Emcee Kerry Hurley said headliner Jimmy Vaughn doesn’t leave his home state of Texas very often, but he was in Roanoke last Saturday as the headliner at the annual Big Lick Blues Fest. The brother of the late Stevie Ray Vaughn played a mean bluesy guitar himself for a crowd of several thousand at Elmwood Park. Blue 5 restaurant took home first place in the rib cook-off contest that is also a part of Blues Fest, and a woman – Jenny Franklin – won the rib eating contest, consuming 20 ounces of ribs. John Lee Hooker Jr. and Teresa James also took the stage before Vaughn. Hooker was also a crowd favorite, paying homage to his father and other blues legends. It was the last Event Zone happening of the season.
By Gene Marrano [email protected]
