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    On this day music history! March 2

    1824 – Composer Bedrich Friedrich Smetana was born. 1900 – Composer Kurt Weill was born. 1921 – Composer Robert Simpson was born. 1922 Saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis born in New York. 1942 Guitarist Charlie Christian dies at 25. 1953 Dave Brubeck records “Jazz at Oberlin” on Fantasy Records. 1959 Miles Davis records “Kind of Blue” […]

    On this day in music history! March 1

    1810 – Composer Frederic Chopin was born. 1826 – Composer John Thomas was born. 1928 – Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded “Ol’ Man River.” 1930 Trombonist Benny Powell born in New Orleans, LA. 1929 Pianist Fats Waller records his piano solo “Handful of Keys.” 1940 Guitarist Ralph Towner born in Chehalis, WA. 1941 – […]

    Today in Music History! Feb. 25

    1943 – This day was commonly thought to be George Harrison’s birthday. In 1992, Harrison was reported to have said, “I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock.” His birthday […]

    Today In Music History.

    1933 Saxophonist David “Fathead” Newman born in Dallas, TX. 1940 – Frances Langford recorded “When You Wish Upon a Star”. 1956 – In Cleveland,  police invoked a 1931 ordinance barring people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult. 1964 – The Beatles appeared for the 3rd time on […]

    Today in music history Feg. 22.

    Today in music history Feb. 22. Born on this day. 1907 Cornetist Rex Stewart born in Philadelphia, PA. 1913 Tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate born in Sherman, TX. 1922 Trumpeter Joe Wilder born in Colwyn, PA. 1956 – Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with “Heartbreak Hotel.” 1963 – The Beatles formed […]

    Our 2nd California Trip (Beware of Bobby Soul)

    We haven’t added to our blog in a while so I thought I would mention that we had a great time in California. We want to thank Nathan Dias in San Francisco, Ron, Dan and Jeanne in Sacramento and Tom’s Aunt and Uncle Christie & Russ Frandsen near L.A. for putting us up for a […]

    “It’s Key West” tour

    We just came back from our second trip to Key West. On the first day there we were checking out some amazing street performers on Malory Square and one them, after asking a member of the audience to do something a little risque, said “Hey It’s Key West.” That phrase stuck. From then on when […]

    Website

    In case you haven’t been to our website in awhile or ever. I wanted to let you know that we have spruced it up a bit. On the Samples page we have video and audio clips of the band. On the gigs page we have three ways to to keep up with us. 1. A […]

    Brunch @ The East Village Tavern

    Thanks to everyone who came to our premier brunch show at The East Village Tavern. The place was packed and a bit loud what with all the merry making and what not. The good news is that we will be there every Sunday from 12 noon till 4PM until y’all stop coming and we get […]

    Bethesda Terrace Underpass

    Sunday, Feb. 8th was an unusually warm day. So, being the conscientious street performers that we are, we convened at Bathesda Fountain for a little outdoor concert. No sooner had we started the first tune when a dark cloud rolled in. One of those clouds that looks like they are following some grumpy person as […]