San Diego Blues Calendar: Dec 1st – 7th

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Alice

This is a bit of strange week for San Diego blues. There isn’t much real blues happening at the Speakeasy or Patrick’s, which is highly unusual. But you can hear some good blues at Balboa Park’s December Nights on Friday and Saturday.

I haven’t heard Rosy Dawn before, and she’s playing at Patrick’s and Hennessey’s at the end of the week. From what I hear, she does blues, R&B and soul.

You can also get some downtown blues at the jams Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Take note: the JammingOut at HOB jam is on Thursday, not Wednesday, this week.
Enjoy the music!

San Diego Blues Calendar: Nov 24th – 30th

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Alice

It’s a light week for the holidays, but still plenty of good San Diego blues and jazzy or soulful blues to be found downtown at the Speakeasy and Patrick’s, even on Thanksgiving evening.

Taryn Donath will be at the Speakeasy both Tuesday and Friday night, and Stoney B will be there Wednesday and Thursday. If you haven’t heard either of these great performers, you are in for a treat. Stoney is a wonderful storytelling blues man, and Taryn is a fabulous swinging jazz keyboardist with an incredible voice.

And if you haven’t checked out Prohibition yet, Saturday night with Whitney Shay will be fun. She brings a lot of soul and spunk to her jazz and blues; perfect for a Friday night!

San Diego Blues Calendar: Nov 17th – 23rd

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Alice

The weekly Wednesday night blues jam, JammingOut at HOB, is canceled this week and will resume December 3rd. But there is the jam tonight at the Speakeasy and tomorrow night at Patrick’s for all you jam lovers and musicians.

The rest of the week is pretty typical, with some changes at the Speakeasy now that Lafayette and Annette DaBomb are no longer playing there. The blues band Polar Express will be there Tuesday night, and Wilovalot will be back Saturday night. He used to play there regularly on Sundays, which is now a Rockabilly night.

San Diego Blues Calendar: Nov 10th – 16th

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Alice

This week marks a change in the schedule at the Gaslamp Speakeasy. Long-time regulars, Lafayette Blues Band as well as Annette DaBomb & the Bomb Squad, will no longer be playing on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Annette has moved to Houston, and she will be very missed! Lafayette is still playing in the host band at the JammingOut at HOB on Wednesday nights, so you can catch him there at 7pm.

For those who love Humphrey’s, there is a bit more blues out there this week, and for Patrick’s regulars there is a new band playing on Sunday night, Fat Shirley, and they sound interesting. Enjoy the week!

San Diego Blues Calendar: Nov 3rd – 9th

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Alice

I’m late getting the calendar out this week, but usually Mondays and Tuesdays are often pretty much the same every week. Fuzzy Rankins’ jam on Mondays and Walter Gentry’s jam on Tuesdays. Blues Mondays at Humphreys. R&B Mondays at Patricks. Zydeco Tuesdays at Tio Leos. And blues Monday-Saturday at the SpeakEasy.

For the rest of the week, we have a pretty full schedule. If you didn’t hear Stoney B last night you can catch him tonight at the SpeakEasy. And Annette DaBomb is here for one more week at the SpeakEasy on both Thursday and Friday night. Whitney Shay is at the US Grant Grill on Friday and then again at Prohibition on Saturday night – a small little hidden speakeasy on 5th near Market. And there’s a good line up at Patrick’s, including Len Rainey, Fuzzy Rankins and a new blues rock guitarist in town, Jo Hell.

Hope to see you out there enjoying the San Diego Blues!!

San Diego Blues Calendar: Oct 27th – Nov 2nd

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Alice

Last week we had lots of blues around town, not quite so much this week. I have never heard Tiffany Jane, so I’m curious to hear what type of blues she does. From what I can tell, she’s more pop. She plays at Patrick’s Wednesday and then she’ll be at 98 Bottles Thursday with Rebecca Jade. I’ll catch her at one of these.

This is the last week you can catch Annette DaBomb, who will be at the SpeakEasy on Thursday night. She leaves us at the end of the week, which will be a sad day for me. So come out to hear her one more time before she goes.

San Diego Blues Calendar: Oct 20th – 26th

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Alice

There is quite a bit of San Diego blues happening this week in the Gaslamp. Check out the bands and jams at the Gaslamp Speakeasy and Patrick’s Pub, as well as Hennessey’s (next to Speakeasy) and Spike Africa.

Jams always bring in great musicians from around the greater San Diego area and from out of town. The jams happen Mondays at the Speakeasy with host Fuzzy Rankins, Tuesdays at Patrick’s with Walter Gentry and Wednesdays at the House of Blues with JammingOut at HOB, sponsored by BLUSD.

The Youth Blues Jam will be on Saturday from 2-5pm, so if you know of or have kids under 21 who play, encourage them to participate or watch.

And for some pre-Halloween fun, go see Whitney Shay and Robin Henkel do their spooky blues, jazz and soul at 98 Bottles on Friday night. Or catch Whitney and her trio at the US Grant on Thursday. Lots of great options this week!!

San Diego Blues Calendar: Oct 13th – 19th

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Alice

We’ve got blues every day this coming week, even Sunday, which is a treat. For those of you who go to the weekly blues jam at the House of Blues (JammingOut at HOB), be aware that it will be held Thursday this week (not Wednesday).

Saturday afternoon at Tio Leo’s will be the final round of the San Diego blues competition for duo performers, where the finalist (from the 4 who have been selected out of the first 2 rounds) will represent us in the International Blues Competition (IBC) in Memphis next January. Missy & Heine Andersen, John Frazer, Ben Powell, and Andres Acuna with Eddie Sadler are in the final four.

San Diego Blues Calendar: Oct 6th – 12th

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Alice

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.

San Diego Blues Calendar: Sept 29th – Oct 5th

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Alice

We have a great week of live San Diego blues music around town! There is a lot happening in the Gaslamp, on Shelter Island and even a night in Little Italy.

Tonight we have the weekly and popular blues jam at the SpeakEasy, Walter Gentry’s R&B band at Patrick’s and a beautiful blues singer, Janice Edwards, out at Humphrey’s. What a great way to kick off the week. Enjoy!!

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