Juke Joint Challenge: The PB&J’s Blues Competition, the Juke Joint Challenge, will be held June 2, 2012, at the Court Street Grill, 112 Court Street, Pomeroy, OH. If you can play or sing the blues you can win $500: Overall winner will receive $500 and receive the PB&J’s endorsement into the International Blues Challenge...
MEMORIAL AND MUSICAL CELEBRATION FOR MICHAEL “IRON MAN” BURKS (July 30, 1957 – May 6, 2012) The family of late blues legend Michael “Iron Man” Burks has announced plans for a memorial and musical celebration on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The event,...
Riverside, California harp man Rod Piazza and his band The Mighty Flyers will headline the Charlie West Blues Festival in Charleston Friday May 18th. Influenced by his idol George “Harmonica” Smith, Rod and wife Honey formed The Mighty Flyers in 1980. Since that time...
Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the...
A date has been set! Word from Mr. Dion Brown, Executive Director of the B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center is the 2012 B.B. King Homecoming will take...
It goes without saying that all blues music that we listen to today carries and conveys a collective musical and emotional history. Born from the unspeakable oppression of black...
Searching For Blues Talent! Saturday June 2nd the Pomeroy Blues & Jazz Society will hold its annual BLUES competition. For the first time ever the competition, affectionately known as...
I recently heard Buddy Guy singing “The First Time I Met The Blues” and it made me thInk back on the first time that I met the blues. I...
When we were children, most of us were taught to share. It was a simple gesture that most often led to that warm and comforting, inner affirmation that we’re...
As a newly “anointed” contributor to this blog I feel it’s about time I weighed in and got something published. Crawlinkingsnake’s fine account, “livin the blues life”, on this...
Leaving Clarksdale early Monday morning, with a headful of another year’s great memories from the Clarksdale Juke Joint Festival, I’m headed back to Sarasota, Florida and the Gulf of...
We was all “livin’ the blues life” last weekend and I tried to pawn off on Gumbo Charly responsibility of putting together an article on Juke Joint Festival in...
The four of us cruised south on 77 on the final Friday evening in March, riding through a redbud radiance of blossoms on both sides of the four-lane. Little...
For readers of the “old” PB&J’s site (which we hope to be able to access soon on our “new” site), you are no doubt aware of the situation with...
April 4th 2012, thanks to Scott Barretta of Highway 61 Radio With their current issue, shown above, Living Blues magazine is going digital, and eventually plans to have their...
The man who gave rock one of its key visual and sonic props has died. Jim Marshall, known as “The Father of Loud” for inventing the Marshall amplifier, was...
There’s a plenty good places you can go “hear” the blues. But a way fewer to actually “experience” the blues. Couple that come to mind right off are Chicago...
FAME Recording Studios NOTE: This National Public Radio article by Ed Ward on Florence, Alabama, Musical Enterprises, known as FAME Recording Studios, comes to us courtesy of southeastern Pennsylvania soulman, Dave...
A big thank you to Janet Webb of Mississippi Delta Blues Society of Indianola, Indianola, MS for sending us the following: It is that time of year again, when...
“…dedicated to all you women out there that know how to dance with your purse on your shoulder and drink in your hand…” MEL WAITERS Soul, Southern-Soul, Soul-Blues got...
Memphis in May can be a complete sensory experience if the blues traveler is open to it. A must-do on your “bucket list” is to attend the Blues Foundation’s Annual Blues...
Thanks to Herb from Columbus Blues Alliance. Arrived just this morning (March 21st) Quote: “Why had I never heard of Marquise Knox? I just heard him on music choice…….OMG……..If...
BLUES FILM “SERIES” #6 The 6th and final (until Blues Bash) video of the 2011-2012 “series” is set for Wednesday April 4th. Like always, get yerself some grub ‘n...
A softly-hued, Ohio River sunset lit my way down around The Big Bend last Saturday, March 10th. The Rev was serving up some soul music at the Grill, a...
“Radio Gumbo” on WSLR Wednesday’s 3-5pm. Best of blues ‘n blues-rock hosted by Gumbo Charly. WSLR now having their annual pledge drive. Charly says if you’re not outa $$...
Recently PB&J’s published an article on Farish Street in Jackson, MS. See “NEW” Blues Capitol of the World? from February 22nd. As many now know, Farish Street has a...
