Here’s some footage of Shirley & Co. from last week.

 Saturday April 25th Shirley will be appearing with special guest Jon Gorman on guitar. Also appearing will be Karl Bryan on Sax, Bob Abruzese on Bass, and Richard Malcolm on drums. More on Jon Gorman below: 

At age 18, Jon picked up the guitar later than many players when he listened to Eric Clapton, his first great guitar hero. From Clapton, Jon discovered his love for the blues and like Clapton, the road lead back to others. Immersing himself in B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jon began to dig deeper, looking up the original artists and finding and absorbing his most fundamental influences, master blues artists such as Albert King, Freddy King, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, T-Bone Walker, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Albert Collins, Guitar Slim, Hollywood Fats, Junior Watson, Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl.  The latter was also a teacher of Jon’s during Ronnie’s time as a visiting artist at Berklee.

In 1995 Jon entered Berklee College of Music. While at Berklee, he played with bands across the musical spectrum from blues, rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, latin, R&B and funk, further flavoring his blues with influences from rock, fusion and R&B, names like Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, John Scofield and Robben Ford. 

Jon played regularly in the blues jams such as Johnny D’s in Somerville, and after leaving Berklee, gigged with various local blues bands, several rock bands, and even subbed on guitar for a time with a local Reggae band. In the summer of 2004 Jon began playing with drummer Chris Brown and began the search for the final pieces of Blue Train.

That’s right, you heard it here! The fabulous Love Dogs right on our stage Friday night.

Here’s some footage of Michelle Wilson and the Shirley Lewis Band from last month. Enjoy!