Ron Michaels of Blue Plate Special : Can You Dig It!
By: Dave King
What a record! With a history that stretches back to a day when the band opened for Howlin’ Wolf, Blue Plate Special has had 24 songs chart #1 on Blues radio stations throughout the world–not because of some big-moneyed corporate push, but because their listeners liked them.
Formed in 1969 by blues singer/songwriter R. P. Michaels, Blue Plate Special was there at The Cellar in Arlington Heights, Illinois in ‘69-’72 opening for Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon’s Chicago Blues Allstars, Zephyr w/Tommy Bolin on guitar and The Bob Seger System.