Hamilton-based blues man Darcy Perry is getting behind Blue September with every track he's recorded.
His career as a blues artist began 11 years ago with the independently-released CD Blues 4 Dad, dedicated to his father, who died from cancer in 2002.
Perry went on to forge a career with the Darcy Perry Band, and has garnered praise internationally with a song released on the coveted Blues Revue CD sampler, appearances at Australasian music festivals, and performing alongside Watermelon Slim (WC Handy Blues Awards Winner and BB King Entertainer of the Year).
Perry has also literally shaken most of his musical heroes by the hand, such as Buddy Guy, Keb Mo', Eric Bibb, Ian Moss and Berry Gordy.
In that time, however, he also lost a father-in-law, a friend, and grandfather to cancer.