(Formerly Washboard Slim and the Blue Lights)

Winners of the 2008 Connecticut Blues Society  Blues Challenge !

“Absolutely the best since Kweskin's Jug Band in the sixties. Traditional music in overdrive.” – Eric Von Schmidt, folk blues recording artist and ASCAP Life Time Achievement Award winner

Read Sing Out! Magazine's  review of our CD "Rub That Rhythm"

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The music the Bluelights perform is at the very root of traditional American popular music. For over thirty-five years bandleader Peter Menta has been expanding the concept of what a Jug Band can sound like. Drawing on a wide variety of traditional music forms, the Bluelights have created a new musical style respecting equally the past and present.  A typical Bluelights performance might include original music, early jazz, blues, swing, standards, jug band, gospel, pop music from the turn of the century and roots rock’n’roll. Starting in 1986, they continue to perform at festivals, concerts and clubs through out North America. Their most recent triumph was to win the 2008 State of CT Blues Challenge and the opportunity to represent their state in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee. They continue to be available for a wide variety of settings from private parties and dances to educational shows.

For more information please contact

  rubmans @gmail.com

or call 203-214-7919

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Website by George Laskowski

Home page photo by Frank Poole