by Honeyboy | Feb 19, 2014 | Blues Experiences
My name is Reyna Taylor and I want to share with you my Blues experience. The first time that I listened to the blues was some music from my all-time favorite female Blues guitarist, Ana Popovic. The first blues that I heard by her was from her new song, ‘Can...
by Honeyboy | Feb 18, 2014 | Blues Shows, Ray Proetto
Bryan Lee and the Blues Power Band Live in Orlando FL Story and photos by Raymond Proetto of BluesPowerPhoto In April of this past year I had the pleasure of attending a performance by Bryan Lee and the Blues Power Band in Orlando FL. The show was one of Zaida...
by Honeyboy | Jan 22, 2014 | Blues Shows
I found a video of the entire Bradenton Blues Fest for this past December 7, 2013. The quality is good and the performances were great… if you like rockin’ blues that is. Here’s the lineup for the day… 11:00am – 11:40am – Albert Castiglia...
by Honeyboy | Jan 21, 2014 | Blues News
The International Blues Challenge is back again. The place where countless great blues musicians got their jump start to the big time. If you are not hip, The IBC is the Blues Foundation’s annual gathering in Memphis where local and regional blues acts compete...
by Honeyboy | Oct 14, 2013 | Blues Shows
Caught the great young blues harp player Brandon Santini at the Dunedin Brewery the other night. Brandon was on a tour of Florida and on his way to the Daytona Blues Festival the following day. Santini played the relatively small Dunedin Brewery last spring and was...
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....
