You're probably also sick of me writing about the blues.

Or, specifically, about blues shows in Tauranga. There do seem to have been an inordinate number recently.

But, knock me down and colour me seven shades of surprised, not only are there more coming, but within the space of a single calendar month we have no less than three international blues acts performing in the Bay.

Here we go: next week (Friday September 11) Australian Lloyd Spiegel is coming to MauaoPAC; the following week (Saturday September 19) American ‘Big Daddy' Wilson is singing at the Omokoroa Boat Club; and in October (Sunday 11) the great Chris Cain, from America again, in the country courtesy of Rodger Fox, will be at MauaoPAC backed by Joel Shadbolt and his band. That's a helluva line-up for blues-lovers.

On the bill for next Friday is Lloyd Spiegel, an outstanding guitarist and singer who was over here three years back and made a lot of friends and supporters in the area while playing at the Rotorua Blues Festival.

Lloyd is a high-energy performer. He's very comfortable on stage, as you'd expect from someone who's been playing for so long. Though only 35, Lloyd was one of those genius kids, touring the world when he was 13, playing support for Ray Charles, Bob Dylan and Etta James, sitting in with BB King. He's now one of Australia's leading Blues artists and most respected guitarists, recently named in Australian Guitar Magazine's list of the 50 top Australian guitarists of all time.

I could also tell you that between continual gigging in Australia, Lloyd frequently tours Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S.A, but you'd be better just to have a look for yourself.

Go to his website www.lloydspiegel.com and check out the section marked ‘Videos'. Enjoy! Tickets are $20 from Eventfinder, show starts 8.30pm.

The Weekend Sun has a double pass to Lloyd Spiegel to give away to one lucky reader who can tell us at which blues festival he garnered many fans?

Enter online at www.sunlive.co.nz under the competitions section. Entries must be received before Wednesday, September 9.