ALL THE NEWS ON SBC 17
Yeah, you heard it right. The caboose ran off the tracks and the fat lady got laryngitis. SBC 17 is sailing in 2011! We're all gonna get One More Last Chance! We'll be sailing from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Friday, January 7, 2011. There are only two ports this time, which means just one thing: MORE MUSIC! We'll be visiting ports in the southern Caribbean that are all new for SBC: Kralendijk, Bonaire and Willemstad, Curaçao. Details will follow concerning the artists performing on SBC 17. Cabins are going fast so make your reservation today.
The SBC Staff want to know what you thought about SBC 16. Please take a few minutes to fill out the SBC 16 Survey and then add your comments as well. Every rating and comment will be reviewed with great interest and an eye towards making SBC 17 an even better experience. Thanks for your time in completing the survey.
Your SBC 16 digital photos, that is. We don't want your average or your just OK; we want your VERY BEST images! The bigger the better! In fact anything less than than 1024 on a side (1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024) will be thrown back as too small this year. NO date stamps, NO out-of-focus shots or shots of feet need apply. Please, NO links to other photo websites. Attach your best images in an email to or if you 've got so many great shots that you'd prefer to put 'em on a CD, send a note to that same address and ask for the snail mail address to send your CD. Remember, the judges decisions will be final!! Last day to submit your photos is Sunday, February 28.
Delbert appeared in December on WFUV's Words and Music From Studio A. From the NPR archives, we also have Delbert and the band's appearance on World Café in 2006 and a great interview with Delbert on Fresh Air in 2005. Check 'em out!
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Three-time Grammy® Award winning artist Delbert McClinton has released his latest album Acquired Taste. It's his first new studio recording in over four years. The new record, available August 18th from New West Records, was produced by Grammy® Award winning producer Don Was (Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt). Acquired Taste was released as a 14-track CD as well as a deluxe CD/DVD with never before seen performances from one of his Austin City Limits TV appearances.
The album is a juke joint blend of country soul, infused with blues, rock and jazz. McClinton, one of the greatest American vocalists, showcases his versatile voice on ballads like "Starting A Rumor" and "Never Saw It Comin'", while he jazzes things up on tracks including "Mama's Little Baby" and "Until Then."
McClinton, who can be heard on vocals, guitar and harmonica, calls on his seasoned band, Dick50, to back him on the new record; Lynn Williams (drums), Steve Mackey (bass), Kevin McKendree (keyboards, lead guitar on "Cherry Street") and Rob McNelley (guitar, background vocals on "When She Cries At Night"). McClinton is also joined by several guest musicians including his longtime friend Stephen Bruton, who plays guitar and sings background vocals on "Can't Nobody Say I Didn't Try." Also on the album: Dennis Taylor (sax on " People Just Love To Talk"), Michito Sanchez (percussion on "Do It," "Mama's Little Baby," "Until Then" & "Starting A Rumor"), Maxine and Julia Waters (background vocals on "Starting A Rumor" & "Mama's Little Baby") and Tom Hambridge (drums on "Mama's Little Baby" & "She's Not There Anymore"). Audio samples from the CD are now available.
We've completed revamping the SBC Videos on delbert.com. We're using a new service to display the videos and they're now larger, sharper and faster to download and play. Scroll down the right hand side of this page and you'll see the SBC Videos section with 30 videos. In the SBC 15 Video Montage, Jay Curlee, director of the “Rocking the Boat” DVD, did a great job of capturing the SBC 15 artists (and cruisers) in action, set to the music of Delbert's “Goin' Back to Louisiana”.
Delbert contributed a recording of “Lay Down Sally” to the Imus Ranch Record CD, which was released in September, 2008. Proceeds from the sale of this CD benefit the Imus Ranch in New Mexico. Radio legend Don Imus and his family play host to over 100 children with cancer each year at this working cattle ranch. Click this link to read a New York Times article about the CD. Click this link to learn more about the Imus Ranch. Click this link to order the CD from amazon.com and to hear audio samples of the CD.
Here's a list of all the tunes on the CD:
1. Silver Springs — Patty Loveless
2. Lay Down Sally — Delbert McClinton
3. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys — Lucinda Williams
4. You Better Move On — Levon Helm
5. Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs — Raul Malo
6. I Ain’t Never — Little Richard
7. I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore — Randy Travis
8. You’ve Got To Fight For Your Right To Party — Big & Rich
9. What A Difference A Day Makes — Willie Nelson
10. Give Back The Key To My Heart — Dwight Yoakam
11. What Happened — Bekka Bramlett
12. Welfare Music — John Hiatt
13. A Satisfied Mind — Vince Gill
The Deluxe Edition of the “Rocking the Boat,” the award-winning music documentary and concert film starring Delbert and an SBC boatload of his musical friends, is now shipping. The soundtrack is now mixed in heart-thumping Dolby 5.1 and DTS Surround Sound. Making movies is an expensive, exhilarating, and sometimes frustrating process. Our roller coaster ride included beating out this year's Oscar winner at one festival and out box-officing new films from William Friedken and Sidney Lumet at a couple others. We closed our festival season sharing the red carpet with the likes of Martin Sheen and good friend Matt Clark at the Lone Star International Film Festival.
The Surround Sound Mix was done at Paul “Pappy” Middleton's Palmyra Studios in Palmer, TX. Pappy supervised and the mix was beautifully done by Milo Phillips. These guys really stepped up to save the day. There are seven new songs and one new story. The movie runs for 113 minutes and there is more than 1 hour of bonus material. Whitey Johnson, Clay McClinton, Pianorama, and Bob DiPiero were added to the lineup. It took 34 years for the great documentary, “Festival Express,” to get completed. We started production on RTB in July, 2005. Seems like yesterday.
Click HERE to view the RTB trailer. Click HERE to order the DVD.
All the best,
Jay Curlee
Director, Executive Producer
Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey
Delbert McClinton: Live From Austin TX is now available on DVD (and CD). Check out a sample from this December 1982 performance on Austin City Limits then visit amazon.com to purchase.
We've now added a forum to delbert.com. If the guest book is for comments, then the forum is for questions, correspondence and a whole lot more. Learn more or click on Forums in the menu at the top of the page to register and check it all out.
