Performances

2023

Friday, June 9:

With the fine singer Havilah Bruders, the excellent pianist Joe Cartwright, and the amazing guitarist Rod Fleeman at Libations & Company's 1909 Club, 25 SE 3rd St, Lee's Summit, MO, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 18:

With the invigorating Bram Wijnands at KCBIER (79th St., just east of Wornall, KCMO) from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 25:

With the imaginative Bram Wijnands at KCBIER (79th St., just east of Wornall, KCMO) from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 29:

With the incorrigible Bram Wijnands and the brilliant vibist Peter Schlamb at the Uptown Lounge, 3400 Main St., KCMO, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (time might change).

Friday, July 14:

With the incantatory Bram Wijnands and the shimmering vibist Peter Schlamb at 9th and State in the West Bottoms.  Time TBA.

Sunday, July 30:

With masterful guitarist Rod Fleeman and extraordinary bassist James Albright, a concert on the Patio of the Kansas City United Church of Christ, 205 W. 65th Street, KCMO, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.  Picnic dinners can be ordered from the church.  

And here are some links to some of my playing during the recent past:

Hour-long livestreamed concerts:

John and Bram Wijnands at Johnson County Community College, August 10, 2020:https://youtu.be/9S2dEtEL4QI

John and Bram Wijnands on the Deck, 9/16/20: https://youtu.be/YinmGcMv4tY

John and Bram Wijnands on the Deck, 10/14/20: https://youtu.be/mhFytEIXiyc

Individual Songs:

My Buddy: https://youtu.be/0krjTO5DYkg

She Found Me (original composition for Alice, John on clarinet and another copy of John on piano): https://youtu.be/xV6ZJoXtOQE

One Morning in May: https://youtu.be/QmOxQOuFULc

She's Got the Whole World in Her Hands: https://youtu.be/ZYOWzd0tE4E

Just a Closer Walk with Thee: https://youtu.be/4Qwc5WmDsv8

Collaborations:

With Skip Voitik:

A Never-Ending Love for You (for those we lost to Covid):

https://youtu.be/d7CG46tU2UU

Home (When Shadows Fall):

https://youtu.be/0_Brtr2-D78

Please take care of yourselves!  Be safe, be careful, enjoy music, live or recorded! 

© John C Blegen 2019