Awarded the Robert Johnson Star Award Recipient for 2006 as the country’s most promising blues musician, Patrick Droney hails from coastal Southern New Jersey. Steven Johnson, grandson of the legendary bluesman and Chief Operating Officer of the Foundation, hails – “Patrick blew us away. We were amazed that a musician that young could play with that much skill and dexterity and with that much soul. We are excited to have him come play our festival.”