by Honeyboy | Jul 9, 2013 | Blues Clubs
Here in Tampa Bay, one of the main concert venues has been Skipper’s Smokehouse for a long time. They have been around since 1980 and just about every major blues, roots, rock, cajun, or world music band “on the way up” has played there. I’ve...
by Honeyboy | Jul 9, 2013 | Blues News
If you have a subscription to Blues Revue Magazine you may have noticed that for the last year the issues have not been coming on time. I forget the actual timing, but I didn’t receive my Issue #135 with Tab Benoit on the cover, until well into the spring of...
by Honeyboy | Jun 25, 2013 | Music Technology
What do music, film and software industries generally use to share and distribute information and content? Yes, you are right, it is a disc. Be it CD or DVD; these industries are entirely dependent on this form of storage medium to store their data, files, documents...
by Honeyboy | Jun 10, 2013 | Blues Shows
I attended the Suncoast Blues Society’s 16th Birthday Party at Skipper’s Smokehouse in Tampa Florida the other night, where John Németh was the headliner. I’d never seen John before and I have to admit I didn’t know much about him. I’m...
by Honeyboy | May 7, 2013 | Blues Clubs
If you could imagine the coolest blues club in the world it might be a little like The Bradfordville Blues Club. Out in the woods of Florida, away from the bright lights of Tallahassee, and down a dirt road, you’ll find an unassuming spot, nothing more than a...
by Honeyboy | Apr 30, 2013 | Blues Stories, Ray Proetto
Words and photos by Ray Proetto of bluespowerphoto.com Something Off the Beaten Path It was Sunday, April 15, 2012 and the Juke Joint Festival weekend in Clarksdale Mississippi was winding down. Red’s Lounge or Blues Club or whatever he is calling these days is the...
by Honeyboy | Apr 8, 2013 | Blues Shows
I caught a new band this weekend. D.A. Smith and The Soul Injectors were at Quaker Steak and Lube in Pinellas Park Florida playing a benefit for the Pediatric Cancer Foundation… a worthy charity if there ever was one. This was their first gig… their coming...
by Honeyboy | Apr 2, 2013 | Blues Shows, Blues Stories
My new band is called Honeyboy’s House Party. It’s really a concept band and you can learn more about that concept on my band website here. But when I decided to get “the old band back together” a few months ago, after almost 7 years of not...
by Honeyboy | Mar 26, 2013 | Blues Shows
You know Selwyn Birchwood right? He won the International Blues Challenge in Memphis held by The Blues Foundation. Here’s the page on the Blues Foundation website announcing it. If you don’t know Selwyn, he’s a young, 33 year-old, blues...
by Honeyboy | Mar 25, 2013 | Blues Shows
Caught Steve Arvey and The Delta Swamp Rats at The Palladium in St. Pete on Saturday March 23rd. They opened for Selwyn Birchwood and his band. More on that part of the show later. Now I’ve known Steve Arvey for a couple of years but never really caught one of...
