Broomdust Blues Band Biography

Broomdust Blues Band

Vintage Blues for Every Occasion

Legend has it that the Johny Broomdust Band emerged from the merky depths of Salmon Bay, where clairvoyant mermaids annointed Johny Broomdust and crowned him with a leopard fez. Johny met Greg "White Lightnin'" Roberts, Bubba "the Unreal" McCoy, and David "Stickboy" Hudson aboard the fishing boat that dragged him from the bay.

The truth is stranger and less likely than the legend. The events can't be told on this webpage, but scenes include a crappy bar with a red neon horse, an ill-fated shoreline blues and jazz club, a bizarre gathering of people dressed as bunnies, and a place on Ballard Avenue where monkeys frolic in the trees.

Greg Roberts, aka "white lightnin,'" learned the blues from Telegraph Avenue guitar legend Johnny "Guitar" Knox. A long-time professional blues guitar, bass, mandolin, etc. player, Greg played with a host of great Bay Area bands, including the Hucklebucks, before moving to Seattle to help found the Johny Broomdust Band. He sings like the devil himself and plays scorching blues guitar.

Bubba "the unreal" McCoy has the best blues singing voice you will ever hear, and when Bubba walks in the room, the party has begun. He plays harp and sings.

David "Stickboy" Hudson has a successful band of his own called the Hudson Blues Band that frequently performs in Western Washington; he is also the favorite drummer for the Broomdust Blues Band.

Blues Boy G learned to play the blues before he learned to tie his shoes. He provides the youth, the funk, and the sex appeal that make the Broomdust Blues Band huge with the ladies. Back at the turn of the millenium, Blues Boy G, Johny, and Greg started jamming together every Wednesday. They continued this tradition at Broomdust Studios. These jams along with Johny Broomdust's and Blues Boy G's performances as a duo at Miss H's variety show made them locally famous and helped get the Broomduest Blues of the Past Jam off the ground. Blues Boy G's searing guitar licks and cool mystique have made him a heavily recruited guitar pro. Along with his role as Broomdust Blues Band guitar slinger extraordinaire, Blues Boy G has starred in a plethora of other fabulous bands, including the Garrett Smith Show, the Sugarcocks, Kissing Potion (an [almost] all girl funk band), and Mickey Postal.

Johny and Greg host the Broomdust Blues of the Past Jam the first Wednesday of every month at Conor Byrne Pub and the third Wednesday of every month at the Highway 99 Club. Johny and Greg have now been hosting the jam at Conor Byrne (formerly the legendary Owl Cafe) for more than three years. The best blues players in Seattle and touring players from all over the country get up on stage for the groovingest and best attended (by all the grooviest Ballard Avenue bohemians, including numerous strikingly beautiful and brilliant women) jam in town.