THE HITMAN BLUES BAND

Playing original critically acclaimed modern/alt blues

It combines rock, funk, jazz, and – of course – blues, to create blues of the 21st century

Photo: Phil Honley

“Fine musicianship and strong songwriting – a winning formula!”

Blues in Britain

“The Hitman Blues Band will make you glad that music exists!”

MusikReviews

“Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the future of the blues!”

Bill Wilson, Reflections in Blue

“The Hitman Blues Band literally conquered the listener!”

Sound Guardian

get ready for the live show

GIGS

Upcoming events

Sat
10

June

2023

Madam’s Organ
Washington, D.C.

We’ll be playing at the world renowned Madam’s Organ – where the beautiful people go to get ugly! This is a late night gig – we start at 10 pm and play until 2:30 am – so come prepared to hang out and have a great time!

  • 2461 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
  • 10:00 pm

Tickets: $5

Thr
13

July

2023

Westbury Arts Summer Concert Series
Westbury, NY

We’re happy to be part of this wonderful outdoor series, taking place at Piazza Ernesto Strada, 200 Post Avenue, Westbury, NY. It’s sponsored by Westbury Arts, and there’s no entry fee! Rain venue is Westbury Arts, 255 Schenck Ave. Westbury, NY 11590, so the show is rain or shine.

  • 200 Post Avenue, Westbury, NY 11590
  • 7:00 pm

Tickets: N/A

Thr
20

July

2023

THE BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
Birmingham, UK

England’s longest-established jazz and blues festival and one of Europe’s biggest free jazz parties. The festival regularly presents more than 200 performances alongside workshops, talks, exhibitions and masterclasses, and almost all of it is FREE to attend.

  • Birmingham, UK
  • TBD

Tickets: FREE

Fri
21

July

2023

Upton Blues Festival
Upton Upon Severn, UK

The Hitman Blues Band will be performing at the legendary Upton Blues Festival. We’ll be on the Meadow Stage, from 3:15pm until 4:45pm.

  • Upton Upon Severn, Worcester, UK
  • 3:15pm

Tickets: FREE but paid camping supports it

Sat
22

July

2023

THE BIRMINGHAM JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL
Birmingham, UK

England’s longest-established jazz and blues festival and one of Europe’s biggest free jazz parties. The festival regularly presents more than 200 performances alongside workshops, talks, exhibitions and masterclasses, and almost all of it is FREE to attend.

  • Birmingham, UK
  • TBD

Tickets: FREE


THAT’S NEW

LATEST NEWS


Photo: Manuela Langotsch @ Five Zero Digital

May 15, 2023

2023 Tours!

We’ll be playing in the UK TWO times in the summer of 2023. We’re doing a “block” of festivals from 20 – 23 July, then we’ll be back starting on 25 August through 10 September. See our gigs page for more information!

Here in the US, we’re still looking for representation so that we can tour (at the very least) the East Coast.

Stay Tuned!


Photo: Laurence Harvey

August 2, 2022

hitman teaches online

Music Theory

Hitman has released a YouTube seminar called “Music Theory For The Easily Bored”, and it’s absolutely free! You can also download the Word version of the seminar for reference:

Click here for YouTube link

Click here for downloadable manual

songwriting

Hitman did an online seminar for the Long Island Blues Society about songwriting! It covers how to begin, chord arrangements (basic), melody, and lyric writing.

Click here for YouTube link

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Photo: Manuela Langotsch @ Five Zero Digital

Russell “Hitman” Alexander formed the Hitman Blues Band and recorded their first release in 2000. With 9 overseas tours and 7 releases, the band uses humor and audience participation as a big part of their act. But the main attraction is the excellent songwriting, musicianship, and performances.

They play modern/alt blues, which can be high energy, slow and soulful, or happy boogie. It combines rock, funk, jazz, and – of course – blues, to create blues of the 21st century!

Hear it for yourself! Just enter your name and email address (and this will NEVER be shared with ANYONE) below and, within seconds, you’ll be sent the download link to the FREE 5 song sampler and be added to the quarterly newsletter subscriber list!

So load up your favorite player and settle back to listen. Because it’s not the same old retread of the greats. As Midwestern Records said, “Now that’s the blues! This is the real deal…”


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