Born in Brooklyn in 1951, Mitch Woods began playing classical piano at eleven, but his real initiation into blues and boogie piano had already been assured at age eight. “My mom would hire this superintendent of the building, a black man, Mr. Brown, to take me to school, and we stopped off at his cousin’s house, where somebody was playing boogie-woogie piano. It really hit me.”
Mitch Woods (without his Rocket 88s) makes it look easy on the streets of New York.
The Bruce Katz Band features Bruce Katz on Hammond B3, Aaron Lieberman on guitar and drummer Liviu Pop (whose snare mic got disconnected in this song).
Singer, songwriter and guitarist Tas Cru is an eclectic, performing original songs that mix roots rock, blues and gospel. Good stuff.
Some interesting historical events transpired this week, and now we’re in the danger zone – a lot can happen between now and January 20.
Good news on the home front. I attended a laser show that lasted two minutes, cost me a few clams, and now my left eye can spot a red tail hawk before it spots me. The porch will be open for business tomorrow as usual, see you there.
Tacky Raccoons 
I stumbled onto Mitch Woods’ resurrection of jump blues and boogie by happy accident many years ago. Great to see him in the spotlight.
Bruce Katz and the other features are good fodder for the morning, and very good news on the results of your eyeball procedure!
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Jump blues is a favorite of mine, and Mitch Woods’ boogie woogie style is fun, playing and interacting with the crowd at the same time takes talent.
My eyeball is eyeballing like it’s never eyeballed before. Now my previous good eye is the bad one, and I’m going to take it to see the laser light show in a month or so.
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Always good to hear good news!
Jump blues is featured in Devil in a Blue Dress; very nicely done movie.
Duke Robillard has a new album and another coming soon; unsure how much is jump.
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I was introduced to boogie woogie when I was a kid. When my grandma died we kept her Victrola and all the 78s, including The Boogie Woogie Trio (Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis & Pete Johnson). and Pinetop Perkins.
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