Big Joe and the Dynaflows at the Lehigh Valley Blues and Jazz Festival

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Wednesday, July 17th:
6:00 Swing Jazz Night hosted by the L.V. Swing Dance Society featuring: The Slicked Up 9’s!

Thursday, July 18th:
6:00 Open Blues Jam with the L.V. Blues Network Jam Band

Friday, July 19th:
6:45 BC & The Blues Crew
8:00 Sugar Ray & The Bluetones
Featuting “Monster Mike” Welch
9:15 Li’l Ed & The Blues Imperials

Saturday, July 20th:

1:30 Diane Ponzio
3:00 Jimmy Bruno Trio
4:30 The Holmes Brothers
6:00 Big Joe & The Dynaflows
7:30 Magic Slim & The Teardrops
9:15 Rod Piazza & The
Mighty Flyers

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Big Joe and
The Dynaflows

Jump blues music is experiencing a resurgence and Big Joe Maher and the Dynaflows, are poised to lead the revival. With the release of I’m Still Swingin’ on Severn Records, Big Joe and the band find themselves on familiar ground performing the music from an all but forgotten age.

Backing Joe are longtime sidemen including bassist Jeff Sarli (who recently recorded with the Rolling Stones on their album Bridges to Babylon), John Cocuzzi who shares keyboard duties with Kevin McKendree (currently playing with Delbert McClinton), guitarist Ivan Appelrouth, and seasoned veteran on the tenor saxophone Joe Stanley.

Big Joe grew up in a suburb of Washington, DC listening to the music his father would play. “My dad listened to guys like Louis Jordan Little Milton and B.B. King all of the time,” remembers Joe. “When I got a little older, I would go to hear live blues at clubs in D.C.”

After singing and playing with local bands for years, Joe decided to do his own thing. In 1988 he recorded “Good Rockin Daddy” for Powerhouse Records. This lead to session work with several other Powerhouse artists such as Bob Margolin, Mark Wenner of The Nighthawks and Tom Principato.

In 1994 Joe got a record deal with Blacktop records and he released the critically acclaimed “Layin in the Alley” for the New Orleans-based recording company. Joe has also self-produced two of his own releases. He is now signed with Severn Records and has released the CD, “I’m Still Swingin”.


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