All Kinds of Blues Down By the San Francisco Bay

After all that great music, Elvin Bishop reminded fans of the fun and excitement that a high-powered blues rock can deliver.

Bishop was a key member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band who went on to a successful solo career in the 1970s and '80s. With his rubber face, rock star poses, frenetic stage antics, and raunchy slide guitar, he immediately got the crowd going with two of his hits, "Little Brown Bird" and "My Dog." On the latter, he actually brought his dog on stage with him.

Then he brought back some of the other members of the revue cast, including old-time blues crooner Finis Tasby, harmonica/vocalist John Nemeth, and the wild backup band The Mannish Boys, for a closing few numbers. The day finished with a fine rendition of "The Nighttime is the Right Time," a track from Bishop's comeback album "The Blues Rolls On," just out with a true all-star set of guests including B.B. King, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, George Thorogood, James Cotton and more.