Saluting blues legend Sam Taylor

After all Richard L'Hommedieu has done for the Long Island music scene, he says he had one more promise to keep before he made his long-awaited move to Georgia.

"Sam Taylor and I were very close," L'Hommedieu says of the legendary blues artist, who passed away in 2009. "We'd sit and have a lot of long talks and I promised him that I would start an education fund in his name."

L'Hommedieu -- who co-founded the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, published the Long Island Entertainment weekly and hosted local music and blues shows on WUSB/90.1 FM, among other things -- says he wanted to ensure that Taylor's scholarship, which will be administered by the Hall of Fame, was sufficiently funded before he moved away.

"He went out of his way to teach musicians and children on Long Island," L'Hommedieu says of Taylor. "This show is really the fulfillment of one last promise."

L'Hommedieu has lined up JP Blues, Kerry Kearney, Frank Latorre, Sweet Suzi and many other blues acts, as well as A Band Named Sam, which features members of Taylor's family, for the show, which he expects will be the final show he promotes on Long Island.

"Long Island is such a wellspring of musical talent," L'Hommedieu says. "I think the Hall of Fame really gives the area a credibility it hasn't had in years. . . . It has grown much more than I could ever have imagined and I hope it will make more history after I've gone."

The Benefit for the Sam Taylor Memorial Education Fund will start at 2 p.m. next Sunday at Bobbique, 70 W. Main St., Patchogue, 631-447-7744. Tickets are $10 at the door.

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