Al Bricker is a patron of the arts in the highest sense of the term. After having attended many New Orleans Jazz Festivals Al and his wife Pam and a few of their friends landed on the idea of bringing that type of energy to Greeley Colorado. In New Orleans they could see the huge benefit the festival was to all kinds of businesses down there and they figured that could translate to Greeley. So around 2005 they got the ball rolling and today The Greeley Blues Jam has become one of the most preeminent blues festivals in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.