Blue Steele was known all around the DC and Baltimore areas as a premiere Blues Band that folks loved to come see. I kept the PA at my house and was basically the sound man for the band. However big gigs that we did had the sound provided or we contracted a professional sound man to do.
I remember a gig we did at Fort Dupont in Washington DC. It was an outdoors gig on a big stage done by professional sound men. We opened up for Clarence Carter the great musician that was known for famous songs such as "Patches" and "Stroking". Clarence Carter and myself had adjoining dressing rooms. At the end of the night I opened the door and went in his dressing room and shook his hand, I told him who I was and how I thought he was so great. Clarence Carter being blind told me how great of a harmonica player I was and how much he liked my performance. That was all we said to each other because he was in the middle of changing his clothes and his manager chased me off. During our performance there were people as far as I could see all the way up a side of a hill. We played one set and we were called back to do an encore. I sat in the front row and watched Clarence Carter's performance and I was swamped by people wanting my autograph. Here is a song we did that summer at Fort Dupont. Please enjoy. Gettin' Tired of Waiting
Those rockin' chair blues ain't gonna get Blue Steele. Fronted (if not totally obstructed from view) by big harp player, Ernie "Hurricane" Steele, the band mixes danceable blues with rock and boogie.
- Pamela Purdy. The Baltimore Sun
All the reviews that Blue Steele received were nothing short of excellent.I remember a gig we did at Fort Dupont in Washington DC. It was an outdoors gig on a big stage done by professional sound men. We opened up for Clarence Carter the great musician that was known for famous songs such as "Patches" and "Stroking". Clarence Carter and myself had adjoining dressing rooms. At the end of the night I opened the door and went in his dressing room and shook his hand, I told him who I was and how I thought he was so great. Clarence Carter being blind told me how great of a harmonica player I was and how much he liked my performance. That was all we said to each other because he was in the middle of changing his clothes and his manager chased me off. During our performance there were people as far as I could see all the way up a side of a hill. We played one set and we were called back to do an encore. I sat in the front row and watched Clarence Carter's performance and I was swamped by people wanting my autograph. Here is a song we did that summer at Fort Dupont. Please enjoy. Gettin' Tired of Waiting
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