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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Johnny Winter by Nelson Onofre

What's up Blues fans! As of today I believe Spring is just about 3 weeks away. Baseball is not far behind, my N.Y. Yankees will go out to defend their title and go for their 28th world championship! This week I am submitting photos of Johnny Winter from his Jan. 18, 2010 show at the BB King Blues Club in New York. This was my second time seeing Johnny. I saw him back in the 70's sometime at Madison Square Garden. Unfortunately like most shows I saw back then I don't remember much about it.

Johnny's band at BB's consisted of Vito Liuzzi on drums, Paul Nelson on guitar and Scott Spray on bass. As expected the band was in fine form and while I enjoyed Johnny's playing I'll use a baseball phrase and say that Johnny has lost a little off his fastball. A couple of guys I had talked with felt the same way but you know what, it's still Johnny Winter. If he happens to come to a venue near you go check out this Texas blues-rocker and give a listen to his latest Grammy nominated disc entitled "I'm A Bluesman"

I am also posting some photos of another blues-rocker, Jon Paris. Jon opened the show for Johnny Winter and has actually toured with Johnny. Jon is a veteran of the New York Blues scene and can be seen every Monday night at Lucille's Grill, for free! Lucille's Grill is right next to the main room at the BB King Blues Club and you can always hear some good bands playing there. Even my last band played there about 9 years ago. Stop by!

Until the next go-round, keep supporting the Blues. As you can see these cats are working hard to lay it down for you.

Nelson G. Onofre
e-mail: nelson@electriceyes.us
my websites: http://www.ElectricEyes.us/
http://ElectricEyesPhotography.blogspot.com/

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Johnny Winter
BB King Blues Club, NY, Jan. 2010
http://www.johnnywinter.net/welcome/
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Paul Nelson
Johnny Winter's band
BB King Blues Club, NY, Jan. 2010
http://www.johnnywinter.net/welcome/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

Jon Paris
BB King Blues Club, NY, Jan. 2010
http://www.jonparis.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

Jon Paris
BB King Blues Club, NY, Jan. 2010
http://www.jonparis.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

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please come back often and bring your fellow Blues lovers

Sunday, February 21, 2010

James Cotton by Nelson Onofre

What's up Blues fans! This week I am submitting photos of harp-player extraordinaire, James Cotton from his Jan. 2010 show at the BB King Blues Club. The list of awards that James has won is long and it includes a 1996 Grammy Award for his traditonal Blues album, "Deep in the Blues". He is also an Honorary and Lifetime Member of the Sonny Boy Blues Society.

This was my second time seeing James, I saw him many years ago at a show he played in New York's Central Park. I met his current guitar player, Slam Allen, last year at Terra Blues. I was covering one of Slam's solo acoustic shows at Terra Blues and wasn't aware at that time that Slam was the guitarist for James Cotton. As expected James and the band were in fine form at BB's. Later in his set James was joined on-stage by 9 year old harmonica player Joshua King. I saw Joshua on-stage last year at Mark Hummel's Blues Harp Blowout. This talented kid is making a name for himself, keep an eye out for this future star.

As of this writing James will be in Japan for a few dates in March and then will be back in the U.S. for some shows so keep an eye out for him and check him out.

Until the next go-round, keep supporting the Blues. As you can see these cats are working hard to lay it down for you.

Nelson G. Onofre
e-mail: nelson@electriceyes.us
my websites: http://www.electriceyes.us/
http://electriceyesphotography.blogspot.com/

photos: All Rights Reserved
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James Cotton
BB King Blues Club, Jan. 2010
http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

Noel Neal of James Cotton's band
BB King Blues Club, Jan. 2010
http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

Slam Allen of James Cotton's band
BB King Blues Club, Jan. 2010
http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

James Cotton w/Joshua King
BB King Blues Club, Jan. 2010
http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

Kenny Neal, Jr. of James Cotton's band
BB King Blues Club, Jan. 2010
http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

Tom Holland of James Cotton's band
BB King Blues Club, Jan. 2010
http://www.jamescottonsuperharp.com/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

HUBERT SUMLIN by Nelson Onofre

Hubert Sumlin in New York City

Greetings blues fans! How's 2010 treating you so far? This week I am submitting photos from the Howlin' for Hubert show at BB King's back in Nov. 2009. Hubert being Hubert Sumlin. Check out J. Blake's review of that show here. I enjoyed the show because it gave me the chance to see this living legend. Having said that I pretty much agree with Blake's review of the show. The turnout for the show was quite good. Guitarists that have raved about Hubert include Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton. Nice to see that Hubert is still out there and continuing to spread the blues message. And yes, he sure looks like a blues man!

My thanks again to John Seroff of the BB King Blues Club for his continued support.
Until the next go-round, keep supporting the blues. As you can see, these cats are working hard to lay it down for you.