Transforming Today's World Magazine - JAN 2014 Special Edition Vol 5 Issue 3 | Page 75

During their unfortunate delay they still found time to take a private
tour of the International Rockabilly Hall of Fame, and shortly after a
bus wash and shower at a truck stop, they arrived in Mississippi….
right on the dot… at 2 p.m.…. ready to fill their allotted spot - with
literally no time to spare! To complete the unique mix came two more
women - Joni and her daughter Alex Buffalohead from Lon’s hometown, Minneapolis Minnesota. They had taken time off from their
family band Bluedog to come down and play. Later, due to bad weather, they would be stranded overnight in Memphis and wound up doing an interview on Vinny Marini’s radio show, “On The Couch”
along with Sunday Wilde.
Sunday had made it down from the northern Ontario wilderness,
freshly back from a one week stand in Toronto. In the continuing saga
of reaching the blues fest, she quickly discovered the forty below
January weather had killed her car battery! But there must have been
an angel on her shoulder as a note posted on the internet, brought a
response from a fan who worked at an auto parts shop! He quickly
contacted the outlet in her hometown and got her a replacement; even
with a discount! She was finally on her way!
Sunday had a long journey ahead of her as she was representing Canada down in Mississippi to perform in an international recording
project in Clarksdale. Imagine - after all the traveling dramas and
minute by minute scheduling challenges, FINALLY, these fifteen
women gathered to record an inaugural CD to share their stories in
that language they all understood and knew too well - THE BLUES!
For lovers of the blues, this amazing story of the first women’s blues
fest will make total sense! After all, life and all its drama just wouldn’t
be life without the blues…and the blues just wouldn’t BE the blues
without these 15 amazingly talented women who made history about
a year ago…. in Clarksdale Mississippi….with the first, but certainly
not the last, “The Women In Blues International!”

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