© Joe Curtis
BB King in Concert, Jan. 17, 2001 at Massey Hall, Toronto
© Joe Curtis
A smiling B.B. King in his tour bus,
after his successful Molson Amphitheatre Concert
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mon. Aug. 23, 2004.
© T.J. Littlefield
B.B. King with guitarist David Gogo.
on the occasion of B.B.'s 80th birthday celebration.
© Joe Curtis
Gordon Lightfoot, looking happy, healthy and relaxed after his
2 hour concert at Toronto's Massey Hall, Friday, May 20, 2005.
© Joe Curtis
Buddy Guy in Concert at Massey Hall,
Toronto, Ontario, Friday, April 1 2005
© Joe Curtis
Buddy Guy and Ric Hall, March 29 2006
© Joe Curtis
Ric Hall, March 29 2006
© Joe Curtis
Buddy Guy on balcony ,March 29 2006
© Joe Curtis
Buddy Guy band, March 29 2006
© Joe Curtis
Buddy Guy, guitar upsidedown March 29 2006
© Joe Curtis
Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan, with keyboard player
Dave Murphy and bassist Alec Fraser (seen in background)
at Healey's, Toronto, Canada, Thurs. April 7, 2005
© Joe Curtis
Jimmy Bowskill Band
Photo Courtesy of Maren Hartmann 
© Maren Hartmann
Leon Russell, at The Big Bop, Thurs. April 21st, 2005.
Link Wray Photos 'Courtesy of Janice Wallace © 2005'
Janice Wallace took all of these photos at the El Mocambo
that night ... including the photo of Garwood Wallace with
Ronnie Hawkins and Link Wray. Hawkins attended this
Link Wray concert, Saturday, August 11, 1979. This was
fhe first time in 20 years (since 1959) that Hawkins had
seen Wray. Wallace's band Twitch, was the opening act.
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/T/Twitch.html 
© Joe Curtis
Levon Helm and Richard Bell
They both played Woodstock in 1969 in The Band
© Joe Curtis
Gary Tate cheering on blues guitarist Otis Grand
at Healey's, 2002.
http://website.lineone.net/~otisgrand/
© Joe Curtis
Mike McKenna (black shirt, far right) and The Silver Dollars.
Guesting on bass is Gary Kendall (Downchild Blues Band/
Gary Kendall Band). These photos were taken at Grossman's
Tavern, Toronto, during Grossman's Alumni Week 2005.
1st Toronto Independent Music Awards 2005
© Joe Curtis
Eha with TIMA's founder Martin Brown.
© Joe Curtis
Eha performing tunes from her CD 'Together'
at the 1st TIMA's at the Phoenix in Toronto,
Wed. Oct. 5, 2005.
© Joe Curtis
Singer Eha (winner for Best International TIMA), with Jim Zeppa,
Stage Manager for the 1st TiMA's at the Phoenix in Toronto,
Wed. Oct. 5, 2005
© Joe Curtis
Billy Hartmann and singer Eha. 
© Joe Curtis
R.A.W. Child onstage.
© Joe Curtis
Peter Verity accepting his TIMA award. 
© Joe Curtis
Sebastian Agnello
© Joe Curtis
Peter Verity and Sebastian Agnello onstage.
© Joe Curtis
Patrizia, performing her 'operatic rock' at the 1st TIMA's
at the Phoenix Concert Theatre.
© Joe Curtis
Johnny Pennino, 'Sax King of New Orleans',
and fellow sax player Jimmy Cavallo,
(of Jimmy Cavallo and His House Rockers,
fame, from iconic 50s rock 'n' roll movie,
'Rock, Rock, Rock
with Alan Freed, in 1956).
© Joe Curtis
Johnny Pennino and Jimmy Cavallo sharing a joke together,
before their Three Tenors show at the Port Credit Legion,
as part of the 2005 Southside Shuffle.
© Joe Curtis
The Three Tenors together on stage.
© Joe Curtis
A proud moment for R and B great, George Olliver
(Mandala with guitarist Domenic Troiano; Gangbuster, etc.)
seen holding his Award for Best Vocalist of the Year,
in the Durham Music Society's Durham Region Music Awards,
held Wed. Sept. 21, 2005.
George Olliver website
http://www.ericknelson.net/GO/index.htm
Durham Music Awards news story at this link
http://www.durhamregion.com/dr/entertainment/story/3051690p-3539552c.html
© Joe Curtis
George Olliver is seen rehearsing at Mike Kendel's rehearsal
space, with full gospel band in prep for their recording of
the CD 'Caught Away' in 2003, for which George was the
Finalist for Best Gospel CD of the Year at the Durham Region
Music Awards.
© Joe Curtis
Backup singers in George Olliver's gospel band, rehearsing
at Mike Kendel's rehearsal space, Toronto, 2003, prior to
recording award-nominated gospel CD 'Caught Away'.
Courtesy of Mike 'Shrimp Daddy' Reid
Mike 'Shrimp Daddy' Reid
© Joe Curtis
Paul James at his annual birthday party at Healey's,
Jan. 2003, playing bottle slide at Healey's bar.
© Joe Curtis
Paul James Band at Healey's,
on Paul's birthday in Jan. 2003.
Photo Courtesy of Maren Hartmann
© Maren Hartmann
Michael Pickett
© Joe Curtis
'two happy harp-playing guys'
Michael Pickett and David Rotundo
© Joe Curtis
Jack de Keyzer
© Joe Curtis
Julian Fauth
CD cover art by Stan Street (artist/musician)
© Joe Curtis
Photo of Johnny Pennino
playing sax at Southside Shuffle, Sept. 2002
© Joe Curtis
Donnie 'Mr. Downchild' Walsh in concert with
New Orleans sax great Johnny Pennino,
and Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith (Muddy Waters Band alumnus)
on drums at the Southside Shuffle Gala in Sept. 2002.
© Joe Curtis
Donnie 'Mr. Downchild' Walsh
Photo's Courtesy of Angela LeBlanc
Eric Burdon
Johnny Winter
© Joe Curtis
James Brown
Courtesy of Paul James
http://www.pauljamesband.com/
Paul James
Paul James with Honey Boy Edwards
Paul James with Robert Junior Lockwood
© Joe Curtis
Brian Cober
© Joe Curtis
Petula Clark
Photo Courtesy of Carole Timm
Domenic Troiano
© Joe Curtis
Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks.
© Joe Curtis
James Cotton.
Photo Courtesy of Jon Long.
Tony Springer.
Photo Courtesy of Carole Timm. 
Jimmy Bowskill Band
left to right,
Bob Vespaziani (drummer);
Jerome Godboo (harp);
Jimmy Bowskill (lead guitar and lead vocals);
Alec Fraser (bass).
Photo Courtesy of Carole Timm. 
Jerome Godboo
Mark "bird" Stafford
© Joe Curtis
Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne and Gary Kendall.