Club Fox Blues Jam JOHN DEL TORO RICHARDSON

Name: Club Fox Blues Jam JOHN DEL TORO RICHARDSON
Start: 2025-08-20T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-08-20T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Club Fox

Schedule

Wed Aug 20 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Club Fox | Redwood City, CA

Full set followed by a "Pro Jam."
About this Event

John started out playing in Latin rock and cover bands, but soon turned to the blues, playing with bands around Houston until he met Diunna Greenleaf and became a member of her Blue Mercy band. According to John, that was when everything started coming together: “With Diunna I learned how to perform and be the counter punch to her vocals, and along the way learned how to sing with conviction and truth. Together we were unstoppable.” They proved it, winning The Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge, where Jonn won the Albert King Award for Most Promising Guitarist.

Jonn went on to perform with many of his blues heroes and performed on Pinetop Perkins’ Grammy-winning record Last Of The Mississippi Bluesmen with Robert Lockwood, Henry Townsend, and Honeyboy Edwards. Jonn began playing with Otis Taylor, joining him on the soundtrack for the movie Public Enemy. Jonn started working with blues mandolinist Rich DelGrosso, recording Time Slips On By, one of Down Beat Magazine’s Top Albums. John’s next CD, with long-time friend and fellow Albert King Winner Sean Carney, Wild Ride, provided a greater showcase for his formidable guitar playing and powerful vocals. Jonn and Sean toured extensively, both nationally and internationally, with this critically acclaimed CD.