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Based in Boston, Parcek lived in England in the 1960s and was immersed in their blues scene, watching Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and other guitar pros

Born in New Orleans in 1948, Butler was left blind in his youth by glaucoma; he played trombone, sax, and drums before concentrating on piano; he died in July 2018; he played for the Santa Barbara Blues Society in March 2006

Outstanding guitarist and raconteur MacLeod has won 5 of the last 7 Blues Music Awards as Acoustic Artist of the Year; he is now based in Memphis

Born in Detroit, skilled pianist, saxophonist, and singer Bogart lived in Wash., DC, for many years and most recently in So. CA

Brown was an outstanding singer and blues/jazz pianist who was popular for over half a century; he died in 1999 at age 76; a few years earlier he and his band played at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club in S.B.

The San Francisco Bay Area band is led by bassist R.W. Grigsby and his singing wife Beth; guess who is the subject of this song

Recorded in 1941; he was orphaned at age 8 and learned piano in a New Orleans orphanage; he was a champion boxer, and then spent decades living in various places in the U.S. and Europe while playing with many blues greats

Born in Alabama, Harman has been based in So. CA for decades and his led many terrific bands and played many times for the S.B. Blues Society; he is an excellent singer and harmonica player and a hilarious songwriter

Born in TX in 1929, Dixon was based in Orange County, CA, for decades; he played sparsely during the 1970s and 1980s before resuming his career until his death in 2006; his most famous song was "Hey, Bartender"

He often performs as "Paris Slim"; a proficient guitarist, he has appeared on innumerable albums of his own and others', including with The Mannish Boys

Recorded in 1945 by Major Merriweather, a self-taught pianist who was born in GA in 1905 and died in his adopted Chicago home in 1953; he was a very influential pianist

Educated at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Collier is an award-winning singer and songwriter and won the last two Blues Music Awards as Horn Player of the Year (saxophone)

Recorded in 2014; Thompson, who died earlier this year, was a skilled slide guitarist who played for several years with John Lee Hooker; organ by Jim Pugh, award-winning keyboardist and former member for years of the Robert Cray Band

Wendy DeWitt is a pianist based in the San Francisco area

Kaplan is a dazzling pianist who was part of the Hollywood Fats Band and the Hollywood Blue Flames; he has played multiple times for the S.B. Blues Society

Guitarist Bishop and harmonicat Musselwhite have know each other for over 50 years since their days in Chicago; they both live now in northern CA; Bishop was in the original Paul Butterfield Blues Band; each has won many awards

Recorded in 1929; Nelson was born in Tenn. in 1902 but lived most of his life in Chicago; he was known as one of the fastest boogie woogie pianists; he died in 1974

Born Kathryn Thorne is TX in 1936, she was a valued session musician until this first album established her as a star in her own right; she died in 1999; she played a sizzling show for the S.B. Blues Society with Bill Hadnot in 1984 at La Casa de la Raza

Mentored by guitarist Steve Freund, Chicago native and resident Specter cites Otis Rush, Magic Sam, T-Bone Walker, and Pee Wee Crayton as his main influences on guitar; again, the subject is obvious

One of the best living blues and boogie woogie pianists, Leyland was born in England and lived in New Orleans before moving to CA over 20 years ago; he lives in New Cuyama and has played multiple times for the S.B. Blues Society, last in Jan. 2020

Daughter of the late TX singer-guitarist Johnny Copeland, Shemekia is widely regarded as the reigning "Queen of the Blues," and among her MANY Blues Music Awards, she just won this year's award as Contemporary Female Blues Artist; she began performing with her father when in her mid-teens

Recorded in 1953; pianist and singer Charles could do it all - r&b, blues, jazz, country, gospel - and is considered when of the best performers of the 20th. century; he died in 2004 at age 73

MacLeod has played several times for the S.B. Blues Society as well as leading a guitar workshop

Rio is a boogie woogie pianist based in the Los Angeles area; he has played for the S.B. Blues Society several times, first in 1989

Now 84 years old, Chicagoan Helfer learned the style of many great Chicago pianists while recording them in the 1950s and 1960s; he spent several years in New Orleans; he replaced Little Brother Montgomery as pianist with singer Estelle Yancey

A NYC native, Woods has been based in the San Francisco area for decades, and is humorous as well as skilled; Billy Branch on harmonica and Coco Montoya on guitar, recording on one of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruises

Leyland is a music historian with encyclopedic knowledge of blues and jazz piano

Excellent harmonica player Hummel resides in the S.F. Bay Area, has his own band, and organizes tours of harmonica players; he played with guitarist Little Charlie Baty (former of Little Charlie and the Nightcats) in 2013 for the S.B. Blues Society