Midnight Mike Petroff Blues Harp

Here is a short clip of my friend, Mike Petroff, showing my children a little blues harp on August 25, 2009. Mike came over to discuss HondoMesa & Midnight Mike gigs, rehearsal schedule, etc. This boy can play!

Corn-Bred CD cover inspiration

Inspiration for the CD Cover of the all Native-American blues band Corn-Bred's NAMMY award winning CD:



image of the Wampum Belt courtesy of Iroquois Indian Museum

Gary Small on Renagade Radio

Gary Small will be the featured guest on CKLM 88.1 FM, a great Native program called "Renegade Radio" (how appropriate!!!) They will be featuring our new Blues CD "I Don't Play by the Rules" and a live enterview with the man, himself. Check it out:


CKLM 88.1 Renegade Radio, Toronto Canada. Monday, February 23rd at 8 - 10pm EASTERN TIME (6pm Mountain)

You can listen via the Internet on this link.

Corn-Bred NAMMY photo

The Native American Music Awards recently posted the official photographs of the 2007 award winners. Check out the NAMA website and click on the "Photo" for the shot of Corn-Bred holding the NAMMY! Corn-Bred won for best blues recording of the year.

Native American Music Awards

I am so excited. My wife, Christiane, and I are heading to the Native American Music Awards on Saturday. The awards show will be held at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY. This is our first trip to the NAMMYs. Our Corn-Bred release, on Hondo Mesa Records, is a finalist for Best Blues CD. Can you believe it -- a finalist at the 9th Annual Native American Music Awards! I need to get some new threads for the occasion.
Regards,
Dennis

Corn-Bred is SAMMY finalist

Corn-Bred's debut CD on Hondo Mesa Records is a finalist for a Syracuse Area Music Award (SAMMY). Corn-Bred was nominated in the Best Blues category. Winners will be announced June 1, 2007 as part of the Taste of Syracuse festival (Syracuse, NY). To hear clips from Corn-Bred's SAMMY nominated CD, check out CDBaby.com. Way to go, guys. Congratulations.

Larry Hoyt's Bluegrass Blues

Check out Larry Hoyt's performance of his original tune, Bluegrass Blues. The studio version of this is on his debut CD, "Folksinger Songwriter" on Hondo Mesa Records.