December / January Blues News
Our December 6th Blues Ball at the American Legion was great. Good crowd, great music with Jock Webb and band. Special guests performing included Jimmy "Guitar" Allen, Charlz Z Man Wilson, Rick Harris & Earl "Guitar" Williams. One of the best Blues Balls in memory.
Our last official 2025 MCBS event will be our 3rd Thursday Jam at True Story Brewing December 18th @ 7:30pm. These jams have been well attended recently, so come early to get a good seat.
January 31 @ 7 - 10pm will be our 33rd Birthday Bash & Election. We have the amazing Bruce Katz www.brucekatzband.com a legendary keyboardist (Hammond B3 and piano) who has released 12 CDs as a leader and has appeared on nearly 80 other CDs with the likes of John Hammond, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Butch Trucks, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Joe Louis Walker, David “Fathead” Newman, and many, many others. He has also had a strong musical connection with the Allman Brothers Band, having been a member of Gregg Allman’s band for six years (2007-2013), Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band (2010-2015), Butch Trucks’s Freight Train Band (2015-2017) and Les Brers.
The Bruce Katz Band is an original, very exciting group of musicians that combine Blues, “soul-jazz”, New Orleans inspired roots music and “jam/blues”.
Bruce also occasionally toured with the Allman Brothers as well. He is an eight-time BMA nominee (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2025) for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” award, which is the equivalent of the “Blues Grammys”. He was also nominated by Living Blues Magazine for “Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)” award in 2015, 2019 and 2024. He won the 2019 BMA for “Best Acoustic Album” for “Journeys to the Heart of the Blues”, recorded with Joe Louis Walker and Giles Robson and was nominated for “Acoustic Album” award for “Solo Ride”, his solo piano CD. His most recent albums include ‘Back In Boston Live’“, recorded in March, 2024, ‘Connections’, (recorded at Capricorn Studios in Macon, GA), released in April, 2023 and his critically acclaimed solo piano CD, “Solo Ride” (Dancing Rooster) in August of 2019. ‘Back In Boston Live’ has received critical acclaim and has been in the top of the worldwide radio charts as well. Based in Woodstock, NY, Bruce Katz occupies a unique space where blues and the many aspects of Americana music collide into a style of original music all his own.
Tickets are $15 at the door. Advance tickets are $10 members & $12 non-members.TICKETS MCBS Birthday Bash - 1/31/2026
Upcoming Jam's:
1st Friday Jam at Ranelli's - January 2nd @ 7:30pm
3rd Thursday Jam at True Story Brewing January 15th @ 7:30pm.