DOUG DEMING - JEWEL of a BLUESMAN Read Eric Steiner's interview with Doug in the May 24 issue of Blues Blast Magazine! Click the photo for link to story.
"Where Music Meets the Mountain and the Sea". DDJT will light up the Friday Night Dance Party on May 11th at this year's Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center in beautiful Juneau, Alaska. Now in its 21st year, the festival runs for two solid weeks, May 4th thru May 19th. Find details at https://www.jazzandclassics.org
DDJT will headline the Friday night kickoff for the 23rd Anniversary of the Western Maryland Blues Fest June 1st in downtown Hagerstown's Arts & Entertainment District. https://blues-fest.org
Celebrate the roots of American music at this 7th annual 3-day festival in beautiful downtown Lancaster, PA. DDJT perform March 11th on The Elks Lodge stage at 219 N Duke St. https://lancasterrootsandblues.com
We're excited to once again be part of the Bradenton Blues Festival. Now in it's sixth year, this annual event takes place at the award-winning Riverwalk Event Pavilion, overlooking the historic Manatee River in downtown Bradenton, FL. DDJT will perform at the Friday night Blues Appetizer on Dec. 1st starting at 6pm, a free event on the big stage. This is a fantastic event presented by the great folks at RealizeBradenton.
Golden State Lone Star Revue perform to a sellout crowd at last year's Bradenton Blues Festival.
DDJT rolled thru the midwest for two tours this summer, including gigs in Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Georgia and Florida. Highlights included the always awesome Blues City Deli, a homecoming stop in Detroit at Cliff Bell's, and headlining the Crossroads Blues Festival.
We're excited to return to headline the 8th Annual Crossroads Blues Festival at Lyran Park in Rockford, IL !
MAY 20th in beautiful Mt. Dora! It's going to be a party with Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones and our good buddies, JP Soars & The Redhots!
photo credit: Marie De Beyter Pickablues
"The great musicians who bridged the gap between Blues and Jazz and Jump and Swing had unique musical identities, sounds and personalities and they allowed their personal fingerprint on everything they had. People like Charlie Parker, Illinois Jacquet, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Christian had unique sounds and played with energy and vigor. Modern players like Duke Robillard, Doug Deming and Joey DeFrancesco continue that process. It’s about tunes and swing, but it’s also about personalities and telling a story when you play music." -"Little Charlie" Baty
"Far from contemporary musicians who are trying to renovate the Blues, Doug falls on the contrary as a defender of tradition." -Stephane Gondal, Sud Quest
Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones and guests pictured at the Blues Station Concert, Tournon-D'Agenais, Aquitaine, France
We're excited to embark on our extended European Fall Tour! We've landed in Brussels and the tour starts tomorrow with three great shows in Germany, then on to the Netherlands for the Keeping the Blues Alive show, followed by a week in France for Blues Camp and the Blues Station Concert, a show in Belgium and finally, to Blues Heaven on Earth at the Fredrikshavn Bluesfest in Denmark! You can keep up with the band while we're touring by following us on Facebook.
The fifth annual Bradenton Blues Fest was, once again, an outstanding festival here in our city of Bradenton. Having played the festival twice previously, we were honored to be invited to return this year to perform for a sell-out crowd at the Sunday Brunch after-party, held in the beautiful Marriot courtyard. Big thanks to the great folks at Realize Bradenton!
"Chris Tone "KING FISH" Ingram, Robben Ford and Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones was really STORE experiences at Frederikshavn Blues Festival this year." - Jeppe Lauritsen, Fresse
Photo by Martin Gunge
Surprise! Theo Brouwers of KeepingTheBluesAlive.nl showed up at the Blue Rooster gig on Sept. 12. Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones play the KTBA series in the Netherlands on Oct. 23rd, as part of their 3-week European Fall Tour.
