Friday, May 05, 2023

Blues Blast Magazine Featured Interview

 


Cover photo © 2023 Bob Hakins


It was a privilege talking to Mark Thompson, who interviewed me for this issue of Blues Blast Magazine.  I hope you enjoy it!

"I am lucky to be playing with Elvin, and with Kim Wilson, who is a force of nature on stage.  I am playing on all cylinders with him.  He shoots from the hip.  There is no set list.  He just calls out a tune, maybe a slow blues in the key of G, and he starts playing.  So we are doing a slow blues, and you don't have time to think about sounding like B.B. King or Robert Lockwood Jr.  You just have to play and make it work right off the cuff.  Half way through, you realize you are doing a B.B. King tune, but playing it like Buddy Guy.  It is too late to go back, so you have to finish it out.  You just have to play, and consequently you sound like yourself."


Saturday, April 08, 2023

2023 Previous Shows

January 14 Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
January 19-22 Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
January 27 (Private Wedding) Milpitas, CA - Aki Kumar
February 3 HopMonk Tavern, Novato, CA - Eric Lindell
February 4 Longboard Bar, Pacifica, CA - Eric Lindell
February 5 HopMonk Tavern, Sebastopol, CA - Eric Lindell
February 8 Empress Theater, Vallejo, CA - Aki Kumar
February 10 (Private Event), Milpitas, CA - Aki Kumar
February 11 Murphy's Law, Sunnyvale, CA - Aki Kumar
February 12 Narrative Fermentations, San Jose, CA - Aki Kumar
February 15 The Seasons Performance Hall, Yakima, WA - Mark Hummel's 30th Annual Harmonica Blowout
February 16 The Shedd Institute, Eugene, OR - Mark Hummel's 30th Annual Harmonica Blowout
February 17 & 18 The Triple Door, Seattle, WA - Mark Hummel's 30th Annual Harmonica Blowout
February 19 The Garages, Lake Oswego, OR - Mark Hummel's 30th Annual Harmonica Blowout
February 20 Lincoln Theater, Mt. Vernon, WA - Mark Hummel's 30th Annual Harmonica Blowout
February 23 Portland Jazz Festival, Portland, OR - Charlie Musselwhite
February 24 & 25 Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA - Mark Hummel's Harmonica Blowout
February 26 Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA - Mark Hummel's Harmonica Blowout
March 14 Fox Theater, Tucson, AZ - Fabulous Thunderbirds
March 30 & 31 Fanatics Pub, Lima, NY - Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 4 Beaver Creek Village, Beaver Creek, CO - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 6 The Belly Up, Solano Beach, CA - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 8 St. Rocke, Hermosa Beach, CA - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 13 The Music Hall Lounge, Portsmouth, NH - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 14 Center For the Arts, Natick, MA - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 15 Wall Street Theater, Norwalk, CT - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 17 Music Room, West Yarmouth, MA - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 18 The Iridium, New York City, NY - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 19 The Iridium, New York City, NY - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 20 Great South Bay Music Fest, Patchogue, NY - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 22 Artie's Bar and Grill, Frenchtown, NJ - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
July 27 Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA - Aki Kumar
July 29 Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, CT
August 3 Ravina Festival, Highland Park, IL - Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
August 6 Festival of Beers, Mammoth Lakes, CA - Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
August 11 Bayfront Blues Festival, Duluth, MN - Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio
August 17 Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club, Portsmouth, NY - Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
August 20 Swing Wespelaar, Wespelaar, Belgium - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
August 25 State Fair, DuQuoin, IL - The Fabulous Thunderbirds