After an hour of fruitless wandering around downtown Saratoga in search of something other than tepid coverbands, I stop in the Circus Cafe on my way home and am blown away by Albany-based bluesman George Boone, who sounds like the second coming of B.B. King (right down to his King-signed Epiphone.) Boone is the real deal: the roadhouse maverick King was before he became a icon, jumping up on the bar and screaming his vocals in a caterwaul. Just goes to show you never know what you'll find outside the bright city lights; hope to see him downriver sometime.
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i’m glad you stumbled upon my Uncle Georgie! he is a real diamond in the ruff. he used to play almost every weekend at the Terra Blues in the Village when he was younger, by the way.
music has always run deep with my family…my dad (George’s older brother) is a hand drummer–he had me listening to rootsy blues and jazz at a very young age, and the music stays with me always. look out for The George Boone band to open for B.B. King at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts on August 25th 2009! George played this gig opening for King last year and got a standing ovation. King called him back on stage to play the last number– another fan won over by the Boone charm. 😉
i’m glad you stumbled upon my Uncle Georgie! he is a real diamond in the ruff. he used to play almost every weekend at the Terra Blues in the Village when he was younger, by the way.
music has always run deep with my family…my dad (George’s older brother) is a hand drummer–he had me listening to rootsy blues and jazz at a very young age, and the music stays with me always. look out for The George Boone band to open for B.B. King at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts on August 25th 2009! George played this gig opening for King last year and got a standing ovation. King called him back on stage to play the last number– another fan won over by the Boone charm. 😉
i’m glad you stumbled upon my Uncle Georgie! he is a real diamond in the ruff. he used to play almost every weekend at the Terra Blues in the Village when he was younger, by the way.
music has always run deep with my family…my dad (George’s older brother) is a hand drummer–he had me listening to rootsy blues and jazz at a very young age, and the music stays with me always. look out for The George Boone band to open for B.B. King at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts on August 25th 2009! George played this gig opening for King last year and got a standing ovation. King called him back on stage to play the last number– another fan won over by the Boone charm. 😉
i’m glad you stumbled upon my Uncle Georgie! he is a real diamond in the ruff. he used to play almost every weekend at the Terra Blues in the Village when he was younger, by the way.
music has always run deep with my family…my dad (George’s older brother) is a hand drummer–he had me listening to rootsy blues and jazz at a very young age, and the music stays with me always. look out for The George Boone band to open for B.B. King at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts on August 25th 2009! George played this gig opening for King last year and got a standing ovation. King called him back on stage to play the last number– another fan won over by the Boone charm. 😉
i’m glad you stumbled upon my Uncle Georgie! he is a real diamond in the ruff. he used to play almost every weekend at the Terra Blues in the Village when he was younger, by the way.
music has always run deep with my family…my dad (George’s older brother) is a hand drummer–he had me listening to rootsy blues and jazz at a very young age, and the music stays with me always. look out for The George Boone band to open for B.B. King at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts on August 25th 2009! George played this gig opening for King last year and got a standing ovation. King called him back on stage to play the last number– another fan won over by the Boone charm. 😉
i’m glad you stumbled upon my Uncle Georgie! he is a real diamond in the ruff. he used to play almost every weekend at the Terra Blues in the Village when he was younger, by the way.
music has always run deep with my family…my dad (George’s older brother) is a hand drummer–he had me listening to rootsy blues and jazz at a very young age, and the music stays with me always. look out for The George Boone band to open for B.B. King at the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts on August 25th 2009! George played this gig opening for King last year and got a standing ovation. King called him back on stage to play the last number– another fan won over by the Boone charm. 😉