And now a letter from the editor
. I recently attended a blues festival in North Hampton Mass.
It was a very nice little town, with a lot of friendly people.
The festival was held out doors at the fair grounds. It started with
a lot of ICQ chat with a fellow blues fan I met on the internet. His
name is Jakob, and he lives in Denmark. We have been chatting for several
years, and both love blues music. We talked about some day meeting, and I
invited him to be my guest in Florida. We made plans to drive to MA
for the blues festival, and did just that. I picked him up in Miami, and
brought him home to meet my family. We already knew so much about each
other, we felt like we were life long friends. We packed up my BMW, and
off to MA we went. It was a pleasant 2300 miles. The nice stereo made it
a lot better. We had plenty of blues CDs, a nice car, money, and plenty of time.
What else could a guy ask for? The trip was very comfortable, with no
problems, other than a speeding ticket Jakob got in Virginia.
The lightening storm in Washington made for some nice pictures.
We got into town on Friday, June 15. We scouted out a motel within
walking distance from the festival site, before we checked out the town.
The festival started the following day, Saturday, at noon and lasted
till 9:00 P. M.
The line up was simply fantastic. I was simply amazed with the
preformers. In my opinion, the band that stole the show was
Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers. This man can blow a harp like no
one I've ever seen before. At one point he came off the stage right out into
the crowd of dedicated blues fans like myself, all the while he never
missed a note on that harmonica. It was great!! Now when his wife, Honey, started in on the
that piano, she really gave a new meaning to the stinger. I can still
see her long blond hair swinging back and forth as she made that piano
talk. She played for a good half hour, and that wasn't enough. I purchased
three of their CDs there, and have been listening to them ever since. The next day
at noon there was a whole new line up.
There were so many great preformers there like Carey Bell, John Mayall,
Kenny Neal, Coco Montoya, and more. I couldn't think of a better
way to spend two days.
If you ever have an opportunity to see Rod Piazza, I strongly
recommend you go. You will never regret it. I would also like to mention
one fine gentelman I met named Art Simas. He is the editor of a fine blues magazine, (Boston's Blues).
I would also like to thank him for all the fine things he does.
Send him an email and ask him about the New England Blues Society. [email protected]
I'm sure he would love to hear form you.
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