Blues

The instigators and co-conspirators Ed Scheer and Alizon Lissance of the wildly successful jams, come together with their own band, The Love Dogs. The Love Dogs has the recipe for the Blues. Take one red-hot horn section - we’re talkin’ alto, tenor, baritone sax and trombone - down and dirty. Add liberal amounts of barrelhouse boogie-woogie piano and stinging Fender guitar.

The multi-talented Stan Martin does it all -- singing, lead guitar work, and song-writing. Known for strong vocals, solid tunes and hot guitar licks, Martin is an absolute master of twangy Telecaster guitar. It’s little bit country, little bit rock ‘n roll, and peppered with a generous flavoring of blues.

A Maine native, Sarah Levecque is influenced by many sources. Early classical piano training gave way to the strong pull of blues players such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Little Walter. The influence of old school country music, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris and Gram Parson’s are also evident in her music.

Jeremy Lyons plays in and with American music traditions. He moved to the Boston area from New Orleans in 2005, where he worked as a musician since 1992, first as a street performer, then in clubs with The Deltabilly Boys. Jeremy specializes in slide guitar and fast finger-picking; his Trio features "Washtub" Robbie Phillips on (homemade) bass diddley bow and Jeff Allison on drums.

A few summers ago, Blues singer/harmonicist J. Place went to the House of Blues in Cambridge, MA to have lunch with a belly dancer. On stage was acoustic guitarist Bertrand Laurence, paying homage to the root music of Mississippi, New Orleans, and Chicago. Sensing a connection, J asked to sit in and the Jellyrollers were born.

The ‘triple threat’ (harmonica player, vocalist & songwriter) contemporary blues man, Tim Gartland’s history of musical growth and development has been guided by the blues.