Right about now Ms. Kate is cooling off the Summer night just nice.  A cold drink, sit back ..  enjoy.  Then hey– it only gets better later with Dippin Sauce.  Stay awhile.  Not a bad place to be on a…Read more

C’mon, people…  Pull your butts off that Wednesday night sofa and jump out tonight for the Golden Cadillacs.  If enough people blast off tonight they’ll hafto start the weekend early.  It’s in the rulebook.

Arthur Big By Crudup, in Forrest, Mississippi in 1905. By 1939 Crudup was staying in Chicago barely working as a solo musician. Lester Melrose allegedly found him while he was living in a packing crate, introduced him to Tampa Red and signed him to…Read more

Don’t even get me started on this cat.  Terry hits notes on that brass that aren’t even on the map .. and if that’s not enough he’s got some smooooooth vocal chops too.   Terry’s a legend among legends ..along…Read more

The weekend’s here and it’s Coalition tonight for a CD release gig at the Legendary Torch Club ..  with Special Guests the Carter Brothers.

OK– I admit..  I don’t know EVERY band that rolls through town, and I didn’t know stink about Jelly Bread when I went looking for info.  I ran into this:  ”Music meant for a night of sexual healing on the…Read more

Everyone agrees..  Johnny is the bedrock of Blues in this town, and beyond.  Not only because he’s been doin’ it longer than I’ve been alive– which seems damn near… disturbing,,, actually —  but because he’s managed to keep stuck together…Read more

Downbeat Magazine says, “Kay stands firmly on the Blues tradition, yet can turn on a dime into Soul sophistication.”  Seriously– it can’t be said better.  The woman’s a house a’ fire..  in prime form, booking like mad and we don’t…Read more

Gino has been noted as being (a) a passionate purveyor of urban blues (b) a note bender (c)  stocky (d)  all of the above Yea.. it’s (d) all of the above.  If I were you, though..  I’d stick with (a)…Read more

DWC are rolling through town nearing the end of their months long Midwest tour, so jump out tonight to the Legendary Torch Club and see how a few thousand miles adds to the sound of an already great roots band.