2019 Blues Cruises

Brandon Santini is closing out the 2019 membership drive - all members get in free! There are many different opinions as to what the future of the blues harmonica will be. Memphis vocalist and harmonica player Brandon Santini is undeniably a worthy player t...

All people who joined the SMBS as new members from February 24 up to March 24 and did not receive your meal ticket from Penn Station please see Tom Hurwitz at the t-shirt table at the break on Sunday's free member show with Brandon Santini at Barleys in Maryvi...

Blue Barry here. I’ve been pretty busy with the BITS (Blues in the Schools) program since September and schools got cranked up again.  It has been a great pleasure to play with a harmonica student of mine as well.  Fifteen year-old Ben Kreider has been helping...

Blue Barry Faust is a charter member of the Smoky Mountain Blues Society. He has been performing in Knoxville for more than 20 years. A former member of The Bluesblasters, and The Delta Souls, and currently playing with Terraplane Blues, Barry is a blues sch...

Devan Jones & the Uptown Stomp will be starting the 2019 Blues Cruise season on April 28. Cruise along the Tennessee River (Loudon Lake) and enjoy listening to amazing blues music! Devan Jones brought the Uptown Stomp together as a band in early 2013. T...

Knoxville and its surrounding counties has a number of venues to visit if you love blues jams. These events feature a cornucopia of skilled musicians, singers and a throng of fans. The blues is a fantastic genre for artists to form impromptu sessions that alwa...

November 2018 While you’re reading this review why not go to www.petervbluestrain and see what you can listen to.  Talk about some great blues, here you are!  Peter V Blues Train – Shaken but Not Deterred is out and kicking it up a notch!  Peter V is Peter Ve...

Last week, my friend and bandmate, Rey Pineda, called and asked if I would join him in entertaining the patients at the Ben Atchley State Veterans Home. I readily accepted the invitation and was really excited about going. Rey decided that we would treat t...