DALTON — There’s something that all blues musicians share: A time that they can recall with almost perfect clarity that they knew they were destined to play that heartbreaking, house-rocking music.

OGUNQUIT, Maine — James Montgomery can tell you exactly when he got hooked on the blues. He was about 15 or 16 years old, and he was seeing a local jug band in concert just outside of Detroit in the ...

The James Montgomery Band will play The Drake in Amherst on Oct. 6. Montgomery is a well-known figure in Massachusetts, having honed his musical skills in Boston during his time at Boston University ...

If you ask James Montgomery if he remembers playing the Shaboo inn in Willimantic back in the day — the legendary local club that closed in 1982 — he’ll hem and haw and scratch his head and say “The ...

Blues harmonica and singer James Montgomery is a blues legend. Growing up in Detroit, he learned the blues first-hands from blues harp virtuoso James Cotton, and has been a presence in blues music for ...