House Rockin

^{Alligator
Recording Artists}

^{Lil
Ed}

^{&
The Blues Imperials}

^{Friday,
May 23, 2008}

Lil’ Ed Williams, although small in stature, is a true giant of the blues, and among the very last authentic West Side Chicago bluesmen. From smoking slide guitar boogies to raw-boned Chicago shuffles to the deepest slow blues, Lil’ Ed Williams is a master bluesman. A gifted guitarist and a remarkably gritty and soulful vocalist, Williams, along with his blistering, road-tested band, The Blues Imperials, has been tearing up clubs and festival stages all over the world for almost 25 years. Not since the heyday of Hound Dog Taylor and The HouseRockers has a Chicago blues band made such a consistently joyous, rollicking noise. Between the band’s wonderfully untamed music and Ed’s flying leaps, his back-bending, his toe-walking through the audience and his sliding across the stage on his knees, it’s no wonder The Boston Globe called Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials “the world’s #1 houserocking band.”

^{$20.00
in Advance & $25.00 at the Door}

^A^{lligator
Recording Artist}

^{Tinsley
Ellis}

^{Friday,
June 6, 2008}

^Tinsleys'^Web
Site

Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tinsley Ellis ranks among the top blues/rock guitarists working today. Ellis sings and plays with the energy and soul of all the great Southern musicians who have come before him. He attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, in the same tradition as Deep South musical heroes Duane Allman, Freddie King and Warren Haynes. Atlanta Magazine declared Ellis “the most significant blues artist to emerge from Atlanta since Blind Willie McTell.” Since first hitting the national scene with his Alligator Records debut GEORGIA BLUE in 1988, Ellis has toured non-stop and continued to release one critically acclaimed album after another. Tinsley’s hometown paper, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, calls his music, “a potent, amazing trip through electric blues-rock.” Rolling Stone said, “feral blues guitar…non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor’s edge…his eloquence dazzles…he achieves pyrotechnics that rival Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.”

^{$25.00
in Advance & $30.00 at the Door}

^{Gracetone
Recording Artist}

^{Scott
Holt}

^{Saturday,
June 21, 2008}

^Scotts'^Web
Site

If you love Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, George Jones, The Sex Pistols and BB King, you will love what these guys are doing. Don't miss one chance to see the Hardest Working Band in the World! The SHB is; Scott Holt - guitar and vocals Richard Sanders - bass and vocals Tyler Crowell - drums

^{$20.00
in Advance & $25.00 at the Door}