Jimmy Hall

Jimmy Hall has been in various bands throughout the years. The first time I heard him he was singing & playing with Wet Willie. That was on my 18th birthday in Johnson City, TN. I got the chance to meet him that night & never saw him again until about 15 years later. At that time, he was a member of The Nighthawks, singing & playing sax. These days he does pretty well by himself. His 'Rendezvous With The Blues' CD is still a favorite of mine and I keep it handy in my car. Jimmy is currently on tour with various blues players throughout the southeastern U.S. If you get a chance to catch him in the act, by all means, nab him! Check him out, I guarantee you won't be disappointed

Metropolitan Blues Allstars

This group was from Kentucky & played the blues for many years before disbanding. They were a regular fixture at the Appalshop & the Hillbilly Nation Celebration that they put on every year. I have seen them many times over the years. Rodney Hatfield, the harmonica player is considered to be the king of the blues harp in eastern KY & probably the rest of the state. He is now in a band called Tin Can Buddha. I don't know what became of lead guitar player, Nick Stump, but he was a good one. Frank Schaap (from Coney Island) was the acoustic guitar player & had a voice comparable to Tom Waits. David White was the drummer & always worked up a jamming beat, not to mention a really good sweat. Check them out. I'm sure you can find some of them playing in some bar around the Lexington or Louisville areas of KY.

Kudos to the younguns...

There seems to be renewed interest in the blues over the past few years, or a resurgence if you will. Lots of younger folks are finding blues music to be pretty cool & hip these days. There are a lot of younger players in the field these days too. I remember when Jonny Lang hit the air. I was blown away that such a young man had the grit & feeling it takes to be able to belt out the blues with such a passion. He's an excellent guitar player as well. He had commercial success for awhile, and is still a big player in the blues scene these days & only getting better in my humble opinion. With young guys like Jonny & Kenny Wayne Shepherd playing the blues guitar & Susan Tedeschi grinding out her excellent voice& guitar playing (sometimes with her husband, Derek Trucks) there is no doubt in my mind that the blues is here to stay.

S'cuse Me While I Play The BLUES!

My love of blues music inspired me to share some of it as best as I can on the internet. I was a deejay of the blues for 10 years on public radio in KY. That was a long time ago...I had a lot of fun doing that job & developed a real passion for the blues. Some folks say you've got to live the blues to appreciate 'em, and although I have done my share of that, I don't necessarily agree with that point. I'm going to try to post some of my all-time favorite music, mostly the blues, but knowing me as well as I do, I'll get carried away & go way out there on some tangent...If you're here, WELCOME. I hope this works out.It's all new to me. Albert King's 'I'll Play The Blues For You' was the very first song I played on my radio show ('The Blues Vein'-WMMT-FM 88.7).It soon became my anthem song. So, it only seemed fitting to have Albert be my 1st guest... Check it out. It is the essence of the blues.