by Honeyboy | Aug 22, 2013 | Blues News, Blues Stories
Alan Lomax, and his father John before him, were heavily responsible for bringing the origins of the blues to light. They traveled rural, southern America looking for “folk” artists and stories throughout much of the 20th century. Their most famous...
by Honeyboy | Aug 8, 2013 | Blues News
OK this is a bit of a rant. And I don’t expect many of you to agree with me, but here goes. Like many of us Baby Boomers I’ve been listening to the blues for a long time. It started in the 60’s listening to Cream, and the Rolling Stones, and Led...
by Honeyboy | Aug 7, 2013 | Blues News
This weekend, August 9, 10, and 11 will be the Heritage Music Blues Fest in Wheeling, West Virginia. This is always a great blues festival but it’s special this year for the Tampa Bay area. Not only one, but two of our own great blues bands will be playing the...
by Honeyboy | Jul 23, 2013 | Blues News
If you love T.C. Carr’s music like I do, I bet you will appreciate it even more after you read this story. For me, T.C. Carr and his band The Catch were a big reason I got back into playing music again. Back in the 90’s they were probably the best blues...
by Honeyboy | Jul 16, 2013 | Blues News, Blues Shows
When the Sarasota Blues Fest organizers decided to “take the year off” and not do a festival this year, a collective sigh went up in the Sarasota area. The festival had been going for years and really filled a nice void in the music scene with it’s...
by Honeyboy | Jul 10, 2013 | Blues News
Thankfully you can find a great blues festival almost any time of the year. In the winter you’ll find some great blues in Florida and California. But in the summer… well you can find blues just about anywhere in the Country. And they come hot and heavy,...
