Super-Sized Blues Festival Stars on Common Saturday

The Fourth Annual Mike Crandall Franklin Blues Festival will be a star attraction on Franklin Common, Saturday,  from noon to 10 pm.

The Free Event (now featuring an outdoor dance surface!) includes:

12:00-1:15 | JR KRAUSS & THE SHAKES
1:45-3:00 | NEAL & THE VIPERS
3:30-4:45 | PROFESSOR HARP
5:15-6:30 | MIKE CRANDALL TRIBUTE BAND
7:00-8:15 | BRUCE KATZ
8:45-10:00 | DELTA GENERATORS

Jr Krauss & The Shakes--This four piece group came together in 1999 with a common desire to play the classic blues and jump of the original stars of the postwar blues renaissance.
The members have established themselves in bands such as The House rockers, LA Jones, The Hornets, Hash Brown Blues band, Dance Committee, 10/202 band and the Hot Skillet Papas. Influences include Little Walter Jacobs, Willie Dixon, Big Walter Horton, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James and many more.

NEAL & THE VIPERS are a Rhode Island-based band that plays "American Roots Music" encompassing blues, rock & roll, rockabilly, and surf, entertaining fans everywhere. They have shared the stage with several music legends such as B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Albert Collins, Greg Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Willie Dixon.

Professor Harp has developed a robust playing style. He often utilizes the Leslie rotating-speaker sound system to give his harp a Hammond organ timbre, while he alternately and simultaneously employs the standard or traditional ‘electrified’ blues harp. The Professor tops this off by singing the blues with an infectious fervor, supported by top-flight musicians on guitar, bass, and drums.

Bruce Katz is a legendary keyboardist who has released 11 albums as a leader and has appeared on over 75 other CDs with the likes of John Hammond, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Little Milton, Butch Trucks, Duke Robillard, David "Fathead" Newman, and many, many others.

Mike Crandall was a staple in the New England Blues scene until his untimely death in 2023.
He was the inspiration and architect of the Franklin Blues Festival. Mike's friends pay tribute to this man and his music.

Delta Generators -- Winning awards and playing to sold out shows across New England and beyond, the Boston based Delta Generators have made quite a name for themselves since hitting the scene in 2008. Their music brings together their diverse musical influences, drawing on the traditions of Blues, Roots, R&B, Americana and Rock to create a sound uniquely their own.