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Lance Lopez by Nelson Onofre

What's up my fellow Blues fans! This week I am featuring photos of fiery bluesman Lance Lopez from Dallas, Texas. These photos are from a show at the BB King Blues Club in New York back in June of this year. Also on the bill for this show was Larry McCray and I'll post those photos at a later date. Lance was joined by special guests Baron Raymonde on sax, Paul Caruso on harp and 11 year old bassist Kaitlin. On drums was Tony Beard and on bass was Billy Cristiani. I've had the pleasure of seeing Lance a few times now and he always delivers the goods. If you read the bio on his website you'll see that Lance has been a busy man and has become a seasoned performer in the process.

Look at his MySpace page to see what some well known and respected guitarists have had to say about Lance. He's still a young man and I'd have to say the future looks quite bright for Lance. Give a listen to his latest CD, Salvation from Sundown, and check him out when he hits your neck of the woods. If you like powerhouse electric blues then Lance is right up your alley. Tell him Nelson sent you. : )

Thanks again to Laura Becker of Big Machine Media for the guest list/photo pass credentials at BB King's.

Nelson G. Onofre
e-mail: nelson@electriceyes.us
my websites: http://www.electriceyes.us/
http://electriceyesphotography.blogspot.com/

all photos: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright
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Lance Lopez
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez with 11 year old guest bassist Kaitlin
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez with 11 year old guest bassist Kaitlin
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez with guest Paul Caruso on harp
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez w/Baron Raymonde and Larry McCray
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez with Baron Raymonde
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

Lance Lopez
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://lance-lopez.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lancelopez

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Posted on 8/15/2010

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Tommy Emmanuel by Nelson Onofre

What's up my fellow Blues fans! This week I am going to feature an artist that is not exactly a Blues player but is an extraordinary talent nonetheless. That man is Tommy Emmanuel. Just like I recently got hip to Tommy maybe there are some of you out there that are not familiar with Tommy's work. Hopefully my images will inspire you to check out some of his music. Some of the people I know from BB King's told me how good Tommy was and that I should check him out when he played BB's. I took their advice and I'm glad I did. Tommy blew me away with his amazing skills on the acoustic guitar.

I'm used to seeing multiple amps, speaker cabinets and drums on BB's stage but there was none of that for Tommy's show. He came out with an acoustic guitar that showed signs of heavy use and he proceeded to play the heck out of it. After a few minutes it was clear that he did not need any other instrumentation onstage with him. Not only is Tommy a great musician he is also a veteran performer that interacts beautifully with the audience. This was a fun show.

In between taking my photos I found myself just sitting there and marveling at his great skill on the acoustic guitar. Towards the end of the show he brought out a few other acoustic players and played duets with them and that was also very entertaining. I wish I had gotten their names but I didn't. Needless to say they were all very good. I highly recommend to everyone to go and see this great talent when he's in your town. He'll do things on the acoustic that will amaze you.

Thanks again to Laura Becker of Big Machine Media for the guest list/photo pass credentials at BB King's.

Tommy Emmanuel
BB King Blues Club, NY, July 2010
http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/

Tommy Emmanuel
BB King Blues Club, NY, July 2010
http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/

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Posted on 8/08/2010

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Matt Schofield by Nelson Onofre

OK my fellow Blues lovers, this week I am featuring photos of Matt Schofield. I had heard good things about Matt but did not know much about him. He was the opener for Mountain this night, June 30, 2010 at the BB King Blues Club. Accompanying Matt were Jonny Henderson on organ and Kevin Hayes on drums. Jonny also handled the bass duties on the keyboard. I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Matt's set, so much so that when he announced that he was playing another club, The Living Room on July 6, I made it a point to catch him there as well.

At The Living Room I did manage to speak briefly with Matt and gave him a couple of 8x10 prints from his BB King's show. I figured that being from the UK he might want to have a couple of photos from his BB King's show in New York.

At The Living Room his fine blues chops were on display again. His tone was great, and that's coming from a non-guitarist like me. Jonny and Kevin supported Matt beautifully. Some of you may know that Kevin was Robert Cray's drummer for a long time. All I can tell you is Matt is definitely work seeing and hearing. If he shows up in your area by all means head on out and check him out. I think you'll like what you hear.

Thanks again to Laura Becker of Big Machine Media for the guest list/photo pass credentials at BB King's.

Nelson G. Onofre
e-mail: nelson@electriceyes.us
my websites: http://www.electriceyes.us/
http://electriceyesphotography.blogspot.com/

photos: All Rights Reserved
click on images for a larger view

Matt Schofield
BB King Blues Club, NY, June 2010
http://www.mattschofield.net/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

Matt Schofield
The Living Room, NY, July 2010
http://www.mattschofield.net/
photo: Nelson G. Onofre © 2010 Copyright

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Posted on 8/01/2010

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