Bman's Blues Report

Little Ed & The Blues Imperials - "a bazooka assault of foot-stompin' blues and slow-burnin' knee-bucklers" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES) - appears in concert on Father's Day (Sunday, June 21) at Studio Channels Island Arts Center in Camarillo, in a concert presented by the Ventura County Blues Society. Buy advance tickets here . "Chicago Blues Royalty!" LIL ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS IN A SPECIAL FATHER'S DAY CONCERT PRESENTED BY VENTURA COUNTY BLUES SOCIETY Sunday, June 21, 2015 - 2:00 P.M. @ Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo Also Win Tickets To Attend The Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas! Only $10. To Enter (Good for 2 Entries) - Click Here         (CAMARILLO, CA) - The Ventura County Blues Society is proud to present a very special concert with "Chicago Blues Royalty," Lil Ed & The Blu...

  The Session:  Ventura County's Premiere Weekly Blues Showcase/Jam Session  Returns To Bombay Bar & Grill - Wednesdays Starting May 1, Hosted Once Again By Tommy Marsh And Bad Dog,  Sponsored By The Ventura County Blues Society              (Ventura) - Beginning Wednesday, May 1 , The Session at The Bombay is once again Ventura County's destination point every Wednesday night for the best blues showcase and jam session in Southern California. Tommy Marsh & Bad Dog will once again host this weekly event sponsored by the one of the most active blues societies around, the Ventura County Blues Society.    This Wednesday, May 1  - The Session's first event at The Bombay  - kicks off with an incredible lineup of guitar playing greats Teresa Russell, Guy Martin, and Mikey Mo, plus Ashford Gordon (the latter coming in all the way from Mesa, AZ). T...

                      THE FABULOUS MS. SHARI PUORTO IS SPECIAL GUEST FOR VENTURA COUNTY BLUES SOCIETY-SPONSORED JAM  - THIS WED., APRIL 10 AT THE TAVERN IN VENTURA           (Ventura, CA) - Holy Crap! The special guests just keep getting bigger and better each week at the weekly  Ventura County Blues Society-sponsored Wednesday night Jam session . This Wednesday night, April 10, host band Tommy Marsh and Bad Dog welcome that blues-singing dynamo, the fabulous Ms. Shari Puorto . It all takes place at The Tavern, 211 Santa Clara Ave. from 8-11 p.m. And there's no cover! Info: (805) 643-3264 .                                          "Shari Puorto's vocals meld Susan Tedeschi self-taught soul, Bon...

                        GIRL WITH GUITAR: LAURIE MORVAN IS SPECIAL GUEST FOR VENTURA COUNTY BLUES SOCIETY-SPONSORED JAM THIS WEDNESDAY AT THE TAVERN  - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27TH           (Ventura, CA) - The special guests just keep getting bigger and better at the weekly  Ventura County Blues Society-sponsored Jam session . This Wednesday night, March 27, the very talented Laurie Morvan is the special Guest of "house band,"  Tommy Marsh and Bad Dog . It all takes place at The Tavern, 211 Santa Clara Ave. 8-11 p.m. No cover! Info: (805) 643-3264.       No stranger to Southern California blues fans and music lovers, Morvan is the 2010 Blues Foundation winner for "Best Self-Produced CD." Playing a blistering brand of red-hot blues-rock, the popular Long Beach-based band's ...

                          IT'S A BLUES GUITAR SUMMIT  - MARSH, MO, & MACPHERSON - AT THIS WEDNESDAY'S VENTURA COUNTY BLUES SOCIETY WEEKLY BLUES JAM AT THE TAVERN IN VENTURA             (Ventura, CA) - Get ready for a special treat - a veritable " Blues Guitar Summit " featuring talented axemen Tommy Marsh , Mikey Mo and Bill Macpherson - at this Wednesday's night's Ventura County Blues Society-sponsored Jam session . It takes place at The Tavern, 211 Santa Clara Ave., Wednesday, March 20. 8-11 p.m. No cover! Info: (805) 643-3264.      According to host Tommy Marsh, who performs at the Jam with his group, Bad Dog : " My great friend MIKEY MO and my new friend Bill Macpherson are both coming in to the Jam session this week. Bill Macphereson is a veteran...

            Johnny Main (l) and Tex Nakamura (r) of the celebrated blues group The 44s are the very        Special Guests at this week's Ventura County Blues Society-sponsored jam, Wed., March 6.                       JOHNNY MAIN, TEX NAKAMURA OF CELEBRATED SOCAL BLUES GROUP THE 44S ARE IN THE HOUSE AT VCBS-SPONSORED JAM THIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6@THE TAVERN                                                                      (VENTURA, Calif.) - Someone better alert the Ventu...

Ventura County Blues Society Presents Its.... "Sunday Blues Concert Matinee Series Event II" - Benefits Moorpark Foundation For The Arts AUGUST 5TH EVENT FEATURES A TRIO OF TOP BLUES GUITARISTS - HEADLINER JIMMY THACKERY - PLUS ALASTAIR GREENE AND MIKEY MO (MOORPARK, CA) - If you love the guitar - and let's face it, who doesn't? - then this is a show that can't be missed, as the Ventura County Blues Society (VCBS) presents veteran blues guitar great Jimmy Thackery along with Socal/Ventura-based guitar aces Alastair Greene and Mikey Mo at their Sunday Blues Concert Matinee Series Event II, Sunday, August 5 at the High Street Arts Center , 45 East High Street, Moorpark . Doors open at 12 noon, music starts at 1 p.m. Tickets $20. (VCBS members), $25. (...