8pm • $10 Cover

KINGPIN

Keith Grimes • Connor Filicko • Scott Rabino • Charles Solomon

Connor Filicko, lead singer and harmonica player for the winners of the 2024 DC Blues Society Battle, Kingpin, is teaming up with DC music legend Keith Grimes for an exciting night of blues, soul, and rock n roll. Connor featuring Keith is a high-energy experience full of swinging shuffles, funky rhythms, fiery roots rockers, touching soul songs, and more. The rhythm section is Scott Rabino and Charles Solomon. If you love to dance, enjoy exciting live performances, and are looking for the hottest party in town, come out on November 26 to see the young blood and the OG getting down at Hank Dietle’s

5:30pm • No Cover

THE PORCH DELIGHTS

Front porch style Americana music...somewhere between lemonade and moonshine!

These local luminaries started stringing up lights and hosting pop-up porch gigs for neighbors and live-streamed outdoor jams when they couldn’t hit the venues during the pandemic. Now, harmonizers Ruthie Logsdon - rhythm guitar (Ruthie and the Wranglers), Arch Alcantara - lead guitar (Ruthie and the Wranglers, HalFSmokes and more) and Bill Williams - mandolin/harmonica (Jelly Roll Mortals, Dede and the Do-Rights, Last Train Home) are lighting up every stage they hit and rustling up down home fun with some Buck Owens, The Band, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Dave Dudley, Patsy Cline and surprises. Solid, spritely and sincere. Pull up a chair!

9:00pm - $10 Cover

THE THRILLS

“Spine Tingling Rock n’ Roll”

DAVID KITCHEN - LEAD VOCALS/GUITAR

David is an uber-talented singer-songwriter with deep roots in the DC area. He has won multiple WAMMMIE awards for his work with The David Kitchen Band and The Thrillbillys. 

ANDY RUTHERFORD - GUITAR/SLIDE/VOCALS

Andy has been an in-demand musician in the DC area for the past 35 years. He has won multiple WAMMIE awards with the likes of The Thrillbillys, Ruthie and the Wranglers, and Little Pink.

JOHNNY COMBS - BASS/VOCALS

Johnny has been a cornerstone of the DC area music scene for the past 40 years playing with Evan Johns and the H-Bombs, Tex Rubinowitz, Pink and Black, and Doc Scantlin and the Imperial Palms Orchestra

BRIAN ALPERT - DRUMS/VOCALS

Brian is a veteran of the DC and Charlottesville music scenes. Brian has been the backbone of many legendary bands including Cowboy Jazz, The Assassins, and Doc Scantlin and the Imperial Palms Orchestra. Brian also played and toured with guitar legend Danny Gatton.

5:00pm • $10-$20 suggested donation

Clem Fandango

Peter Gilstrap • Bill Williams • Edward O’Connell • Scott McKnight • Antoine Sanfuentes

After playing in local bands The Neighbors, Super Jones Affair, and Mother May I in the late 1900s, sharing stages with NRBQ, Roy Orbison, Paul Westerberg, Smashing Pumpkins and Marshall Crenshaw among others, accused singer songwriter and former Zamboni driver Peter Gilstrap left the area at sundown for the deserts of the west.   

Now, he has returned to the DMV with a burning desire to play music at any cost. So far, it’s been well over $200.

Joined by the formidable talents of Bill Williams, Edward O’Connell, Scott McKnight and Antoine Sanfuentes veterans of Last Train Home, Jelly Roll Mortals, Dede and the Do-Rights, Little Red & the Renegades, the Half Smokes and Kevin Johnson and the Linemen—Clem Fandango was born.  

It’s an earworm buffet of Gilstrap’s original songs inspired by the work of Nick Lowe, George Jones, Burt Bacharach, The Move, The Replacements, and pre-mustache Beatles. Get it while it’s hot.

9:00 PM • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

The Shambles • Hard-Core Troubadours

The Shambles No band was more aptly named than The Shambles. They pretty much were always in that state. They rocked hard and most of their gigs way back when were in Baltimore. They flew under the radar in the DC area. But...you can find out what the all fuss was about when they reunite on Saturday 11/25 Thanksgiving weekend. The Shambles are Russ Beeker and David Goodfriend from Goin Goin Gone, Tommy Hannigan, Clark Matthews and Pete Kanaras who quit some band named The Nighthawks to play with them. It's District rock n' roll with The Shambles!

Hard-Core Troubadours At the turn of the century there was a roots rockin’ DC area band called the Hard-Core Troubadours. They played roots rock, country swing, surf, cowpunk, texas blues, alt country, and rockabilly. Whatever you call it, it was always danceable and fun!  Now they’re back doing shows and adding some new material too!

The band is:
Kevin Driscoll-vocals, guitar
Andy Rutherford-vocals, guitar
Louie Newmyer-vocals, bass
Jimi Lethbridge-drums

2pm • $10-$20 suggested donation

Drew Gibson • Full Band

Come to the first ever Dietle's Friendsgiving Pot Luck! Organized by our wonderful regulars. Starts at 12:30 Sign up HERE

Drew Gibson • Buddy Griffin • Josh Pittman • Bronson Hoover • Ben Tufts • Gina Cocco

Drew’s music drifts on influence from the American days of country-blues and the singer-songwriters of the recent past.  Since releasing his debut album “Letterbox” in 2007, the self-taught finger-style guitarist has garnered attention from USA Today, The Washington Post, RVA Magazine, and No Depression. With his intensely personal songs and an expert stagecraft as a live performing story-teller, Drew has graced stages across the country at revered venues such as The Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia.

In 2015 Gibson released his third effort entitled “1532.”  The album was born from a healing journey on which he embarked after the loss of his father on the Fourth of July in 2012.  "Fifteen Thirty-Two" traces stories of Gibson’s family from its roots in Scotland to the branches across Canada and the United States and was considered one of the top releases in 2015 by No Depression.

In 2016, Drew began recording his fourth album, “Shipbuilder.” After many years in the making, the album was released in April of 2019.  “Shipbuilder” navigated songs about the ups and downs of life and how to float above the constant changing tides, while keeping dreams alive as we continue to grow.  Gibson is currently recording his 5th studio album, due to be released early 2023.

“Drew Gibson writes big songs that you can hold in the palm of your hand.”

-The Washington Post

“Vocally, the album lies somewhere between Mark Lanegan and Bruce Cockburn, with perhaps a bit of Mark Knopfler, as Gibson’s excellent finger style playing is in the same class as the Dire Straits frontman.”

-The Chattanooga Pulse

"Infectiously melodic songs and virtuosic guitar playing.  A fascinating listen.”

-The Greenville Journal 

"It's the type of album that's clearly in a different league... one that would make most artists spend the rest of their career in the dark due to the large shadow it casts.”

-RVA Magazine

“Well worth checking out.”

-USA Today

6:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door

The Oklahoma Twisters

Includes free Western Swing dance lesson, no partner necessary

They came together in the Fall of 1995 to bring Western Swing to the Nation's Capitol.  We have been well-received at past gigs both public and private.  The Twisters concentrate on music for dancing.  Ours is a social dance crowd that enjoys a mix of Texas two-steps, swing, waltzes and polkas.

• George Welling - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

• Jeff Reynolds - Fiddle, Electric Mandolin, Vocals

• Ira Gitlin - String Bass, Vocals

• Lynn Kasdorf - Steel Guitar, Vocals

• Brian Alpert - Drums

• Tom McLaughlin Lead Guitar, Fiddle

Thanks for dropping in!  Browse around and enjoy!

7:00pm • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8

Wolf’s Music Weekly

Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians. 

Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley! 

Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:

Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals), 

Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and 

Backed up by:  Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass). 

Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!  

Sit-in Jam Sets

The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set.  Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.

5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!

Dan Hovey

5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!

The former Nighthawks guitarist plays fingerstyle in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

Dan’s YouTube Channel

8:00pm • $10-$20 suggested donation

THE BROTHER BILL QUINTET

CLASSIC 50’s and 60’s BLUE NOTE JAZZ

• Dan Gutwein - Saxophone

• Nick Ruggieri - Drums

• Hart Pettit - Trumpet

• Alec Petkoff - Bass

• Tam Sullivan - Keyboard

Video - Blueslike

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

5:30pm • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8

David Goodfriend • Skip Casale

• David has played in Goin' Goin' Gone for more than 40 years. What you might not know is that he and Russ Beeker had a duo called The Beverly Brothers that played at Kramerbooks for more than a decade. David's solo act includes a few GGG tunes but mostly it's songs that he wrote that the band never played, songs that move inside his soul, songs he sings to his living room walls. 

• Skip played a lot of drums and guitar in his life until having an epiphany about music. He had an experience of knowing he could play the blues, and he just had to do it. He says surrendering in music is being drawn to play and being able to say, "I am a musician." Then, you just go with what you play in the moment. He also says, "Music is available to everybody." And it's important to just start, and you can learn to play music like being in a conversation.

8:00pm - $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.

Local Cream

Focus Music’s Rising Artist Award Fundraiser

Every first Wednesday of the month, Annette Wasilik curates and hosts this showcase of the area's finest singer/songwriters at Hank Dietle's Tavern in Rockville, which has literally risen from the ashes and it looks, sounds and feels fabulous! $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.

Featuring:

• Eryn Michel

• Annette Wasilik

• rob Hinkal

• Jillian Matundan

• Rebecca Berlin

• Catherine Pajic

• Gabrielle Zwi

5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8

Jack Bond

Jack is a performing musician living in Maryland and Nashville. His voice and guitar playing echo the years he spent living in Nashville as a songwriter/performer/studio musician. Jack’s songwriting career includes the title cut on Polydor artist Roy Buchanan’s album “That’s What I Am Here For.” He has performed dozens of times at the world famous “Bluebird Café” in Nashville. Jack is an accomplished guitarist playing on major artist records as well as producing his own recordings.
Jack has a myriad of styles including Nashville Country, Americana, Pop, Rock, and Christian. He continues to write with some of the best in Nashville, producing guitar tracks and collaborating with them. In November of 2018, Jack was selected to join the ranks of Jason Mraz, Black-eyed Peas and David Lee Roth as a composer for Songs of Love Foundation, producing original songs for children with very serious medical issues.

Jack’s latest venture is composing original songs for TV & Film and he is proud to announce that his song “Blue Memories” written with Jim Pasquale (cuts with Ray Charles, to name a few,) is to be featured in the Hollywood indie-film Turnover. He is “in it for the love of music, and people”.

And who can forget the classic! “Thank God It’s Friday” by Harbison, Bond, and Goddard

Video - “Movin”

Video - “Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern”

8:00PM • $10 Cover

THE LONGTIMERS

Ben Holmes • Tom Clifford • Moe Nelson • Pete Rose

DC's finest old-school band: expect high energy Americana roots rock inspired by New Orleans, soul and more.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

5:30pm • Happy Hour Prices! • NO COVER!

Charlie Bryant

Sings and plays mid-century modern singer-songwriter music. What’s that? Don’t ask him; he made it up.

Charlie writes (and covers) songs about love, loss, hope, bewilderment, wistful longing, busted romance, modern technology, existential dread, and (of course) drinking.

If country music is three chords and the truth, then what Charlie’s after is four chords and the ambiguity. And you can't spell ambiguity without Am.

9:00pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

Arty Hill and The Long Gone Daddys

Includes 2-step dance lesson at the break with Ben Pagac! No partner necessary

From Baltimore, Md to Central Texas, Arty Hill packs the bars and dance floors with his unique brand of modern Honky Tonk. He sings with an "'everyman' quality…reminiscent of Johnny Cash." (Vintage Guitar Magazine). His songs - marrying the soul of classic country with the wry storytelling of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt - have been recorded by the Grammy-nominated Kenny and Amanda Smith Band, Alt-Country pioneer Jason Ringenberg, Rockabilly Queen Bee Marti Brom, and Austin’s Texas Sapphires, among others. His recordings have topped the FAR (Freeform American Roots) chart, and his songs have appeared in two seasons of "Gun it with Bennie Spies" on the Sportsman Channel and in the 2017 movie "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" starring Elijah Wood.

Arty is also co-founder of the Hank Williams Songwriting Workshop in Montgomery, AL, and an instructor at the Augusta Heritage Center's Classic Country Week in Elkins, WVa. His 2021 release, "A Thousand Smoky Nights," features Arty and his top notch band, the Long Gone Daddys. It includes 11 new original tunes, plus a re-imagined version of the Arty and Linda Hill penned '"Mascara Tears," featuring vocalist Michelle Hannan. Telecaster master and legendary Lost Planet Airman Bill Kirchen says: "From the brash R n R of 'A Twang coming On' to the open heart surgery of 'Are You Sleeping,' there's a wealth of real deal Honky tonk in here."

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

1:00pm Doors • 1:30 Show • No Cover

Bones Jones Music Students

Get ready to rock the day away as the Bones Jones Music bands take the stage at Hank Dietle’s Tavern in Rockville! BJM is Rockville’s home for specialized guitar lessons and a real world rock band experience. At these performances, you’ll hear electrifying covers that showcase the versatility of our all ages student and staff bands. Come enjoy a wide variety of songs from many styles including all of your hard rock, blues, classic rock, punk, and metal favorites! These performances promise to be a fun and memorable experience every time.

5:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

The first Saturday of each month Big Howdy hosts a showcase featuring a special guest!

Special Guest: Black-Eyed Suzies 

Black-Eyed Suzies

Black-Eyed Suzies are a band of bluegrass-picking women from Maryland and Pennsylvania. Led by Sarah Larsen (fiddle), the band focuses on traditional, hard-driving bluegrass repertoire. Rounded out by Colinda Blankenship (banjo), Nicole Snider (mandolin), Jennifer Reynolds (guitar), and Molly Hebert-Wilson (bass), the lineup features five strong vocalists and incredible harmony. Don’t miss the traditional down-home sounds of the Black-Eyed Suzies!

Big Howdy

A DC-based progressive bluegrass band featuring the duet singing of Dede Wyland and Randy Barrett. The group offers a mix of original songs plus reinterpretations of classic country, bluegrass and roots material. Dede is a nationally recognized vocalist while Randy is a well-established singer songwriter and banjoist. Together with Ira Gitlin on bass and Tom McLaughlin on mandolin, Big Howdy sounds unlike any other band. And that's the way they like it.

Dede Wyland - Vocals Guitar

Randy Barrett - Vocals, Banjo, Guitar

Ira Gitlin - Vocal, Bass

Tom McLaughlin - Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar

9:00pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available

Burt the Dirt

Album Release w/ Jonathan Sloane

Based out of Maryland and Washington D.C., Burt the Dirt is a 6-piece band of life long friends playing original and cover music in the vein of American roots rock 'n roll. At their show, you'll hear songs you know, maybe some you don't, and plenty of unplanned moments. They're not afraid to let things get a little messy because, after all, dirt don't hurt!

• Jonathan Sloane is a multi-talented, lifelong musician, instructor, guitarist and lyricist based in Rockville, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC.  His compositions, tone and lyrical lead guitar playing are deeply rooted in the blues; expanding into R&B, rock 'n' roll, funk and soul.  

“Live @ Hank Dietle’s Tavern”

2:00 PM • $25 • All seated show • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER

THE MUSIC OF WEATHER REPORT

Scott Ambush • Chris Fischer • Al Williams • Deren Blessman • Eddie Montalvo

Weather Report was the gold standard. Critically acclaimed and with an adoring and growing fan base a rock supergroup would feel at home with, the jazz fusion quintet begun by ex-members of Miles Davis’ ground breaking bands, Weather Report were regarded as perhaps the most innovative and exciting group in music for much of their 15 year career spanning 1970-1985. 

The group which focused on the superb compositions of founding members Joe Zawinul, & Wayne Shorter, also featured a constant merry go round of brilliant instrumentalists, including bass guitar genius, Jaco Pastorius. who also wrote for the band. Weather Report served as a launching pad for a host of fresh and exciting drummers, percussionists and bassists and each configuration of the group found new ground and seemed as intrepid as the others. 

Anticipating the growing North American interest in world music, from the beginning Weather Reports' imaginative songs incorporated rhythms & harmonies from around the world, while also possessing actual hummable melodic hooks that laced the shifting pieces together. Their music includes elements of jazz, rock, funk, Latin, space age synthesizers and all manner of world beat. The 1977 masterpiece "Heavy Weather" included the endlessly catchy "Birdland" and in 2011 that album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.  

During the mid 1970's after Pastorius joined the group, the bands' live performances became events, as their music drew in both serious listeners and non jazz fans alike.

A Newmyer Flyer Production

Newmyer Flyer is the 2nd production company from BandHouse Gigs cofounder Ron Newmyer. Previous sold out shows include: Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of Los Angeles 1967-73, The Last Waltz Tribute, the Dream Discs album tribute series, The Songs of Burt Bacharach & Hal David, The Best of Janis Joplin & Jimi Hendrix, & Time Loves A Hero: A Tribute to Little Feat & The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook among many others.

6:00pm • $10-$20 Suggested Donation for the band

Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines

A band out of Washington DC who play western swing, rockabilly, old country and some jump blues. Their influences include music from the 1940s thru the early 60s, including almost everything that came out of The Quonset Hut and RCA Studio B in Nashville, Sun Records in Memphis, and Bakersfield. Band members are Kiti Gartner (vocals, rhythm), Zachary Sweeney (electric guitar), Steve Wolf (bass), Brian Alpert (drums).

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7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8

Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam

Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians. 

Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley! 

Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:

Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals), 

Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and 

Backed up by:  Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass). 

Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!  

Sit-in Jam Sets

The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set.  Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.

5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!

Dan Hovey

The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

Dan’s YouTube Channel

8:00pm • $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door, if still available

McKinley James • Mark Wenner

McKinley James is equal parts old soul and modern man. Armed with an electric guitar and sharp songwriting chops, he breathes new life into classic sounds with Working Class Blues, a debut album that introduces his mix of American rock & roll, amplified soul, and raw rhythm & blues. 

It's a sound powered by groove and guitar. A sound that's been sharpened by countless shows — from dive bar residences in Nashville to headlining gigs across Europe — and rooted in the shared bloodline of McKinley and his longtime bandmate: father Jason Smay. Together, they rewrite the rulebook for blues-inspired rock duos, creating a lean, honest version of American roots music that makes room for everything from Motown hooks to roadhouse boogie-woogie.  

"We're not trying to sound old-school," says McKinley, who grew up watching his father play drums for acts like Los Straitjackets and JD McPherson. "We love traditional blues and soul, but this isn't a retro act. The topics, themes, and songs are always fresh." 

To capture those songs as genuinely as possible, McKinley and Jason spent a three-day weekend in the home studio they'd constructed inside their family barn, recording a series of live performances with analog gear and minimal microphones. Jason played a vintage Ludwig drum set from 1970. McKinley played a vintage '54 Stratocaster through a Peavey Pacer. Without headphones or any studio gimmicks, the two performed together in real time, locking into the swaggering shuffle of songs like "Movin'" and "Call Me Lonesome," the singalong melodies of "Always On My Mind," and the bare-boned blues of "Get To My Baby."  

"We'd already been playing those songs live," McKinley explains, "so it felt easy to just hit record and do what we always do at our shows. When your band is only two people, there's no hiding. It keeps you honest, and that was the goal with this album, too — to be as honest as possible about who we are and what we do." 

That goal began taking shape in upstate New York, where McKinley was raised in a household filled with music. Inspired by everything from Stax to disco to '80s R&B, he became a guitar prodigy at a young age. "I showed him an old video of Booker T. & the M.G.'s playing Norway in 1967," Jason remembers, "and McKinley saw Steve Cropper totally ripping it and thought, 'Ok, that's what I want to do, too.' He must've been 10 years old." McKinley quickly learned not only to play guitar, but to sing and write his own material, too. Along the way, Jason pushed him to expand his horizons. 

"Dad always said, 'If you play guitar but don't sing, it will limit you,'" McKinley says. "Learning to sing helped me get into songwriting, and Dad pushed me there, too. He thought it was cool that I liked this older style of music, but I needed to make it my own. You've gotta write songs about who you are. You've gotta live it; otherwise, it just becomes an act." 

By the time McKinley relocated to Nashville as a teenager in 2017, he'd already appeared on the cover of Eric Church's platinum-selling album Mr. Misunderstood and kickstarted his performance career. He even missed his own high-school graduation for a gig. During the years that followed, he introduced himself to international audiences by hitting the road — where he initially performed as a trio, backed by Jason and a Hammond organist — and releasing a handful of recordings. 2021's critically-acclaimed Still Standing By found him working alongside producer Dan Auerbach of the Grammy-winning band The Black Keys, while 2022's LIVE! captured McKinley and company onstage, tearing their way through songs like "Love Can Make a Fool" for a full house. When the band's B3 player left the lineup in November 2022, McKinley and Jason moved ahead as a duo — a move that highlights the family chemistry and charisma at the beating heart of Working Class Blues. 

This isn't a boxed-in version of the blues. It's an eclectic mix of American music, featuring songs co-written with Auerbach, Pat McLaughlin, and Dylan Altman. McKinley sings about universal struggles — heartbreak, frustration, love, infatuation — with the voice of a 20something adult who's been cutting his teeth onstage since childhood. Like its creator, Working Class Blues exists somewhere out of time, blending the contemporary with the classic, erasing the lines between genre and generation. It's something fresh, created out of something familiar. And for McKinley James, it's just the beginning.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!

Keith Grimes • Dean Dalton

Keith Grimes, renowned DC guitarist, known for playing on platinum-selling albums with vocal sensation, Eva Cassidy.

Dean Dalton Before this collaboration with Keith, Dean Dalton worked with many local jazz and blues luminaries including Linwood Taylor, Anthony "Swamp Dog" Clark, Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner, John Bell, Reggie Wayne Morris, Mike Westcott, James Mabry, 4 The Groove, Elliott Levine, Glenn Wiser, Tom Kitchen, Karl Stoll & The Danger Zone, The Mary Shaver & Mike Tash Band, Bad Influence, The Liz Springer Trio and Built 4 Comfort.

Eva Cassidy Interview

Keith Grimes - Eva Cassidy

YouTube “Twilight”

8PM • $30 In advance on Eventbrite • $35 at the door if still available

Domenic Cicala • "The Last Hurrah" … Or Not

Scheduled to perform

ARCH ALCANTARA • JAY BYRD • JEFF CARMELLA • BILLY COULTER • TONY DENIKOS • ARIF DURRANI • JASON HANNAN • MICHELLE HANNAN • LYNN KASDORF • STEVE KOCHERSPERGER • JEFF KURTZ • RUTHIE LOGSDON • MARK NOONE • PATTY REESE • ERIC SELBY • JANINE WILSON

The Last Hurrah…or Not: Domenic Cicala & My Special Guests 

A Celebration of Americana and Roots Music 

“Domenic Cicala & My Special Guests The Last Hurrah…or not,” promises to be a memorable gathering of talented performers drawn from the region’s lively Americana and roots music scene. This special event will feature an all-star cast, each contributing their unique artistry to an evening of heartfelt music. 

A Musical Journey: Originals, Country Rock, and Collaboration 

You can look forward to an eclectic mix of original songs, country rock favorites, and dynamic collaborations. The performances will unfold in the inviting and historic atmosphere of Maryland’s oldest roadhouse, providing the perfect backdrop for an evening of intimate and spirited music-making. 

A Personal Milestone 

Reflecting on the significance of the event, Domenic Cicala shares, “I wanted to celebrate this turn of the decade surrounded by the people and music that mean the most to me.” He adds that Dietle’s, the chosen venue, offers “the perfect mix of grit, warmth, and soul — it’s where community and music really come alive.” 

Domenic Cicala: A Local Fixture 

Renowned for his soulful fusion of Americana, country, and rock ‘n’ roll, Cicala has played a vital role in the local music community for years, both as a performer and as a supporter of regional artistry. This milestone show stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of collaboration and the pure joy that comes from sharing music with others. 

5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8

Bill Starks

Bill Starks is an award winning songwriter and keyboard player with a rockin' piano style and a tendency to defy genres, blending rock n roll, honky tonk, boogie woogie and blues into a kind of Americana musical gumbo.

As a member of DC's longtime favorite Americana group Ruthie and the Wranglers, as well NRBQ tribute band Me & the Boys, and a BandHouse Gigs regular, Bill is a favorite for DC audiences, with a lovable lived-in voice, amazing piano chops, and a distinctive songwriting style. His tune "300 Miles from Memphis To New Orleans" won WAMA's song-of-the-year award.  In addition to recording with Ruthie and the Wranglers, Bill has released two solo CD's, "I See Trouble" and "Do You Hear Me Now?" on Azalea City Recordings. In 2015 Bill received the WAMA Songwriter of the Year award. 

Video  “Peace, Love & Boogie Woogie”

8:00pm • $10 Cover

The Grandsons

A fan aptly described The Grandsons exuberant sound as “American music in a blender with the lid off.” The more prominent elements in this eclectic whirlpool are New Orleans rhythm and blues, rockabilly, swing, calypso, and country two-steps. The Grandsons have released eight CDs, two EPs, and have appeared on dozens of compilation over the years, including Raise the Roof (live recordings from the Barns at Wolf Trap), and various Hungry for Music compilations (backing such notables as Lester Chambers, Evan Johns, and Ruth Brown). Their recordings and live performances have earned them 15 WAMMIE awards from the Washington Area Music Association, including Artist of the Year, Best Roots Rock Recording, Best Roots Rock Band, Best Children’s Act, Best Album Design, Best Blues Musician (Chris), and best Pop band. Join The Grandsons as they move and shake into their 4th decade in the world of rock and roll!

The Grandsons “Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern”

5:30PM • $10 - $20 suggested donation

Jim Stephanson Combo

Jim Stephanson • John Previti • Tim Ford • Nick Ruggieri

A guitarist of great renown and a singer of soulful bearing, Jim Stephanson is a treasure in the Washington DC roots music scene. Jim’s unique guitar style draws on the influences of Chet Atkins, Danny Gatton, Les Paul and Mississippi John Hurt. The Washington Post says: "Washington DC can lay claim to a heritage of great electric guitar players; Jim Stephanson is part of that great legacy.

9:00pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

Linwood Taylor & Mike Westcott

Wolf Crescenze (bass) • Christo Pellani, (drums)

Electric Blues and Blues Rock with two of DC’s finest blues frontmen on stage together!

Linwood Taylor - Guitar and Vocals
“One of Washington’s Leading Blues Guitarists” - Washington Post Magazine

For more than 30 years, Washington native, veteran blues guitarist Linwood Taylor has performed & toured internationally fronting his own band as well as a 2-year stint as guitarist in the Joe Louis Walker Band. Linwood has performed on stage with some of the biggest names in blues:  Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Eddie Kirkland, and the Blues Brothers (played the Capitol July 4th Concert) to name just a few.  Linwood was featured on the cover of Washington Post Magazine in their story highlighting the “Year of the Blues” and over 20 years ago, he was honored in Living Blues Magazine as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” blues guitarists.

Mike Westcott - Guitar and Vocals

"Explosive guitar solos ….  With a classic rock feel that sounds familiar, and plenty of twists and turns to keep things fresh ….” - Scott Paddock, Mobtown Music Guide

One of DC’s long-time favorite frontmen, 5-time International Blues Challenge Finalist, and multi-award winning guitarist, Mike grew up in Rockville as a child of passionate working musicians. He spent countless hours spinning 45s and LPs from his parents extensive record collection—Rock, Soul, Country and Jazz and everything in between. Mike began collecting his musical skills like bottle caps, playing drums, piano, saxophone, bass, and guitar while performing simultaneously in jazz band, marching band, concert band, and orchestra. His mother made sure that he had the instruments necessary to continue his musical journey. It was the guitar, however, that stole his heart, and Mike developed his own dynamic and expressive style steeped in the sounds of 60s and 70s guitar royalty.

2:00pm • $10-$20 Suggested Donation for the Band

The Magical Mystery Four • Christmas Show!

Holiday Surprises!

Featuring Esmirelda, Linda, Kim, and Erika of the Magical Mystery Girls! We play smaller venues and more songs that feature guitars, including many favorites from the early Beatles’ catalog. It’s a party every time we play!

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

YouTube - “I’m Down”

5PM • $10 Suggested Donation

Dede & the Do-Rights with Dan Hovey

Scott McKnight • Rand Gardner • Dede Wyland • Bill Williams • Dan Hovey

DEDE & THE DO-RIGHT'S music is a wondrous fusion of some of the best elements of vintage country music with an early rock ‘n roll feel. Their powerful vocals and beautiful harmonies are a treat to the ear and the band’s infectious energy makes their listeners want to jump to their feet and dance the night away!

9pm • $20 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

Billy Coulter Band • Ruthie and the Wranglers

Annual Rockin’ Holiday Show

Beat the holiday rush and get your tickets now on Eventbrite. Just $20 in advance for two great bands!

Billy Coulter Band and Ruthie & The Wranglers bring their long-running annual holiday show back to Hank Dietle’s, along with some surprises, too! Join us for a festive night of Roots Rock and Americana with seasonal favorite tunes that will have you singing along. These award-winning bands are known for their great live performances and fine songwriting. When you put them together it becomes the social event of the season… guaranteed to make your holiday brighter! 

2:00pm • $10 cover

The McDuffees

For the past sixteen years The McDuffees have been playing in and around the Washington area re-creating the Laurel Canyon country rock sounds of the 60s and 70s and dipping into some classic rock favorites! The current line-up includes Lois McDuffee on guitar and vocals, Tom McDuffee on bass and vocals, Joe Goulait on guitars, mandolin and vocals, and Rand Gardner on drums along with Band House alumni Buddy Griffin on pedal steel, guitar and vocals and Ed O’Connell on keyboards and vocals. The group is known for its three- and four-part harmonies over a solid rhythm section.

Joe Goulait - Guitar, Mandocaster, Vocals

Lois McDuffee - Guitar, Vocals

Tom Mcduffee - Bass, Vocals

Rand Gardner - Drums, Percussion

Buddy Griffin - Pedal Steel, Guitar, Vocals

Ed O’Connell - Keyboards, Vocals

6pm • $20 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

The Blues Express

“Bring your dancing shoes for the Blues Express Band.
This high energy band will have you dancing the night away!”

The Blues Express is all of that!!! The first thought is … ‘are you kidding me??
this is as badass a blues ensemble as there is!!’

New England’s premier blues band, The Blues Express, is getting nationwide attention, and more and more people every day are seeing what the excitement is about.

The heart of the group is the exceptional core of bassist, vocalist and guardian of the groove Mickey “The Messenger” Maguire, the teenage sensation Nick “Old Soul” Spencer, on mind-blowing guitar and powerhouse vocals, the rivetingly inventive Harrison Foti or the dynamic Magic Sebastian Keen on drums, and the multitalented, world-class, world-traveling saxophonist Pat Herlehy.

The Blues Express delivers a high-energy wallop of dynamic original tunes, along with some of the blues classics they learned from their mentor and friend, Chicago Blues Legend Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson.

YouTube

7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8

Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam

Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians. 

Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley! 

Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:

Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals), 

Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and 

Backed up by:  Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass). 

Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!  

Sit-in Jam Sets

The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set.  Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.

5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!

Dan Hovey

The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

Dan’s YouTube Channel

8pm • $10-$20 suggested donation

Reggie Right Eye & The Missing Pieces

Blues & More Dance Party!

Reggie Right Eye & the Missing Pieces features top musicians from the DMV region -- led by long time Takoma Park resident Reggie "Right Eye" Stout doing blues, roots rock, eclectic covers & originals. Founded 2018.

5:30PM • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER! • $10-$20 Suggested donation for the performers

CGT Jazz Collective

Pete Chauvette • Scott Giambusso • Scott Taylor

This month features: TBA

CGT Jazz Collective performs a happy hour set at Dietle’s on the third Wednesday of each month. The three core members, each bringing more than 30 years of experience on the DC scene, team up with a guest artist to provide you with fresh, exciting jazz.

8:00pm - Suggested donation $10 - $20

Songwriters' Association of Washington

This Month Features: TBA

Sponsored by:
Songwriters Association of Washington
Hank Dietle’s Tavern
Hosted by:
Know1Else

5:30 • No Cover • Happy Hour 4-8pm

Josh Bayer Jazz

Holiday Show

Joshua Bayer • Mark Lysher • Larry Ferguson

Guitarist, bassist, composer and director Joshua Bayer has performed at venues such as The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Detroit Opera House, Blues Alley, The Harlem Renaissance Festival, The World Jazz Festival, The Phillips Collection, The Contemporary Theater Festival, The One Step Down, New York Museum Of Modern Art, National Public Radio, and Philadelphia's Chris's Jazz Café. Besides being featured on BET on Jazz and performing original new jazz with the Joshua Bayer Quartet, Josh has played with jazz artists Neal Creque, Dick Lurie, Gary Thomas, Ron Holloway, Marty Nau, The Federal Jazz Commission, and Chris Vadala. Josh's recordings can be found on the Jazzheads and Interlace Records labels. His compositions have been published by C.F. Peters and LightHouse Music.
Josh has earned a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Maryland, and a Master of Music in Composition from Cleveland State University. A teacher and clinician, Josh serves on the faculty of American University, where he is Musician in Residence and director of  AU Jazz Studies

 Josh has received grants and awards from The National Endowment for the Arts, ASCAP, The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, The Prince George's Arts Council, The Maryland Summer Institute for the Creative and Performing Arts, The Loyola Composition Competition, and the Bascom Little Fund

Joshua Bayer - Guitar 

Mark Lysher - Bass

Larry Ferguson - Drums

YouTube

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8:00pm • $10 Cover

Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang

Vintage Holiday Christmas show on Thursday 12/18/25

Patsy Stephens and The Hall Brothers, as Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang, perform classic country and honky tonk music in the Baltimore/Washington and surrounding area.  They mix it up with some other styles thrown in for good measure…a little Western swing, some rockabilly, 50s/60s rock ‘n’ roll, a few jazz standards, and plenty of Patsy Cline!  “We have it all…a little torch…a little twang!” 

Patsy’s Honky Tonk Torch & Twang was nominated by the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA) for a 2014 Wammie for Best Country Band, and our own Chick Hall, Jr. won yet another Wammie for Best Country Instrumentalist for 2014.  We were also nominated in 2015 for: Best Country Vocalist (Patsy), Best Country Band, and Best Country Instrumentalist (Chick). 

Patsy’s band: The fabulous Hall Brothers…WAMA award winner Chick Hall Jr. and Chris Hall, come from a musical background…their father, Chick Hall Sr., owned and operated Chick Hall’s Surf Club in Hyattsville, Maryland.  They grew up playing music in a honky tonk!  You can’t get more real than that.  Chick Hall, Jr. has won numerous Wammie awards for his stellar guitar playing, and has played guitar on tour for some famous singers and musicians - Ronnie Dove, Johnny Lee, Lori Morgan and Ace Cannon! We have Tommy Auldridge on pedal steel.  Tommy also came from a musical family. (Tommy’s brother, the late Mike Auldridge, played Dobro for the Seldom Scene.)  And, keeping the beat on drums is Mike Toole. All excellent musicians!

The Crayfish Sisters

Featuring Sarah Bonner, Caroline Alderson and rhythm guitarist/baritone singer Steve Devoney, recreate the vintage sound of the great 50s-60s sister, brother and boy-girl harmony groups. Along with classic country acts like the Davis Sisters and the Browns, they revive swinging sister trios from the Fontane Sisters, doo wop gems, and pop harmony hits from the Chordettes, Fleetwoods and Everlys.

5:00pm • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!

Beatles at Dietle's

DIETLESMANIA! Sarah Bonner (co-owner of Dietle's), brothers Paul and Mark Zimmerman, and Jack Bond playing LOTS of Beatles songs (many album cuts and many hits, from "Introducing … The Beatles!" through "Rubber Soul"), along with other choice '60s stuff. Sarah picked the tunes this time. THIS WILL BE OUR 50th SHOW AT DIETLE'S! Bring some friends, give it a try; we have a good time!

9pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door

Candyman & The Baltimore Show

Holiday Party

POWERFUL, HIGHLY ENJOYABLE, & MEMORABLE LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES!

The SHOW presents an outstanding cast of some of the best musicians from the Baltimore/DC Metro area.

Each contributing band member brings their unique musical talent to THE SHOW.

And on any given night there can be a different all-star band lineup that backs the CANDYMAN at popular live-performance venues, restaurants and bars, nightclubs, shopping centers, festivals, corporate events, or weddings.

THE SHOW is moved by the time-honored sound of American music - from Boogie Woogie Blues to Jazz to R&B to Rock n' Roll & Swing – good-time stuff!

Music transforms the mood, and THE SHOW makes you feel good!

2:00 • No cover • Hank Diesel's is an all age venue

Freddy Gang

Bethesda-based eclectic pop quartet Freddy Gang (Eli Blanks on lead vocals and keyboards, Gideon Helf on guitar and vocals, Joe Kaplan on bass and vocals, and Josh Lieberman on drums) are home for the holidays and excited to return to Hank Dietle's for this special matinee gig.  The band will be playing several songs from their upcoming album "Dinner Party," together with select cuts from their 2024 debut recording, and some choice covers. Come out and learn why the Gang are described as “your uncle’s favorite new band.”

5:30pm • NO COVER!

The Chuck Underwood Trio

A collaborative musical endeavor between drummer Byron McWilliams, bassist Mark Lysher and guitarist Chuck Underwood. The trio’s main goal is to create reactionary improvised music across the complete musical spectrum. Although most of the group’s repertoire is from the jazz canon it is by no means limited to that genre, borrowing from folk, rock, blues, and avant-garde. With equal parts of finesse and energy, the trio creates an irresistible musical experience.

9:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available

The Rock-A-Sonics

Holiday Show

The band plays a versatile mix of rockabilly, vintage country, and piano pounding rock ‘n roll. Led by the gifted, young, Willie Barry, they’re the real deal. They perform regularly throughout the Mid-Atlantic and at national rockabilly festivals.

Willie Barry (vocals, acoustic guitar), Eric Hurtt (electric guitar, vocals), Louie Newmyer (upright bass, vocals), Tommy Bowes (drums, vocals), Kim Reynolds (piano, sax, steel)

The Rock-A-Sonics YouTube Channel

The Rock-A-Sonics • Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

2pm • $10 - $20 Suggested Donation

The Paulverizers

The Paulverizers are one of the premier blues bands out of the Washington D.C. metro area playing high energy blues since 1994.

• Paul Mastradone-guitar/vocals

• Steve Watson-drums

• Steve Carey-bass guitar

• Liz Lohr - Keyboard

• Bret "Big Boy Little" Littlehales - harmonica/vocals

• Greg Meyer-saxophone/vocals

6:00pm - $10 Cover

The Hula Monsters

Hawaiian swing, country Latin, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, Western swing and honky-tonk country.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8

Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam

Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians. 

Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley! 

Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:

Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals), 

Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and 

Backed up by:  Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass). 

Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!  

Sit-in Jam Sets

The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set.  Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.

5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!

Dan Hovey

The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

Dan’s YouTube Channel

8:00pm • $10 - $20 Recommended Donation

Swing 5

Swing 5 will transport you back to France in the 1930s. Begin with the heartbeat of a slap bass and the pulse of two rhythm guitars. Add to it melodic runs sweetly played on the accordion and a soaring fiddle. What you get is the Swing 5 band playing jazz and swing music from a time when a night out meant live music that provokes the uncontrollable urge to dance! Lead by talented local guitarist James Key and influenced by the legendary Django Reinhardt, this is a show you won't want to miss!

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

9:00pm • $10 Cover

Goldbug Revival

Goldbug Revival is  a Washington D.C. based Americana band bursting at the seams with love for authentic music and great songwriting.  The band is in the process of recording a collection of new songs and can't wait to share them with you! 

The band is excited to release their first album!

New Double LP
NIGHT ONE
Out now!

ORDER HERE!

9pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

Brandon Wayne & His Lonesome Drifters

Central Virginia’s finest up-and-coming rockabilly band

A modern day blast from the past, they put down a hot, danceable mix of 1940s and 1950s classic vintage country and hillbilly, western swing, electric bluegrass, surf instrumentals and rockabilly, as well as Brandon Wayne's super fine originals. Brandon's sweet nasal twang is truly one of the finest hillbilly voices on the scene today.

Brandon Wayne’s roots are deep in Central Virginia. He grew up with a banjo in his hand and became part of the heart and soul of the music that defines this area. The country, bluegrass and hillbilly songs that form the soundtrack to life here are in his blood and they are his driving passion. Many roots and rockabilly bands do a fine job paying homage to the music, but Brandon Wayne and His Lonesome Drifters are the real deal.

They've been evolving their unique blend of styles on their own monthly local Charlottesville cable access show, "The Blue Ridge Barn Dance," as well as on stages around the Central Virginia area. They’ve become regular favorites at Northside Grille, Death Ridge Brewery and Chisholm Vineyards.

They’ve also been invited to play the Red, Hot and Blue Rockabilly Weekender in Canada and the Rockin’ Race Jamboree in Spain in 2025.

 - Brandon Wayne – Charlottesville area native on guitar, banjo, vocals

- Charles “Speedy East” Arthur -- veteran multi-instrumentalist from Richmond on steel, drums, mandolin, banjo, guitar and vocals

- Matias Camino – veteran of the Buenos Aires and Los Angeles rockabilly scenes on upright bass

- Michael “Crazy Cousin Jimbo” Smith III – Brandon’s actual cousin on rhythm guitar

2:00pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

THE BUDS

The Buds formed several years ago as a refuge from the members’ other gigging bands, gathering weekly in a living room to play the kinds of deep cuts and originals that musicians play for themselves while hanging with other musicians. Now they’ve decided it’s time to bring the living room to you. Given their diverse backgrounds, you can expect anything from roots, to blues, to rockabilly, country and power pop. It’s all there.

The Buds are:

· Mark Stutso on drums, vocals (The Nighthawks, Mark Wenner’s Blues Warriors)

· Bruce Moyer on guitar, vocals (40 Dollar Fine, Pile O’ Rocks)

· Buddy Griffin on pedal steel and guitar, vocals (Cairo Fred, The McDuffees)

· Edward O’Connell on keyboards, vocals (BandHouse Gigs veteran, The McDuffees)

· Matt Spielman on bass, vocals (BandHouse Gigs and Newmyer Flyer veteran, Flatbroke)

7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8

Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam

Great way to hear local blues talent, and you never know who's going to show up. Sometimes out-of-towners and touring musicians. 

Even prominent national acts have stopped by to jam including Guitar Shorty, Bill Kirchen, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Jimmy Carpenter, Memphis Gold, Bruce Ewan, Bobby Radcliff, Pierre Beauregard, Johnny Sansome, Johnny Vidacovich and Grammy Nominees Tab Benoit and Steve Riley! 

Show Set: Wolf's Blues Shows & Sit-in Jams start the night with the Host band playing an opening show set. The host band features a weekly rotational lineup of some of DC's top blues frontmen such as:

Linwood Taylor--International touring artist (guitar & vocals), 

Matt Kelley--Albert King Award winner (guitar & vocals), and 

Backed up by:  Andy Hamburger (drums) and Wolf Crescenze (bass). 

Occasionally, other special guests will join the band!  

Sit-in Jam Sets

The sit-in jam portion of the evening begins at the conclusion of the show set.  Throughout the rest of the night, musicians who have signed up will be invited to come up 1 or 2 at a time to sit in and jam with the band.

5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!

Dan Hovey

The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

Dan’s YouTube Channel

8:00pm • $10 Cover

Rick Whitehead Jazz Trio

Rick Whitehead • John Previti • Nick Ruggieri

Rick Whitehead Trio Performing as a trio shortly after the untimely death of Danny Gatton, they immediately discovered their musical compatibility and have produced a tight and cohesive musical unit, resulting in stunning performances. The trio presented a concert in July 2004 at the Washington National Cathedral as part of the Cathedral’s Summer Music Festival. Some of the venues where they have appeared are Blues Alley, Bohemian Caverns, the Smithsonian’s Jazz Club, the IOTA Club, the John F. Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage and, appear on a regular basis at the 219 Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia.

Rick Whitehead - Guitar

Led by master jazz guitarist, Rick Whitehead, the other members of the trio are bassist John Previti and drummer Nick Ruggieri. This highly acclaimed trio has been performing together since 1994. Their first CD, Live in Captivity, won the Washington Area Music Association WAMMIE Award in 1998 for best Contemporary Album. Their second CD, Live in Captivity, Again was released in 2001. In 2004, 2006 and 2007 they were nominated by WAMA as Best Jazz Ensemble. The trio’s third recording So There We Were … was released in July 2006.

John Previti - Bass

has the distinction of receiving the Washington Area Musicians Award in 2002 for best musician in the Metro area. From Southern Maryland, Previti was a long-time member of the Danny Gatton Band. Considered the guitarist’s bass player, he has performed with Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis and Les Paul, and with the great trumpeter, Doc Cheatham. Previti has also recorded with Herb Ellis and Paul Simon. He fronts his own quartet and recently released a new CD, Swinging Lullabyes for My Rosetta, which received rave reviews.

Nick Ruggieri - Drums

Nick attended Berklee School of Music in Boston, MA, majoring in Percussion Performance. While in Boston, he studied with Fred Budha, Chief Percussionist with the Boston Philharmonic as well as Alan Dawson, the famous Jazz Drummer/Instructor. While attending Berklee, Nick studied with Joe Hunt, the Latin/Jazz drummer with Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim, as well as Bob Gulotti, with the the Avant-Garde Jazz Band, The Fringe. Nick recorded and traveled extensively with the Reggae /Ska band, Pacific Orchestra, both on Ras Records and DB Records. Upon returning to the DC area, Nick performed with Mama Jama, a Soca/Calypso and Afro-Pop band from Annapolis MD. He has since played with many area groups in all genres and styles, continuing performance and teaching full time.

Live @Hank Dietle’s Tavern

5:30 • No Cover

Selena Raj & Dave Weber

Selena & Dave is a guitar/vocal duo based in Montgomery County featuring passionate vocals, harmony, and colorful guitar playing. They perform music from a wide variety of genres including country, singer/songwriter, rock, pop, and classic soul. Selena & Dave cover Tracy Chapman, Fleetwood Mac, Adele, Kacey Musgraves, and many other top female vocalists.

5:30 Doors • 6:00 Show • $25 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

Peter Holsapple

Peter Holsapple has recorded an extraordinary new solo album he’s calling The Face of 68.

It reflects on age, humor and hurt, with his usual high-quality wordplay and legendary gifts for melody and harmony. For longtime fans and newcomers alike, Peter’s record is an enduring testament to his striking abilities as musician and songwriter (The dB’s, Continental Drifters, Holsapple & Stamey).

“I’d like to think” says Peter, “that, were my parents still alive, they’d say I’d finally realized my potential.”

Don Dixon (R.E.M., Smithereens) produced it in Peter’s hometown of Durham NC, and the rhythm section was Rob Ladd (Connells, Don Henley) on drums and Robert Sledge (Ben Folds Five) on electric bass. Grammy®-nominated engineer Jason Richmond was at the console for the four-day session, with Dixon mixing at his home studio in Canton, Ohio. And there are guest turns from Marti Jones and Mark Simonsen.

Mostly it’s about Peter Holsapple: eleven stunning songs with strong vocals and a newly-rediscovered love of lead guitar; overall, it’s a fine way to see Peter’s way to his future in rock and roll, love and recognizing inevitable loss over time. He’s ready for it all. With songs like “Larger Than Life,” “High High Horse” and the title track “The Face of 68” the new album is a start-to-finish home run.

The Face of 68 is Peter Holsapple, facing forward with electric guitar in hand, and gazing enthusiastically at what’s to come.

The Face of 68 reflects on age, humor and hurt, with Peter’s usual high-quality wordplay and legendary gifts for melody and harmony. For fans and newcomers, his record is an enduring testament to his striking abilities as musician and songwriter (The dB’s, Continental Drifters, Holsapple & Stamey).

6pm Doors • 6:30 Show • $25 all seated • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available

Peter Case

“I try to take things I love and use them in a new way,” said triple Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Peter Case of his 16th solo album Doctor Moan. Case brings his considerable songwriting ability to an 11-song collection, largely performed on piano, including his first solo recorded instrumental. Released by Sunset Blvd Records, Case’s piano-based songs are emotionally, sonically and stylistically rich.

As a founding member of the early punk era trio The Nerves, in 1977 Case toured the nation sharing bills with the Ramones, Mink DeVille, Pere Ubu, and Devo. The Nerves single “Hanging on the Telephone,” was covered by Blondie. In 1979, Case formed the Plimsouls, a record-breaking live act in California, recording albums for Planet/Elektra and Geffen. Their independent single, “A Million Miles Away,” entered the Billboard charts and remains a garage rock standard, performed by bands around the world. The band performed in the cult classic film Valley Girl and the Nerves and Plimsouls timeless teenage rock ‘n’ roll continues to appeal to fans of each new generation.

After the Plimsouls, Case rediscovered his musical roots on his self-titled solo debut, produced by T Bone Burnett. The New York Times declared Peter Case the best album of 1986. It earned a five-star Rolling Stone review and a Grammy nomination. As one of the first songwriters of his generation to turn from rock music toward an acoustic sound, Case also helped usher in what became known as Americana music.