“Jeff Pitchell is a great guitar player.” That’s not a line from a press release—that’s Gregg Allman, speaking from experience after sharing stages and studio sessions with Pitchell over the years. When the Connecticut-born guitarist steps onto the Soundstage at De la Luz, he’ll bring a lifetime of those moments with him: the Billboard #7 album that outsold Robert Cray, Etta James, and Muddy Waters; the night he sat in with the Allman Brothers at the Beacon Theatre for “Southbound”; the songwriting chops that earned him two Great American Songwriting Contest awards and caught the ear of blues legend John Mayall, who recorded Pitchell’s “An Eye for an Eye.” This is an artist whose résumé reads like a masterclass in American music.
But forget the résumé for a moment. What makes a Jeff Pitchell show unmissable is what happens when the lights go down and the band locks in. Voted Best Blues Act in New England across a six-state poll, Pitchell and his ensemble don’t just play blues—they channel the full sweep of Americana, funk, soul, and rock through a sound that’s muscular, melodic, and completely alive. Imagine the warmth of the Soundstage’s reclaimed-mill walls, the glow of paper lanterns overhead, and a guitarist who has traded licks with J. Geils, Rick Derringer, Dave Mason, James Cotton, and Clarence Clemons tearing into a set that pulls from decades of road-tested material and brand-new songs from his back-to-back #1 albums, Playin’ With My Friends and Brown Eyed Blues.
This is one of those nights De la Luz was built for: world-class talent in the kind of intimate, electric room where every note hits you in the chest. Pair it with a blues-inspired menu from our kitchen, settle into a space where the artist is close enough to make eye contact, and let Jeff Pitchell remind you why live music in Holyoke hits different. Seats are limited. Don’t sleep on this one.
