Author: Rick Scuteri

Santana led things off with a video tribute to Woodstock, which set the mood of how Mr. Carlos Santana rolls, who he is and what he does.

As temperatures reached just over 105 degrees when Ziggy took the stage, it did not keep fans from filling this outdoor, well-kept secret venue in the Valley of the Sun.

The Flagstaff Blues & Brews Festival was a great time.

It could have been called The Tab Benoit Comedy Hour but was just a great night of blues in Phoenix, Arizona.

Keb’ Mo’, just ending a tour with Taj Mahal, was back to himself with jokes, stories and all his hits.

The band billed this as “An Intimate Night with Shinedown at The Fillmore”, then they blew the roof off and then some.

If you’re going to bring your band to Jazz Festival weekend in New Orleans, you better bring your A game. Gov’t Mule brought more than that.

This act will be hard to beat in the later days of the festival.

The Iceman Special, formed in the Crescent City, call themselves a swamp funk band. They’re a four-piece combo of organized chaos, made up of two brothers, Will (vocals) and Charlie Murry (bass), Hunter Romero on drums and Steve Staples on guitar.

Devon spoke about how the fans really helped ease the pain since his father Gregg’s passing saying, “Many thanks, right from the heart.”