Don "Big Daddy" Gopp has over 40 years experience playing blues guitar. Including a role as a driving force behind the late, West Memphis, Blues man Otis Trotter and his "Smokers." Don has been fortunate enough to also share the stage over the years with such greats as Albert Collins, Son Seals, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Luther Allison, Rod Piaza, John Hammond, Jr., among a long list of other greats! Big Daddy had a vision to musically drive folks along a journey from deep in the Mississippi Delta up Highway 61 through all the small towns and cotton plantations where the blues were born.  His dream takes   side trips over the bridge to West Helena, Arkansas on down to New Orleans, back up north to Chicago with stops in Memphis and St. Louis. Eaves-dropping in on every little juke house along the famed highway where the blues were nurtured and blossomed!   In fact this dream has become reality. American Dream Safari Tours, of Memphis, owned and operated by good friend and blues lover,  Tad Pierson now utilizes "Big Daddy & The Hoodoo Men's" CD "Delta Ghosts" in rotation for the "Delta Day Trip." be sure to visit: http://www.americandreamsafari.com This band formed out of fateful serendipity.  Big Daddy reunited with master bass player Dave "Z-man" Zagar, who crossed his path some 25 years ago.  Dave has an extensive and very colorful musical background also spanning over 40 years including such bands as "Hammer Damage," "The Rubber City Rebels," and the "Top Kats."   Z-man is the real deal, a man deeply in love with the blues who possesses a no nonsense, straight-ahead mind set. Z-Man has also shared the stage with the likes of "Hound Dog" Taylor among other blues greats! Big Daddy and Z-man had a common goal to be the best and most authentic blues band performing today.  They simply wanted to "cut heads" and wanted a band that could deliver! To add to this bubblin' cauldron of "Blues Hoodoo" the band has been fortunate enough to find a very fine harp player and vocalist, "Mighty" Mark Wymer!  Mark is every bit as passionate about the blues as BD and Z-Man are and has been playing blues harp for over 35 years! You just have to see Mark in action with the band to understand the fire he ignites! To finish off this Hoodoo Brew, the boys discovered the perfect drummer to compliment Z-man's percussive vision of a rhythm section.   Spanning over 40 years behind the kit, Mark "Steady Rollin" Grace, brings to the table experience in several genres of music.   His diversified background made, Mark the obvious choice for this band. . .  The perfect fit! Mark has also had the pleasure of playing behind Bo Diddley for a time.  Now Mark takes his rightful place as a "Hoodoo Man."   Mark "Steady Rollin" Grace is without a doubt a drummer's drummer. So there it is, over 120 years of combined musical experience and sporting a repertoire of over 150 songs, "Big Daddy and The Hoodoo Men " can deliver a blues show custom tailored to any event at any venue! Versatility is the key and having the ability to play "un-plugged" or our usual "electric blues" format, this band "is the blues, the whole blues and nuthin' but the blues!"