Posted on August 1, 2020
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It’s a good thing to see this day come around each year. I love the Blues. I play the Blues. I enthusiastically promote the Blues. If you’d like to have a look at the site to promote this auspicious day, just follow this link.… Continue Reading “It’s International Blues Day”
Posted on August 17, 2016
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The Early Years of the OBBS The Orange Blossom Blues Society is getting close to celebrating its twelfth anniversary! My, how the time has flown… I’m going to take a few minutes and look back over the first two years for our growing enterprise.… Continue Reading “The Early Years of the Orange Blossom Blues Society”
Category: Blues and Other Music, Central Florida, OrlandoTags: Alley Blues Bar, Amado Ohland, Austin Petit Band, Austin Petit Band with Debby Boyer, Beautiful Bobby Blackmon, Ben Basile, Big Rick, Bird Dog Bobby, Blues, Blues and Other Music, Blues Crew, Bulldog Ben, Burnin' Vernon, Cafe Annie, Catfish Charlie, Central Florida Music, Debby Boyer, Downtown Disney, funkUS, Gary Ingber, George Linson, Hard Rock Live, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, IBC, International Blues Competition, Jae Futch, Jae Gibbs-Futch, Jann Childers, Jeff Willey, Jerry Waller, JoAnna Hudson, Jody Hudson, King MuDDfish, Lady DB, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, Lucky Peterson, Mike Edwards, MuDDfish Mike, OBBS, Orange Blossom Blues Society, Orlando Music, Paul Stott, Rob Mola, Sarasota Slim, Selwyn Birchwood, Smokee Tavern, Stoney and the Houserockers, Susan Bowman, Teague Stefan, The Alley, The Blues Foundation, Tim Williams, Tracy Bennewit, Vernon Miller, W.C. Handy, Zaida Zoller
Posted on July 31, 2016
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Jeff and his top-flight band The Smokin’ Torpedoes are well-known to lovers of live music here in Central Florida. Jeff is very good at his craft. By that, I don’t mean only the musical side; he’s a very capable promoter and has shown over… Continue Reading “Jeff Willey and Those Smokin’ Torps Are Killin’ It in Central Florida”
Posted on July 1, 2016
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July 1, 2016 Blues harmonica legend James Cotton turns 81 today. James is the real deal, having grown up in Mississippi under the tutelage of Sonny Boy Williamson. James ran away from home at the age of seven and was deeply immersed in the… Continue Reading “Harp god James Cotton turns 81 today!”
Posted on June 22, 2016
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Rising star Christina Grimmie made a name for herself after her run on NBC’s The Voice back in 2014, though she was not a new performer at that time by any means. Her murder at The Plaza Live was shocking and although she was… Continue Reading “The Death of Singer Christina Grimmie”
Category: Blues and Other Music, Central Florida, Florida, OrlandoTags: Blues, Christina Grimmie, Florida, Kevin Loibl, NBC, Obsessed Fan, Orlando, Plaza Theater, Pulse, Pulse shooting, The Voice
Posted on June 19, 2016
by Bulldog Ben
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I love to talk about the blues and some of the other genres we often associate with it. I have a fascination with those “cross-over zones” where the blues “come together” with other great genres of American music. Although I get that music transcends… Continue Reading “Love My Blues with a Little o’ This Mixed In”
Category: Blues and Other Music, Central Florida, FloridaTags: American Music, Americana, Barnett Park, Blues, Blues Rock, Bobby Bland, Bobby Blue Bland, Central Florida, Choirs, College Life, cross over, Dr. Gary Carver, Eva Cassidy, Folk Blues, Friends of Florida Folk, Genres, Gospel Music, Gospel Quartet, Harmonica, Harp, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayer, Johnny Winter, Josh White, Josh White Jr., Kenny Burrell, Led Zeppelin, Lee Roy Parnell, Little Milton, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Oral Roberts University, Orlando, Robben Ford, Roots Music, Spirituals, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tulsa, Walter Trout, Willie Dixon
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