MY GOOD FRIEND HAZEL a.k.a. "MUSIC LADY" FROM TALLAHASSEE,FLORIDA IS A BIG FAN OF THE BLUES AND SOUTHERN SOUL MUSIC.SHE SHARES WITH US HER CONCERT REVIEW FROM A RECENT BLUES FESTIVAL HELD IN CRESTVIEW,FLORIDA. "2010 CRESTVIEW BLUES FESTIVAL" This weekend I attended the May Day Blues Fest in Crestview Florida and it was truly an awesome festival. Promoter Mike Hall pulled out all the stops! MC's for the show were CC of 99.3 (Panama City), PoppaRock (Pensacola), Nikki D'Marks (Mobile) and Sunshine(Magic 101, Pensacola). The show opener was a local band, The Soul Survivors. They performed old favorites like Superbad by James Brown, She's Fresh by Kool and the Gang, I Got Work To Do, and Maze's These Changing Times. Although they would not be my choice they did a decent set and the locals seemed to like them. The second performer was Walt Luv (haven't seen him in a while). Folks he's back and in rare form. Walt kicked off his set with an old hit, I Had To Change My Way. Then he sang a slow song I Can't Win for Losing. Before he sang this song he handed out a long stem rose to 15 of the ladies in the audience (nice touch). But not even a rose could make that song be a hit. He then did a song called It Ain't No Fun. He is releasing his new cd. Good Luck Walt! Next up was James Payne. Now, I gotta stop here and say this....I DON"T LIKE TRACK SHOWS....That being said (and out of the way)....James Payne did a fairly decent track show and the crowd loved him. He opened with Crazy Bout You Baby. His set included hits like Back Doing The Same Thing, Dancing, and his most notable hit I Ain't Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman. This one really got the crowd on it's feet and dancing in the isles. Great show James! Next up was the young man Big K9 has affectionately dubbed "The Next Big Thang". Wow what show! Walter Waiters took to the stage and proceeded to brang da house down! He opened with an old Vernon Garrett hit, I'm At The Crossroads and the he continued to wow the crowd with his rendition of The Day I Started Loving You. Walter then went into a string of his own hits; What Happens in the Club, Clean Up Brother and Don't Scratch My Back. He also performed favorites like Sho Wasn't Me, Walkin the Dog (whewwww he sho know how to walk that dog) and Your Man Is Home Tonight (this one had EVERYBODY up dancing). What can I say.....AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME Walter Waiters. Next up was Jeff Floyd. Jeff opened with the Teddy P hit I Don't Love You Anymore. The crowd was on their feet and moving to the stage like a speeding locomotive. As he performed hits like I Got Heaven, Kingsize Bed and Somebody's Gonna Lose the women seemed ready to pass out at his feet. But it was the hits Lock My Door and I Found Love on a Lonely Highway that truly had the crowd spellbound and dancing at the same time...LoL. Fantastic Show! Last but not least was the Fabulous Mr Mel Waiters who came on stage (mic in hand) and belting out Pop That Thang and the party was on! Mel followed this up with Smaller The Club, Swing Out and from his new cd, I Ain't Gone Do It and Bobby Wommacks That's The Way I Feel About You. Chandra Calloway added Flava to this set when she did her rendition of Clean up Woman and Sweet Thang. Mel then sang A Change Is Gonna Come, Got My Whiskey and closed the show with Hole In The Wall. Mel is the consumate entertainer and he's lookin goooooood these days. I had a chance to hand out with Mel and his Cousin Walter Waiters back stage and I must say...Them Waiters boys got it goin on. All in All this was a FANTASTIC blues fest. Hats off to Mike Hall. This was the first annual blues fest for Crestview and thanks to a crowd of more than 1500 Mike will return again next year with an even bigger and better show! Awesome job Mike! Hazel a.k.a. Music Lady
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