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Big City Blues Band - Miami, Florida Blues & R&B Band Biography (313 words) |
 | Big City's variety of vocalists and soloists present a danceable mix of blues, rhythm and blues and soul requiring mandatory applause and audience participation. |
 | Big City is often the featured artist at major festivals. |
 | Big City and it's members have opened for or played with such artists as Lloyd Price, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, James Cotton, Little Richard, Benny Latimore, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Johnny Winter, John Mayall, The Kinsey Report, Sam and Dave, Jimmy Page, Mick Taylor, Jr. |
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Big City Blues - CFO.com (2938 words) |
 | City officials blame a state law that, in exchange for a ban on striking, grants the unions the right to binding arbitration. |
 | Cities did have one advantage at the start of the recession in 2001: they had just enjoyed the longest economic boom — with its attendant tax windfalls — in the nation's history. |
 | The city is also coping with a recent statewide cap on property taxes that, combined with other restrictions, has reduced its 2005 revenues by $60 million out of a $700 million budget. |