Guitar Sessions 2025: Thaddeus Hogarth R&B/Funk Clinic

Professor Thaddeus Hogarth leads his group, the Thaddeus Hogarth Collective, in a program of original vocal and instrumental R&B/funk. The performance to be followed by a Q&A session with Hogarth and his band.

Hogarth is a two-time winner of the Independent Music Award for R&B/Blues. He has been a prominent guitar player/singer-songwriter in the New England music scene since the 90’s, formerly with Boston’s Heavy Metal Horns and currently leading his own all-star group, the Thaddeus Hogarth Collective. He has shared the bill or stage with such legends as Tower of Power, Average White Band, Ernie Isley, Bernie Worrell, James Montgomery, Fred Wesley, Donald Harrison, Steve Kimock, and Johnny Winter. His work also includes collaboration with the reggae legend and Grammy nominee Sister Carol. Hogarth has released seven solo CDs and a live concert DVD. As a Berklee guitar professor, he has published two instructional books on the Berklee Press and online courses for Berklee Online. His band, the Thaddeus Hogarth Collective, features Aaron Bellamy on bass, Matt Jenson on keyboards, Tony “Thunder” Smith on drums, and Hogarth on guitar, vocals, and chromatic harmonica. Hogarth is the Summer Artist in Residence at the iconic Verb Hotel in the Fenway and can be seen live with his group every last Friday of the month, April-October, from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.