Just heard Johnny W. about a month ago at the Turning Point in Piermont
NY. He was totally on top of his instrument- he is a legendary player who
can still play well. The room holds maybe 100 people if you include the
folks sitting at the bar. I highly recommend this venue to anybody in the
greater NY metro area.
Another great, great player, although not a blues guy, per se, is Johnny A,
out of Boston, who does these Wes Montgomery style jazz licks then
layers hard, ripping rock leads on top (His bass player is also phenomenal).
We were in Memphis a few months ago, and I guess being a tourist, I was
disappointed that there was very little in the way of old style country or
delta blues. There was one guy playing hard rock style blues who was first
rate, though.
Did catch an old timer a few years ago named Satan. He was a street
musician, who, with a little help from a blues harp player, put together a
very solid stage act. The harp player was first rate. Best though, was the
guy helping them load in and out. He had a T-shirt that said: "Satan's
Roadie."
