Club Fox Blues Jam J.C. SMITH BAND

Name: Club Fox Blues Jam J.C. SMITH BAND
Start: 2025-02-05T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-05T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Club Fox

Schedule

Wed Feb 05 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Club Fox | Redwood City, CA

Full Set followed by a "pro jam". Sponsored by THE BLUE DAWGS
About this Event

Guitarist/Vocalist J.C. Smith, winner of the 2024 Bay Area Black Music Awards “Male Blues Performer of the Year,” “ECEM 2017 Male Artist of the Year”, 2024 BAY AREA JAZZ AND BLUES ARTIST (LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD) 2023 STATE OF CALIFORNIA LEGACY AWARD FROM THE STATE LEGISLATION, Metro Newspapers Best Of Silicon Valley “Best Original/local Band,” and 2006 Bay Area Blues Society West Coast Blues Band of the Year award winner is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area.

He is an outstanding performer noted for his energy and charisma. Before playing guitar, he was the Back to Back Blues Band drummer. In 2000, he emerged from behind his drums, armed with a Gibson 335. J. C. attacks the Blues as if he is being guided by masters like T-Bone Walker, Albert King, and Johnnie Guitar Watson. Listed for the 52nd Grammy Awards for “Best Contemporary Blues CD,” his release "Defining Cool" entered the Living Blues Radio Charts at #16 and was a “Pick to Click” on XM Radio. After 20 weeks on the Roots Report, the CD climbed as high as #25 nationally.

Smith has toured throughout the United States, Eastern Europe, Mexico, South America, and Russia to sell out crowds. Smith has worked with and shared the stage with notable artists such as Hubert Sumlin, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Buddy Miles, Willie Bigeyes Smith, Pinetop Perkins, and many more.