Hey, I think I can make that show. Good on ya Steve. I was thinking about when Scott Silvera and I ..put together the 9/11 gig at the Ashkanaz. Blues folks...
Has one ever wondered where your CDs go when you send them to a festival promoter? Well, I can tell you, I came home the other day and there was a HUGE box of...
The challenge I've seen is choosing tunes that get jammers to stretch while not being overwhelming. Most of all, the person doing the naming of the tune needs...
Hi Everyone - this week the Pleasanton Hotel is featuring Generation Blue ... they opened the season this year. Andy is a terrific young man - guitar / vocals...
It was possibly the best blues joint on the west coast a real " cut your way in and shoot your way out" kind of place. Cheers Pork Pie ... cool place! Where...
This is a long going question achedemicly the West Coast Blues is the Oakland and L.A sound of the 40's and 50's sort of like Jump Blues played by a Combo...
This isn't strictly blues content, but since we're on the subject of helping out Katrina's victims with music benefits, here's an organization (one of many,...
"...achedemicly the West Coast Blues is the Oakland and L.A sound of the 40's and 50's sort of like Jump Blues played by a Combo rarely using Harp." No...
Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you know that there was a glitch in the Art & Soul Calendar. Ron Thompson & His Resistors will be performing MONDAY (not Sunday...
Hi All Jim Moore and his South City Blues Band is sponsoring a Blues Night the first Saturday of the month at The Four Provinces pub in Pacifica (Located ...
Fats Domino missing in New Orleans floods NEW YORK (AP) — Fats Domino was missing Thursday, days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, said his...
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers, a harp driven west coast blues band, Mark Hummel and The Blues Survivors , Little Charlie and the Nitecats, all these are...
As Steve freund mentioned earlier, we are throwing a B-Day Bash at The Ivy Room on Monday. There has been some concern that there won't be enough food for the...
For the sake of argument, can you differentiate their style from bands from other parts of the country? I mean can you do a blindfold test and say this is West...
I saw this link a number of years back and now, when a newer player is looking to go out to a jam session, this is where I point them for a list of jam tunes...
I'm surprised that, in talking about West Coast blues harmonica, no one has mentioned Norton Buffalo. Or is it that he has established his own genre, and...
You read my mind Joe. Just let me get out the way first. Deb Joe Lempkowski <mr_jlemko@...> wrote:That sounds like a place Debbie would love. Was it on...
I've seen it on the list from Hell and a harmonica list. I haven't heard much detail. One post said the Fat Possum has announced it. I haven't seen a press...
Being caught in the crossfire wouldn't be good. Hanging out in those kinds of places are only cool, if you live to tell the story. If you don't live, that's...
"I've seen it on the list from Hell..." Is this some sort of "new inductees" thing? Do you get on this list as a perk when you make certain transactions at the...
All the accused antichrists automatically get a membership along with a complimentary trident. There's a list called Blues-L. It's not nearly as civilized as...
The signal to noise to ratio is not very favorable, but there is a lot of really good stuff that gets posted to blues-l. Oh yeah, the thumb vibrato guy was a...
Ah yes, the thumb vibrato. I had almost forgotten that. And Ocky Milkman's reputation on Blues-L is still going strong, even though he hasn't posted there in...
Northbay.com has the following announcement (edited): " Performing Stars of Marin in association with the Marin City Community Services District proudly...
People are dying in New Orleans. New Orleans emergency top brass haven't seen a soul from FEMA. How hard is it to get some freakin' busses down there and start...
