Lloyd Whitley Blues Band

Lloyd Whitley Blues Band (Blues) 6-8pm

My name is Lloyd Whitley. Been in Santa Cruz for many years. Maybe you heard of me, I’m a blues man. Living in the south in Louisiana we had no electricity so we didn’t have no television so I couldn’t hear blues and various things. How I got started in this, my brother bought an acoustic guitar when I was about fourteen and he left it at the house. And I started playing on it. My relatives had little night clubs and I wasn’t old enough but they would let me sneak in the back and hear these bands. They say, “Come on in. You can stay in the kitchen with us.” I’d listen to people like Slim Harpo, Lightnin’ Slim and all those guys – great guys playing the music so my interest stayed with that and I followed it up. Now I’m pretty good with the guitar.