Lady Star was one of the many performers at the Stoney B annual blues summit. She doesn’t play downtown too often, so it was a real treat to see her and her band in town.
Here she is, with that great blues voice, singing Etta James cover song I’d Rather Go Blind, with her band… Randy Summers on guitar, Ken Kinley on bass, Fred Sannipoli on drums and Pat Kelley on keyboards.
And then they did Bobby Blue Bland’s cover sone Love of Mine.
San Diego blues
I didn’t catch Stoney B when he had his own band on the stage during his annual blues summit Sunday, but here he is playing guitar with Phil Diiorio, who is singing I Will Never Take You Back. They are performing along with Irv Goldstein on keyboards, Chuck Arcilla on sax, Bob Prater on bass and Paul Carlomango on drums.
San Diego Blues
It’s another good line up of blues bands and jams around town this week, and a full day of blues on Saturday.
The International Blues Competition is in full swing, and the 2nd round of competing duos will perform at Tio Leo’s this Saturday from 1-5pm. Check out my last post to see Missy & Heine Andersen competing this last weekend.
It appears Hennessey’s Tavern will now be hosting the Youth Blues Jam (sponsored by BLUSD – our local blues society) and hosted by Leilani Kilgore (an incredibly talented young woman) twice a month, where kids under 21 will blow you away with what they can do. It is a reflection of the success of the BLUSD’s Blues in the Schools program. If you have kids who can play, or know of kids who can, invite them to join in. It’s free and it’s fun.
The annual International Blues Competition (IBC) is underway in San Diego. Round one was held at Tio Leo’s this weekend, and our local blues society (Blues Lovers United San Diego www.blusd.org) is sponsoring and selecting a blues duo to compete in the event next January in Memphis. Round two will be at Tio Leo’s next Saturday, where 5 more groups will compete. The finals will be after that.
Here is Missy and Heine Andersen, who will go on to the finals in a couple of weeks, performing as an acoustic blues duo their original tune For Better or Worse.
And they also performed Stand Up and Dance.
San Diego Blues
Taryn Donath plays at the Gaslamp Speakeasy frequently, where she rips on the keyboards and sings her funky, blues, swing jazz, boogie style music. But on this night, the Little Kings were playing with Dane Terry on harmonica, and she joined in to see this great cover song, Right Around the Corner.
San Diego Blues