| Triviana gets the blues |
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We dropped in for the final day and had a great time. Dai Sugano, a photo-journalism major at San Jose State University, made a bunch of photographs, and John Orr of Triviana made a few, and we have some of them here. Also, some stories by Orr. Your job? Start clicking, baby! Click on pix below to get photo menus; click on those pix to see the full images. Don't be fooled by the muddy thumbnails; the big pix are beautiful. Special note: Our congratulations to Tom Mazzolini for putting on this great event! Visit the SF Blues Festival site. |
| Elvin Bishop |
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Elvin Bishop interview One of the all-time great blues entertainers, and one of his old pals. |
| Johnny Otis |
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Johnny Otis interview A legend and a leader in rhythm and blues. |
| Tower of Power |
| Tower of Pictures Masters of funkicizing. |
 Dave Garibaldi interview |
| Koko Taylor |
| Koko Taylor had one of the best shows of the afternoon, shoutin' and stomping the blues with incredible power. |
| Lavay Smith and Her Red-Hot Skillet Lickers |
| Which came first, pulchritude, or great swing music? Doesn't matter, Lavay Smith brought plenty of both. |
| Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers More pix |
| A mouth-harp master and a happenin' band. |
| Big Bones, Paul Peņa |
| Big Bones and Paul Peņa made a touching surprise visit. At the time, things were looking grim for Peņa, who was having cancer troubles. He has since improved, we understand. Peņa web site. |
| Roy Gaines |
| A fine, guitar-bending show. |
| Roy Tyler and New Directions |
| Gospel music to open the Sunday show, as is traditional. |