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The old-style barbershop with its artifacts and old-style atmosphere as well as
the motley cast of musicians at the Saturday jams have been irresistable subjects for anyone with a camera.  On this page, we share a sampling of pictures and videos made by visitors to the Barbershop, including the work of  several professional photographers and videographers who have documented the Barbershop for various projects.  Other photographs are of performances
of the Archie’s Barbershop Jambassadors and special events such as
concerts and workshops.

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If you have photos or videos of the Barbershop Jams that you would like to
have considered for inclusion on this website, please email us at info@acousticblues.com.

Photos from Jim Lande

Click the picture to view the slide show. Please get permission if you want
to use one of the photos for a commercial purpose.  Please acknowledge he
source of the photo if you use one for a non-commercial purpose

March April Jams

2008 March & April
Jam pix; two Soldiers Home concerts, and a fund raising concert at Bangkok Blues Mike Schwartzbeck provided the pix from the fund raiser. Contact Jim Lande if you want to add some photos.

Feb Pixs
2008 Feb pix
FSGW winter festival at Takoma Park Middle School, Blues Jam with DC Blues Society at
Bangkok Blues, and our new digs at HR57
Bob the stick man Last Jam pictures from Bob Rychlik (the "stick" player) of Archie's Barbershop Blues Last Jam in Feb 2008
Nj and Jackie 2008 01 26 Last Jam at the Barbershop 2007 Bunker Hill Rd, N.E. Washington DC 20018 - These are picture for Cathy Dixson. Do not use or save without her permission. When the page loads - run the slide show.
Last Jam January 2008

2008 01 26 Last Jam at the Barbershop 2007 Bunker Hill Rd, N.W. Washington DC 20018

Last jam at the Alphas Tonsorial Parlor at 2007 Bunker hill road. About a hundred folks dropped in to play some tunes, listen, visit, spill beer, and say good-by. Fifty years of music history is now packed in storage. However, the foundation remains committed to Archie's tradition of sharing the music and encouraging all players. The spirit you see in the pictures will spill out into other corners of D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If you have high res. pix of the last jam and don't mind me picking through and doing some editing, I would like to get them and include them in this gallery. Mail a CD to: Jim Lande / 4470 First Place South / Arlington VA

January 2008 Jams
2008 January Pix
Bangkok Blues in Falls Church

Sunday January 13, 2008 jam at Bangkok Blues; (Jointly sponsored with the DC Blues Society). Mike Baytop gave a brief showcase performance. The following Tuesday,Maureen Andary & Ian B. Walters performed at the Armed Forces Retirement Home -- a knockout performance of standards, swing and blues.

December 2007 Pics

December 11, 2007, AFRH Gig and Holiday Party
The Sheryl Sears Trio played the Armed Forces Retirement Home on Tuesday, Dec 11. The following Saturday, December 15, we held a holiday party at the shop. The barbershop has been sold out from under us, but we are going kicking and screaming and singing the blues. Good music with good friends. Saturday, December 22, was a smaller jam. A few of us ended up staying past 7. Dru, who had not been to the shop since Archie died, and David ripped into a lot of slide stuff at the end. Paul Kennedy organized a final photo shoot and then packing. You can see a partly stripped barbershop in the December 29 jam pix.

ResoCake

September 08 2007, Jam & CD release party.
Pix from the jam. That night Rick Franklin and Mike Baytop held a CD release party at the shop.

EasternMarket

September 2007 Barbershop Pix
Eastern Market Performance, board meeting, jam, recording and shop pix

 

2007 Blues and Swing Week

July 2007 Blues and Swing Week Elkins W.V.
Classes with Terry Bean; late nite jams; crafts, concerts with folks like John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, Gaye Adegbalola, Roddy Barnes and many others; even a side trip to gig with some locals
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At The Barbershop

At the Barbershop
There is an acoustic blues jam at Archie Edwards' barbershop in N.E. Washington DC almost every Saturday. The jams are run by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation.

Cephas Workshop

December 2006 John Cephas
Guitar Workshop & Jam Session afterwards

Soldiers Home with the Shackbreakers

June 2006 "Old Soldiers Home Gig"
with the Shackbreakers


Videos

Saturday Jams

Videos (disable your pop-up blocker to view these videos)

Archie Edwards Barbershop Promo1 from WETA-TV
Archie Edwards Barbershop Promo2 from WETA-TV
Eleanor Ellis on YouTube playing "Sun's Gonna Shine One Day"
John Cephas Workshop on Skip James - from YouTube
Rick Franklin and Mike Baytop "Searching for Frank" CD
Archie Edwards - Video from YouTube

 
"The Last Jam from Archie's Barbershop" on YouTube -
There are several "songs" to choose from and enjoy click on the above link

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