Rauma Blues 2000

To celebrate the new millennium, Rauma Blues moved out of the tent and into an ice hockey training stadium

The new concert venue's acoustics were excellent and the lounge area was bigger than before. The performers of 2000 were all of high standard and the critics appreciated the versatility of the programme; in addition to the Mississippi John Hurt influences characteristic to 60's Greenwich Village country blues it also included plenty of romping Fat Possum thumping and Doctor Feelgood derivative clatter blues.

The queen of the evening was Maria Muldaur, whose set included the whole spectrum of the blues from acoustic country blues to New Orleans rhythms and club blues atmosphere. Muldaur's and John Sebastians acoustic duo interpretation of Memphis Minnie's Richland Woman Blues made the spines ruffle.