Bay Area blues guitar legend Ron Thompson dies at age 66 Musician, ... and really got the Hooker style down,” said San Francisco Blues Festival producer Tom Mazzolini.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- One of the greatest living exponents of bluesy hard rock guitar from the late '60s who still tours regularly, British six-string virtuoso Robin Trower returns to the Bay ...

GG Amos has been playing guitar for almost 50 years. Yet she calls herself “a late bloomer.” The singer-guitarist, based in San Francisco, was in her mid-30s when she discovered the joys of ...

Jazz news: San Francisco Bay Blues & Jazz Scene. Posted in “Performance / Tour” column. Published: August 6, 2010 ... Jazz was popular in the Fillmore as early as 1930, and as the black population of ...

Two of the most influential guitar players on the planet bring their current tour celebrating six-string pyrotechnics to the Bay Area when British rock hero Jeff Beck and blues legend Buddy Guy ...

Get ’em while they’re young. It may sound like a simple plan, but for the South Bay Guitar Society, showcasing and nurturing gifted young musicians has turned into an enduring mission. Since ...

A funny fact, though, ties the event to the San Francisco Bay Area: Eight nominees are directly linked to a hefty, chain-smoking Norwegian from San Jose. Christoffer Andersen — or “Kid” Andersen, as ...

He received his early education in the Chicago blues scene, moved on to the Bay Area after a stint in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and played with everyone from B.B. King to Clapton to Hendrix. 22.