BLUES MUSIC AWARDS
JUST GOT BACK FROM THE BLUES MUSIC AWARDS IN MEMPHIS.
THE BUDDY GUY RECORD I PRODUCED “SKIN DEEP” WON “ALBUM OF THE YEAR” AND “CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR”. IT WAS A FANTASTIC NIGHT. PERFORMERS INCLUDED: B.B. KING, TAJ MAHAL, KOKO TAYLOR, MARIA MULDAUR, IRMA THOMAS AND ELVIN BISHOP JUST TO NAME A FEW. BONNIE RAITT WAS THERE AND I SAT AT A TABLE WITH ELVIN BISHOP AND STEVEN SEGAL. I HAD NOT BEEN TO THE AWARDS SINCE THE SUSAN TEDESCHI “JUST WON’T BURN” RECORD THAT I PRODUCED WON ALL THE AWARDS A FEW YEARS BACK. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF OLD FRIENDS AND CATCH UP.
I’M BACK WRITING AND RECORDING. I’VE RECENTLY BEEN WORKING WITH: JOHN WAITE (MISSING YOU) STEVE CROPPER (SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY) FELIX CAVALIERE (GOOD LOVIN’) AND BUDDY GUY.
I’M PLAYING A BENEFIT WITH DELBERT MCCLINTON TONIGHT AND THE BLUEBIRD IN NASHVILLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. IT’S IN THE ROUND WITH SOME GOOD BUDDIES OF MINE: GEORGE TEREN, BILL LLOYD (FOSTER AND LLOYD) AND KASIM SULTON (TODD RUNDGREN, UTOPIA) SHOULD BE FUN.
ON A SADDER NOTE TWO GOOD BUDDIES OF MINE PASSED AWAY THIS WEEK.
EAN EVANS (THE MISSISSIPPI KID) WHO PLAYED BASS WITH LYNYRD SKYNYRD AND STEPHEN BRUTON (A WONDERFUL MUSICIAN AND SONGWRITER FROM TEXAS)
I WILL MISS THEM DEARLY AND MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THIER LOVED ONES.
PEACE,
TH
Ean and Stephen, prayers in memory of you both and your's.
Keep the faith.
Tom, congratulations on the blues awards.
I love trying to bend the scales here in my living room while listening to the Skin Deep CD. Just need some drums and bass so why don't you and the Kwaz stop over, LOL.