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How much down home bluesin’ can you fit in one day? When was the last time you spent all day at a blues festival and it felt more like a backyard barbeque and local jam? This past April 30th the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee hosted the Bluesmasters Blues Festival and two days of a typical Florida blues festival was held in one 13 hour long event! No fluff or filler here, every act from beginning to end is a headliner in their own right and this proved to be one of the highest quality events of its kind in Central Florida history.

How much down home bluesin’ can you fit in one day? When was the last time you spent all day at a blues festival and it felt more like a backyard barbeque and local jam? This past April 30th the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee hosted the Bluesmasters Blues Festival and two days of a typical Florida blues festival was held in one 13 hour long event! No fluff or filler here, every act from beginning to end is a headliner in their own right and this proved to be one of the highest quality events of its kind in Central Florida history.

   I'm at work one afternoon and the guys were talking about trash talking and some of the more unique names we've been called in our day.  We got onto the subject of nicknames we had at one time or another.  There were a few good laughs in that conversation.  Oddly, just about everywhere I've worked, Chief was the most widely used.  Go figure. 

   I'm at work one afternoon and the guys were talking about trash talking and some of the more unique names we've been called in our day.  We got onto the subject of nicknames we had at one time or another.  There were a few good laughs in that conversation.  Oddly, just about everywhere I've worked, Chief was the most widely used.  Go figure. 

 Four years ago I had a discussion with some friends of mine about what we were all going to do for our 50th birthdays. Somehow, hitting 20, 30, and then 40, seemed to pale to what 50 was going to mean to all of us. So four years ago I put a plan in place, started a separate little savings account, and booked a week’s passage on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, which co-inky dinky, just happened to be the same week as my eligibility into the AARP. Ha! Along for the trip was one of my blood brothers to the north, Big Brian McCabe (guitarist and blues aficionado on Harle

 Four years ago I had a discussion with some friends of mine about what we were all going to do for our 50th birthdays. Somehow, hitting 20, 30, and then 40, seemed to pale to what 50 was going to mean to all of us. So four years ago I put a plan in place, started a separate little savings account, and booked a week’s passage on the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, which co-inky dinky, just happened to be the same week as my eligibility into the AARP. Ha! Along for the trip was one of my blood brothers to the north, Big Brian McCabe (guitarist and blues aficionado on Harle

When I was younger and living on the streets, there was an expression whenever a gang fight was going to happen.  It's on!  (Read:  Shit's on!)

When I was younger and living on the streets, there was an expression whenever a gang fight was going to happen.  It's on!  (Read:  Shit's on!)