| May 1 Thur. | Seaside Cafe Stamford, CT. |
| May 3 Sat. | The Bourbon Street Blues Fest Lebanon Township, NJ www.bourbonstreetbluesfest.com |
| May 16 Fri. | Black Eyed Sallys Hartford, CT. www.blackeyedsallys.com Benefit for blues & jazz singer CANDYE KANE to help with her medical expenses. For more info, visit www.candyekane.com |
| May 17 Sat. | 12 Grapes 12 North Division St. Peekskill, NY 914-830-1130 |
| May 25 Sun. | Live Radio Show with Bill Nolan WPKN-FM Bridgeport, CT. |
| June 19 Thur. | 12 Grapes 12 North Division St. Peekskill, NY 914-830-1130 |
| June 28 Sat. | Lucky Mojos 5-14 51st Ave. Long Island City, NYC 718-786-7427 www.luckymojos.net |
| July 11 Fri. | The Turning Point 468 Piermont Avenue Piermont, NY 845-359-3219 www.turningpointcafe.com |
| July 12 Sat. | Rhodes North Tavern Rt. 17 N. Sloatsberg, NY 845-743-6438 www.rhodesnorth.com |
| Juy 18 Fri. | 12 Grapes 12 North Division St. Peekskill, NY 914-830-1130 |
| Aug 21 Thur. | 12 Grapes 12 North Division St. Peekskill, NY 914-830-1130 |
| Sept 20 Sat. | 12 Grapes 12 North Division St. Peekskill, NY 914-830-1130 |
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kick-ass blues! Once Da Boyz get cookin' they'll boogie your woogie 'till you can't find your way home! |
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Check out Live performances of Johhny & Da Boyz on YouTube! Click the pic.
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Every MONDAY night: 
Johnny Feds and Da Bluez Boyz Win First Round in the Connecticut Blues Society's Blues Challenge.
The following was written for the Connecticut Blues E-List by Kent Kirkland.
Have been thinking about what should be written about last night's event ever since awakening this morning. It was one of the most fun nights in some time. The room was full for most of the performances with enthusiastic fans. We heard from five fine bands, and the jam MC Tom Retano put together at the end had a sound as good or better as any of the participating bands! That meant for pure fun from 8PM to midnight.
Fairfield County-based Mamma Jamma Band opened the evening using some Tommy Castro tunes in their performance.
Chick magnet Eran Troy Danner followed with a powerful four piece act including John Bailey (CTBS Newsletter Layout Artist) on harp, playing several original tunes and sporting some interesting choreographed moves on stage.
Fairfield and Westchester County-based Johnny Feds & Da Bluez Boyz, in their first time Challenge appearance, came on with a highly talented and tight blues set, adding some elements of jazz. Johnny Feds, an accomplished guitarist, moved about the crowd playing dazzling blues licks, wearing just jeans and a white tee shirt. Their front man/vocalist/harp man and sax player was just as talented.
TL & The All-Stars appeared as a seven piece piece act, including a dazzling Hammond keyboardist, "Drew Blood" Andy G on harp, and new hot clear-voiced vocalist, Issac. This band brought out the dancers, who kept on for the balance of the evening. I'm getting to one of their gigs to hear the whole show.
Frankie & The Know-It-Alls appeared last, using several slow blues numbers to get us poor dancers out on the floor. I thought Frank's last number, a slow blues with a rambling story, was most appealing as well as unusual.
The judges, fan Sue Meeker, musician/songwriter/bandleader Patty Tuite, WWUH DJ, former CTBS Director and Zydeco Hog "River City Slim", WCNI DJ Greg Panse, and 2006 Challenge winning band Ryan Hartt & Blue Hearts guitarist Eric Ducoff, had to take more time than usual to grade the bands after the performances-- it had to be difficult. Ballot Tabulator Ray Meeker found the top three bands were all within 8 points of one another--an unusual occurrence. That is how good the bands were.
Congratulations to Johnny Feds & Da Bluez Boyz, who took the most votes from the judges. They will be returning for the Blues Challenge Finals on Sept. 15th. As mentioned, Tom Retano picked out musicians from the judging table and crowd and organized an amazing jam at the end. This included crack players sound man Tom Petrie on bass, "River City Slim" Peter Rost on drums, Eric Ducoff and a funky Larry Willey (of Bluestalker fame) on guitar, and Tom R on vocals. Please forgive me if I forgot to talk about anyone. Thanks to the judges, who had a tough night, Zeke Ster, CTBS Director, who gave out tee shirts and brought equipment back & forth, Ray Meeker, who soberly tallied ballots, Tom Retano for MCing, Tom Petrie for the sound, CTBS Director Ed Stack for handling ballots, and Blue Moon, Blackeyed-Sallys, and Joe's Guitars for sponsoring this years' Blues Challenge.
Next week we have The Phantoms, Delta Moon, EZ Street, Fade to Blues, and The Kris Heaton Blues Band. Don't miss the fun!
-Kent Kirkland, Event Coordinator, CT. Blues Society