.
We were so excited to have him with us for
the expanded Capitol Blues Night, which also included Ironing Board Sam, Captain Luke, Big Ron Hunter, Sol and Ardie Dean. It was a great
night of Blues and if you didn’t make it out, check our Twitter and Facebook for

an upcoming video from the evening.
While talking to
Cool John last night, we thought it might be fun to post a low-country
recipe,
since it is the start of the season of entertaining, and Cool
John hails from South Carolina. Here’s a recipe for the “official snack of South
Carolina,” boiled peanuts, a great party food:
 

Ingredients: 
1lb green
peanuts 
Salt 
1 quart water
Recipe:
Keep the shells
on the peanuts, wash and place in a large, sturdy pot. Add the water, and push
peanuts down to make sure the water is about an inch above them. Add a heaping
tablespoon of salt. (Note: this recipe is easy to expand, it’s 1 tablespoon for
every 1 qt of water, 1 lb of peanuts.)

Bring the water to a
boil. Then, turn down the heat and simmer, about two hours or more, depending on
how you like them.

Once cooked, let cool in the water. Dig
in immediately when cool! 

Source: DiscoverSouthCarolina.com 

Diggin: “Having
Fun”

Cool John Ferguson
I got my first taste of traveling
for work the other week when I went with John Dee Holeman and Joan
up to Richmond for the Richmond Folk Festival. As we’re all packing up to go up
to DC this week for Capitol Blues Night, it behooves me to listen to something
like “Having Fun” by Cool John Ferguson;
it’s cruising music that does a lot to soothe my nerves, as I’m
the kind of person who likes to worry about everything all the time. It also
reminds me that as a rule, having to go to music festivals for work is
the definition of “Having Fun.”
Cool John Ferguson’s ability to make
the guitar talk is second to none. Both his and his guitar’s voices
speak volumes on this track about taking life as it comes and having a positive
attitude about it;
it brings to mind warm days driving with the window
down letting my hand surf on the wind rushing past the car. It’s the
little things that bring you pleasure that are worth focusing
on.


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Listen: 
Cool
John Ferguson –
  Having
Fun

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10/24 – Cool John Ferguson, Captain Luke, Ironing Board Sam, Big Ron
Hunter, Sol & Ardie Dean – Capitol Blues Night, The Hamilton, Washington,
DC
10/25 – Ironing Board Sam – The Crunkleton, Chapel Hill, NC
10/27-
11/2- Ironing Board Sam, Carolina Chocolate Drops – Legendary Rhythm & Blues
Cruise
11/02 – John Dee Holeman – They Eddy Pub, Saxapahaw, NC
11/02 –
Albert White – Northside Tavern, Atlanta, GA
11/08 – Ironing Board Sam – The
Crunkelton, Chapel Hill, NC
11/09 – Ironing Board Sam – The Depot,
Hillsborough, NC
11/11 – George Higgs –  Pinecone Music of the Carolinas,
NCMoH, Raleigh, NC
11/15 – Ironing Board Sam – The Crunkleton, Chapel Hill,
NC
11/17 – Lakota John and Kin – American Indian Heritage Festival, NCMo,
Raleigh, NC
11/22 – Ironing Board Sam – The Crunkleton, Chapel Hill,
NC
11/29 – Ironing Board Sam – The Crunkleton, Chapel Hill,
NC
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