Photos/Videos

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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	March 15-17, 2013 Ice House Jam Friday evening; workshops Saturday morning; the regular jam; concert in the evening; gospel brunch on Sunday.
	September 2012 - R.I.P. Nap Brundage and Paul Geremia in concert at the Barbershop. Friday September 14th, folks from the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation performed at a memorial service for Nap Brundage, the last of the "original" Barbershop "Masters". Later that night we had a concert with Paul Geremia at the Barbershop. (picture on left by Paul Kennedy)
	July 2012 - Augusta Blues Week, with several Archie folks attending.
	April 17, 2012 AFRH with Miles Spicer Miles Spicer performing at the Armed Forces Retirement Home. The usual crew helping out.
	Friday March 23rd through Sunday March 25th was our first "Blues Weekend" and Blues week reunion. Starting Friday night with the "Icehouse" Jam at the Barbershop through Saturday Harmonica and Guitar Workshops and afternoon Jam and concert at the B&O Railroad Museum featuring Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton with Andy Cohen, M.S.G. The Acoustic Blues Trio and Gaye Adegbalola with Roddy Barnes. And ending with Ian Walters Dance Party. Sunday was our grand finale Gospel Brunch with Lea Gilmore.
	March 2012 at the Armed Forces Retirement Home with Ian Walters and Matt Kelly
	Rick Franklin and the Delta Blues Boys at the Armed Forces Retirement home in Feb 2012
	2011 12 AEBHF Holiday Party At the Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop The silent auction went well and brought in about $1,300 along with other donations. Across the street, Sheryl Sears, David Oziel, and Howard Moss, braved the cold air to sing and play at the Riverdale Park Holiday Market. Earlier in the day we had a book signing on Photograph History of Riverdale Park and Eleanor Ellis closed out the Holiday Market around 6pm. What a fun day
	2011 06 18 - The 3rd Annual Silver Spring Blues Festival - Many of our Archie Edwards Friends and Family participated in the Blues Festival at all of the stages. Here are pictures from that day's event taken by DC Blues Society's own Jasz Web
	2010 09 21 Dr Feelgood Concert at AFRH Dr Feelgood, backed by Mike Gorham, David Oziel, David Jackson and Scott Chadwick
	2010 02 23 Blue Alibi Band at the AFRH The Blue Alibi Band gave a kick butt first performance at the Armed Forces Retirement Home Tuesday evening. The band (stage left to stage right) is David Jackson -bass & vocals, Miles Spicer - drums & vocals; David Oziel - guitar & vocals, and Mike Gorham - guitar. Goldie, one of the residents, sat in playing harp. The crew included David Bird --board and drum abuse, Mike Beacom - recording, Kurt DeSoto - recording and Maureen Andary -- MC and guest vocals. Carl Alyeola and Sheryl Sears came to support the band and ended up performing as well.
	2009-9-27 Blues Jam At Bob Rychlik Home in Mt. Airy, MD Sep 27, 2009 -- by Bob Rychlik
	PAUL RISHELL and ANNIE RAINES in Concert -- Saturday, September 19; at Archie’s Barbershop, in Riverdale, Maryland - Photos by Mike Beacom
	August 2009, Sunday Acoustic Jam at Bangkok Blues in Falls Church, VA. Sponsered by AEBHF and DCBlues Society - Photos by Mike Beacom
	May 31, 2009 FSGW Annual Folk Festival AEBHF played at the annual folk festival run by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. All pictures by Pat Casey
	May 4th 2009 Karim Albert Kook and Iness Concert at the Barbershop Karim Albert Kook and Iness played to a full house at the new shop. At the end, they were backed by Tom Cox, Phil Wiggins and Eleanor Ellis
	Mar 14, 2009 Open House in Riverdale, MD Party Day Judy Evans organized, took charge, and played hostess for our house warming. We partied from before 1pm until after 7pm. Special thanks to Rhona, who borrowed my camera and took many many great pix.
	Feb 21, 2009 4536 Lee Highway Arlington, VA 22207 Sheryl Sears, Tom Cox, Ian Walters, Bob Leitch and Roger Hart put on a great show at Cassatt's New Zealand in Arlington.
	2009 02 14 -- Look Who is Back A bunch of folks worked hard over the weekend to get the old bookstore location into shape. We hauled loads of debris, cleaned, made repairs, retrieved stuff out of storage, and tested the acoustics. The place has great light, lots of room, and the trains don't drown out the music. However, the sound is very live. We still need some large rugs and perhaps curtains and other forms of sound buffering. We aren't moved in fully and it isn't time to send out a press release. But we can jam and work starting Saturday February 21st. Many thanks to Miles Spicer, Willie Leebel, David Jackson, David Bird, Jim Bunch, Dale Rothlesberger and Rhona Cohen, Nathan Lande, Joe Gonzalas and N.J. Warren. Thanks also to Jim, Nancy and several other town residents who showed up on Saturday to help. Plus, Nancy is lending us a mini-fridge. The town folks want us in the community and they want music.
	Soldier Home Concerts in January 2009 with Maureen Andary and Ian Walters
	July 2008 Blues and Swing Week Blues and Swing Week at Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia. About 30 folks connected with the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation were in attendance. Eleanor Ellis and Ian Walters were on staff. Most of the rest of us took classes and jammed -- sometimes until dawn. [Thanks to Willie Leebel for some of the pix]
	May and June 2008 AFRH Concerts and June Performance at FSGW Rick Franklin and His Delta Blues Boys performed at the Armed Forces Retirement Home home in May. They play Hokum blues at its best. Jammers from the barbershop spent a lot of time in the picnic area jamming and then later performed on one of the stages. In June, The Social Ramble made its debut performance at the AFRH, with Maureen Andary adding pizzazz for the final tunes. The Ramblers met at Barbershop jams.
	March & April 2008 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 2008 pix FSGW winter festival at Takoma Park Middle School, Blues Jam with DC Blues Society at Bangkok Blues, and our new digs at HR57
	Last Jam pictures from Bob Rychlik (the "stick" player) of Archie's Barbershop Blues Last Jam in Feb 2008
	January 26, 2008 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.
	January 26, 2008Last 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
	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 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.
	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.
	September 2007 Barbershop Pix Eastern Market Performance, board meeting, jam, recording and shop pix
	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.
	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.
	December 2006 John Cephas Guitar Workshop & Jam Session afterwards
	June 2006 "Old Soldiers Home Gig" with the Shackbreakers

Videos

Mr. Bones, recorded July 29, 1997 at a DC Blues Society picnic

They're still playing the barbershop blues
Article | Folks kept saying it wouldn't be the same. They kept predicting the death of Archie Edwards's legacy. Shows what people know.

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"
Rick Franklin and Mike Baytop "Searching for Frank" CD

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