Blind Buddy Moody January 25, 2008

"Blind Buddy Moody is the finest roots performer to emerge on the local scene this year," Creative Loafing. A native Floridian and a veteran of the southern juke joint circuit, Moody has appeared on bills with George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings, Sammi Smith, Kenny Price and Ernie Lee. Buddy is a past winner of Florida state championships in vocals, harmonica, dobro and flatpicked guitar. Blind since birth, he has formal music training only on violin and is otherwise a self-taught musician.