Happy b'day to the late Robert "Bumps" Blackwell.

Bumps would have turned 87 today. He passed away in '85. He worked w/ many great artists, such as Ray Charles & Little Richard.

Bob Leafe...photog for various rock music genres.

In a previous post on this blog, we incorrectly spelled Bob Leafe's name. We were introduced to Bob while researching Richard Manuel (The Band) online & found that Bob may have shot one of the last pics of the great musician while preparing for a taping of the television show Deja View in '86. Bob's work is carefully (& intelligently) copyrighted online, so we unfortunately cannot include the pic of Richard here. Check out Bob's work:

http://www.bobleafe.com/

"Ollabelle" to perform @ MD's "DelFest" this Memorial Day wkd.

http://www.delfest.com/

Jim Weider to open up for "Blues Traveler" @ the "Albany (NY) Riverfront Park" June 4th.

http://www.jimweider.com/events.asp

Tom Pacheco to perform tomorrow night @ Woodstock, NY's "Colony Cafe."

The Colony Cafe is located on Woodstock, NY's Rock City Road in between the Woodstock Music Shop & the Woodstock Cemetary. Very cool joint!

http://www.tompacheco.com/cgi-bin/calendar/main.shtml

Opus 40 opens for the season this wkd.

The beautiful stone monument Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY opens for the season this wkd. A definite must-see!

http://www.opus40.org/

Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck to play @ @ Stockbridge, VT's "Tweed River Fest" early July.

http://www.bowthayer.com/