[ music ] what a blessing. Great to have you, john. Pleasure. Great. Great. I saw you probably 40 something years ago. I know youre a young man, but, john turk, and the sweet antics and you would play the clubs and then i saw you later in glide. Tell us about your background. Well, i actually started playing in the oakland area around 1965, 66. Yeah. With a guy named johnny heartsmith. He was a guitar player, organ player and flute player. And he was expanding, he only had a saxophone, drums and him playing organ. So he wanted to add instruments. And i guess he had heard about me and one night i came and sat in with his band and i guess i did okay. So he hired me and we were playing at a place called the showcase. This was many moons ago. And he decided he wanted a bandleader. So the three of us that were left we got together and formed an organ trio. I went and bought an organ and we got bus zoo when does the trumpet come in . Because you can do that, trumpet and piano at the same tim
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The Blues Foundation honors The Blues Hall Of Fame Class Of 2024 (44th class) with an Induction Ceremony taking place at The Canon Center For The Performing Arts, 255 N. Main St., Wednesday, May 8. A Cocktail Reception honoring the BHOF Inductees and Blues Music Awards nominees will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the formal inductions commencing at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, including the Ceremony and Reception, are $75 each and available with Blues Music Awards tickets.