Big Joe and The Dynaflows at Blues At The Beach Festival at 17th St Stage

JOE MAHER a/k/a “Big Joe” has been in the music biz over 40 years, starting out in his high school jazz band “The Starliners.” Musician greats like Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Mudell Lowe & James Moody often sat in as guest performers and were an inspiration. After high school Joe went immediately on the road with his own jazz trio.

Over time, he shared the stage and backed up blues legends such as Johnny Adams, Johnnie Johnson, Jimmy McCracklin, Floyd Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bullmoose Jackson, James “Thunderbird” Davis, Nappy Brown, Otis Rush and Earl King....

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JOE MAHER a/k/a “Big Joe” has been in the music biz over 40 years, starting out in his high school jazz band “The Starliners.” Musician greats like Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Mudell Lowe & James Moody often sat in as guest performers and were an inspiration. After high school Joe went immediately on the road with his own jazz trio.

Over time, he shared the stage and backed up blues legends such as Johnny Adams, Johnnie Johnson, Jimmy McCracklin, Floyd Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Witherspoon, Bullmoose Jackson, James “Thunderbird” Davis, Nappy Brown, Otis Rush and Earl King.

In the late ‘80s after performing with and managing the 9-piece swing band “The Uptown Rhythm Kings,” and after a few years as drummer with the Tom Principato Band, Joe formed his own 5-piece jump blues group “Big Joe & The Dynaflows.” In 1997, Big Joe and his band had the honor to perform at an Inauguration Party for President Bill Clinton in Washington, DC.

The Dynaflows’ release I’m Still Swingin’ on Severn Records, received the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) “Best Blues Recording” in 1998. WAMA also voted Big Joe “Male Blues Vocalist of the Year” both in 2005 and 2009. Other Dynaflow releases include All Night Long and You Can’t Keep a Big Man Down on the Severn label, Layin’ in the Alley on New Orleans-based Black Top Records, which received the (WAMA) “Best Blues Recording” in 1994, Good Rockin’ Daddy on the Powerhouse label and Cool Dynaflow, which was a European release.

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