Haight-Ashbury .. the 60's-Fillmore; SanFrancisco, CA
My friend, photographer Jack Vartoogian; Chicago Blues Fest
Great bluesman, Honeyboy Edwards;
With my friend, Barry Dolins, Director;
Rehearsal for Freddie Roulette's "Back in Chicago" with Willie Kent and The Gents, featuring Chico Banks. West Side, Chicago.©Jim Fraher 2007
My Handy Award; Memphis, TN.
Lovely blues friend (The) Liz; Poconos Bluesfest ©Tomko ; 1994
Before interviewing Otis Rush;
Blues panel, Chicago Blues Festival
Blues friend and mentor, Jim O' Neal;
Junior Kimbough's Juke Joint;
Veteran Living Blues Staff © Robert Barclay 2002; The Chicago Blues Festival
with Bob Koester, Steve Tomashefsky, Richard Shurman, Justin O'Brien, Jim O'Neal, Dawayne Gilley,
Amy van Singel, Robert Pruter, Chirs Strachwitz, and Scott Baretta
Bluesman Jerry Ricks;Thanksgiving, Poconos, PA; ©Tomko 2006
My friends, Bluesman Jerry Ricks and girlfriend Nancy; Baltimore, MD
Robert Lockwood, Jr.; Cleveland, OH
Presenting John Hammond the
Iconic blues historian Paul Oliver;
Interviewing an early hero, folk music great Jack Elliott / Chicago Bluesfest; © Tomko 2010
My harp-playing partner and friend, City Hall Records CEO, Robin Cohn and wife Grace; Baltimore, MD
World Premiere: Three Songs For Bluesman and Orchestra; Chicago
Lifetime Achievement Award;
Chicago Bluesfest; © Barclay, 2002
Gigging in North Beach,San Francisco,
Tramps, NYC ( Donna in foreground)
Atwater and Stir gigging in North Beach, San Francisco, CA, at The Coffee Gallery, 1968 / Martin Block, Bass; Robin Cohn, harp/Photo©Bennett Hoffman
Sunflower Blues Festival; Clarksdale, MS
Poconos Blues Festival, PA.
My Brother Bennett with my ex, Donna; West Palm Beach, FLA
at the Attic, 1967 / Martin Block, Bass /
King Biscuit Blues Fest; Helena ,AR
Interviewing my friend and mentor, the incomparable Bill Ferris / Chicago Blues Fest; © Tomko2010