Philly is not a stronghold of the blues, but the blues jam here at Warmdaddys is helping to keep the flame alive. First, you have a new beautiful restaurant/ bar venue-great food. Second, A big stage and a sound system with a sound man that knows what to do with it. And third, the blues jam itself being run by Randy Lippincott and his band. Randy does a great job of matching up new or struggling players with the more experienced ones with great results. Where else can you go and play with the caliber of players that come here every Tuesday night to jam. Randy who has played guitar with Luther "Guitar" Johnson, Debbie Davies and Johnny Copeland. Then there is Don Evans ex-guitar player for Billy Joel and the real deal, guitar man James"Thunderbird" Ford from South Carolina. I've been playing this jam for about four years now every time I'm in Philly and it's still a thrill to play here. Tonight I was the only drummer to show up other than Bob the house drummer, so I got to play two sets. One was backing up James "Thunderbird" Ford. To play a shuffle behind this guy is a blues drummers dream. I've been here in the past when there's been 5 or more drummers signed up to play, so a night this light on drummers is rare. The house drum kit is a well worn Pearl kit with a snare that I dislike, so I brought along my Eames Master Model snare to play. Even Bob the house drummer used it once he heard how good it sounded. Check out Warmdaddys website: www.warmdaddys.com
