Jamey's not only presents incredible live music, but also supports education and enlightenment and just plain entertainment - and thus was born the coolest Thursday night for lovers of modern music....

America's only guitar geek's podcast celebrates America's iconic musical instrument, the guitar - and all it's many stringed variations! This event is the best insiders look at the most ubiquitous instrument in the world of modern music and is a great night of entertainment for the whole family. A partnership between MelodyVision, Films 4 Good, Jamey’s House of Music, and Superior Guitar Works The podcast provides an in-depth exploration of guitars, guitar players, and the music for which each guitar is renowned. Guitar and guitar gear Manufacturers We will take questions and comments from the audience. Your hosts are Rodney Whittenberg, Emmy award-winning composer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, and filmmaker, and Tim Huenke, a guitar luthier and TEDx presenter. Most nights also feature a popular artist associated with the featured guitar.

Blues is the first music Erin Harpe remembers hearing, specifically Piedmont blues, a syncopated, fingerpicked variant of the blues popularized in the East coast region by artists such as Blind Blake and Josh White, and later Rev. Gary Davis and Cephas and Wiggins. Arlo Guthrie used Piedmont guitar accompaniment for his well-known monologue-style song “Alice’s Restaurant” which was Erin’s entry into playing this style.. Erin’s father is a blues fanatic, guitar collector, and talented performer who wrote a book about the highly coveted guitar brand, Stella Guitars, The Stella Guitar Book by Neil Harpe. She recorded a duo album with her father, Delta Blues Duets. Her mother played a little guitar, was a graphic designer, and met Erin’s father in the folk music scene. Growing up, Erin experienced blues music as the soundtrack to impromptu backyard jams and barbershop hoedowns. She later sought solace in it during her teenage years when she experienced her own blues, grappling with adolescence and her mother and father’s tumultuous relationship.

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Jackson Taylor is an experienced blues-rock musician based out of the Philadelphia suburbs of New Jersey. Jackson Taylor Blues Company specializes in rockin, high energy blues tunes inspired by greats like BB King, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, Walter Trout, Joe Bonamassa - with modern renditions of well known blues tunes and original material, JTBc brings strong passion and emotion into their performances. Jazz, Funk and Rock nuances gives them their own unique sound, and brings fun to any stage.... Jackson's passion for entertaining has always shown as a major part of his personality. His musicianship began at a young age as a member of his grandparents theater program, where he learned to sing. He then picked up a guitar at age 9, from inspiration in his grandfather (Jack Jeckot *bio below*). He furthered his training as a part of his high school band and in drum and bugle corps hornlines.

Many other inspirations struck him throughout the years. Such as, Eddie Van Halen and John Petrucci, but it was when he discovered blues legends like BB King, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, Walter Trout, Eric Gales, Eric Johnson and Joe Bonamassa, that Jackson felt connected with the blues and began to pursue the genre.

After many experiences playing on the road with Walter Trout, Jackson was committed, and knew what he wanted to do with his life. Chasing this passion has always been a dream.

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Bobby Messano is a legendary guitarist and Blues Hall of Fame artist who has released 11 solo CDs, placed songs in many TV and cable shows and played on over 80 major label and indie albums. ... His music has been heard on MTV jingles, movie soundtracks and Benny Mardones’ smash hit, “Into The Night”. The celebrated guitarist recorded with Clarence Clemmons, Franke and The Knockouts, Joe Lynn Turner, and STARZ and his songs are always on Sirius/XM. His 2015 album, Love and Money,nominated for a Blues Blast Award for “Best Rock-Blues Album” reached #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart and his Bad Movie release debuted at #1 on BB King’s Bluesville. Bobby was Steve Winwood’s 1983 Music Director and tour guitarist for Joe Lynn Turner, Lou Gramm, Glen Burtnick, Rodney Atkins and many others. He won three World Entertainment Awards, HMMA Award and has received 82 Grammy 1st round ballots in seven categories.

David Uosikkinen has been the drummer for The Hooters for over four decades. He has also recorded and performed with artists including Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper, Taj Mahal, and Patty Smyth, along with many emerging acts. His touring credits span major international stages such as Live Aid, Amnesty International concerts, and Roger Waters’ The Wall in Berlin. He is also the founder of the Philadelphia-based project, David Uosikkinen’s In The Pocket.

Kenny Aaronson is one of the most well-known bassists in music history. His extensive touring career is beyond comprehension: Billy Idol. Billy Squier, Foghat, Brian Setzer, Hall and Oates, Edgar Winter, John Eddie, a veritable who’s who of the last 30 years of major artists. He was named Rolling Stone Magazine's 1988 Bassist of the year and has been a member of The Yardbirds since 2015.

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Formed in 2023, the Philadelphia Blues Society exists to fulfill its mission by enabling live performance and helping to educate the community about the history and expression of a truly American artform. Our goal is to spread the love of The Blues!..

The mission of the Philadelphia Blues Society is to present, promote and preserve the blues and in all its forms throughout the greater Philadelphia region and support local, regional and national talent, nurturing an appreciation of the blues in school and community settings.

The society is producing the 2026 Philadelphia Blues Festival to be held on October 10 at the Ambler Campus of Temple University. Today's fundraiser event at Jamey's will help raise the funds to help underwrite this costly endeavor. Last years festival was a big success, and this year's event will feature: The Kelli Baker Band, Steve Guyger and The Excellos, One Dime Band, Debra Devi, The Wendy Logan Band, and Garry Cogdell.

The all day lineup for today's benefit will feature all of the terrific Jamey's house bands who are generously donating their time and talents. The kitchen and bar will be open all ay as well.

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Every 4th Thursday brings a treat for blues lovers throughout the Delaware Valley... Gypsy Joe and the Perpetrators is a made in heaven matchup between Joe Alves, one of the most highly respected long time players in the northeast up front on guitar and vocals, with the well oiled Perpetrators providing a solid and smoking hot quartet behind him. The Perps are Glenn Bickel on Hammond/piano and vocals, Frank McKitty on tenor sax, Joe Biase on drums and Jamey Reilly on bass. If you want to soup up your Thursday night, just roll on in to Jamey's for Joe and the Perps!

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Debra leads “a ferocious guitar-driven band equally adept at sprawling psychedelic jams and terse soulful rockers.” (NY Music Daily). Her core band is Kevin Jones on bass and John Roccesano on drums, plus a rotating crew of gifted keyboardists, including Rob Clores (Jesse Malin), Andy Burton (LIttle Steven, Cyndi Lauper) and Matt Wade (Samantha Fish). ...

Debra's growing acclaim as "one of the most remarkable guitarists on the East Coast." (Good Times) has led to festival dates from Memphis to Montana. She endorses Homestead Amplifiers, which builds custom amps for Gov’t Mule, Gary Clark Jr. and Jimmy Herring. She's opened for Joan Osborne, Jesse Malin, Ana Popovic, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, Joe Louis Walker and Marshall Crenshaw.

Debra's passion for the blues led her to write The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu (foreword by Dr. John) which won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Outstanding Book on Music. The book is blurbed by Bonnie Raitt, Joe Bonamassa, Hal Willner, Bob Margolin and Jimmy Vivino. Debra gives her “Language of the Blues” talk at colleges, clubs and festivals.

Debra fell in love with electric guitar as a girl, listening to her teenage neighbor play Led Zeppelin while he worked on his car, and her brother’s rock albums. “I always sang the guitar solos, instead of the lyrics,” she says. Growing up in that Milwaukee suburb, though, she got the message that only boys played in bands.

When she saw Bonnie Raitt perform in college, Debra couldn’t stifle her longing to play anymore. She bought a Fender Mustang at a pawnshop and moved to NYC. She joined various punk, industrial and rock bands, touring the US, Canada and Europe.

As a solo artist, Debra created a classic blues/rock sound that enables her to indulge her love of the guitar. “I think people are starved for real, live music – to experience that spontaneous magic,” Debra says. “I hope to deliver that magic with every record and performance.”

If you love “dreamy blues/rock and blistering psychedelic jams” (Relix), you’re in for an exciting ride with Debra Devi and her powerhouse band. Devi blends soulful vocals with expressive, soaring guitar work that’s earned her comparisons to Ana Popovic, Samantha Fish and Susan Tedeschi.

American Blues Scene calls Devi “one of today's top female blues/rock guitarists.” JamBase says she’s "a supersonic fret-burner who also writes hauntingly memorable songs." Vintage Guitar praises Devi’s “Hendrix-style jams and atmospheric slide guitar.” Her live EP Jamification Station Vol. 1 captured her at full throttle, hitting #5 on the Relix/Jambands.com radio chart and staying on there for three months.

Based in Jersey City, Devi plays festivals from Montana to Florida, and has opened for artists ranging from Ana Popovic and Joe Louis Walker to Fantastic Cat and Jesse Malin. Her band includes Kevin Jones (bass), John Roccesano (drums) and a rotating crew of top keyboardists.

Devi’s passion for the blues inspired her to write The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu (foreword by Dr. John), which won the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.

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Veteran Philadelphia area musician and songwriter Drew Shanefield brings his unique and eclectic catalog of music to Jamey’s House of Music.... This collection of songs, curiously named Vernon Papers, encompasses much of Drew’s musical output from the last few years. “I think VP started as a way to create an alternative persona, one that’s for me, devoid of history and expectation. Vernon Papers began as a collection of home recordings. As a result, much of the ego is gone, dismissing excuses and the need for perfection. The only need is to be genuine and search for musical truth.”

On stage, Drew’s Vernon Papers experience is largely a solo one. An acoustic, an electric and a notebook full of musings. The sound at times can be raw and from the depths, and at other times vulnerable and thoughtful. Always from the heart and the gut.

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Jamey's is one of the longest running blues jams in the region, as well as the #1 original Sunday Blues Brunch and Jam.... Blues lovers and players know that this is THE place to come for some really indescribably delicious all-day breakfast cooked to order by Chef Suyun, a dozen thirst-quenching ice-cold beers on tap from Conshohocken Brewing Company as well as wines and mixed drinks, fresh ground coffee and espressos, superb live blues music, great service and friendly people. The vibe is home-like and cool, and the sound is second to none.

Jamey's Blues Union is like a finely tuned hot rod. Full of swagger and coolness, and backed by a high revving power plant of pure blues goodness. Superstars Roger Girke and Philadelphia Slim hold the wheel while Joey Biase and Jamey Reilly provide the horsepower.

Jamey's provides a full professional grade backline, so players only need to bring their instrument to jump up on stage and jam.

The open mic jam runs from 1 pm to 3 pm, and the host band lays down a set from noon to 1 pm to get things rolling and then supports guest jammers as needed. The always rocking SUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH rocks a HAPPY HOUR from noon to 1pm. Featuring two bucks off draft beers and hard ciders, and a dollar off wines and mixed drinks, and a 10% discount on all menu items!

Admission is 100% free! Plus, it is wheelchair accessible, and has plenty of free local parking. Being right in the center of downtown Lansdowne, next to the train station, there is abundant public transportation as well.

Blues lovers new and old can come to play, eat, drink, chat and enjoy a day soaked in the blues. Guests also like to host gatherings or parties during the brunch, as there are tables and chairs for dining in our stage side Little Art Gallery, and comfortable seats to listen to the music - and it does not cost them a thing to meet up there! No reservations are needed. Just load up some friends and head on down!

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Recently signed to Gulf Coast Records by blues legend Mike Zito, powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Kelli Baker continues her meteoric rise as one of the most electrifying voices in modern blues-rock. With a voice that commands attention and lyrics that cut to the bone, Baker has earned a reputation for setting stages ablaze across the country....

Crowned the winner of the 2024 615 Blues Revival Competition in Nashville—judged by blues icons like Kenny Wayne Shepherd—Kelli is more than a performer; she’s a reckoning. Her July tour included support dates for Grammy-winning guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and genre-defying Samantha Fish, placing her alongside the most influential names in contemporary blues. Fall ‘25 brought a rousing impact, opening the headliner stage for ICP at Full Throttle, and ZZ Top at NYC’s esteemed, Beacon Theatre.

From her early days singing in Phoenix gospel choirs to lighting up New York’s legendary venues like The Bitter End and The Cutting Room, Kelli’s sound is an arresting fusion of rock grit, blues soul, and siren-like poetry. Her music has topped the Roots Music Report, and her live shows are known for leaving audiences breathless.

Born in Transylvania, Romania, guitarist and singer-songwriter Alex Kilroy dreamt of America before he even picked up a guitar. After trading classical piano for blues following a life-changing introduction to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kilroy became a teenage prodigy, opening for American blues legends by age fourteen.

His relentless pursuit of musical freedom led him across the world to the United States, where he earned a Berklee scholarship and eventually settled in Florida. Now, Kilroy announces his debut album, Break My Chains.

Rooted in blues tradition with a modern melodic edge, the project is a triumphant testament to his journey, honoring his late father's lessons of discipline and realizing a lifelong dream. Master of raw, soulful vocals and highly disciplined guitar work. Alex Kilroy is known for his electrifying live blues-rock performances.

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Hymn For Her have been touring across the country and abroad for years, spreading their juiced-up, down-home roots rock and roll. From ruckus outlaw to country folk, their sound shakes your bones and soothes your soul—injecting backwoods country blues with a dose of Americana that has been described as “Hell’s Angels meets the Amish” and “hillbillies with electronics opening Pandora’s Box.”...

Hymn For Her spent winter 2026 tucked into a Maine cabin, drawing from an overflowing well of new songs and capturing videos live by the fireside.

Recording begins this summer between road trips throughout the Northeast and Midwest.

Hymn For Her is Lucy and Wayne—a duo known for raw, road-tested performances that move easily between ruckus outlaw energy and stripped-down country folk.

Their catalog has been built the same way they live—independent and in motion.

From Year of the Golden Pig (recorded in their bedroom and mixed by Phil Nicolo in Philadelphia) to Lucy and Wayne and The amAirican Stream (recorded in their Airstream on a U.S. coast-to-coast run and mixed by Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit), to later recordings with Vance Powell and Mitch Easter, the thread has remained DIY at its core, with a wide sonic reach.

Drive Til U Die was split between Nashville with Vance Powell and North Carolina with Mitch Easter.

Pop-N-Downers, recorded at Sputnik Studio with Powell and Mike Fahey, brought wider attention, with coverage in Rolling Stone and a slot at Glastonbury Festival.

Over time, their daughter Diver—raised on the road—began stepping onstage, later contributing more fully on piano and vocals. That evolution led to the 2024 release Bloodier Than Blood, recorded in their “Bambi Airstream Studios” in Florida. Neighbor Bud Snyder contributed to the mixing of select tracks, while Mike Fahey mixed the bulk of the record at Starbird Sound in Nashville.

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Jamey's is honored and excited to present a very special intimate acoustic concert featuring a fun repertoire of Naughty Bawdy Blues and Swingin' Syncopatin' Jazz tunes from the '20s and '30s with MARIA MULDAUR, one of the most beloved international artists in modern music. Maria will be accompanied by Bruce Katz, An eight-time Blues Music Award nominee and 2019 winner and alumnus of Gregg Allman, Ronnie Earl, and Joe Louis Walker's bands....

Maria Muldaur is best known world-wide for her 1973 mega-hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” which received several Grammy nominations, and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere; but despite her considerable pop music success, her 60 year career could best be described as a long and adventurous odyssey through the various forms of American Roots Music.

During the Folk Revival of the early '60s, she began exploring and singing early Blues, Bluegrass and Appalachian “Old Timey” Music, beginning her recording career in 1963 with the Even Dozen Jug Band, and shortly thereafter joining the very popular Jim Kweskin Jug Band, touring and recording with them throughout the '60s.

In the 53 years since “Midnight at the Oasis” Maria has toured extensively worldwide and has recorded 44 solo albums covering all kinds of American Roots Music, including Blues, Gospel, RandB, Jug Band, Jazz and Big Band (not to mention several award-winning children’s albums). She has now settled comfortably into her favorite idiom, the Blues. Often collaborating with some of the top names in the business,( Jerry Garcia, Aaron Neville, Dr. John, Bonnie RaItt, Taj Mahal, Mavis Staples, Bill Wyman, etc.), Maria has recorded and produced on-average an album per year, several of which have been nominated for Grammys and other awards.

Her critically acclaimed 2001 Stony Plain Records release, Richland Woman Blues, was nominated for a Grammy, and for a Blues Foundation Award for Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year, as was the follow up to that album, Sweet Lovin’ Ol’ Soul. Her timely 2008 album, Yes We Can!, featured her “Women’s Voices for Peace Choir,” which includes: Bonnie Raitt, Joan, Baez, Jane Fonda, Odetta, Phoebe Snow, Holly Near and others.

In 2009 Maria teamed up with John Sebastian, David Grisman, and Dan Hicks for Maria Muldaur and Her Garden of Joy, which garnered Maria her 5th Grammy Nomination, and was also nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year by The Blues Foundation.

In 2011 Maria released Steady Love, a contemporary electric Blues album that reflects the kind of music she loves to perform live - what she calls “Bluesiana Music” - her own brand of New Orleans-flavored Blues, RandB and “Swamp Funk”. Steady Love reached #1 on the Living Blues Chart, and garnered her another nomination for Best Traditional Female Blues Artist from the Blues Foundation.

In 2012, for her 40th album, Maria produced the critically acclaimed…. "First Came Memphis Minnie", a loving tribute to the pioneering Blues woman who inspired and influenced so many female Blues artists who followed in her footsteps, many of whom joined Maria on this special project: Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Ruthie Foster, Koko Taylor and Rory Block accompanied by the amazing guitar work of Del Rey, David Bromberg, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Roy Rogers, and others.

In 2013, taking a brief hiatus from her yearly recording schedule, Maria focused on 3 special collaborations, performing worldwide with the 50th Anniversary Kweskin Jug Band Reunion concerts, teaming up with the Campbell Brothers, world-renowned Sacred Steel Gospel artists, for a very special presentation entitled, “Spirit and The Blues”, and touring as Special Guest Artist with Bill Wyman and The Rhythm Kings.

2014 marked 40 years since Maria’s big hit “Midnight at the Oasis” was riding at the top of the charts. To celebrate this landmark, Maria created a multi-media retrospective "Way Past Midnight", which chronicles her long journey to "The Oasis and Beyond". This special presentation features all her hits and fan faves from every stage of her career, as well as fascinating, entertaining, (often humorous!) stories of her personal encounters, friendships, and collaborations with many of the greatest names in music.

In 2018, Maria released her 41st album "DON'T YOU FEEL MY LEG ~ The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker", which was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Traditional Blues category. Recorded in New Orleans with an amazing cast of A-List NOLA musicians, this album finds Maria at her finest, and is true to the spirit and soul of New Orleans and Barker's funny, coy, and risqué material. This marked her 6th Grammy Nomination! Maria says “it's an honor to be nominated. I'm so grateful that this music is being recognized and enjoyed again after all these years!’

In Sept. 2019, The Americana Music Association awarded Maria "The Lifetime Achievement Americana Trailblazer Award" for her lifelong work of covering the depth and breadth of American Roots music and for being one of the pioneers who laid the groundwork for what we've come to call 'Americana Music'.

In 2020, Maria collaborated with world acclaimed New Orleans band Tuba Skinny and recorded her 43rd album, "Let’s Get Happy Together", a collection of 20s and 30s vintage Jazz and Blues. Released in May 2021, the album received nothing but rave reviews. It received The Blue’s Foundation’s Nomination for Best Acoustic Album, and was voted Best Traditional Jazz Album in OffBeat Magazine's Best Of The Beat Awards.

In 2021, Maria and her guitarist, Craig Caffall, wrote and co-produced her latest single “I’m Vaccinated and I’m Ready For Love” to help inspire others to get vaccinated and to celebrate her feeling of liberation and renewal after her second shot.

2026 finds Maria with her 7th Grammy nomination for her 44th album, "One Hour Mama: the Blues of Victoria Spivey", as well as 2 Blues Foundation nominations, for Best Traditional Blues Album and Best Female Blues Singer This year marks the 53rd Anniversary of "Midnight At The Oasis", and Maria and her band will be presenting her Way Past Midnight multimedia retrospective in special performances throughout the country.

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Following on a hugely successful inaugural Blues Festival in 2025, we are announcing the 2026 Philadelphia Blues Festival, presented by the Philadelphia Blues Society!...

Our Festival this year will be on October 10th, on the Temple University Ambler Campus on Meetinghouse Road. The rain or shine event will be held in the Theater, with a chance for you to enjoy music, food, and the talent of crafts artists during a whole day of fun!

Scheduled from 12 noon to 7 p.m., the event will highlight the Headline talent of Sugar Ray and the Bluetones, led by national andBlues Harmonica Master Sugar Ray Norcia.

Joining in the afternoon’s musical entertainment will be:

The Kelli Baker Band
Steve Guyger and The Excellos
One Dime Band
Debra Devi
The Wendy Logan Band, and
Garry Cogdell

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