A couple of weeks ago, with Ooma on my arm, I attended the Sunday afternoon blues jam at the Buckingham Blues Bar in (no surprise) Buckingham FL, not far from my RV resort. This joint is Ooma’s go-to place for mellow music. She has been attending these (free!) concerts for years and knows most of the musicians who play there.
We got there early, before the 3pm start of the concert, and stayed until the end (normally 6pm, but 6:30 on this occasion). I have to say that this was the best live music concert that I have attended in years. That isn’t saying much as I haven’t been to many live concerts lately, but this was really good. These guys know blues. It is not a band, per se, but a group of guys from other bands who regularly meet on Sunday afternoons to play blues. The bar is owned by Tommy Lee Cook who is pretty famous in his own right, but that could be said of nearly every musician who plays or sings in this jam. Perhaps most famous is Bobby Capps, keyboardist for .38 Special, who seems to make semi-regular appearances at “The Buck.”
Anyway, it was an afternoon of fine music in the company of a fine woman. How could it get any better?
Well, the beers were just $5. That made it just a bit better.