The HubbTones? Who the heck are The HubbTones? We went to see a band a few months ago. They were playing between two others bands, one we knew and one we’d heard about. Take a gander first at the setlist The HubbTones offered: [Batuka (Santana) > Oye Como Va (Santana via Tito Puente), Badge (Cream),…
Jerry Outlaw is a shape-shifter. He can morph into any kind of guitar player. Hendrix? Blues? Sure. Metal? Heavy metal? Easy. Punk? Jazz? Rock? You name it; Jerry can do it, brilliantly. But he is in his best shape channelling Frank Zappa. Outlaw is the leader of Bogus Pomp, “a great band dedicated to bringing…
Let me admit up front that I am a prejudiced man. I have known David Pate for 38 years, so that might – or might not – color my judgment. But I think that, if he is not, as Jerry Outlaw says, “The greatest F’ing saxophone player on earth,” then he is certainly one of…
In the past, if you’d asked me who my favorite performers were, I could have given you a top 5 or top 10, in some semblance of order. More recently, however, I have seen and heard a number of truly outstanding musical performances, to the point where all I can say is: in the moment,…