John Nemeth and the Blue Dreamers

John Nemeth and the Blue Dreamers are performing as part of the 2025 “In The Market for Blues”, Omaha’s blues festival. The festival includes more than 30 bands performing at 10 venues in the Old Market and Capitol District area in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. For more information about the festival, click here: In the Market for Blues – 2025 For ticket information, please see: Get Your Tickets on Eventbrite!

As a teenager in the early ‘90s growing up in the muddy potato fields of Idaho, John Németh was drawn to the hard-edged hip hop sounds and rock bands of the day, until a friend, Tom Moore, introduced him to the Junior Wells and Buddy Guy classic “Hoodoo Man Blues.” Together they formed Fat John & the 3 Slims, which is still regarded as a legendary band in the Boise region. John played harp and sang in local bands, often opening the show for nationally touring blues acts and quickly caught the ear of established blues musicians. It didn’t take long before he was releasing his own recordings, “The Jack Of Harps” (2002) and “Come And Get It” (2004), featuring Junior Watson, and performing in Junior Watson’s band.

Beginning in December of 2019, Németh appeared with his seasoned road band of young gun players, The Blue Dreamers, featuring 19 year-old guitar phenom from Philadelphia, Jon Hay, drummer Danny Banks and Matt Wilson on bass for a rowdy southern swamp roots session resulting in his 10th album, “Stronger Than Strong” (Electraphonic), demonstrating, yet again, his uncanny ability to skillfully blend retro and modern blues and soul into compelling music that is simultaneously old and new.