Leroy Hawkes and the Hipnotics @ Main Line Today Main Stage (Veterans' Square & State Street)
- Hawkes, whose career began in the church as a gospel singer in Virginia, later moved to Philadelphia
where he sang with various local acts. There he developed his musical style, reflecting the influence of singers
such as Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Joe Tex and Wilson Pickett. By the 1980’s, Hawkes was appearing with greats like the
Temptations and the O’Jays when he became stricken with an affliction which left him temporarily blind. With his
recovery comes the rebirth of an exciting vocalist with a band that can truly exemplify his talent. The nucleus of The Hipnotics
is assembled around a rhythm section cast in the mold of Memphis’ MG’s and New Orleans’ Meters.

The Kim Trusty Band (Rhode Island) @ Main Line Today Main Stage (Veterans' Square & State Street) (3:00 pm)
- What started over thirty years ago in an all-black Baptist church in rural Pennsylvania has evolved into one of the hottest acts
on stage today. A silky smooth combination of Blues and jazz, Kim Trusty offers up a style rarely seen in the music industry.
As vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and actress, Kim Trusty is a multifaceted talent. She has opened for Paula Cole, Taj Mahal,
Rick Danko and Richie Havens. Kim’s performance style is completely unique and unforgettable to the senses. With a
captivating stage presence, soulful lyrics and a showstopping voice, Kim Trusty’s act keeps you on the edge of your seat (if you’re not dancing).

Fish Fry Swingers @ First Keystone Plum Street Mall Stage (7:00 pm & more)
-a quartet that shares a love for all styles of the Blues. From Biloxi, Mississippi, bandleader James Day brings his New Orleans
influenced vocals and harmonica style to the group. Drawn from the mountains of Pennsylvania, bassist Jeff Michael plays the
upright for several jazz trios and for Melissa Martin and The Mighty Rhythm Kings. Robin Pogi is the meter man on the drums.
From San Francisco, Vince White has dedicated himself to the West Coast sound of the Blues guitar. He has played with
Tommy Castro and other Bay-area musicians. In addition, he has written articles for Blues Revue magazine. With tube amps
and vintage instruments, the Fish Fry Swingers recreate those warm retro tones of the 40’s and 50’s. They keep it fresh by digging
into the past and putting their own special twist on swing and jump tunes.

The Staggers @ First Keystone Plum Street Mall Stage
- a result of a musical collaboration run amuck and unchecked in the cool damp stable of a barn somewhere in Lima, PA.
Richie Birch – Guitar/Vocal; Rob Birch – Guitar/Vocal; Michael Radcliffe – Bass/Vocal; Joe Latchum – Drums.

State Street Blues @ Main Line Today Main Stage (Veterans' Square & State Street) (4:30 pm)
- Media, PA Local Band Challenge Winner

Leroy Hawkes and the Hipnotics @ Joclyn's Deck Bar
- Media's fav chef & cohorts heat up their own special R&B sauce

The Kim Trusty Band (Rhode Island) @ Iron Hill Brewery (9:30 pm)
- As vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and actress, Kim Trusty is a multifaceted talent.
She has opened for Paula Cole, Taj Mahal, Rick Danko and Richie Havens.

Philly Gumbo @ New Orleans Café (9:30 pm)
- will bring its distinctive blend of New Orleans R ’n’ B, Blues and reggae to New Orleans Restaurant. Four members of the
group— drummer Tim Hayes, guitarist Pete Eshelman, bass player Bert Harris and keyboardist Randall Grass—have been the
core of the group throughout. During the past few years, the group has been rounded out by vocalist extraordinaire Jeannie
Brooks and saxophonist C.C. Crabtree. Individual band members have been prominent in recent years with other projects:
Pete Eshelman leads Zydeco- A-Go-Go and The Wild Bohemians; Bert Harris leads the group Bert Harris’ Jazz Planet; and
Jeannie Brooks recorded a live jazz CD and has headlined the Cape May Jazz Festival. For this performance, the featured
vocalist will be Blues singer/harmonica player John Davis of The Dukes of Destiny.

Blues Brothers plus a Sister @ John's Grille
- have been on the scene for over 35 years. They started as a three-piece band: the late Mr. Leroy Christy, male vocalist,
lead guitarist, a legend in his time; George St. John, Sr., bass guitarist; and Joseph St. John, lead vocalist and drummer.
The Blues Brothers traveled for many years as a three-piece band then later added another vocalist, George St. John, Jr.
Then came lead and rhythm guitarist and vocalist Ricky Johnson, who was 16 years of age when he started. After seven
years of being a Blues Brother, Miss Donna decided to rename the band the Blues Brothers plus a Sister. From South Jersey,
the Blues Brothers plus a Sister has performed in many places throughout the region, Zanzibar Blue, Penn’s Landing,
River Blues Fest, Billy Holiday’s Club, Fat Jack’s and Ferbees Lounge, just to name a few.

Dr. Harmonica & Rockett 88 @ Bootlegger Buck's
- In 1980, Mark Kenneally gave up completely the concept of working for a living. He assembled Rockett 88, a band made
up of Delaware’s top musical talent and took it on the road. Rockett 88 logged over 2500 gigs throughout the 80’s and early
90’s without a single rehearsal. Rockett 88’s opening credits include the usual laundry list of Blues royalty: Muddy Waters,
Willie Dixon, George Thorogood, Doug Clark and The Hot Nuts, The Clovers, Jr Wells, James Cotton, Gatemouth Brown,
Chairmen of the Board, Koko Taylor, The Legendary Blues Band, The Rolling Thunder Review, The Nighthawks, NRBQ,
etc., etc., etc. Supporting credits include: Rev. Billy Wirtz, Koko Taylor (1980 tour for the Grammy Winning “Soul of a
Woman”), Tommy Conwell, Floyd Domino, James Cotton, Eddie Kirkland, Daryl Davis, George Thorogood, Charles
“Honeyboy” Otis, Howard Wyeth, Jimmy Dawkins and The Artist, formerly known as Lutz. The history of Rockett 88
includes over 70 personnel changes. The impressive list of alumni includes Ron Smith
and Hank Carter of The Delaware Destroyers, Philadelphia guitar wizard

Mark Baker & the Barbreakers featuring Pucci @ Stephen's Prime (9:00 pm)
- Pucci Talbert has a special talent to sing the Blues. In her first “official” appearance at this Blues Stroll, she will
be fronting the much experienced local trio of Mark Baker on guitar, Sam Chicks on bass, and drummer Dave
Indevero. Pucci hails from nearby Sharon Hill and, over the years, has given some legendary performances with
the likes of The Hipnotics, Roger Girke & the Funky Twisters, and the late great Red Shank and his Shakin’
Souls. She and the Barbreakers entertain frequently at CJ’s Blues Bar in Glenolden.

Dave Coppa & Scrapple @ West End Saloon
- A Delco-based Blues trio since the early 90’s, started out playing the bars while still in diapers. The band
consists of David Coppa on guitar and vocals, Pat Coppa on bass, and David Esposito on drums, all from Lower
Merion High School. These guys keep it real, raw, and right! Their first time in the Media Blues event, they play
all kinds of Blues, from old traditionals to their own. Email: davidcoppaandscrapple@juno.com

Sister Blue Duo @ The Plumstead Inn
- "A BELTER OF THE BLUES", is how "PHILA. INQUIRER MAGAZINE" featured SISTER BLUE
in a 1998 feature of "LOCAL ANGLE". That same year "NORTHEAST TIMES" described her as a singer
whose..."soul fights its way out and fills the room with well-seasoned wisdom and joy", and "strums her
guitar with a trance-like fervor". In 1999, "CHESTNUT HILL LOCAL" exclaimed, "she bellows,
belabors, and blasts the blues as if it's exploding from a howitzer. There are no pretty bows on her songs,
just a barbed wire of passion hot enough to burn up the furniture in the room. A Philly native, Sister Blue fronts
a driving blues band, with powerful vocals and stinging guitar leads. For variety, Sister Blue also leads an acoustic
duo, playing blues and ragtime, including renditions of her favorite Bessie Smith songs, as well as compostions
of her own. "...she growls in a low-down Janis Joplinish voice and coaxes from a guitar that bellies up to her like
a dog who knows who's in charge." -Janet Falon, "Inquirer Magazine" "When Sister Blue's got the blues-it's
all good." -Sunshine Warbock, "Northeast Times" "When she sings (growls actually) and hammers her guitar,
she gives you the whole steak, and it's all meat; no fat, no bones." - Len Lear, "Chestnut Hill Local"
"No one including Mick Jagger in Tina Turner's body, can move onstage like Sister Blue. It's one of those
"you have to see it to believe it deals." -Jim Albert "Northeast Times" "This lady sings the blues!!!"
-Sydney's Sidestreet The long awaited CD Red, White, & Sister Blue is here, featuring 8 original tracks,
including Chicago-style band blues, soulful cuts, and acoustic blues & ragtime. Get your copy now at CD Baby!

Bradley N. Litwin @ Towne House
- Contemporary, Delta Blues, Stride and Jazz Guitarist Can Sing. Litwin represents the arrival of music that marries peak
finger-style guitar performance with a vocal style that engages from the first phrase, and dazzles as it shifts from dark to light,
funny to tender, and smooth to rollicking. Taking on the rompin’ stompin’ fingerstyle guitar of Blind Blake, Robert Johnson and
Mance Lipscomb, the smooth singing of the Mills Brothers and Nat King Cole, and the exhilaration of Bessie Smith, Litwin
emerges with a sound all his own. Treating roots music like an old friend who just stopped by after decades past, he carries on
with a front porch conversation as though it were never interrupted.

Jon Turk @ Pinocchio's Bar & Restaurant - Family Show (7:00 pm & more)
- 48, grew up in Syracuse, N. Y. He began playing guitar in winter 1964 influenced by four British lads from England, namely:
‘The Beatles’. He first sang in church (solo) at three! At the age of ten Jon was playing with his own group at dances for kids.
As he became a teenager he was a lead guitarist around the central New York area and became respected and enjoyed by
many much older and more experienced musicians. After playing pop for a few years “I got into soul music” he recalls, “In the
late sixties, I was influenced by the great rock players Hendrix, Page, Clapton, Santana, etc. After this era my style was pretty
much set.” In the late seventies Jon moved to ‘the city by the bay’ San Francisco. There he worked as a guitarist, vocalist and
studio session man for variuos artists. In 1981 he moved to L.A. “Boy did I find out what it means to be a starving musician!
But I did rub shoulders with a few big name musicians. I toured Texas as guitarist, vocalist behind blues artist Percy Mayfield
(writer of the famous ‘Hit the Road Jack’ for Ray Charles) and had some good gigs.” In 1983 due to family obligations it was
back to the east coast (Philadelphia), where he worked as lead vocalist and guitarist for a local wedding band for about five
years. He now concentrates on song writing and does solo vocalist and guitar work and runs his own entertainment company
serving the Philadelphia and tri-state area. In summer of 1999 Turk Productions (Jon’s own label) released his debut album
entitled ‘My Special One’ which received three and four star reviews in Music Trade Publications. This has established Jon as
a producer, publisher and writer in the business. He also leads the dynamic 9 piece classic
soul band “Soulfinger” as well as featuring himself as a solo performer.

Gene Gibson & Rich "Little Floyd" Stomackin @ 20/20 Fusion Café
- Gibson plays acoustic Blues. He can play many genres, but his main love is Piedmont-style finger picking, which he first
learned in 1964 when he shared a bill with the legendary John Jackson at the Ontario Place Coffee House in
Washington, DC in 1964. His favorite Blues to play are the Piedmont styles of Rev. Gary Davis, Bo Carter and Blind Boy
Fuller, and the Delta Styles of Mississippi John Hurt. He has studied with roots Blues luminaries such as John Jackson, Paul
Geramia, John Cephas, Steve James, Del Ray, and Jerry Ricks. Richard “Little Floyd” Stomackin is originally a city boy from
Northeast Philadelphia. Selftaught on the harmonica, he is constantly drawing from his past musical experiences and has slowly
honed his own style during his 24 years in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. Mixing his Eastern European and Russian
Yiddish musical influences with rock, folk, jazz, Blues, and bluesgrass, he blends his harp with the sound of whomever he finds himself playing.

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