Northeast Blues Guitar Summit
Black-eyed Sally’s is super excited to bring back one of our most
entertaining and unforgettable shows! Get your advanced, discounted
tickets early as these shows sell out! Oh, and don’t forget your dancin’
shoes!! You will be moved! “The Northeast Blues Guitar Summit”
Featuring FOUR Thrilling, Jaw Dropping East Coast Blues Guitar Killers backed by
a smoking hot super bad ass, tight Rhythm section!
DEAN SHOT!
Up next! New Jersey Blues Guitar Bad-Ass and vocalist Dean Shot
has been for many years one of the East Coast’s Premiere authentic
blues artists. Dean spent his formative years playing alongside blues legend Hubert
Sumlin for six years. Dean took Hubert’s word to heart when Hubert
asked him to carry the music forward and give it to others. In recent years,
Dean has toured with blues royalty such as Junior Watson and Mark
Hummel, as well as The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Dean’s resume is long
and speaks to his dedication to the real blues and roots.The list of artists he
has toured and/or performed with is substantial and significant: Hubert
Sumlin, Kim Wilson, Junior Watson, Ronnie Earl, Big Jay McNeely,
Big Jack Johnson, Mark Hummel, Danny Russo, Lurrie Bell, Otis
Rush, David Maxwell, Greg Piccolo, Paul Oscher, Steve Guyger, JB
Lawson, Doug James, Floyd Phillips, Lonnie Youngblood, Sax
Gordon and many more.
DANNY DRAHER!
Worth the price of admission alone! Danny Draher is a guitarist, singer,
musical director, consultant and producer. Born in Indianapolis, he
heard the fascinating sounds of Wes Montgomery, James Brown, Ray
Charles, and Elvis. By age fourteen, Danny was performing at parties with local bands and
began his professional life as a guitarist with Otis Rush and
Buddy Guy at the Checkerboard Lounge. He recorded his first album
with the Bob Reidy Band on Flying Fish Records at the legendary
Chess Studios. Through his reputation, he and his band have been hired by the who’s
who of the music industry. He has recorded and toured nationally
and internationally with artists such as Dr. John, Etta James, Paul
Butterfield and Allen Toussaint.
RICKY KING RUSSELL!
Boston Blues Royalty, master blaster of Jump, Swing and Rockin’
Roots, Guitarist/ and soul soaked vocalist, Ricky King Russell! In
these days of sampled and computer-generated music, it is refreshing
to hear music the way it is meant to be played – honestly and with soul!
Ricky is a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter fifty-year musician with a list of
credits and accomplishments too long to list here. Ricky always delivers from the heart.
He has appeared with such notables as Honey Boy Edwards,
John Lee Hooker, Eddie Clearwater, Mighty Sam McClain, Ronnie
Earl, Jerry Portnoy, Duke Robillard, Kim Wilson, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Miller and many others.
RYAN NEWMAN!
Oh Baby! Opening the festivities, meet young, electrifying, award-winning
Blues Guitar phenom, Ryan Newman! Ryan has been dropping jaws since
he was just a kid sitting in with the likes of Great British Bluesman John
Mayall! In 2021, Ryan won the prestigious New England Music Hall of Fame
Best New Artist. Fast forward to 2025, Ryan Newman is keeping a busy
schedule throughout Southern New England and New York as well as
annual gigs in the Virgin Islands, just blowin’ the roof off of music clubs and
venues everywhere he plays! Ryan can be seen with Southern New
England Trad Blues/Roots Fav’s Dave Robbins & “The Incredible
Amplifires”, fronting his award-winning band, “Righteous Continental”,
and playing lead Guitar with Original Rockers, “Justin Chan and The
Vices”! Ryan is also a mainstay at CT’s “Fever Barn Records” working and
recording with several fellow label acts including Johnny Winter Band
sidemen, “Bobby T” Torello and Scott Spray!