Home with the Blues

Has a lifetime of playing the blues left Hughes rich and famous? Well, he'll admit to getting sort of famous at last. But rich? Hughes gives a visual description of his finances with a hilarious, dead-on, two-handed imitation of a cat struggling to hang onto the trunk of a tree. But even if Bullseye's release of Texas Guitar Slinger proves the biggest success of his career, it's a safe bet that Hughes and his guitar will still show up without warning here and there around the Third Ward. That, after all, is where he and his blues originate.

Joe "Guitar"Hughes performs at 9 p.m. Saturday, December 30, at Billy Blues Bar & Grill, 6025 Richmond Avenue. Tickets are $8. For info, call 266-9294.