New England blues musician James Montgomery will perform at American Legion Post 440 (295 California Street, Nonantum) on September 1 with Peter Hackel and Reggie Hendrix in a fundraiser for re-building Post 123 Sanibel Island, Florida. Doors open 7PM and the show starts at 8PM. Tickets are $20 to benefit the re-building of Post 123.
James is an iconic figure in blues music for over 40 years, an accomplished blues harpist, singer, front man and bandleader, lending these talents to his own band, The James Montgomery Band, and to sessions and tours over the years with the likes of Gregg Allman, Johnny Winter, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker, James Brown and so many more. He’s also hosted his own syndicated blues radio show, interviewing and playing the music of numerous blues and blues-rock luminaries. James was inducted in 2018 into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame and into the New England Music Hall of Fame in September 2021.
