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Tony Agosta Great Blues Artist San Diego 4-24-16 Tony Agosta Ambassador Georgia 4-24-16
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Angel Hayes Ambassador San Diego California 4-15-11 Blues Jam at the Pelican Pub
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Aunt Kizzy'z Boyz . . . AuntKizzyzBoyz.com
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Backwater Blues Band . . . . . . . http://backwaterbluesband.com/
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Baja Blues Boys . . . www.BajaBluesBoys.com
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Barney Roach Ambassador San Diego California 6-8-15 .
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Photo was taken at one of our proudest moments... opening for BB King at 4th & B. Playing with Lafayette has been the best musical experience I've ever had! A great talent, and a great friend |
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Blonde Bruce Great Blues Artist from San Diego 2-13-14
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Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs . . www.forbiddenpigs.com
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TO ORDER A COPY OF ANY OF BILLY WATSON'S CD's (except for "Little Snick" which is currently sold out) BY MAIL, PLEASE SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER TO: Shipping
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CD IS ONLY $12 (shipping & handling included), SO GOBBLE THEM UP BY
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Blue Largo . . . BlueLargoBlues.com
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Candye Kane Master Blues Artist of San Diego, CA 5-13-12 .
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Chill Boy Master Blues Artist of San Diego, CA 8-11-15 Chill Boy Great Blues Artist of San Diego, CA 1-11-13 .
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Chet Cannon Certified Blues Artist San Diego California 12-8-12 Chet Cannon Ambassador San Diego California 8-29-07 Chet
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Reviews & Comments: "One Great Review By Chet Cannon" Heard your new CD "Looking Past the Blues" and loved it! Keep up the good music! And good Luck on all future music projects and gigs! Lloyd D Paine |
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Phil D. Diiorio . . Great Blues Artist of San Diego, California 4-20-15 Phil D. Diiorio . . Great Blues Artist of Rhode Island 4-24-18 Phil D. Diiorio . . Ambassador from Rhode Island 4-24-18 .
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Dennis "Doc" Alters ...www.docalters.com
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. . . . Don Belter 1st Local Blues Artist of San Diego to submit a video to B.H.F. |
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Will Jackson . . Great Blues Artist of San Diego, California 11-15-11 .
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John January . .Great Blues Artist of San Diego, California 8-10-13. .
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Old Band "Rare Creed"
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Johnny Mannion . . . . Master Blues Artist 12-10-22 Johnny Mannion . . . . Ambassador to Virginia 12-10-22 Johnny Mannion . . . . Great Blues Artist from California 10-20-12 Johnny Mannion . . . . Ambassador at Large 10-6-06
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Mannion is one of my local blues heros, and I've been doing this blues
thing since the 60's in San Diego. Johnny, is first and foremost the
kind of guy that will brag about everyone else. Well, I'm going to
toot Johnny's horn, as no one has more passion for our art than Johnny.
Years of playing with Tom Cat, jammin' with Ken Schoppmeyer, and hanging
around Moze Guitars, Johnny has learned his roots well, and delivers
a true venue. He and Mike Gonzales can "wang that thang",
if you don't believe me check out Sweet Blue Onion Blues Band live.
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Jonny Viau . . . http://www.JonnyViau.com
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Ken Schoppmeyer is certainly the blues icon everyone goes back to for roots of San Diego Blues. Besides being a blues harp wizard, he has encouraged, and let sit in his bands just about anyone that wanted to come up and go for it at the Wind. Most of the blues pickers around town owe Ken a thank you or two. I know I sure do for dragging me back out of the closet during those times I thought picking was on the downhill side for me. Remember Ken was doing blues years ago before the general public thought it was a cool thing to do. A true San Diego Blues Legend. San Diego's Graybeard 335 Guy 7/1/03 |
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Lady Star Great Blues Artist of San Diego 8-22-15 . . . . . . . . . LadyStarandtheBustinLooseBluesBand.com .
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Don Makeever Great Blues Artist of San Diego, CA 1-10-11
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Don Makeever. .Ambassador San Diego, CA 12-28-10
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Michele Lundeen & Blues Streak. . . http://www.michelelundeen.com
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Sonny Derin Ambassador Colorado 12-14-09
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Robin Henkel . Great Blues Artist from San Diego, CA
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Ronnie Lane Master Blues Artist of San Diego 3-2-16 The
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"T" Reverend Theo Ambassador San Diego California 11-11-10 KSDS Blues Radio Show Host for 30 years T's Radio shows include: Every_Shade_of_Blue .. and Is it Late Sunday or the Monday Blues?
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Tomcat Courtney Master Blues Artist of San Diego 9-30-14 .Tomcat Courtney Great Blues Artist of San Diego 1-31-11 . . . . . . . . . . http://www.tomcatcourtneybooking.info .Click here to eMail Tomcat Courtney
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Tomcat is the father figure of San Diego blues and has helped so many young players over the years. I was fortunate enough to have played with Tomcat from 1985 to 1991 and it was the greatest learning experience of my life. Tomcat
is one of the kindest and FUNNIEST people you will ever meet. I was up
at Moze guitars one day when Tomcat came in. We were talking and this
young kid came up to him and said "Your B.B. King aren't you!"
Tomcat said "Nah I ain't BB King" the kid kept on. "Your
BB King I know you are". Tom smiled and said "I ain't BB King".
The kid would not let up."Yes you are I know you are" Tom Cat
finally said in his slow Texas drawl "Man I am MUCH better lookin
than BB King". We
all laughed so hard. Tomcat was always a gentleman and is still a gentleman.
I am proud to have spent my youth playing with Tomcat and learning from
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Tommy Budd. . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.TommyBudd.com The Rhythm Masters. . . . . . . . . . http://www.therhythmmasters.com
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West of Memphis . . . http://www.westofmemphis.com
REVIEW By Bob Pavich I'd
like to take this space to review as well as I can the "West of Memphis"
show at Joltin' Joes in Escondido friday night. The band started pretty much on time and their first number set the tone for what was to come...they almost took the roof off of Joes! Most of the night was uptempo "Chicago" style blues numbers like "Sweet Home Chicago". They slowed it down in several spots for a few tunes such as a volcanic rendition of "Stormy Monday Blues" and others. There was one stand-out tune of the night; an original written by the guitarist in the group, Tom Walpole, called "Monkey Business". It had a likable hook and the main guitar riff was very inventive...you can tell when a song has that "something" and this one did... While I'm talking about guitar riffs, I think I should mention the band members talents. Tom has obviously been woodshedding because he was "on fire" last night. The man is the encyclopedia of blues riffs! If you want to hear what electric blues sounds like when played like Buddy or B.B. would play it...ya gotta hear this guy...Karl Cabbage you're familiar with; was a wild man as usual. From his amazing harp technique to his onstage "humor" he works the crowd as you would expect...he's a wild man! The bassist Doug Brunelle showed just how accomplished he was playing some amazing bass solos throughout the night but mostly playing VERY supportive understated bass; you really need this kind of a bassist to sound solid. Speaking of solid; the drummer, Joe Ralph was a rock of solid blues groove! No slop there! he was like a cross between Charlie Watts and Jim Keltner...he's just there doing an unbelievable job...he had a solo and showed a little of his ability but just like Doug his greatest asset is rock steady time... Also that night through some unusual circumstances they had a guest guitarist or two...one of whom was Tom Walpole's younger brother Andrew. He tore off some blues of his own in addition to handling percussion support at times... All in all it was a great time and it was a classroom of how to play "Chicago" style blues. It's not often you have this kind of talent working right next to you and I recommend seeing these guys if you get a chance.. |
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Great Blues Artists of San Diego, CA inducted into The Blues Hall of Fame ® as Great San Diego Blues Artists include: Missy Andersen Anna Troy Aunt Kizzy's Boyz Backwater Blues Band Baja Blues Boys Barney Roach Bayou Brothers Beyond Blue Big Slim & The Blues Invaders Bill Magee Blues Band Billy Bacon & the Forbidden Pigs Billy Seward Billy Watson & his International Silver String Band Black Cat Bone Blues Brokers Blue Largo Brother Blood Blues Band Buddy Blue Chill Boy & The Firebirds Chet Cannon & The Committee Fred Heath Band Robin Henkel Hoodoo Blues Will Jackson John January and the Mags Jonnny Mannion Jonny Viau Jump Jones Kenny Schoppmeyer Lady Star & The Bustin' Loose Blues Band Lafayette & the Leasebreakers Len Rainey & The Midnight Players Lenny Rankins Martha's Kitchen Michele Lundeen & Blues Streak Mike Dollins & The Cruize Brothers Mississippi Mud Nite Life Nik Simon Band Nude Blues Ronnie Lane & The Texas Twisters Ruby & The Redhots Scottie Blinn & the Tiki Torchers Shelltown Horns Sonny Derin & The Rumbletones Southbound 5 Steve White Sue Palmer Sweet Blue Onion The Freemonts with Mighty Joe Milsap The Johnny Voodoo Band Billy Thompson Henry Ford Thompson Tom Cat Courtney Tommy Budd & Windy City Blues Top Dog Whiskey Whitey Conwell West of Memphis
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