At 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, Petey Hop & Friends take the stage of the Norwich Arts Center’s Donald L. Oat Theater as their monthly Blues on Broadway program continues to bring some of the finest national and international blues artists performing today.

Petey Hop is quite easily one of the most talented and yet lesser known and under-appreciated bluesmen performing today. How many bluesmen can say they’ve performed at the main stage at Carnegie Hall?

This gifted singer, songwriter, guitarist has done exactly that, as well as sharing the stage with Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins as well as jamming with Guns N’ Roses.

When Petey’s album “The Levee,” produced by the legendary Duke Robillard of Roomful of Blues and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, first came out it was well received as one of the most well written, significant albums this side of the ’60s.

A Roger Z – More Sugar review of “The Levee” states, “Petey manages to wrap his arms around the incredible diversity of the blues. On this entirely original set, Hop lays down country blues, jazz blues, folk blues, stride, shuffle, surf, and rock ‘n roll. Hop captures the essence of ‘the blues.’”

For more information, tickets ($20-25), and a taste of the music, visit norwicharts.org. Doors open at 7.