Trinity River Blues Society Blog
Public Service Announcement! Feed the City Charity!!
Public Service Announcement! Feed the City Charity!! Trinity River Blues Society is calling all members, volunteers , anyone to please join us the second Saturday of the month at Boomerjack’s in Bedford Tx from 8:30-10:30am to prepare lunches. TRBS will meet at...
Buddy Magazine showcases Trinity River Blues Society
The Trinity River Blues Society was a sponsor of The 23rd Annual KNON Bluesfest. Here is an excerpt of the article. The 23rd Annual KNON Bluesfest was held at Poor David’s Pub, February 4-5, with a player list that would put any Memphis event to shame. The two-day...
TRBS welcomes our newest board members!
TRBS welcomes our newest board members! With the new year TRBS welcomes five additional board members! Along with the current board members this addition will take TRBS to new heights!! All the new members all desire to help support the Blues in the N. Texas area...
Musician’s Corner Feature – R. L. Griffin
R. L. GRIFFIN Musician R. L. Griffin, often called “the Right Reverend of the Blues”, is, and has been a major musical force in the South Dallas music scene since his arrival from Kilgore, Texas in 1967. He started out playing drums in his home town in the high...
Musician’s Corner Feature – McKinney Williams Jr
McKinney Williams Jr., also known as WorkHorse, is a blues artist from Jackson, Mississippi. He is the son of legendary front porch blues artist "BluesMan" McKinney Williams and owner of Monsta Entertainment (the record label his father is signed to). WorkHorse only...
Musician’s Corner Feature – Reo Casey Band
Reo Casey Band Reo Casey is a multi-instrumentalist and singer born in Dallas, TX. While being raised on Blues and Soul music, he started getting interested in Texas’ great musical traditions. He began learning how to play the drums in grade school and then branched...
Musician’s Corner Feature – Aaron Burton
“Aaron Burton is yet another of those Texan pickers who seems to creep in under the radar, lodging himself in the mind and memory. With around half a dozen albums already to his credit, with Southern Swaggerhe brings more than a touch of Down South, low-down and dirty...
Musician’s Corner Feature – Mike Morgan
MIKE MORGAN Mike Morgan is a Texas guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Dallas, but grew up in Hillsboro, TX. He began playing rock guitar as a youngster, but in 1985 changed over to blues and blues rock. He relocated back to Dallas in 1986. He has...
Musician’s Corner Feature – KERRIE & ANDREW “JR. BOY” JONES
KERRIE & ANDREW “JR. BOY” JONES Kerrie Lepai Jones was born April 15, 1973, to the parents of Michael and Carol Lepai. At an early age she was always singing, and people that knew her knew she had the talent to sing. Later in life she would also sit in and sing at...
Musician’s Corner Feature – Christian Dozzler
“More than 45 years on the Blues scene have provided the multi-instrumentalist Christian Dozzler (vocals, piano, harmonica, organ, accordion), a.k.a. "Two Meters of Blues" because of his 6’7" height, with a musical background that is rarely found among Blues musicians...
Musician’s Corner Feature – Anson Funderburgh
Anson Funderburgh "Anson Funderburgh has been an unstoppable force on the national blues circuit since his debut album with his Rockets, Talk To You By Hand, launched the New Orleans-based Black Top label in 1981. Born in Plano, Texas, Anson grew up in a...
Musician’s Corner Feature – Brian “Hash Brown” Calway
Blues musician Brian “Hash Brown” Calway hails from the State of Connecticut, and moved to Texas in 1983. He has been playing blues music since 1973 and plays harmonica, guitar, and sings. He has his own band, however, he is often seen and heard sitting in with...