Blues Jams I Play On The Road

If you are in the Baltimore-DC area on a Wednesday night, do yourself a big blues favor and check out the jam here at the Old Bowie Town Gri...

Nice place to grab a bite to eat and hear some great blues on a Sunday night. I was up the first set after the house band and had a great t...

An early Sunday night jam at this venue. Outside it was about 100 degrees and inside it wasn't much cooler. I arrived during the last so...

My first blues jam since moving to Dayton. A good jam with plenty of players showing up. I was up with the third set of players and had a ...

A slow night at this blues jam with just a few jammers showing up. I was able to play drums behind Bob "Bluesbobby" Weinberg, a h...

A terrific blues jam last night at Chan's. Jam master Rich has really got this jam night back on track with a lot of great players show...

A bittersweet jam last night for me at the Acton Jazz Cafe. With a possible move to Ohio, this maybe the last time I get to play here for a...

This blues jam seems to have it all going for it. It's a old grille/restaurant that has been re-done over...good food, an owner that i...

I don't know how long this jam has been running, but with the very low turn out of jammers and listeners that I saw here last Tuesday, i...

OK a blues jam at an Indian restaurant? Why not......If you are in the DC area this is one to check out. I had already eaten so I didn...

Spent this last Wednesday evening test driving the drum chair in The Blue Voodoo Band. Locally based here in the greater Worcester area, the...

While working in Newport, RI last Thursday, I decided to check out a new blues jam for me up in Fall River. I've seen this evening bill...

Back at Fireflys last Wednesday night for the blues jam/open mike. It's always a good time here at this venue. I hauled out the cockta...

After my last time here for the monthly blues jam I had decided not to attend any longer.(see my last post on Chan's from back in the fa...

My first time back in '08 and since tax problems closed this club for a short time in January. Everything was looking good last night w...

Back at the "Noodle" last week for their Wednesday night blues jam. As I've found in my past visits even if you sign up on th...

2/20/08 House drummer for the Wednesday night blues jam

I checked out the Thursday evening blues jam at Maddy's BBQ in Atlanta, GA this week. Hosted by a guitar player "Chicago Joe"...

Last Wednesday I was back at the blues jam/open mike in Framingham. Since space for the musicians here is very tight, I brought along my co...

This was my first visit to New Orleans post Katrina. After spending a few nights listening to the blues in the french quarter -Brian Lee at ...

It's official ! The Tuesday night blues jam with Randy Lippincott is back at Warmdaddy's . I was pleasantly surprised this week t...

Tuesday night is the blues jam night here at the Rain Desert. An out of the way club in the quiet corner of NE CT. Not a big showing here to...

Well December turned into a busy travel month for me and I didn't even have the time to comment here on the blues jam activity that I wa...

This truly is the best blues jam(Stellar Cast Blues Showcase) in Ottawa. A lot of credit goes to Mike Ktenas of Mojo Guitar Repair for pull...

Good blues jam going on here once again. The jammers were down to a minimum last time I played here about two months ago. However tonight t...

The Acton Jazz Cafe last Thursday was busy as usual. It's been about two months since I last played the blues jam here. Up tonight with ...

I've been playing the once a month blues jam at Chan's off and on for the last year and a half. If you read any of my earlier posts...

This was my second time playing this Tuesday night blues jam in the Tampa area. Music starts about 9:30 at this small club that has some lo...

Working in Tampa this week I checked out a new blues jam for me on Monday night. This one according to the keyboard player/leader has been ...

OK, It's been about 2 1/2 months since my last post. I've had the chance to jam at many places during that time-MA, FL, RI, Canada....

It's been weeks since my last post, but I have been traveling and playing blues jams in FL, MA, PA & MN. My biggest disappointment ...

Not a bad jam. Though I don't think they have a lot of "outsiders" come into play. The drummer was friendly and happy to share...

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Monday I finally took the drive over to Concord to check out the roots music jam session with Tom Yates and friends. It's a very low key...

While looking for a blues jam to play on Thursday here in Vegas and finding none. I took a chance and went to check out a place that I had h...

Played the blues jam here last Tuesday evening. The Bunkhouse's location isn't anywhere near the strip and blocks from the brightly ...

I was sure surprised to see my blog comments about the Gilreins blues jam last Sunday reprinted this week in Worcester Magazine. But there...

Back for the Thursday night blues jam this week. Played the third set on the house kit for the first time. Usually Mike Avery brings his s...

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 bea...

New blues jam and last night was their second Sunday. Gilreins is a blues club that is well known in the area, but has been closed for a fe...

Not a blues jam, but a half hour gig playing "Buddha's Birthday Weekend" celebration on April 7th. I received a Email from my ...

Played this Wednesday night blues jam last night. Friendly players, but blues music was in short supply at this venue. A big disappointment ...

Neat blues jam tonight about 40 miles from where I was staying in Minneapolis, located in the small town of Delano. So, it's a good thin...

Back to Action last Thursday, the 8th.......Great jam with the usual bunch of musicians for 5 songs in the second set. I brought my 4X14...

Chan's last night after traveling the last two weeks in NY and the mid-west, but never having the time to jam. No sign up list, but Ken ...

I just got an E-mail from Mike Ktenas a bluesman who runs a very popular and cookin' blues jam in Ottawa Canada every Thursday night. M...

Back last Thursday night for this great blues jam. Downbeat Magazine just listed this club in it's top 100 jazz clubs worldwide. Of co...

Back at Chan's last night for a great jam. Alternating drummers now with Steve playing in the house band tonight. His set was made up ...

Got to play here for the first time this new year last Thursday. Hands down this is one of the best blues jams in New England. However, it...

I finally got to play the blues jam at the Slippery Noddle Inn in Indianapolis last night. I've always wanted to play here since first s...

Made it over to Chan's last night to play the blues jam. They just went from the last Wednesday of every month to two times a month. N...

Played the blues jam at Famous Dave's in Minneapolis Sunday night for the first time. Great place for blues and BBQ. The place was packe...

With the new year here I will be finally hitting the road this next week. I was unable to play any local jams this week. However, I did sit ...