Drum and Dye & Hudspeth and Taylor

Name: Drum and Dye & Hudspeth and Taylor
Start: 2025-03-20T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 2715 Rochester St, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64120

Schedule

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2715 Rochester St, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64120 | Kansas City, MO

Drum & Dye
John Paul Drum has been playing harmonica for close to forty years. It was one of the first instruments he can remember besides the old upright piano the family had in their home. He‘ll tell you he has only been really playing the “Harp” for around thirty years. While searching for a new way to musically express himself in the early eighties he found the music of the old harmonica masters, ie; Little Walter Jacobs and Sonny Boy Williamson II. From that point on he engrossed himself in the blues harmonica and moved to Kansas City.
There he fell under the wing of KC Blues harmonica man Little Hatch. Hatch informed John Paul that he was the only harp player he cared to share a stage with. World famous Harmonica Bluesman Sugar Blue (of Rolling Stones fame “Miss You”) also tutored John Paul and they have remained friends over the years.
After fronting such bands as the Swingin’ Swamis, Lonesome & Dangerous, and The Cat Dancin’ Band, he formed John Paul & The HellHounds in the spring of 1990. As a band leader, it was that band’s eight year stretch that he; broadened his technic and voice, captured three best band crowns, had numerous appearances at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz festival (among others), and gained a reputation as a topnotch musician and entertainer. He has also toured four countries in Europe and was greatly received.
Today, John Paul is still hard at work developing a deeper style, both on harp and vocally. He plays with what he believes to be Kansas City’s finest blues musicians; Bill Dye, guitar; Ricardo “Cardy” Quintero, bass; Allan Fishell, drums and Jim Beisman on piano. Though he calls the band the Flying Circus while at BB’s Lawnside BBQ, the traveling band is still known at times as the HellHounds. The band (formally The Houserockers) also backed the late Kansas City Harp legend Little Hatch since the early 1990’s.
John Paul also works the acoustic scene with guitarist Bill Dye playing delta blues, early 20’s jazz, western swing, roots, rockabilly, honk tonk and novelty numbers. The duo called The Big Three, as it was started with John Paul, Bill and Washboard Chaz Leary, the washboard master. Since Chaz has moved to New Orleans, John Paul & Bill keep the acoustic fire burning in K.C. and play several dates a month with Allen Fishell rounding out the trio.
John Paul’s 21 year stretch at BB’s Lawnside BBQ on Thursday nights have become legendary. He was honored twice by a cover stories by the Kansas City Blues Society celebrating his seven & fifteenth year anniversaries at BB’s. Players and blues lovers from all over the world descend on BB’s to soak up the blues, booze and BBQ.
https://johnpauldrum.rocks/

Hudspeth & Taylor
Guitarist, singer, teacher, and songwriter Brandon Hudspeth was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He began taking guitar lessons at an early age after hearing Johnny Cash on Sesame Street. In high school, heavily influenced by the Blues, he started playing weekend gigs around the Tulsa area. Soon after high school he moved to the Kansas City area where he freelanced with many bands, eventually forming his own band, Levee Town, which has released 9 albums. Levee Town represented the Kansas City Blues Society in the International Blues Competition twice, placing in the top ten in Memphis in 2009. In 2016, the album Takin and Givin charted on the Roots Music Report (#9 on the contemporary blues album chart, #10 on the contemporary blues song chart, #20 on the contemporary blues song chart, and #22 on the top 50 blues Album chart.)
In 2020, Hudspeth along with Jaisson Taylor received a Blue Music Award Nomination, two Blue Blast Award nominations, and an Independent blues award nomination along with significant airplay and charting success hitting #1 on the RMR for a month for their debut album Folie a Deux.
In 2022 Levee Town released Trying to Keep My Head Above Water which has attracted lots of attention. The song Music Martyr reached #1 on the Root Music Report and the album has been on the charts since its release on March 19. The album is nominated for a Blues Blast Award for best blues rock album. VOTE HERE
While touring the US, Europe, and Canada Brandon has opened for artists such as Buddy Guy, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Leon Russell, George Thorogood, Savoy Brown, Sonny Landreth, Jimmie Vaughan, Lee Roy Parnell, Chubby Carrier, Dale Watson, Bobby Rush, Bobby Bland, and David Alan Coe, just to name a few.
Hudspeth has played with Curtis Salgado, Chuck Rainey, Albert Lee, Tommy Castro, Ana Popovic, Mike Zito, Watermelon Slim, Randy Mcallister, Lazy Lester, Clark Terry, Dustin Arbuckle, RJ Mischo, Chris Duarte, Larry McCray, Louisiana Red, Lee McBee, Albert Castiglia, John Nemeth, Victor Wainwright, Big Bill Morganfield, Mud Morganfield, Bob Margolin, Kenny Neal, Gary Nicholson and many others.
Brandon has taught guitar lessons for over 25 years to all ages and skill levels. While he considers himself a blues guitarist he also has studied jazz and classical extensively.
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https://www.brandonhudspeth.com/