In Living Blues #209
September 2010

Dear Friends, I just had a terrific trip to the Kitchener Blues Festival in Ontario, a free festival with multiple stages, good production, and a bunch of re...

In Living Blues #203
September 2009

Dear Friends, It’s been a really great festival summer for me; I attended the Pocono Blues Festival, the Deep Blues Festival in Minneapolis and the Paramount...

In Living Blues #201
May 2009

Dear Friends, I just returned from the 2009 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. It was a very exciting night —lots of great music (about six hours of it) and plen...

In Living Blues #200
March 2009

Dear Friends, So far this year is shaping up to be a very difficult one for the world’s economy, and, as you’d imagine, for the blues. Some festivals have al...

In Living Blues #199
January 2009

Dear Friends, Welcome to a new year, hopefully a better one than 2008. But I’m concerned that these tough economic times are really hurting the touring blues...

In Living Blues #198
November 2008

Dear Friends, I’m writing this the day after the Presidential election. It has been an amazing event in American history, hopefully a turning point for our c...

In Living Blues #197
September 2008

Dear Friends, I’m writing from Fredericksburg, Virginia, where we’re starting a new album with my old friends, Saffire—The Uppity Blueswomen. They’ve got a h...

In Living Blues #196
May 2008

Dear Friends, A couple weeks ago I had the great pleasure of attending the Springing The Blues Festival in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Sam Veal founded this...

IN LIVING BLUES #184
May 2006

Dear Friends, I’m writing this from the studio while I work with the engineer on the mixes for Rattleshake ,the new CD from Chicago’s happiest, rawest ...

IN LIVING BLUES #164
July 2002

Dear Friends, Summer started off with a bang at last week’s Chicago Blues Festival. Among many terrific sets, the highlight for me was an explosive Saturday...