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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tickets: FREE
THAT’S NEW
LATEST NEWS

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!

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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