New album

Founded in the winter of 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic washed across America and the rest of the world, Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors are a joyous, unlikely ensemble--a three-man brotherhood dedicated to the project of keeping alive the vibrant sounds and spirit of blues master Sterling "Mr. Satan" Magee.

Atlanta-based singer "Sir Rod" Patterson is Magee's nephew; harmonica player / percussionist Adam Gussow was Magee's partner for more than three decades (1986-2018) in the Harlem blues duo Satan & Adam, featured in a Netflix-screened documentary by the same name.

With Mississippi blues veteran Alan Gross on guitar (and his homemade cigar-box guitars), Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors released their debut CD, Come Together, to rave reviews in the summer of 2020.

Now, two years later, they're back with a live album, Keeping It in the Family. Can blues be fun? They'll have you dancing with "Shake, Rattle & Roll," "Mustang Sally," and "Hot Tamale Baby." Can blues be original? Check out Patterson's slow blues, "The Perfect Crime," along with the Patterson/Gussow collabs, "Brother Sterling" and "Come Together," and the Satan & Adam favorites "Seventh Avenue" and "Thunky Fing Rides Again."

Rounding out the live set are homages to James Brown ("I Got You (I Feel Good)"), Bobbie Gentry ("Ode to Billie Joe"), and Joe Williams ("Every Day I Have the Blues"), plus several interludes in which Patterson and Gussow share their story as unlikely inheritors of the same master musician who have forged a new partnership out of a shared desire to carry on the flame.

Keeping It in the Family.

Out now, in all digital formats. (CDs will follow in July.)

Sir Rod & the Blues Doctors on tour in Florida (May 20-23) and the East Coast (July 8-23):

5/20/22: Gulfport, FL - North End Taphouse (Second Annual Sterling Magee Memorial Birthday Bash: 6-9 PM)

5/21/22: New Smyrna Beach, FL - Chases on the Beach (12-4 PM)

5/22/22: Flagler Beach, FL - Oceanside Beach Bar & Grill (10AM - 2 PM)

5/23/22: Ormond Beach, FL - Ormond Garage (6-10 PM)

7/8/22: Greenwood, SC - Greenwood Blues Cruise (4-5:15 PM + TBA)

7/9/22: Greenwood, SC - Greenwood Blues Cruise (12-2 PM + 7-10 PM)

7/14/22: St. Georges, DE - St. Georges Country Store (6-9 PM)

7/15/22: Lansdowne, PA - Jamey's House of Music (8-10 PM)

7/16/22: Piermont, NY - Turning Point Cafe (details TBA)

7/19/22: New York, NY - Terra Blues (7-9:30 PM)

7/23/22: Bethlehem, PA - Blast Furnace Blues Festival (6 PM)