Blues at the Bowers Museum

Good Times

R.L. Boyce , BigHands and the real deal Otha Turner ,
 Chicago Il. , Buddy Guy , Legends

David " Honey Boy " Edwards , Aaron " BigHands " Chapman and
 Jimmie Lee Robinson , Chicago Il. , Rosas' Lounge

BigHands & Buddy Guy  breakin bread at Buddys' Legends !

BigHands , Taj Mahal & JoJo , Long Bch. Bluesfest , "94' notice Chuck Berrys" Caddy in the background !

Chico Chism "Blues Legend" & BigHands , Long Bch. Bluesfest "94'

Brigette , Homesick James & BigHands , Long Bch. Bluesfest '94"

3rd Degree Pics

Blues Piano....

Hatches Magic Hands!!!

Hatch getting ready to lay down some keys.

Hatch , Joe "Pops" Chapman , Emily , Shirley Chapman , Sunset and Bobby at Patricks II in SD after a hard days night !

Emily tear'n it up at RJs' , Sunset on harp !

BigHands catch'n a lil fire w/strat. , thanks Lynn 4 the great pic !

Bobby holding down the beat like no other !

Hatch and the custom B3s' , echoes of the Booker T sound  !

Benton "Big Sky" Asbury , Upright , electric bass & guitar

Melvin "Sunset Slim" Mitchell, Chromatic, diatonic harp & vocals

Band Shots

Randy "Big Papa" Gibson , Sunset , Emily and Hatch in background at Fontana

3rd Degree at Shanghi Reds in Marina Del Ray w/Bobby Brown (sax)

Lovely LeeLee at Rodrigos in Corona!

Ray , BigHands and Geri havin fun at the Westside bar & grill !!!

Hatch and BigHands cuttin up at the Westside !

Aaron "BigHands" Chapman and Billy Branch , Artists' Lounge , Chicago Il.

Little Milton & Sunset Slim , Marla Gibbs Club , Los Angeles

Sunset & Renaldo Rey backstage .

BigHands & Jr. Wells backstage , Marcus C. ,B.B. King and  BigHands .

While leaving the 2007 Bluesfest in Chicago I saw a friend of mine Clarence " Little Scotty " Scott , standing on the corner of Mich. Ave. , while talking to him I noticed his voice was all but gone .  We had a brief conversation  I introduced him to my friend  Hatch and I purchased a cd  from Little Scotty . Later on in a conversation with my Dad I found out that Little Scotty had suffered a stroke , thats when I realized how
" Little Scotty"  must have felt to have been one of the best singers on the Chicago Scene and remain totally obscure to the mainstream music scene . You see Little Scotty was severely  disfigured as child but that did not stop him from singing and boy can he sing , that's when I realized how he must have felt like at the Bluesfest , to have gone so far in his career than suffer a stroke and finally stand on the outskirts of the bluesfest like an outcast , that's the  "Blues" ,  "A.C"


7/7/07 don't forget the 7th son !

          James Brown : 1933 - 2006

On Xmas day 2006 one of the greatest performers of all time passed The Godfather of Soul  , Mr.Dynamite , Soul Brother #1 , Mr. Star Time , The great James Brown is on the "Night Train" to the Heavens ascending to his rightful place and when he get's there he will say " I don't want nobody to open the door , I'll get it myself " and when that door opens they will feel his " Soul power " and James will shout  "Say it Loud "and that's when The Heavens will say " I got that feelin " .  " It's like losing family " Joseph   A .Chapman , long life the funk !


 Good by brother 
Carey Bell and good blues 2 you !