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Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks doing "Royal Garden Blues" Here's some awesome footage of vintage swing big band Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks performing "Royal Garden Blues" at the "Holiday Tea at Three" in Manhattan yesterday.

Jimmy Thackery has earned the reputation of being one of the hardest-working blues musicians in the industry.

There you are, texting away as you walk down West 46th Street in Midtown, and you nearly bump right into the big, bright gramophone on the sidewalk outside the Hotel Edison.

They've been traveling the world playing honky tonks, bars and concert halls for more than 30 years and they've shared the stage with some of the biggest names in American music.

Chris M. Slawecki has been published in music industry and related publications for nearly 25 years and has served AllAboutJazz.com as Senior Editor since 1997.

Twelve notable NYC bars joined forces with big jazz band Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks for a closing Sunday Night Spectacular soiree to celebrate the success of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic Fall Preview - the city's first-ever "multi-day event celebrating the history, contemporary culture, and artful craft of the cocktail." The setting was the ...

Over the years, Buck also played with the Nighthawks, Lonnie Mack and Hot Tuna, the legendary group formed by Jefferson Airplane veterans Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady.

CARPENTER ANTS: 9:30 p.m. Cover $3 to $5. The Empty Glass, 410 Elizabeth St. Call 304-345-9893 or visit www.myspace.com/theemptyglass . JAM SESSION: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Free.

The West Virginia Power and the West Virginia Blues Society are teaming up for the first Yuengs & Wings Blues Thing, which will feature four blues acts.

Former Howlin' Wolf guitarist Huber Sumlin, a member of the Blues Music Hall of Fame, is one of the acts that will appear at Sunday's Yuengs and Wings Blues Things at Appalachian Power Park, sponsored by the West Virginia Blues Society.

Those who like the blues and want to help out at an up-and-coming local blues festival are invited to attend a meeting for volunteers being held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Legends at the Quality Inn.

As with most concerts in the Long's Park Summer Music Series, there are a good many people on blankets and lawn chairs out for music on a nice summer night who don't know much about the performer.

Barrett, a 10-year resident of the county, has now released his first solo CD, "35 and a Month of Days," and has assembled the former members of his old band to perform.

Jimmy Thackery will be playing more than just the blues when he comes to south Bethlehem's 2nd Story Blues on Saturday.

Artpark on a summer Wednesday evening is frequently underpopulated for some of the best free concerts in Western New York.

It is two nights of music with two completely different sounds when Canadian rockers 54-40 play at Artpark's Tuesday at the Park, followed on Wednesday night by Tinsley Ellis and the Nighthawks.

City lawmakers have asked the organizers of the 2009 Niagara Falls Blues Festival to provide them with a detailed explanation of how they intend to spend $16,000 in city funds.

If I have this right, Lil' Ed Williams' uncle, J.B. Hutto, was a 'slidewilder.' Hound Dog Taylor, another Chicago slide-guitar blues legend who used to play with Hutto, was a little more of a 'slidewinder.' And Williams? 'I just take the slide and, being younger, look at what these guys were doing and I get crazy with it.' That makes Williams, he ...

Years ago, while a young'un cycling with friends in Salem, Harry Turner rolled by a Roanoke College frat house and was captured by the sounds of blues music.

ASBURY PARK - Local Blues Musician, Vietnam Veteran and Eagle Scout, Billy Lilley has liver cancer.