GRAPELAND, Texas - s4story -- The piney woods of East Texas are rich with blues history of enduring legacy. Considered the westernmost region of the Deep South; it is the birthplace of seminal artists including Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mance Lipscomb, T-Bone Walker and Lightnin' Hopkins. A younger generation of legendary Texas bluesmen including Albert Collins and Freddie King also hail from East Texas. Today, Benny Turner carries that legacy, a living link to the blues he and big brother Freddie first heard from their mother and uncles on the back porch of their Gilmer, TX home.

On two stages over three days, performers will showcase the wonderful array of blues music – rock blues, soul blues, folk blues, country blues plus a little bit of rock and some of the great guitar Texas is known for. From multi-award winners to young players just staring to emerge on the scene; to young and old; male and female; black and white; the audience will not only experience the modern-day flavors of electric blues on the main stage, but will also be transported back to the roots with acoustic music on the porch stage.  Benny Turner bridges those roots of the early years with a lifetime legacy of writing, producing and performing the blues all over the world as he celebrates his 80^th birthday back home in East Texas that weekend.  This occasion of both historic and sentimental significance is a celebration not to be missed!

Venue: Salmon Lake Park, Grapeland, TX (West of Hwy 287; 24 miles south of Palestine)

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Date: Friday – Sunday, October 25 – 27, 2019
Tickets: https://www.lonestarbluesfest.com/tickets & 717.208.6807

The Lineup:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
MAIN STAGE
5:00pm - 5:45pm    Steve Howell & Dan Sumner
         (Marshall, TX)
6:15pm - 7:15pm    Salvation From Sundown
         (Longview, TX and Dallas, TX)
7:45pm - 8:45pm    Dylan Bishop
         (Austin, TX)
9:15pm - 10:30pm  The Stratoblasters
         (Dallas, TX)
PORCH STAGE
5:45pm - 6:15pm    EJ Mathews
         (Atlanta, TX)
7:15pm - 7:45pm    EJ Mathews
8:45pm - 9:15pm    EJ Mathews

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
MAIN STAGE
11:30am - 12:30pm   Sparky Parker
         (Houston, TX)
1:00pm - 2:00pm      Steve Howell & The Mighty Men
         (Marshall, TX)
2:30pm - 3:30pm      Steve Krase
         (Houston, TX)
4:00pm - 5:00pm      Kathy & The Kilowatts
         (Austin, TX)
5:30pm - 5:45pm      Mathias Lattin w/Annika Chambers
         (Houston, TX)
5:45pm - 6:45pm      Annika Chambers
         (Houston, TX)
7:15pm - 8:15pm      Benny Turner

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         (Gilmer, TX)
8:45pm - 9:45pm      Peterson Brothers
         (Bastrop, TX)
10:15pm - 11:30pm  Trudy Lynn
         (Houston, TX)

​PORCH STAGE
11:00am - 11:30pm   Mathias Lattin
         (Houston, TX)
12:30pm - 1:00pm    Kelsi Kee & Reece Malone
         (Dallas, TX and Longview, TX)
2:00pm - 2:30pm      Milton Hopkins & Benny Turner
         (Houston, TX and Gilmer, TX)
3:30pm - 4:00pm      Steve Howell
         (Marshall, TX)
5:00pm - 5:30pm      Steve Howell
6:45pm - 7:15pm      Buddy Flett
         (Shreveport, LA)
8:15pm - 8:45pm      Kathy Murray & Bill Jones
         (Austin, TX)
9:45pm - 10:15pm    Buddy Flett

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
MAIN STAGE
11:00am - 12:30pm   Keeshea Pratt Band
         (Houston, TX)
        Gospel Brunch & Benny Turner 80th Birthday Celebration!
1:00pm - 2:00pm      Shake Anderson
        (Ft. Worth, TX)
2:30pm - 3:45pm      Sue Foley
        (Austin, TX)

​PORCH STAGE
12:30pm - 1:00pm    April Smith
         (Daingerfield, TX)
2:00pm - 2:30pm      April Smith

Festival Video: https://youtu.be/Jtu-lKff4nE