Blues Icon Coming to Stafford Festival

STAFFORD, CT — A blues legend is coming to Stafford next month.

A musician of many talents, James Montgomery, has been an iconic figure in blues music for more than 40 years. He is an accomplished blues harpist, singer, front man and bandleader, lending these talents to his own band, The James Montgomery Band, and to countless 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 and James Brown.

He's also hosted his own syndicated blues radio show, interviewing and playing the music of numerous blues and blues-rock luminaries. This man has stories to tell!

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.

James and his band are scheduled to be performing in Stafford on Aug. 6 at the Stafford Springs Blues Fest in Hyde Park.

The festival is slated to run from 11 .m. to 8 p.m.

Montomerg's latest album, "The James Montgomery Blues Band: A Tribute to Paul Butterfield," has been released on Cleopatra Records.

More information on his gig will be forthcoming.