{"id":4396,"date":"2008-06-02T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=4396"},"modified":"2008-06-02T08:02:03","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T06:02:03","slug":"june-8-bluesman-book-launch-live-blues-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/june-8-bluesman-book-launch-live-blues-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"June 8: Bluesman Book Launch &#038; Live Blues Jam!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bluesmanwdress2.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bluesmanwdress2.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/cbldf.gif\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bluesmanwdress2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4397\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/june-8-bluesman-book-launch-live-blues-jam\/attachment\/bluesmanwdress2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bluesmanwdress2.jpg?fit=331%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"331,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bluesmanwdress2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bluesmanwdress2.jpg?fit=331%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4397\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"bluesmanwdress2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bluesmanwdress2.jpg?resize=124%2C147\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>[ENGLISH] <strong>CBLDF says:<\/strong> June 8: Comics Get Da Blues! BLUESMAN Book Launch &amp; Live Blues Jam! Benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! What: BLUESMAN Graphic Novel Launch Party, featuring a special performance by legendary blues singer Bill Sims Jr (Lackawanna Blues, PBS&rsquo;s American Love Story) &amp; blues diva Pat Cisarano (Sundance Channel&rsquo;s Flying Confessions) with Bluesman\u00a0author Rob Vollmar!\u00a0When: Sunday, June 8, 7 PM &#8211; 11 PM Where: Village Pourhouse, 64 3rd Avenue @ 11th St, New<!--more-->\u00a0York, NY. How Much:\u00a0General Admission: $10 suggested donation at the door. Hosts: NBM Publishing &amp; JahFurry<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 8, comix and blues come together for a night of sizzling tunes and sparkling stories at the CBLDF Benefit Book Launch Party for Rob Vollmar &amp; NBM Publishing\u2019s graphic novel Bluesman! Bluesman author Vollmar will be joined by by legendary blues singer Bill Sims Jr (Lackawanna Blues, PBS&rsquo;s American Love Story) &amp; blues diva Pat Cisarano (Sundance Channel&rsquo;s Flying Confessions) for an evening of live music and comic goodness!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing themes of racial oppression and injustice, BLUESMAN tells the story of blues musician Lem Taylor\u2019s harrowing journey across Arkansas of the late twenties, hunted for a crime he didn\u2019t commit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab\u00a0An explosive and emotional climax. Bluesman mixes the mythic and dramatic with the nitty-gritty reality of the hard parts of life, just like a good blues song does.\u00a0\u00bb -Publishers Weekly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab\u00a0Consider Bluesman a worthy shelf mate for such other historical graphic novels as James Vance and Dan Burr&rsquo;s Kings in Disguise and Kim Deitch&rsquo;s Boulevard of Broken Dreams.\u00a0\u00bb -Booklist<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To help celebrate the marriage of comics and the blues, the CBLDF recruited legendary blues musician Bill Sims Jr. who throughout the evening, will be singin&rsquo; and slingin&rsquo; some authentic and rockin&rsquo; blues. Bill starred in PBS&rsquo;s 10 week American Love Story (a documentary about Bill and his family), was 1\/2 of the Obie-award winning original two-man stage version of HBO&rsquo;s Lackawanna Blues. Joining Bill is Pat Cisarano, who Tony Bennett once described at a Grammy&rsquo;s party as his \u00ab\u00a0favorite white blues singer,\u00a0\u00bb and who is currently features in the Sundance Channel documentary Flying Confessions of a Free Woman. Rob Vollmar, the author of Bluesman will be opening up the evening with a special set, and will be on hand throughout the night to sign copies of the graphic novel!<\/p>\n<p>About the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was founded in 1986 as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of First Amendment rights for members of the comic<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/bluesmanwdress2.jpg\"><\/a>s community. They have defended dozens of Free Expression cases in courts across the United States, and led important education initiatives promoting comics literacy and free expression. For additional information, donations, and other inquiries call 800-99-CBLDF or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbldf.org\">http:\/\/www.cbldf.org<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/cbldf\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/cbldf<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>For More About Bluesman, visit<br \/>\nNBM Publishing \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/nbmpub.com\">http:\/\/nbmpub.com<\/a><br \/>\nBluesman online- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluesmanproject.com\">http:\/\/www.bluesmanproject.com<\/a><br \/>\nBluesman on MySpace- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/bluesmanproject\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/bluesmanproject<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ENGLISH] CBLDF says: June 8: Comics Get Da Blues! BLUESMAN Book Launch &amp; Live Blues Jam! 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