Roy Rogers (really) and Will Russ Jr.

I saw two good shows recently in Redwood City. The blues slide guitarist Roy Rogers was playing at Club Fox. Great band backing him up, and great sound at the club. Here's a solo version of Rather be the Devil, and an older band of his playing Walking Blues. Roy travels a lot and he'll be back at Yoshi's in October. He calls it slide guitar, but when he plays it, it sounds like nothing I've ever heard before.

The second was Will Russ with an all-star band at Angelica's. Will's a gifted singer who held the room. A couple years ago someone recorded him playing A Song for You with a different band. He's there most Thursdays. Listening to Will made me want to play more when I got home. Inspiring stuff.