Join Big Time Pete and his friends for the  ongoing 2009 Jam! This will be the forth year since Johns passing that Big Time Pete runs the "John's Carpet House jam" on the corner of Frederick and St. Aubin in Detroit. A lot of things have changed over the  last 4 years. The two houses nearby have burned down. But each year the crowd gets bigger, and bigger. Big Time Pete cuts more grass to free up more space for the impromptu festival. The music gets better. And if it' is  possible every year,everyone is even more friendlier. We have big plans and big surprises in store for this year, including our world famous regulars: Kenny Miller - guitar and vocalist Harmonica Shah - harmonica and vocalist Mr Bear & 2 Klean - band and vocalists Sassy Wilson - vocalist Cody Black - vocalist, D-Town, Capital Star Cash McCall - vocalist Ray the "Handy Man" - guitars Willie Willie - keyboard,drums, guitar, and vocalist LADY  T Bring your guitar! Bring your drum set. It's a jam, everyone can play. Once we start up  the 1st. week of May, every Sunday you can find down home blues from 3;00 pm until dark near the corner of Frederick and St. Aubin in Detroit. With pheasants running in the empty fields, old Detroit auto plants hulking in the distance, grills smoking, it is the perfect setting for a long running weekly outdoor blues festival that could only happen in Detroit. This jam will run from mid May through October.  You can be part of the party! Would you like to help sponsor this event?  We need people to help cut the grass,donate a porta john, donate a portable stage, heck, we could even use some lights so that we don't have to shut down right at dark.  Got any time, money, expertise?  That's a lot of grass to keep cut each week.  Come and be part of the party!  Come and help these older gentleman pass the blues on to a younger generation in a healthy atmosphere of fresh air, sky, and green grass.  Call our big time organiser, Pete Barrow at (313) 995-8715, or leave a message in our forum. These guys are part of the party ... Stix Cody Black Willie Willie   Cash McCall All Right! So come on down and hear the blues, see the blues, play the blues, taste the blues, dance, and talk to the blues. We're keeping a spot open for you.

Big Time Pete    Harmonica Shaw    Kenny Miller    Ray, the "Handy Man"   Kenny and Sassy

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I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND PARTICIPATED IN OUR OUTDOOR JAM SESSION THIS YEAR.. WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT VIDEO'S TO WATCH.at.....]http://www,youtube.com/313blues.  ALSO,  A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MANY MUSICIANS, AND VOCALISTS WHO HELPED MAKE THESE SUNDAYS SO ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE,.. AND TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A YEARLY EVENT.... AND THAT WE WILL START BACK UP ,WEATHER PERMITTING THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY 2009... HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER, SEEING AS HOW WE HAVE GROWNED SO MUCH IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS............REMEMBER THIS WILL TAKE PLACE EACH AND EVERY SUNDAY, BEGINNING AT 3PM. UNTI DARK.........           BIG TIME PETE

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Another great jam!  But will the weather hold for one more?   I don't know.

I was real glad I wore a heavy shirt and a jacket.

Last weekend was cooler and I sat on the grass in front of the stage.  It was funny that people are so well trained that no one sits in front of the stage even where it is overcast and there is no sun.   The cars and vans are ringed around the front of the jamming area leaving this huge open area in front.  Normally no one sits there because they would bake in the sun.  Ha!  But I say there, enjoying a beer.  Occasionally people would be dancing around me.  Party on, party on!

We had some great musicians, some of whom I never saw before, some great soul singers.  Willie Willie played base.  Normally he plays keyboards.  Mitchell played guitar, filling in Hendrix riffs in between songs as he always does.   Guitar Bernie played the whole time.  His bum knee had had some therapy and was a lot better.  And as for the rest, well, I guess I had so much fun talking to people, I don't remember.   I saw Blair.  Blair is the great Urban Folk singer guitarist.  Urban Folk is a genre he invented for himself.  It was his first time there, but he arrived after dark and only saw people picking up their equipment.

Pete officiated as always, and made everyone feel like they were in a barbecue in their own back yard with their closest 400 friends.

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The weather cooperated and we had another perfect Carpet House Jam.

It was  perfect weather for a jam in a field under a tree!  I'm guessing there were 500 people, maybe 1,000  it's had to tell.  The cars were ringed two deep around the field and the tree under which the musians play.  There were a few grills with lazy blue smoke drifting from them.  The organiser and master of cerimonies, Pete, as always made everyone feel like they were part of his extended family.  Pete cut the grass, put the gas in the generator, put the roll of toilet paper in the outhouse, and MC'd all afternoon.  Pete also has his small army of folks to help, but Pete is the great organizer.  If you need help with an event, call Pete!

Harmonica Shaw showed up, and he organized the Harmonica Army.  He got everyone playing.  Kenny Miller sang, and a bunch of other people sang as well.  Kenny Mitchell was feeling frisky and  played the guitar while laying flat on his back. 

Large crowds of people were dancing.

It's the kind of day were you just stand there, listen to the music, make a few new friends, and just plain feel good.

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We were rained out by the remnents of Hurrane Ike!  Yikes!  This definately does not look to be an Indian summer.  But we'll try again next week. 

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