BJ Estares and Route 61

Popular and dynamic local blues band in a repeat performance at the Gold Room on Friday, April 16!

The Pikes Peak Blues Community vision is to support the blues music scene in Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Denver areas. We support both local musicians and provide platforms for local and regional musicians to be heard by the blues-loving public.

A native of San Diego, BJ “Beej” Estares grew up in Southern California heavily influenced by jazz and big band music thanks to his dad’s eclectic taste. After moving to music saturated Las Angeles at the age of twelve, his parents gleefully helped him trade his drum set for an acoustic guitar. He then proceeded to wear out the grooves of every Wes Montgomery LP he could get his hands on. At fourteen, his brother turned him on to Janis Joplin’s “Turtle Blues”. From that day the poor boy has been lost in the blues forever.