by Honeyboy | Sep 24, 2013 | Blues News
September 24, 2013 For Immediate Release The Delta Swamp Rat’s Tony Smith On Harmonica and Steve Arvey on Guitar (and Rat Trap) have won the Suncoast Blues Societies’ Solo /Duo International Blues Challenge Competition, Sunday, September 22nd at Aces...
by Honeyboy | Sep 20, 2013 | Blues Jams
At the weekly jam that Jimmy Griswold does at Stingray’s Bar and Grill it was a special night. Jimmy got to play with his old band mate Steve Vitale on bass, and great drummer Tommy Fesenden on drums. These guys seemed to really inspire Jimmy and got him to take...
by Honeyboy | Sep 19, 2013 | Lesson of The Day
I found this great simple TrueFire.com video about how to play a blues solo. It’s basically almost like a jam track to help you give soloing a try, perhaps for the first time. But first, go learn the pentatonic scales on this page on my site. It’s really...
by Honeyboy | Sep 17, 2013 | Blues News
The International Blues Challenge, or IBC as it is known, is an annual competition to identify the best unknown blues musicians. Actually it tries to identify not so much unknown musicians, but ones who are ready for the “big time.” The IBC competition can...
by Honeyboy | Sep 10, 2013 | Blues News
There was a time when only black folks loved the Blues… or at least were hip to that music. Then in the 60’s things changed. White musicians found the blues. Then a white audience came along, thanks to the folk “scare” of the early 60’s....
