[1] Blue Max is a Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin based blues-rock band that has been performing in the upper Midwest for the past two decades.
Luedtke interprets the blues material by Johnny Winter, John Lee Hooker and Willie Dixon.
His power-trio band is rounded out by his wife, Deb Klossner on bass and a wide assortment of drummers.
After four years of performing with several rock bands in Southern Minnesota, Klossner joined Blue Max in 1987.
Over the years Howard "Guitar" Luedtke & Blue Max has opened for the likes of Johnny Winter, Hubert Sumlin, Tinsley Ellis, Koko Taylor, Jeff Healey and Lonnie Brooks.