There is a field at Moorpark College in southern California where bluesman Michael John, super celebrity Mickey Jones and the Ventura County Blues Society come together once a year to have one heck of a show. All as a benefit for curing diabetes. Formerly known as the Write4Hope and the Simi Valley [...]
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Eric Clapton’s 2013 Crossroads Festival Comes to NYC.
On April 12th and 13th Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival returned to the site where it all began…
Otis Taylor in New York
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have for you this week are some photos of Otis Taylor and his band. The photos were taken at Iridium Jazz Club on March 31, 2013. Joining Otis on stage that night were Anne Harris on violin, Shawn Starskion guitar, Todd Edmunds on bass and Larry Thompson on drums. [...]
Debbie Davies – B.B. King Blues Club
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have for you this week are some photos of award-winning singer, songwriter, and guitar player extraordinaire, Debbie Davies. Debbie and her band played the B.B. King Blues Club on March 26, 2013. They are on tour as we speak and I recommend visiting her page for all the latest [...]
Shemekia Copeland in New York
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have for you this week are some photos of award-winning powerhouse vocalist Shemekia Copeland. Shemekia and her band were at Iridium Jazz Club January 2013. Shemekia is out on tour right now so check the schedule and see if the band will be near you. If you have yet [...]
Joe Louis Walker & J. Geils
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have for you this week are some photos of Joe Louis Walker and J. Geils teaming up with The Les Paul Trio for a night that was a tribute to blues great Mike Bloomfield. This took place at Iridium Jazz Club in 2012. Also sitting in were Murali Coryell, [...]
Walter Trout Band in New York
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have for you this week are some photos of a guitarist that needs no introduction, Mr. Walter Trout. The photos were taken in 2012 when Walter and his band played the Iridium Jazz Club. As they usually do Walter and the band lit up the place with their smokin’ [...]
Karl Schwarz – up and coming artist
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have for you this week are some photos of a young and talented bluesman named Karl Augustine Schwarz. The photos were taken when Karl opened up for Guy Davis at the B.B. King Blues Club on Feb. 27, 2013. I know Karl from seeing him behind the soundboard at [...]
Matt Schofield Trio in New York
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have this week are some photos of British Blues Awards Guitarist of the Year 2010 & 2011, Matt Schofield. The photos were taken at Iridium Jazz Club on Feb. 23, 2013. Joining Matt were Jonny Henderson on keys and Kevin Hayes on drums. This was Matt’s 3rd time at [...]
Contest for Blues Festival Artwork
Organizers of Wasaga Beach Blues are looking for submissions of artwork to use in the festival’s promotional material. The chosen artwork will appear on posters, T-shirts and other materials used to promote the September event. The contest is open to all ages. Submissions must be received electronically by midnight on May 15. Please e-mail submissions to [...]
Savoy Brown in New York City
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have this week are some photos of Savoy Brown from a Feb. 15, 2013 show at Iridium Jazz Club. Before the show guitarist Kim Simmonds was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame. Guitarist Michael Packer and ex-Savoy Brown drummer Roger Earl handled the presentation. The Iridium [...]
Blues Music Awards Voting Open Until March 1 for Memphis Show
2013 – 34th Blues Music Awards Nominees Acoustic Album Billy Boy Arnold Sings Big Bill Broonzy – Billy Boy Arnold Blues on Solid Ground – John Primer Deeper In The Well – Eric Bibb Not Alone – Ann Rabson w/ Bob Margolin Talking Guitar – Paul Rishell Acoustic Artist Carolina Chocolate Drops Doug MacLeod [...]
Royal Southern Brotherhood in NYC
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have this week are some photos of a band with some pretty well known players, Royal Southern Brotherhood. The photos are from a late-nite show they played at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City back in March of 2012. The band is Cyril Neville on percussion, [...]
Charlie Musselwhite – B.B. King Blues Club
Welcome back Blues lovers! What I have this week are some photos of a Grammy Award-winning blues legend, Charlie Musselwhite. These photos are from a show at the B.B. King Blues Club in New York in May of 2012. The opener that night was none other than John Hammond. Enough said on that! Charlie was [...]
Super Bowl Sunday in New Orleans…Talking to Cyril Neville
C. Neville New Orleans has reinvented itself after sever destruction, and has also emerged itself and continued to embrace itself in years of good ol’ New Orleans tradition. Once being the host of many, many superbowls. It finds itself again, the host of Superbowl Sunday. However, as the day progresses and slowly rolls along, so does the mighty Mississippi River [...]
