![1994 Chicago Blues Festival Damian meeting David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the 1994 Chicago Blues Festival. "Honeyboy" was with Robert Johnson the night Robert died in 1937.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/ef1ff72e425777d4c1c5bb6345281ad2214442c8/original/damian-with-honey-boy.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
1994 Chicago Blues Festival Damian meeting David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the 1994 Chicago Blues Festival. "Honeyboy" was with Robert Johnson the night Robert died in 1937.
![Trading licks with a hero Damian jamming with one of his heroes, Magic Slim, in Youngstown, OH after opening the show.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/1bd04b5fb54345b17e1ee316b493126be9a307d4/original/damian-k-magic-slim-16may08-14.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Trading licks with a hero Damian jamming with one of his heroes, Magic Slim, in Youngstown, OH after opening the show.
![Graduating Magna Cum Laude from Youngstown St. University.
I am pictured here with my grandfather Peter R. Cicero.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/f92c969c90a1d789ca6c24e59c3210c6503e89e7/original/dscn0961.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Graduating Magna Cum Laude from Youngstown St. University. I am pictured here with my grandfather Peter R. Cicero.
![John Hammond After opening the show, Damian poses for a pic with legendary acoustic blues man John Hammond](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/c96db3c983557191c711f99e7e5f8fe9fc1d266c/original/hpim15261.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
John Hammond After opening the show, Damian poses for a pic with legendary acoustic blues man John Hammond
![I was just getting to know Roosevelt "Boobie" Barnes. I jammed with him at Wilbert's in Cleveland for his entire second set. He dies a short while later.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/3b1ca3824ceb6b25bbe9d21007b18968295eb0ef/original/23467467-1749593505064456-3758795182811725777-o.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
I was just getting to know Roosevelt "Boobie" Barnes. I jammed with him at Wilbert's in Cleveland for his entire second set. He dies a short while later.
![Foghat Damian with original member of Foghat Roger Earl (left) and guitarist Bryan Bassett. Damian opened for Foghat in NYC in 2007](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/ee7ca7effcb40500c1951aabf43b050d5332fed8/original/100-0122.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Foghat Damian with original member of Foghat Roger Earl (left) and guitarist Bryan Bassett. Damian opened for Foghat in NYC in 2007
![damian_and_davy_knowles Damian (center) with guitarist Davy Knowles after their show in Columbus, OH](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/202654550656adbe36782f8fafbcd048be4314b4/original/damian-and-davy-knowles.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
damian_and_davy_knowles Damian (center) with guitarist Davy Knowles after their show in Columbus, OH
![Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival Damian Knapp Band performing at the Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival in Columbus, OH](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/772e5813986305928a0bfb7dcf842d7072d22fee/original/creekside-0171.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival Damian Knapp Band performing at the Creekside Blues and Jazz Festival in Columbus, OH
![It was exciting to be cast as SRV at the inaugural Ghosts of the Blues in Canton, OH at The Palace Theatre.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/2d3973b40c3c819d568d8e77daed9c9ada11b393/original/ghostoftheblues.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
It was exciting to be cast as SRV at the inaugural Ghosts of the Blues in Canton, OH at The Palace Theatre.
![Winner of the 2019 solo/duo BSWPA Blues Challenge. It was a great day of Blues at Moondogs in Pittsburgh, PA.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/ef2332086b021bd3628d2cdf1ca3202d96ac2c83/original/279135849-5408308179192952-4598847282117060832-n.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Winner of the 2019 solo/duo BSWPA Blues Challenge. It was a great day of Blues at Moondogs in Pittsburgh, PA.
![Article written by Anastasia Pantsios for Cleveland Free Times in promotion of my show at the Beachland Ballroom.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/9bca8fc1412dd4281b94e501f1d66ec2e7975345/original/for-petes-sake.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Article written by Anastasia Pantsios for Cleveland Free Times in promotion of my show at the Beachland Ballroom.
![Damian playing the guitar Damian jamming in Clarkesdale, Mississippi at Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero Blues Club.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/5c32f67fd2a1b8e9a0cbbe0f3cc9ec6e0b3a07a8/original/2007-ibc-057.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Damian playing the guitar Damian jamming in Clarkesdale, Mississippi at Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero Blues Club.
![Headed to Memphis for IBC in 2007 and I get a write up by the one and only Andy Grey at The Warren Tribune](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/29deac3805b50f8ae754e906697d7f6ffce2a4f5/original/blues-man-groove.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Headed to Memphis for IBC in 2007 and I get a write up by the one and only Andy Grey at The Warren Tribune
![The Three Amigos I Don't Care manager Jim Quinn (left), Damian, and Kenny Aaronson (right) in NYC. Kenny is currently the bass player in The Yardbirds](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/399652/d8cde67ee50da3c1c12d43dca90b4f3b23883b8a/original/the-3-amigos-1.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The Three Amigos I Don't Care manager Jim Quinn (left), Damian, and Kenny Aaronson (right) in NYC. Kenny is currently the bass player in The Yardbirds