2nd Annual Durango Blues Train – Catch the Rhythm

I did not get the chance to make last years event but if it’s as well done as the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival then I say climb aboard! The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival present the 2^nd Annual Durango Blues Train this June 2, 2012.

This exclusive musical event returns for a second year after overwhelming response and praise for the event’s first blues train. This exclusive ‘moving’ musical experience features seven live blues acts, while passengers travel on The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s coal-fired, steam-powered locomotive through the spectacular and breathtaking canyons of Colorado’s San Juan National Forest.

“We are very excited to return for a second amazing year, as this event is a crowd pleaser – sure to thrill music lovers everywhere,” said Steve Gumble, founder of Durango Blues Train. “This event has received incredible support and enthusiasm from both the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad and the local community, enabling us to return for a second year.”

The Blues Train lineup this year includes Erik Boa and the Constrictors, The Sugar Thieves, Robby Overfield, Big Jim Adam & John Stilwagen, Todd and the Fox, Alex Maryol, and Donny Morales. Each artist performs in their own vintage coach car, as passengers are to free to dance, move and sample all the musical acts while traveling from one vintage rail car to next. Entertainment and favorite libations are peppered with the scenery of the famous train featured in the Hollywood production, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” among others.

Guests can enjoy live blues with a beer and wine cash bar while riding the rails. The train boards at 5:45 PM from the Durango train depot, hits the tracks at 6:20 pm, and arrives back in Durango at approximately 9:45 PM. Tickets are $95 per person, plus 6% Historic Train Preservation fee. Tickets are extremely limited and purchasers must be 21 years old to participate.

This is a bucket list event, one you absolutely want to catch. Be sure to make plans and if you do miss it then make the plan to catch the train next year. I am heading to Durango! For more information or to purchase tickets to the Durango Blues Train visit Durangobluestrain.com or call toll free at (877) 872-4607.

PHOTO CREDITS – YVONNE LASHMETT

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