Blair Crimmins and The Hookers

Blair Crimmins began his current music career in Atlanta, Georgia, with a drive to bring Ragtime and 1920s style Dixieland Jazz to new audiences. While playing small rock clubs around the Southeast, he developed a sound that is at once modern while being deeply rooted in the past.

He has toured the U.S. and Italy playing festivals and has opened for acts such as Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Old Crow Medicine Show. A multi-instrumentalist on guitar, banjo, and piano, Crimmins writes songs and arrangements for a classic New Orleans-style horn section consisting of trumpet, clarinet, and trombone.

His debut release “The Musical Stylings Of” became a college radio sensation on WRAS Atlanta making him the most requested band on the air.  

In 2012 Crimmins showed his musical diversity by writing and recording the full score for the independent short film “Old Man Cabbage.”  Crimmins was the critics’ pick for Best Song Writer of 2013 in Creative Loafing’s Best of ATL issue the following year.

His next album, Sing-a-longs!, earned him a nomination at The Georgia Music Awards for Best Jazz Artist.

After years of relentless touring the country and abroad, Blair Crimmins released his 4th album of original ragtime music You Gotta Sell Something (2017), as well as a children’s album All Aboard (2019), and a 5th full-length record featuring swinging covers of his favorite artists ranging from Louis Armstrong to David Bowie entitled “Okay Boom!” in 2021.