but had been in contact with him for years, since he was in Dickey Betts & Great South- ern, and I recall reviewing his solo work as well. Just a great guitarist and performer. It was indeed good to see him.
greats into the Hall of Fame, including Eric Clapton, Tommy Brown and Little Richard. Clapton was on tour in England and Richard was unable to attend, but we did get a heart- felt and humorous acceptance speech from Mr. Brown. As with most awards shows, we were shown
a film of all the great blues artists and blues business folks whom we lot in the past year, leading off with my personal favorite, the great Johnny Winter. It was an emotional farewell, with one of my old favorite tracks as background music, Johnny Winter And’s “Hello Pretty Stranger,” from their 1971 debut album. I have posted a complete list of this year’s
winners at the end of this Road Trip article. After the show I was ready to chill for the
Buffalo with Mark May. Inside the venue for dinner, I made my
way over to the table of Roger and Linda Earl. I love those guys. As most of you know, Roger is the drummer and co-founder of Foghat, and lately they have started producing Foghat wines. (See article and review this issue!) Also at the table was our friend Bryan Bassett, the hot shot guitar slinger of Foghat (and for- merly a member of Wild Cherry and Molly Hatchet.) I told Roger the only problem with the dinner that night was “no Foghat wine!” Now, the show that night was off the chain.
Great performances from Keb Mo, Elvin Bishop, John Hammond with Bruce Katz, Eden Brent (my new favorite!), Charlie Mus- selwhite, EG Kight, Candi Staton, Dave and Phil Alvin, The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and many more. It was one outstanding evening of music, from Keb Mo’s acoustic ver- sion of “I Like The Old Me Better” to the rockin’ blues piano and passionate voice of Eden Britt to the fiery electric set from the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. The Blues Foundation inducted three more
Craig Stevens with John Hammond.
THE ROCK AND SOUL MUSEUM On Friday we hit the street to walk up to
The Rock and Soul Museum, (
www.memphis-
rocknsoul.org/) crossing over the legendary Beale Street. Right across from the museum is the huge Gibson Guitar Factory and Mu-
rest of the night so I went back to the room. Of course, the pattern continued. Craig ran into songwriting great Gary Nicholson and spoke with him. Yes, I missed it again. Oh well. A Buffalo has to have his beauty rest.
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