Order My New Album “Wagon of Tales”!

Brand new CD release as August 4th 2024! “Wagon of Tales” was recorded in two live sessions on May 31st and June 1st at Rainshadow Recording in Port Townsend WA. It’s a collection of some of my very favorite songs and it features several special guests in a relaxed and spontaneous atmosphere. Available now in […]

“a wonderous and rare gem” Blues Blast Magazine Review

John Greyhound Maxwell from Washington state combines his warm, inviting voice with his amazing acumen at acoustic slide guitar playing. His accompaniment is minimal, employing the occasional harmonica, piano, upright bass or violin. It’s his deft slide work that shines here. Try not tapping your foot when he gets moving on the strings. He surely […]

Best Self Produced CD for 2015!

“Blues For Evangeline” was recently judged best self produced CD for 2015 by the Golden Gate Blues Society! UPDATE!! I just received word that “Blues For Evangeline” is in the Final 5 at the International Blues Competition for Best Self Produced CD!

Blues For Evangeline Reviews

“He plays with very good fluidity and taste,and some nice slide. His vocals are pleasantly lacking in fake black-isms that are the bane of ‘white bluesmen’. Even better, he sings the meaning of the words and understands that the story of the lyrics is vital”. Bruce Iglauer- Alligator Records From out of nowhere comes a […]

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Artist Credits

 

 

Henry Townsend - BB's Jazz Blues and Soups - St. Louis, Missouri, 1976

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - North St Paul, Minnesota, 1985

Roy Rogers - Larry Blake's - Berkeley, California, 1989

Susan Tedeschi - John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room - San Francisco, California, 1995

Carlene Carter, Dan Hicks, Bill Kirchen, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Jim Lauderdale, Butch Hancock, Austin DeLone, Lisa Kindred- Bimbo's - San Francisco, California, 2015

Austin De Lone - Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, California, 2015

John Cleary - Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, California, 2016

Ramblin' Jack Elliot - Sweetwater Music Hall - Mill Valley, California, 2016

Ruthie Foster- Rancho Nicasio, California, 2016/The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2023

Maria Muldaur - Hwy 99 Blues Club Seattle Wa. 2016

Studebaker John - Hwy 99 Blues Club - Seattle Washington - 2016

David Lindley - Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend WA 2017, Grand Annex San Pedro CA 2017

Marcia Ball - Palms Playhouse - Winters, California, 2017

Albert Cummings - Las Vegas Performing Arts Center - Las Vegas, Nevada, 2018 (2 nights)/The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2019 & 2022/Spanish Ballroom - Tacoma, Washington, 2022

Taj Mahal, KebMo, Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Chateau Ste. Michelle - Woodinville, Washington, 2018

Coco Montoya - Marysville Performing Arts Center - Marysville, Washington, 2018/The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2019

Lucky Peterson - The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2020

Albert Lee - The Palindrome - Port Townsend, Washington, 2023

Sonny Landreth - The Triple Door - Seattle, Washington, 2023 (2 nights)

Reverend John Wilkins - Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival - August 2019

Joaquim Cooder - The Palindrome , Port Townsend - March 2024