They put together a great cast to wrap up the summer concert season at Peterswood Park.

Billed as a Blues Jam, the lineup featured the "house band" of the Mystic Knights (Craig King on guitar, Gil Snyder on keyboards, Max Woodhall on bass and Joe Cunningham on drums), with successive mini-sets by Washington's own Tony Janflone Jr., Jill West, Norman Nardini and Shari Richards.

Tony, for one, said he'd never played with the Mystic Knights before - they always seem to be playing different gigs on the same nights - but you wouldn't have known it from their performance together. Everything jelled nicely, with the various configuations raving it up on some good old blues and rock numbers. Highlights included Tony and Craig on Willie Dixon's "Let Me Love You, Baby," Jill singing Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise," Norman doing Elmore James' "Shake Your Moneymaker" and Wilbert Harrison's "Let's Work Together," and Shari Belting out Slim Harpo's "(I'm a) King Bee," changing it to "queen bee," of course.

If you like high-energy performances, be sure to check out these musicians. They love to play, so you won't have any trouble fitting it into your schedule.

Also, thanks to my friends at the Peters Township Park and Recreation Department for booking such an enjoyable show, and the crowd that turned out on a weather-friendly evening to support the musicians.

I've written about Tom Breiding plenty in the past, and with good reason. The Peters Township resident is a very talented musician and songwriter, and he should be given his due. Plus, he's a really good guy.

My latest project with Tom is a segment of an audio interview feature I've developed, at the moment called "The Music Never Stops" (homage to the Grateful Dead). Tom talks about his latest album, "Time to Roll," which he recorded with his band, American Son, at his own studio.

We did the interview at Tom's studio, and what great sound quality! He did an especially good job in capturing his live performance of one of the songs from the album, "The Music Plays On," which is included in the audio feature. (I guess it's a "podcast," but I'm still getting used to these new buzzwords.)

Speaking of which ... "The Music Plays On" sounds a lot like "The Music Never Stops," so future installments of the feature probably will go by that name. I just have to work out the details with Tom.

In the meantime, click here to hear the segment featuring Tom Breiding on the Observer-Reporter's Web site.