Bob Dellaposta

September gigs

The September shows were awesome. We have had lots of support and I can’t even begin to name all the folks that came to our shows. We had nearly 50 people show up for our Dark Horse Tavern show including Richard and his wife (a former student of mine), my son Joe and his friends, my nephew Matt and his buddy, Scott M. and his wife Kelly and lots of others. At the Mansion Hill Tavern show the next night, Mike and Missy showed up along with Diane J. and her friend (her first night out since Dennis T.’s accident), the normal casts of my cousins and Aunt and a special surprise from Maureen Mohr and her friends from Nashville who were in town for one night. Maureen sings with the group Bada Bing Bada Boom with my distant cousin Bob Dellaposta who I most recently  met and jammed with when our band went to Nashville back in July. And always, the folks down in California, KY are very gracious and generous to us everytime we play for them. Thanks to Robert and Julia for hosting such a great party. Lastly, I am especially looking forward to this weeks solo acoustic gig @ Taffy’s in Eaton, OH. This is a new venue for me and I haven’t played a solo acoustic show since opening for Johnny A. back in April at the Canal St. Tavern. Thanks to the photographer Chris A. who made the connect for me @ Taffy’s. Chris came to photo Johnny A. and was kind enough to shoot a few shots of me as well and suggested that I go to Eaton. Thanks everyone for your continued support. Keep playing the blues and hope to see you at the next gig.

Post summer blues

As the summer comes to an end, I would like to thank some folks. First I wouldn’t be able to make all this happen without the Band of Brothers. Traveling around this summer has truely made us just that. We have been doing shows all summer with a revolving cast of guitar players which has made for some fresh sounds and spontaneous moments. But , lots of thanks to Bryan Osborne (bass) and Jack Krogman (drums) because they have been the steady rythmn section all year. The revolving cast of guitar players includes Gary “Guitar” Williams, Eli Pratt, Ed Tyson and my son Nick Dellaposta, thanks guys. You guys have always come thru when the band really needed you to.  Our August shows were great shows and we will be returning to most of those places this month and later in the year. We started the summer off in California, KY and we will be returning there again to end the summer on Sat. Sept. 27th, we will be returning to the Dark Horse Tavern in Miamisburg, OH tomorrow night and returning to the Mansion Hill Tavern in Newport, Ky this Saturday night. Thanks to all those folks who continually support us by booking us back so often. Lastly, thanks to all the folks who have come to the shows and supported the music we play, by dancing, listening, buying us drinks and especially for purchasing the “Baby I’m a Rich Man” CD.  I/we hope you have enjoyed listening to it on your own after the shows. We hope to release a new CD later this year. Looking forward to this weekend and I hope we see you there.

summer of blues

Well I apologize to those folks who have peeked in periodically to see if anything has been updated, but as ususal I’m way behind on my blogging. As most of you can see by now, we have an updated webdesign. Thanks to my son who always does an awesome job on keeping everything updated and new. There are now a couple video clips with an internet radio and a photo gallery. We will be adding photos from the summer shows real soon.  We will also be adding some different songs to the internet radio including old live tracks as well as newly recorded new songs to be forthcoming on an upcoming new CD.As far as the summer shows are concerned. We had a great time and appreciative crowd down in Marietta back in June. So much so that we will be returning there next weekend. First, on Friday nite @ The Marietta Brewing Co. and then on Saturday @ The Catfish Derby Days. Thanks to Kevin and Chris @ The Marietta Brewing Co. for having us back so soon and coordinating this date so that we could perform at the Catfish Derby Days. Next, we returned to our favorite home base; The Mansion Hill Tavern and performed an almost flawless show as we prepared for going to Nashville. Thanks to all the usual suspects who come out and support us here. We will be returning to home base again on Saturday August 16th and Saturday September 13th. Thanks to Kim for continually putting up with us and having us back so often. Three days later we performed at the legendary Bourbon St. Blues & Boogie Bar in Printer’s Alley in Nashville TN. Again, we had a blast with several surprise guests who jumped up and helped us out including my distant cousin Bob Dellaposta. Yes, there is another Bob Dellaposta who is a musician and raised three kids. How ironic! Anyway, he is an amazing horn player. He forced us all to step up our game that night. Check out his website @ my3kidsmusic.com. Thanks to mom & dad and my cousins Peg and Tom for making the trek to Nashville to support us.  Lastly, upon my return from Nashville, I was asked to do an interview with the Northern Ky Magazine to help promote the 20th anniversary celebration of the Mansion Hill Tavern. This was a truely professional event captured live for their TV audience. If you missed it that’s OK, because you can see the entire interview and performances on our website. Thanks to Lou Peluso (the owner of the Mansion Hill Tavern) for inviting me to do this and thanks to the folks at the Northern KY Magazine. Keep speading the news “The Blues ain’t nothin but a good man feelin bad”.

Blues @ the Dark Horse

It seems like I’m always about a week behind on blogging, but a quick note of thanks to all who came out and supported us here last Thursday nite. We had a good nite of blues and rock-n-roll; thanks to the folks @ the Dark Horse Tavern for continuing to support what we do. It was great to see Randy C. who was back from Florida for a week and he made the time to come out and catch our show, also thanks to Chris R. for tagging along with Randy. Mom & Dad made it out and my son Joe and his friend Mike K. was there as well. Wil and Lisa came out and stayed all nite long as well as Sharen’s friend Kendra. By the way, Bob Dylan wrote the song “Knockin on Heaven’s Door” not Guns & Roses. It is always a great pleasure to play/perform with Gary “Guitar” Williams, but it was especially good this nite because he was 3 days removed from his outpatient surgery on his throat. No vocals for Gary this nite. And Thanks to Bryan “Ozzy” Osborne for not only playing/performing with us, but for continually putting up with me and my sh!t. Bryan and Gary have both been great friends and bandmates. Truely, along with Jack Krogman we have become the Band of Brothers.

3 weekends of the blues

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written a blog, but we’ve had 3 great weekends in a row of playing the blues. First let me thank Robert and Julia for hosting such a great party down in California, KY. We had a great time and everyone treated us wonderful. Thanks for inviting us back in Sept. As far as our gig at the Mansion Hill Tavern, all the normal suspects were there as usual. Thanks always to my Aunt and cousins for continuing to come out and support us here. Shupe Jar and Kimkatmommie were there again and Dennis T. Thanks everyone. The Cincy Blues challenge was this past weekend and it was a long hot day with lots of good blues bands, congrats to all the winners. We did not place, but some different folks got to see who we are. We have this weekend off, but we will be returning to the Dark Horse Tavern on Thursday June 19th for an acoustic nite with the band. If you haven’t come out to see us in awhile, let me invite you out to do so.

Bluesfest/pig roast in California, KY

Looking forward to this weekend and meeting all the folks in California, KY.

Last weekends gigs at the Mansion Hill and Canal St.

Wow! What an awesome music weekend. You know its a good time when someone pukes on the floor in front of you while you’re performing, which is exactly what happened on Friday night. I don’t know who that person was, but they weren’t the only person who puked. Thanks to my Aunt Barb, my cousins Joe, Marion, Pat, Kim, Peg and Tom who have come out and supported us everytime we have played the Mansion Hill. Also thanks to ShupeJar (Jim Shupert) and his wife Kim who also came out and supported us the past two times there and stayed all the way until the end (2:00 a.m.). Thanks to Joe from Progress Supply and his girlfriend Annette (who I went to high school with) because they also have supported us everytime at the Mansion Hill. Earl sat in with us all night on guitar and played drums on what was suppose to be the last song of the night (rock n roll past). We hadn’t played together in about 10 months, but it sounded awesome. Jeff “Helshammer” sat in with us on two songs and Chris from Triton Services played the bass on two songs. I know Betsy had a good time.  All in all it was a great night. Thanks to Kim behind the bar who continues to put up with us. And if that wasn’t enough, Saturday night turns out to be one of the most professional gigs I’ve ever been associated with (opening for Johnny A.). Those who know about Canal St. Tavern, know that the folks that attend shows there, come for one reason, and that is to listen to music. When I hit the door to head for the stage, there were nearly 200 people all looking at me. My performance was short and smooth (hopefully sweet) and the crowd was very courteous and supportive. Thanks to John B. for coming out and supporting my show here. Also, it was good to see Jerry D. and meet his new wife. Thanks for purchasing the new CD. Thanks to Mick for providing the opportunity, it was awesome when you came back to see me about 10 minutes before showtime.  And these are the reasons why I keep singing…….. Baby I’m a rich, rich man.

This weekend

I’m looking forward to both shows this weekend. First, tonight,  with the band, at a place that has kinda become our home base for the band, the Mansion Hill Tavern in Newport, KY, and tomorrow night, solo acoustic, opening for Johnny A. at Canal St. Tavern in Dayton, OH. I hope to see you all there.

Bobby D.

Last Friday’s gig @ Brazenhead

I want to thank all the folks from Triton Services that showed up at the gig last Friday…….Pat, Mark, Mike, Amy and Jacki. Also, I want to thank Jason from Air Filters Direct who has come out and supported us on several occasions including last Friday and previous gigs at the Brazenhead and the Mansion Hill Tavern. This show was OK (not a great show), but the young kids there supporting us was great (hope you all enjoyed the CD). 

 Bobby D.

Blogging now available

What is blogging? What is a blog? I never wrote a blog before. All I know is that my son thinks I should have a blog for my friends, fans and family to be able add comments, reviews, etc. of shows, CD’s, whatever. So, I’m inviting all my friends, family, whoever, to send a blog. Send two blogs. I also will blog with comments about upcoming shows, CD’s and whatever else that may be happenin with myself or the band.