Valentines Day at The Sweetwater with Jon Cleary

Just announced! Sunday February 14th Valentines Day at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley. Pete Devine (HowellDevine) and I join forces to open for Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen. Bonnie Raitt calls Cleary “the ninth wonder of the world”. And it’s always a gas to play with Pete. sweetwatermusichall.com

Best Self Produced CD for 2015!

“Blues For Evangeline” was recently judged best self produced CD for 2015 by the Golden Gate Blues Society! UPDATE!! I just received word that “Blues For Evangeline” is in the Final 5 at the International Blues Competition for Best Self Produced CD!

Blues For Evangeline Reviews

“He plays with very good fluidity and taste,and some nice slide. His vocals are pleasantly lacking in fake black-isms that are the bane of ‘white bluesmen’. Even better, he sings the meaning of the words and understands that the story of the lyrics is vital”. Bruce Iglauer- Alligator Records From out of nowhere comes a […]

“Blues For Evangeline” Review

by Paul Liberatore John Maxwell walked into Sweetwater Music Hall’s open mike night not long ago with his acoustic guitar and played a set of jaw-dropping fingerstyle blues, singing in an earthy baritone that sounded like it was coming from a hollow log. No one in the Mill Valley club knew it, but this mysterious […]

NEW CD “BLUES FOR EVANGELINE” NOW AVAILABLE!

I am very happy to announce the release of my first solo recording, “Blues For Evangeline”. A thirteen song CD of originals and classics in various guitar styles, all swimming around blues and ragtime. It’s currently available at CDBaby.com , on iTunes and Amazon or directly from me by messaging at the bottom of this […]

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Artist Credits

 

Henry Townsend - BB's Jazz Blues and Soups - St. Louis, Missouri, 1976 -
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - North St Paul, Minnesota, 1985
Roy Rogers - Larry Blake's - Berkeley, California, 1989
Susan Tedeschi - John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room - San Francisco, California, 1995
Carlene Carter, Dan Hicks, Bill Kirchen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jim Lauderdale, Butch Hancock, Austin DeLone, Lisa Kindred- Bimbo's - San Francisco, California, 2015
Austin De Lone - Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, California, 2015
John Cleary - Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, California, 2016
Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, California, 2016
Ruthie Foster- Rancho Nicasio, California, 2016/The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2023
Maria Muldaur - Hwy 99 Blues Club Seattle Wa. 2016
Studebaker John - Hwy 99 Blues Club Seattle Wa.2016
David Lindley - Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend WA 2017, Grand Annex San Pedro CA 2017
Marcia Ball - Palms Playhouse - Winters, California, 2017
Albert Cummings - Las Vegas Performing Arts Center - Las Vegas, Nevada, 2018 (2 nights)/The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2019 & 2022/Spanish Ballroom - Tacoma, Washington, 2022
Taj Mahal, KebMo, Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Chateau Ste. Michelle - Woodinville, Washington, 2018
Coco Montoya - Marysville Performing Arts Center - Marysville, Washington, 2018/The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2019
Lucky Peterson - The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2020
Albert Lee - The Palindrome - Port Townsend, Washington, 2023
Sonny Landreth - The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2023 (2 nights)
Reverend John Wilkins - Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival - August 2019