Etta James and the Roots Band will headline the 15^th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, which is scheduled to take place from September 12-14, 2008 in Telluride, CO. The powerful singer tops off a stacked line-up that also includes Gov’t Mule, G. Love & Special Sauce, John Butler Trio, Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, Trampled Under Foot, John Hiatt, Joan Osborne, Susan Tedeschi, Canned Heat, Back Door Slam, Mama’s Cookin’, The Derek Trucks Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Blind Boys of Alabama, Chris Thomas King, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Chris Thomas King and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Big Sam’s Funky Nation’s will also host an after hours jam session that very well may draw in a handful of additional performers.

The Telluride Blues & Brews’ musical festivities will be complemented by a Grand Tasting on held on Saturday, September 13.  More than 150 beers from 56 microbreweries will be on display, from ales to lagers to nut browns to I.P.A.’s. Confirmed microbreweries include: Odell Brewing Co., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Bristol Brewing Co., Coopersmith's Pub & Brewing, Boulder Beer Co. and the New Belgium Brewing Co. For more information please visit www.tellurideblues.com.

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