ALL THE NEWS ON SBC 16
Updated 06/25/09
There's a fresh coat of paint on the caboose... We can hear the fat lady clearing her throat... SBC 16 will be the Grand Finale! After a decade and a half, even the best things must come to an end. The final Sandy Beaches Cruise will sail from Tampa, Florida for the week of January 10-17, 2010 aboard Holland America's ms Ryndam.
The ports will include Cozumel, Mexico, Costa Maya, Mexico and Roatan, Honduras.
SBC 16 artists (latest in italics) include Al Anderson, Marcia Ball, Tab Benoit, Bruce Channel, Nick Connolly, Bob DiPiero, Fred Eaglesmith, Mike Farris, Jimmy Hall, Tom Hambridge, Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, Colin Linden, Clay McClinton, Mingo Fishtrap, Jonell Mosser, Cyril Neville, Gary Nicholson, Paul Thorn, Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, Seth Walker and our fearless leader, Delbert McClinton, with more artists being added.
SBC 16 is now sold out, but please make a standby reservation and the SBC staff will contact you concerning cabin availability. The pre-cruise hotel rooms are now sold out; however, please submit a hotel reservation request to be placed on the waiting list.
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”.
YOU GOT 'EM... AND YOU SENT 'EM!!
And now you can look at 'em...
OK, there are now over 960 images available for your viewing pleasure in the SBC 15 Photo Pages. All of the images from the SBC 15 Delbert Fan Club Meeting are out there as well. Remember that you have the option to purchase prints (or other items) using these images by clicking on the “Buy” button in the photo page.DELBERT ADDS HIS VOICE TO CHARITY CD
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
ROCKING THE BOAT DVD FINAL RELEASE ARRIVES!!
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
A DELBERT DUET WILL DO IT EVERY TIME
 | | British country artist Lucie Diamond joins a star-studded list of female singers including Bonnie Raitt, Tanya Tucker and Martina McBride who have all sung duets with multi Grammy winner Delbert McClinton. Delbert added his world class vocal skills to Lucie's debut album “I Wanna Be Rich” at the end of May in a top Nashville recording studio, on track number 7 - the rocking “Closed Curtain.” Having previously only dueted with one European artist before - Norwegian Rita Eriksen in 1992 - Lucie is the first non American to sing with Delbert in more than 15 years, and the only British artist to ever duet with him. Visit luciediamond.com to hear an audio sample and pick up a copy of Lucie's CD. |
CLASSIC DELBERT OUT ON DVD (and CD)
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.
A FORUM FOR 'EM ALL...
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.
DELBERT'S LATEST CD WINS GRAMMY
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Delbert collected his 3rd Grammy® in the category Best Contemporary Blues Album for Cost of Living. Congratulations for this recognition from members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
The recording, produced by Delbert and Gary Nicholson, features Kevin McKendree, Rob McNelley, Lynn Williams, Spencer Campbell and Don Wise from Delbert's band along with Steve Mackey, Bill Campbell, James Pennebaker, Stuart Duncan, Jim Hoke, Al Anderson, Tom Hambridge and Gary Nicholson. Additional vocals are provided by Bekka bramlett, Tom Hambridge, Russell Smith, Jeffrey Steele and Crystal Talifaro.
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DELBERT INTERVIEWED ON FRESH AIR
Check out this excellent interview with Delbert on NPR from WHYY's FRESH AIR on June 14, 2005. The interview starts with recollections of Delbert's early years and ends on the release of Nothing Personal. Here's a link to the Fresh Air Interview.
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