As you might guess from looking elsewhere on this site, I'm doing my best to uphold tradition and totally corrupt my grandchild, Savannah, on blues music.

You don't think I'm serious? How about this serious--I nicknamed the youngster "Mojo" because Savannah loves the song "Got My Mojo Workin'", whether it's the Muddy Waters version or the Johnny Winter cover of it!

So how about a few pictures from the 2000 Dayton Blues Festival held in August where Mojo got to spend the day with about 4,000 of her fellow blues fans?

When we arrived around 1pm, there was a pretty big crowd there--even Mojo was impressed when she looked around! (Like the hat that says "Mojo" on it???  Guess who got that made for the grandkid?  <ducking> I take the "Fifth"!)

Late in the afternoon, a group of seasoned blues players took to the stage under their new band name of "Rock-n-Rogers".  Muddy Waters would have been proud to hear them play!  I know Mojo loved 'em!  The keyboardist on the right is Jimmy D. Rogers, a seasoned bluesman and keyboardist, who used to back up Bo Diddley, Marcia Ball, Buddy Miles and more stars.  Through Bluejeans' Place, I became acquainted with Jimmy, caught some of his shows with his band "Brown Street Breakdown" and attended his recent CD release party for " Back Burner Boogie " .  (If you click on the Back Burner Boogie Link, you'll find how to buy a copy of that CD which is EXCELLENT! )

While Rock-n-Rogers came on stage at supper time when the crowd was tired from the heat and humidity, it only took these blues masters a couple of minutes, as you can see below, to get the crowd up on its feet!

Just before that, forgetting about watching, little Mojo tried to join the band!  Here she is playing "air guitar" with Eric Jerardi and his band....after Grandpa Bluejeans dragged her back down from the actual stage!

Of course, I'll always say there's nothing like a good blues festival to chill you out--even when you're crazy enough to bring a five year old with you!

How about a big round of applause to all the bands who played and the people who helped pull off the 2000 Dayton Blues festival!  I can't wait until the 2001 version!