Bands bring the beat to Scherer Park for the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert • the Hi-lo – Long Beach Post

July 14, 2019
Members of the Bernie Pearl Blues Band Perform at the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park in Long Beach July 13, 2019. Photo by Eran Ryan.

The Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park brought the smoothest of blues and jazz to the local Long Beach crowd on Saturday afternoon.

Neighbors, politicians, and local business owners mingled, relaxed, and chatted to the sounds of acts such as the Bernie Pearl Blues Band, Alvin Hayes Jr. and Friends, New Blues Revolution, and Al Williams and Friends.

Overall, the five-hour celebration served as an idyllic backdrop for a classic neighborhood gathering.

The bassist of the Alvin Hayes Jr. and Friends group carries the beat at the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park in Long Beach July 13, 2019. Photo by Eran Ryan.

The bassist of the Alvin Hayes Jr. and Friends group carries the beat at the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park in Long Beach July 13, 2019. Photo by Eran Ryan.

Jeffery Hay of Los Angeles (left) and Rene Hopkins of Long Beach (right) sit back on their motorcycles and enjoy the sounds of the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park in Long Beach July 13, 2019. Photo by Eran Ryan.

Jeffery Hay of Los Angeles (left) and Rene Hopkins of Long Beach (right) sit back on their motorcycles and enjoy the music. Photo by Eran Ryan.

Ernesto Lopez of Long Beach offers his cool treats to concertgoers trying to beat the summer heat at the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park in Long Beach July 13, 2019. Photo by Eran Ryan.

Ernesto Lopez of Long Beach offers his cool treats to concert-goers trying to beat the summer heat. Photo by Eran Ryan.

From left to right: former Vice-Mayor Val Lerch of Long Beach, Council Member Al Austin of Long Beach, Council Member Edward H.J. Wilson of Signal Hill and Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles of Lawndale catch up with one another at the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park in Long Beach July 13, 2019. Photo by Eran Ryan.

From left to right: former Long Beach Councilman Val Lerch, Long Beach Councilman Al Austin, Signal Hill Councilman Edward H.J. Wilson and Lawndale Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles catch up with one another at the Gr8 Summer Blues Concert at Scherer Park. Photo by Eran Ryan.

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