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Blues in Greece Interview
November 6, 2016
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 March 2016
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An Enclopedia of South Carolina
Jazz & Blues Musicians
In An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians, Benjamin Franklin V documents the careers of South Carolina jazz and blues musicians from the nineteenth century to the present.
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  Mackey glad to be a part of The
Acoustic Guitar Project
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Washington State University Tri-Cities
A great success for Wes Mackey and the Festival organizers.
See this flikr pictorial of the event
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Wes Mackey's News Archives
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 A Blues Journey with Wes Mackey
and Peter Selnar - Vancouver, BC
SECOND DATE ADDED!
Bluesman WES MACKEY grew up in rural South Carolina and during his 50 year musical career, toured North America and Europe and played in bands backing up the likes of John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters.
Assisted by Peter “Sweet Tooth" Selnar from the Hell’s Gate Blues Band, Wes will talk and play songs about his life and the blues.
  Mackey in 2014 Geneva Blues Society Calendar
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  European tour garners much attention in 2013 & 14
While on tour with Croatian band Blues Train, he performed at The Croatian National Theatre and an iconic castle. The event was covered on National TV and press. He also had stops in Austria, Slovenia, Germany, Belgium, France and Switzerland. Wes returned to the area again in as part of his 2014 tour.
 February 2013Wes Mackey performs at
The Croatian National Theatre in Split
with Blues Train
 Blues: a regional experience
Bob Eagle, Eric S Leblanc
Wes makes the list in new book now available
for sale at http://www.worldcat.org/
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Wes Mackey on Global Morning News
  With Steve Darling With Wesla Wong and Mark Madryga
February 2012
Thanks to The Saskatoon Blues Society and Gord MacAuley for their Blues in The Schools Program where Wes held 10 workshops at 10 different schools. A special remembrance to Christine MacAULAY .
O World...
O World... Wes Mackey is pleased and honored to be a part of The O World Project. January
The ‘O WORLD’ project is a multi-media initiative that encompasses the Arts, the Sciences Religious/Spiritual practices/traditions. The mission of the project is to promote unity among the worlds peoples and inspire global community ... The Arts aspect of the project involves the world-wide release of an original song called ‘O WORLD’ on Earth Day 2012, (April 22). They have enlisted musicians representing many genres of music and a multitude of musical traditions from around the world, and Wes Mackey has just finished recording the blues version of this project.
Federico's Blues Dance Experiment
November 2011
Wes Mackey's stint at Federico's Supper Club wraps up a great season of blues and blues dancing with his band and blues dancers Diane Garceau and David Yates. The troupe appeared on Vancouver's entertainment news show Urban Rush on October 25th. Look for Wes to be performing at Federico's a lot over the Holidays!
Music Video Nomination
August 1, 2011
Stu Ray, director of Remi Cityreal Huot's music video Passing Me By Ft Wes Mackey receives WCMA Nomination for Best Multimedia (video) The videois now being aired on Much Music and can be seen on the Much Music website at Much Music.
http://youtu.be/8MEBEYiW1mQ
February, 2011
Wes pens a new theme song for Blues Rules Festival in Crissier Switzerland
 With Sonny Rhodes and Carl Weathersby
Blues and Rap ?
Cityreal's Debut CD The Beginning Gets Best Hip Hop/Rap Nomination
August 17, 2010
Wes Mackey and Rap Artist Cityreal collaborated on two original songs for Cityreal's debut release The Beginning and now it has been nominated for the Best Hip Hop/Rap CD for a WCMA (Western Canadian Music Award)
Cityreal describes the album as an organic, classic hip hop sound but with instruments like piano and guitar. The end result is an extraordinary experiment gone completely right. For Wes it was an incredible opportunity to further his quest to bring the blues to a young music fans. The songs entitled Passing Me By and It's Time can be heard and purchased through
November 2009
Blues in the Schools Program gets great review
 Letter from Chabah 11/09Thank you very much that you agreed to give a presentation in Bad Krozingen(Germany) and for the discussion at Chabah. I felt very happy at how excellent these presentations and Q&A sessions went with the kids.
The feedback I got from the teachers at Bad Krozingen ...was very positive. ...www.chabah.de
Finally, I must say, this was one of the really great,touching concerts for me.concert. What we ..sensed, was not only the music, but the person and it’s story, it’s fate, it’s message behind it.
Breaking New Ground
Wes Mackey first black artist to perform in Skalica, Slovakia
The 26th concert of The Music in the Town took place on 24th of November 2009 at The Culture House in Skalica. For the first time in the history of the concerts a black artist performed. At 68 years old guitarist and singer Wes Mackey was not only the eldest player of the concert series his show was also the only show in Slovakia to take place in front of a full house. Even the stage was full and fans had to even sit next to the drummer. Wes Mackey´s was accompanied by drummer (Simon „Shuffle“ Boyer) and harmonica (Vincent Bucher). The blues sounded natural and original and the audience was very satisfied.
Different town, same full moon
Story makes mainstream media
The "Full Moon in Lamanon" story was featured by mainstream media in Thor France during Mackey's latest European tour. Why the villagers of LAMANON wear black shades in the middle of the night is a mystery tied to the American Bluesman's experiences there two summers ago. In the video clip below he performs the song he wrote about it, FULL MOON IN LAMANON" 2012 - LE MYSTERE DES LUNETTES NOIRES OCCULTE PAR LES MEDIAS Click here
Have Blues Will Travel. Six week tour from Italy to Halifax
 Wes Mackey recently made front pages (click here) as one of the first to bring the his style of blues to communities in Croatia and Slovenia.
The tour which included stops in Switzerland and Belgium had him teamed up with legendary Croatian drummer Peco Pete and harpist promoter Ray Fricke.
The six week road trip ended in Halifax Nova Scotia where Wes performed at The Dutchy Mason Festival.
Wes will continue to break new ground with his tour in November when he performs in Italy Vienna, and Austria for the first time.
Remote Host for Lamanon festival
June 2009
An honorary citizen and Patron of Lamanon France's annual blues festival L'am du Blues Wes Mackey will host the event although he will actually be miles and miles away. The festival will feature African born blues fusion artist Roland Tchacounte and two generations of Chicago's greatest living blues traditionalists including Billy Boy Arnold,John Primer, Billy Branch and Lurrie Bell.
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