A find from The Dish...

Email from Trish:  Check out Johnny A at www.41bridgestreet.com/calendar Have you been to Bridge Street?  Ever heard of Johnny A?

JohnnyK:  First, no I have not been to Bridge Street.  Just went on their site and it seems like a pretty cool place.  I'm only slightly familiar with Johnny A.  I just checked to see that I have his 2004 Get Inside album, but I can't remember much about it.  I know he's supposed to be a guitar virtuoso, but little or no vocals, in the Santana, Jeff Beck, Duane Eddy vein.  Listening now, very tasty.

From Wikipedia, so it must be true:  

Johnny A. is an American guitarist/songwriter, born in Malden, Massachusetts. Growing up in Boston as a young child, he became interested in music, starting with drums at age six. Upon being exposed to The Beatles in 1964 (age 12), Johnny bought a $49 Lafayette Electronics guitar and started his life-long affair with the instrument.  After forming a band called The Streets and garnering heavy radio airplay on the now legendary Boston radio station WBCN, performing mostly in the Boston area, Johnny played with former Derek and the Dominos keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, then began a seven year stint as guitarist and musical director with The J. Geils Band front man Peter Wolf. He played on Wolf's albums, and co-produced one of them, Long Line 1996, as well as joining him on world tours. In 1986, Johnny's band, Hearts On Fire, placed second in the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble only to be edged out by Gang Green. Johnny A. is the recipient of The Boston Music Award's - Blues Artist of the Year 2010