Keith Grimes & Dean Dalton
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!
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.
Billy Price Band
9:00pm • $25 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan's LPs, That's What I'm Here For and Live Stock. Since then, with the Keystone Rhythm Band, the Billy Price Band, and solo projects, Billy Price has recorded and released a total of 20 albums, CDs, and DVDs.
Price’s album This Time for Real, with the late Chicago soul singer Otis Clay, received a 2016 Blues Music Award in the category of best soul blues album. He was nominated seven times for BMAs between 2019 and 2024 and won the 2024 Bluebird Reviews Lifetime Career Award in the U.K.
The Billy Price Band, based in Billy’s hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., consists of Dave Dodd (drums), Tom Valentine (bass), Lenny Smith (guitar), Jim Britton (keyboards), Eric Spaulding (sax), and Joe Herndon (trumpet).
His latest recording is Person of Interest, on the Little Village label.
Chuck Underwood Trio
5:30pm • NO COVER!
is 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.
Monsters From the Surf w/ The Snapshirts & Zocko
9pm • $10 Cover
MONSTERS FROM THE SURF ○ THE SNAPSHIRTS ○ ZOCKO
• Monsters from the Surf - The Monsters from the Surf play a danceable blend of surf, punk, garage and rockabilly guaranteed to make you move and groove !
• The Snapshirts - The Snapshirts are a new band from local guitarist James Key. They play instrumental music with a surfy vibe.
• Zocko - Balto's newest instro noisemakers! Surf! Garage! Spaghetti Western! Spy! Chicha Libre!
David Chappell Band w/Special Guest Anthony Pirog
2:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
• David Chappell a Washington, DC native, is one of the most sought after and respected musicians in the area. For the last several years, he has won the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMMIES) for 'Musician of the Year', 'Rock Instrumentalist of the Year', and 'Roots Rock Instrumentalist of the Year'.
• Anthony Pirog Excerpt from Guitar.com article: “Anthony Pirog’s work is otherworldly – feverish in its delivery and interstellar in its complexity – but his feet have long been planted on the ground in Washington DC. When he was a kid he soaked up the city’s music, studying Danny Gatton and blues transplant Roy Buchanan while grunge giants raged in the long twilight of the revolution summer.
But what’s the most DC thing a DC musician can do? Well, they could start a band with members of Fugazi and put out records on legendary DC punk-indie label Dischord. That would do it.
The resulting band, The Messthetics, are a freewheeling power-trio orbiting Pirog’s pyrotechnic guitars and the rhythm section of bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty, who proved themselves two of the best to ever do it across six LPs with the post-hardcore giants.”
Read the full article HERE
• Pete Ragusa Drummer with: Tom Principato Band, Scott Ramminger & The Crawstickers, Moonshine Society, Dave Chappell, Patty Reese, Catfish Hodge, Tommy Lepson.
• John Previti Award-winning bassist John Previti grew up in the Southern Maryland-D.C. area during the early sixties, immersed in the region’s bubbling cauldron of musical styles: swing, country, jazz, R&B, soul and the roots of rockabilly. He was famed Washington, DC guitarist Danny Gatton’s bass player for eighteen years, from 1976-1994. John’s first recording as a leader, “Swinging Lullabies For My Rosetta” (Mapleshade Records) has received tremendous reviews. Other recent recordings include a Tribute to Danny Gatton with Big Joe Mayer and Joe Stanley, and a swing session with John Cocuzzi, Alan Vaché and Big Joe. Over the years, John hass won a number of awards for his rare talent. These include WAMA "Wammie" awards for Musician of the Year, Instrumentalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.
The Hula Monsters
6:00pm - $10 Cover
Hawaiian swing, country Latin, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, Western swing and honky tonk country
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
The Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
The Lifters
8:00pm • $10 Suggested Donation
The Lifters play an infectious brew of rock & roll. Their songs reflect the American dream gone sideways. Deeply influenced by organic Mid-Atlantic rock, blues, country, go-go, funk and punk.
Bill Baker Band
5:30 - 7:00pm - No Cover
Local boy Bill Baker has become a familiar name in the Washington DC music scene. His award winning and critically acclaimed songs and voice have made their way across the States and onto main stage venues at Kerrville Folk Festival, Merlefest, Kennedy center, Strathmore arts center and Barns at Wolftrap as well as performances in Europe.
Playing with Bill are Scott Giambusso on bass, Derek Brock on guitar, and the very beautiful Steve Bloom on percussion.
Rick Whitehead Jazz Trio
8:00pm • $10 Cover
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.
Anna Wilson & Dave Weber
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour 4-8
• Anna Wilson is a dynamic 21-year-old singer-songwriter who has a soulful voice beyond her years. She has quickly made a name for herself in the music world. Anna is a native of the Washington, DC area, having graduated from Gaithersburg High School and furthered her musical education at Duquesne University School of Music in Pittsburgh. Anna’s recent original song releases and captivating music video have resonated with audiences both nationally and internationally.
• Dave Weber is an experienced guitarist, singer, and producer who specializes in working with talented female singers such as Anna. Dave grew up in Montgomery County, MD, graduating from Wootton High School and the University of Maryland. Dave can be seen performing throughout the area multiple times a week.
The Thrills
8:00pm - $10 Cover
THE THRILLS are:
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.
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.
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
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.
Beatles at Dietle's
5:00pm • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
DIETLESMANIA! Their 42nd appearance at Dietle’s! Sarah Bonner (co-owner of Dietle's) and brothers Paul and Mark Zimmerman playing LOTS of Beatles songs (many album cuts and many hits from Introducing … The Beatles! through Rubber Soul), along with other good '60s stuff. Paul picked the tunes this time. Once again they will be welcoming local favorite Jack Bond and his guitar to the stage, but with a twist this time - he'll be playing both sets with them! Bring some friends, give it a try; you’ll have a good time! Should be a FAB show!
Nobody's Business
9pm •
Nobody's Business" is a seven-piece band that comes at you with a choice mix of funky blues, rock-and-roll, soul, R&B, and even a little country--not to mention a growing catalog of originals, such as "Back Alley Symphony," "She Does What She Wants To," "Hold On", and "Lizard Shoes
"So rare to find a band that soars at playing, singing, and performing--a perfect trifecta of entertaining blues."
-- Posted to FB by Lisa M.
Esther Haynes•Keith Grimes •Dean Dalton
5:00 pm • $10 Suggested Donation
Esther Haynes Keith Grimes Dean Dalton
Esther. Keith, & Dean will play a variety of acoustic material not too loudly. Keith is a veteran guitarist/soloist and Esther plays rhythm guitar and sings some swing and roots material, with Keith adding a soulful bottom end.
Esther Haynes is an early jazz and American roots singer and rhythm guitarist based in the Washington, DC area. Her third album, Moon Country (2013), featuring Keith Grimes on guitar and other noted DC-area musicians, received a Washington Area Music Award (Wammie) in 2013. Her debut CD entitled Esther Haynes (2001), received a Wammie nomination, and her second release entitled Approach Note (2004) garnered favorable online reviews. She has also received 12 Wammie awards for big band/swing and jazz vocals.
Esther studied professional music and voice at Berklee College of Music, graduating summa cum laude in 1989. Among her vocal instructors have been Mili Bermejo, Maggie Scott, Bob Stoloff, Sharon Brown and the late jazz singer Pam Bricker, who also performed in the DC area.
Keith has played a major role in DC’s music scene having played for five years as the lead guitarist and co-musical director for DC’s world-famous vocal stylist, the late Eva Cassidy. Keith’s masterful guitar work is heard on nearly all of Eva’s phenomenally successful recordings.
Keith has also performed with DC’s “Godfather of Go-Go” Chuck Brown, the Nighthawks, and Bill Kirchen. Keith also plays regularly in area clubs with the Built 4 Comfort Band.
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.
Soul Crackers
8:00pm - $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
Take some of the greatest party music ever made, make sure it’s sung & played by a band that has made a career out of belting out those sweet soul sounds - and you've got yourself a REAL good time — meet the SOUL CRACKERS!
Their music encompasses Memphis & Motown soul, and features timeless songs by artists like Otis Redding, Average White Band, Martha & The Vandellas & Stevie Wonder among many others. This is the music that brings all ages and personalities together to a dance party. The SOUL CRACKERS grew up with this music and honor it with the legitimacy of a crackerjack soul horn band from the 60's.
Lead vocalist Tommy Lepson has won numerous "BEST VOCALIST" awards (WAMMIES) from the Washington Area Music Association and is considered a singer's singer. Possessing a stunning and powerful voice, Tommy conveys all the joy and passion that makes this music come alive. His blue-eyed soulful voice is world class. He is joined by The Too Much Sisters — two stellar vocalists Anita King and Caz Gardiner, and together they pull off those beautiful Motown harmonies.
On guitar is Paul Bell, who played with Nils Lofgren and The Nighthawks. The horn section includes Chris Hutton (trumpet) and Wayne Sulc (sax), and completing the band are Spencer Hoopes (keyboards); Chuck Sullivan (drums); and Ronnie Newmyer (bass) who have been a solid rhythm section for decades. This is a tight soulful 9-piece band that will literally drive you to the dance floor with their signature medleys and inspire you with three-part harmonies and amazing solos.
This band is the real deal.
Formed in 1982, the SOUL CRACKERS were a full time performing powerhouse on the East Coast bar circuit for many years. Headlining shows such as the Adams Morgan Day Festival and clubs like the Bayou and the Wax Museum led to a command performance at the White House in 1994.
They have played every type of function possible and specialize in clubs, parties, anniversaries, corporate events, weddings and festivals. Soul Crackers has recorded several CDs, including: LIVE at the Barns of Wolf Trap (2003); Soul Crackers, 30 Years of Soul (2011); Soul Crackers, 30 Years of Soul, Volume 2 (2015); and A Soulful Christmas released in December 2018 — all available on ITunes and CD Baby.
Bingo Gigolos
2:00pm • NO COVER
A quartet leaning heavily on the distinct, soulful sound of 60's and 70's Hammond B3 organ. Think Santana, Allman Brothers, Jimmy Smith and then some hipper contemporary stuff like The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and The New Master Sounds.
The Gigolos are:
Eric Ulreich Guitar • Ron Newmyer Bass • Brian Alpert Drums • Bobby Fagel Hammond B3
Jelly Roll Mortals
6:00pm - $10 cover
Jelly Roll Mortals
Acoustic, electric, eclectic. Jelly Roll Mortals is a pop-rock-country-folk-R&B band; a group of seasoned musicians who play a deep catalog of originals and cover tunes. For 15 years, the band has performed around the Washington, DC area as anything from a two-piece to five-piece, acoustic or full-on electric. Band members have played together in various combinations going back for more than 40 years. Past and current bands in which they’ve played together include Last Train Home, The Linemen, The Neighbors, Naughty Pine, and Exit 10. As songwriters they have had their songs played by several other bands. Cover tunes span the years from the early 20th century to the early 21st century. Individually, members of Jelly Roll Mortals have won several Washington Area Music Awards and been nominated for many more. In addition to shows in which they play their own material, JRM and its members have participated in numerous tribute shows with other local artists. These include annual Buddy Holly tributes and tributes to the Everly Brothers, George Harrison, John Lennon, the Kinks, the Traveling Wilburys, the Woodstock Anniversary, The Last Waltz, etc. Jelly Roll Mortals consists of Arch Alcantara – Guitar; Kentucky Jim Faris – Bass; Scott McKnight – Guitar; Bill Williams – Guitar, Mandolin, Dobro, and Harmonica; and Steve Woehrle – Drums
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Swing 5 Jazz
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!
Rob Romans
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour 4 - 8
Rob Romans is a folk singer/songwriter who dragged his guitar with him on every assignment over his 21-year career in the Army. A street-corner performer at heart, Rob's played the subways of New York City, the beaches of Waikiki, and Duval Street in Key West (where he talked his way onstage at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville)!
One thing though...The more YOU drink, the better HE sounds (so find a spot by the bar)!
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines
8:00pm • $10 Cover
Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines
Is 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).
Charlie Bryant
5:30pm • Happy Hour Prices! • NO COVER!
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.
https://www.charliebryant.net/
Bryant McGregory & The Bad Mofos
8:00pm • $10 Cover
Bryant is a musician and native of Washington, DC now living in Montana who has been active in the Roots Music Scene for over thirty years.
The artists that he has played with include: Bullmoose Jackson, Chuck Berry, The Shirelles, Johnny Johnson, Carey Bell, Grady "Fats" Jackson, Syl Austin, Nap Turner, Billy Hancock, Mike Melchione, Ben Andrews, Archie Edwards, Eleanor Ellis, John Jackson, Big Joe Maher, Jesse Yawn, Sonny Burgess, DJ Fontana, Bill Burleson, Louisiana Red, Eddie Shaw, Sonny Rhodes, Phillip Walker, Pinetop Perkins, Phil Lee, Bruce Katz, Dave Walker, Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Lionel Young, Robert Lighthouse, Walter Wolfman Washington, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Swamp Dogg, and Linda Gail Lewis.
Bryant plays Party Roots Music for listening, and dancing!
The Cahoots
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour 4-8
The acoustic duo of stalwart DC-area singer/guitarists David Kitchen and Arch Alcantara. Influenced by American roots rockers and their British counterparts, their music is a melodic and rhythmic mix of originals and cool covers featuring their sweet vocal harmonies and crackerjack guitar playing.
GXB & Wake the Rooster
9pm • $10 Cover
GXB - From the DMV, fusing 70s rock, proto-punk and classic country influences. Built around the "instant classic" songwriting of Guy Bouchie, the trio is rounded out by Ben Tufts on bass guitar and Ben Melrod on drums.
Wake the Rooster - Instrumental•Funk•Rock•Fusion•Groove
Jeff Conway-Gutierrez: Drums
Jeremy Shanahan: Bass
Gordon Sterling: Guitar
Big Howdy Bluegrass Showcase Featuring: Billy Harrison & Haywire
5:00pm • $20 • 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: Billy Harrison & Haywire
We are a Bluegrass Band comprised of a Brother/ Sister Duo featuring male and female lead vocals, high energy, great harmonies and excellent musicians.
After a 20 year hiatus Billy Harrison decided it is time to return to playing the music he so loved in his earlier years. With assistance from Terry Wittenberg and Billy’s “baby sister” Terry DiPaula they have formed a bond with tight harmonies and great musical arrangements along with instrumentation.
The band hails out of the old “bluegrass hot bed being the outskirts of Washington D.C. and Baltimore, MD.
Performing with high energy they do not hang their hats on Traditional Bluegrass, but bend the rules to put themselves out on the edge with doing their own arrangements / compilations of some very familiar classic rock songs. That is where the “haywire” comes into play.
Billy Harrison & Haywire Band – “New to the “Bluegrass” Scene, but not new to the music.”s newest instro noisemakers! Surf! Garage! Spaghetti Western! Spy! Chicha Libre!
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
FLACK
9:00pm • $10 Cover
Jake Flack has been a fixture of the DC music scene for over twenty years as a founding member, singer, songwriter and guitarist of both, The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours and King Soul. In his new project, FLACK, he teams up with the A list rhythm section of Arif Durrani (keyboard) Tommy Barrick (drums) and Johnny Combs (bass) to shine a light on his original songs that are largely based on growing up and living in Washington, DC.
Rachel Hall Band
2:00pm • $10 - $20 suggested donation
Uber guitarist, Rachel Hall Picket and her band consisting of Matthew Everhart (bass), Warren Boes (guitar), and Frank Young (drums) are storming Dietle’s on Sunday, February 2! You won’t want to miss this killer band!
Sarah Borges Band featuring, Eric Ambel
6:00pm/doors • 7:00pm/show • $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
One way or another, Sarah Borges connects with casual mastery. Whether it’s with the comrades she’s collaborated with over nearly 20 sparkling years of music-making, or the vivid portraits of people’s lives – and occasionally her own – she’s sketched in scores of emotionally resonant songs. But most of all, Borges has built a loyal following by connecting, through her own charismatic, down-to-earth spirit, with her audience – whether they’re longtime fans from back when she broke through with her terrific “Silver City” debut in 2004, or newcomers just now joining the party.
Fast forward to the early months of 2020, when the life-altering global pandemic hit populations hard. Closer to home, the crisis not only suddenly, jarringly halted performers touring or playing shows large or small, but also quashed the creative chemistry that comes from musicians getting together and jamming in the same room. As an artist whose lifeblood flowed from these real-life exchanges of camaraderie and community, the Boston-based Borges was faced with perhaps the most daunting question of her professional career: How to connect and continue as a vital and viable working artist amid a frightfully uncertain future fraught with unknowns.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Brother Bill Quintet
8:00pm - No Cover
CLASSIC 50’s and 60’s BLUE NOTE JAZZ
• Dan Gutwein - Saxophone
• Nick Ruggieri - Drums
• Hart Pettit - Trumpet
• Alec Petkoff - Bass
• Tam Sullivan - Keyboard
David Goodfriend
5:30pm • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
David Goodfriend 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.
"Local Cream" songwriter showcase
8:00pm - $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.
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.
This month features:
Jack Bond
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
Singer/Songwriter Jack Bond 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
The Longtimers
8:00PM -$10
Ben Holmes, Tom Clifford, Moe Nelson, and Pete Rose are DC's newest old-school band: expect high energy Americana roots rock inspired by New Orleans, soul and more.
Swamp Grass
5:30pm • $10 Suggested donation
Swamp Grass is a bluegrass band that grew out of weekly jam sessions in Capitol Hill(extra Swampy). Playing Classic tunes with modern arrangements as well as plenty of originals and probably too much improvisation.
Goldbug Revival
9:00pm • $10 Cover
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 be finishing up our first album. It'll be out early in 2025.
Hot Fuzz featuring Michael Harris, Chuck Karner and John Previti
5pm • Suggested donation $10-$20
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz is comprised of Michael Harris, guitar, Chuck Karner, drums and John Previti, bass, playing virtuosic instrumental versions of everything from Stevie Wonder to Django Reinhardt. The results are unexpected… even for them!
The Rock-A-Sonics
9:00pm • $15 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
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)
Nina & Larry's Super Jam
1:00pm
Nina & Larry's Super Jam
Welcome to the 4th Edition of Nina and Larry's open jam at Hank Dietles in Rockville. This is the Super Sunday jam, but do not worry football fans, we will wrap at 4:00 to make sure everyone is home in time for the big game. Here's how it works:
** Backline (bass amp, drum set, guitar amp, microphones, etc. etc.) will be provided. Just bring your instrument and your fun-loving attitude.
** There will be buckets with names of the instruments (guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals) on each bucket. Write your name down on a small slip of paper and put the paper in the bucket of the instrument you would like to perform.
** Names will be drawn at random to form an ensemble for an open jam. Jams will last between 10-12 minutes.
** We will do our best to accommodate special requests, with a specific group, or a specific song.
** Go for it and have fun! Players of all levels are welcome and encouraged to attend!
** If you don't play an instrument that's OK! Please come and dance, support the jammers, and enjoy Hank Dietle's find food and beverage selections.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
DC Bluegrass Union Songwriter Showcase
8pm • No cover, but a suggested donation of $10-$20 is appreciated!
DC Bluegrass Union Songwriter Showcase
Host: Shannon Leigh Reynolds
Performers TBA
Bill Starks w/David Chappell
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
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.
New Release! “Peace, Love & Boogie Woogie”
David is Washington, DC native, is one of the most sought after and respected musicians in the area. For the last several years, he has won the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMMIES) for 'Musician of the Year', 'Rock Instrumentalist of the Year', and 'Roots Rock Instrumentalist of the Year'.
The Grandsons
8:00pm • $10 Cover
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, and country two-steps. The Grandsons bring with them a pawn shop of instruments. Vocalist-guitarist-trumpeter Alan MacEwen charms audiences with his sly wit and winsome original songs. DC blues veteran Matthew Sedgley locks in the groove on drums and percussion. Saxophonist Chris Watling puts out a sound so meaty and memorable that he is in demand all over as a guest artist and session player. Moe Nelson holds down the low end on upright bass but has been known to break out the ukulele. Join The Grandsons as they move and shake into their 3rd decade in the world of rock and roll!
The Malvivants
9:00pm • $10 Cover
Are a longstanding neo-lounge quintet that performs songs drawn mostly (but not exclusively) from the well of American Songbook standards with a particular penchant for Frank, Dino and Elvis, always striving to provide a good beat for dancing.
Chuck Underwood Trio
5:30pm • NO COVER!
is 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.
Tom Blood & Late As Usual
9:00pm • $10 Cover
Music, Rock and Blues straight forward with a small Horn section.
David Chappell Band
2:00pm • $10 - $20 Recommended Donation
David Chappell Band
• David Chappell a Washington, DC native, is one of the most sought after and respected musicians in the area. For the last several years, he has won the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMMIES) for 'Musician of the Year', 'Rock Instrumentalist of the Year', and 'Roots Rock Instrumentalist of the Year'.
• Pete Ragusa Drummer with: Tom Principato Band, Scott Ramminger & The Crawstickers, Moonshine Society, Dave Chappell, Patty Reese, Catfish Hodge, Tommy Lepson.
• John Previti Award-winning bassist John Previti grew up in the Southern Maryland-D.C. area during the early sixties, immersed in the region’s bubbling cauldron of musical styles: swing, country, jazz, R&B, soul and the roots of rockabilly. He was famed Washington, DC guitarist Danny Gatton’s bass player for eighteen years, from 1976-1994. John’s first recording as a leader, “Swinging Lullabies For My Rosetta” (Mapleshade Records) has received tremendous reviews. Other recent recordings include a Tribute to Danny Gatton with Big Joe Mayer and Joe Stanley, and a swing session with John Cocuzzi, Alan Vaché and Big Joe. Over the years, John hass won a number of awards for his rare talent. These include WAMA "Wammie" awards for Musician of the Year, Instrumentalist of the Year, and Album of the Year.
The Hula Monsters
6:00pm - $10 Cover
Hawaiian swing, country Latin, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, Western swing and honky tonk country
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Steve Ragsdale Quartet
5:30PM • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
Featuring Pete Chauvette is a tasteful combination of guitar and vibes. They explore different aspects of the jazz tradition from be-bop, through the Beatles and beyond.
Steve Ragsdale Guitar Pete Chauvette Vibraphone Scott Giambusso Bass All lifetime Montgomery County musicians. Come out and hear decades of experience!
Beatles at Dietle's
5:00pm • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
DIETLESMANIA! Their 43rd appearance at Dietle’s! Sarah Bonner (co-owner of Dietle's) and brothers Paul and Mark Zimmerman playing LOTS of Beatles songs (many album cuts and many hits from Introducing … The Beatles! through Rubber Soul), along with other good '60s stuff. Paul picked the tunes this time. Once again they will be welcoming local favorite Jack Bond and his guitar to the stage, but with a twist this time - he'll be playing both sets with them! Bring some friends, give it a try; you’ll have a good time! Should be a FAB show!
TWO OF A KIND: Billy Coulter Band with Patty Reese
9pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Billy Coulter Band • Patty Reese
Billy Coulter and his band are back with a special guest: award-winning singer/songwriter Patty Reese! The two of them have been traveling a similar path for many years, and this will be the first time they’ve played together in this format. Patty will join the band for a set of songs that are sure to captivate you. Don’t miss this big night of rock ’n roll—get your tickets in advance now!
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
Dan Hovey
5:30pm • No Cover • Happy Hour prices!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Swing 5 Jazz
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!
Bill Baker Band
5:30 - 7:00pm - No Cover
Local boy Bill Baker has become a familiar name in the Washington DC music scene. His award winning and critically acclaimed songs and voice have made their way across the States and onto main stage venues at Kerrville Folk Festival, Merlefest, Kennedy center, Strathmore arts center and Barns at Wolftrap as well as performances in Europe.
Playing with Bill are Scott Giambusso on bass, Derek Brock on guitar, and the very beautiful Steve Bloom on percussion.
Rick Whitehead Jazz Trio
8:00pm • $10 Cover
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.
The Thrills
8:00pm - $10 Cover
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.
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.
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
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.
THE PORCH DELIGHTS
5:30pm • No Cover
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!
King Teddy
9:00pm • $10
Swing, Jump Blues & Rockabilly
King Teddy is a fun, dancer-friendly outfit featuring strong vocals, a driving beat and a song list that dares the foot not to tap. Although their influences are varied (including everyone from Louis Prima to Sam Cooke to Gene Vincent to Brian Setzer to the Beatles), they have a single-minded musical mission-- to swing, baby!
Kevin Gordon Trio
8:00pm • $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door
“He’s amazing.” –Jim Lauderdale
“Dude’s a juke-joint professor emeritus”–Rolling Stone
Kevin Gordon’s Louisiana is a strange place. It’s a place where restless teens road trip to where the highway dead-ends at the Gulf of Mexico; a place where prisoners who are in for life compete in a rodeo while the town watches; where a character can get lost in the humid afternoon and where religion may not signify hope; and where rivers, never far away, carry secrets behind levees. “One of the things I like about it and am mystified by is that what passes for normal in Louisiana would not make the grade elsewhere,” he says.
The kicker? All of these postcards are based on true stories. It’s a place that he’s been exploring for twenty years now, on the eve of the release of his astonishing new album “Tilt And Shine” on Crowville Media. It is work that has earned him fans like noted author and Elvis Presley biographer Peter Guralnick; New West Records artist Buddy Miller; journalist, songwriter, and Country Music Hall of Fame staffer Peter Cooper; Todd Snider; head of the Americana Music Association Jed Hilly; and Lucinda Williams, with whom Kevin dueted on the song “Down To The Well” (which was featured prominently on an Oxford American compilation).
Before you even hear his vivid lyrics, you start feeling the sound of that ’56 Gibson ES- 125 tuned down to open D, often with the tremolo flowing like a river, and an unstoppable groove distilled from swamp blues and Sun Records. His MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop allows him to capture it with a degree of precision. As the New York Times put it in its headline of a feature on Kevin, “A Musician Or A Poet? Yes to Both.”
Kevin sums it up, “There are so many stories in north Louisiana and it’s a place that nobody pays attention to. For me, you can feel the arc of time passing there. I’m captivated by the power of strong memories—those films that run continuously in your mind, if you let ‘em.” With “Tilt and Shine,” those movies translate into rock n’roll poetry.
Big Sandy & The Fly-Rite Boys
Doors 5pm - show 6pm • $30 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys
Since forming in 1988 in Southern California, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys have become one of the world’s most beloved Americana/Roots acts, drawing from the deep musical waters that flow just beneath the surface of Rock & Roll’s fertile soil. A childhood passion for Country, Doo-Wop, and Rhythm & Blues 45s led Sandy (born Robert Williams) to pursue a singing career as a teenager, beginning a life in music that continues decades later. And as his personal record collection continues to grow (75,000 and counting), so does the depth of the musical influences that stream through his songwriting and singing style. A critically acclaimed tribute to Tex-Mex hero Freddy Fender, released at the beginning of the 2020 lockdown, points the way forward for Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys as they continue on a path of musical growth. After nearly 35 years on the road, and more than two dozen releases to their credit, they remain key figures on the ever-changing Americana circuit, both on record and in live appearances.
Sings Like Hell with Peter Case and Sid Griffin
6pm Doors • 7pm Show • $30 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Get ready for an unforgettable night of folk music as Peter Case and Sid Griffin hit the road for their "Sings Like Hell" tour! Inspired by Case's iconic 1993 album, this tour showcases two legends of Americana and roots music bringing their rich histories and unparalleled artistry to the stage. With Peter Case’s Grammy-nominated songwriting and groundbreaking work in bands like The Plimsouls and The Nerves, and Sid Griffin’s trailblazing Americana legacy with The Long Ryders, audiences will be treated to an evening of raw, soulful performances steeped in tradition and innovation. From Case’s emotionally resonant piano melodies to Griffin’s bluegrass mandolin and clawhammer banjo stylings, this tour is a celebration of the enduring power of folk music. Catch them live in the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest—don’t miss this rare chance to see two master storytellers share the stage!
Seth Kibel & Flo Anito Swing Dance
8:00pm • $10 Cover
• Seth Kibel is one of the Mid-Atlantic's premier woodwind specialists, working with some of the best bands in jazz, swing, and more. Wowing audiences on saxophone, clarinet, and flute, Seth has made a name for himself in the Washington/Baltimore region, and beyond. He is the featured performer with The Kleztet, Bay Jazz Project, Music Pilgrim Trio, The Natty Beaux, and more. Winner of 28 Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies), including "Best World Music Instrumentalist" (2003-11) and "Best Jazz Instrumentalist" (2005, 2007-8, 2011-14). His most recent recording, "Clown With A Stick," was released in May 2023 on the Azalea City Recordings record label. He's won numerous prizes in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) including the Grand Prize in 2016 and a Gold Prize in 2022.
• Flo Anito Having graced some of DC's biggest stages: Strathmore, Wolf Trap, Merriweather Post Pavilion, the Birchmere, Blues Alley, the Fillmore, Hamilton Live, and Bethesda Blues & Jazz - Flo Anito recently embarked on her first European tour, performing solo in the UK, Switzerland, Germany and Spain! A quirky, clever songwriter with a great big voice, that is in turn, sweet, sultry, powerful, and emotive, Flo's stage presence is undeniable. Classically trained in Voice, Piano, and Cello, raised on the stages of Summer stock musical theatre, and studying Music under Anthony Braxton and Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, Flo's sound is a rare hybrid. A Grand Prize winner on Ourstage, with multiple Wammy nominations for Best Pop/Rock Vocalist, Best Jazz Song, Best Jazz Group, Best Country/ Americana Group and Best Folk Group, come see why Flo Anito is wowing audiences internationally!
The Other O'Briens
5:30 PM • NO COVER • Happy Hour 4-8
The Other O'Briens
Fun, familiar, interesting, touching, and groovy. These are the qualities Steve and Lisa use to pick tunes for their duo act. They like genre-fluid covers that are interesting and fun to sing and play. Live music has the power to create collective effervescence, which is essential for good health and happiness. As a duo, Steve and Lisa offer an easy-listening level of effervescence . . . perfect for happy hour at any hour. They are not the O'Briens you thought they were . . . they are The Other O'Briens
Songwriters Association of Washington (SAW) Showcase- Mid-Atlantic Song Contest Winners Perform
8:00pm - Suggested donation $10 - $20
Songwriters' Association of Washington
This Month Features:
••• MID ATLANTIC SONG CONTEST WINNERS •••
Sponsored by:
Songwriters Association of Washington
Hank Dietle’s Tavern
Hosted by:
Know1Else
Steve Ragsdale Quartet
5:30PM • Happy Hour prices • NO COVER!
Featuring Pete Chauvette is a tasteful combination of guitar and vibes. They explore different aspects of the jazz tradition from be-bop, through the Beatles and beyond.
Steve Ragsdale Guitar Pete Chauvette Vibraphone Scott Giambusso Bass All lifetime Montgomery County musicians. Come out and hear decades of experience!
Mark Wenner's “Blues Warriors”
8:00pm - $10 Cover
THE BLUES WARRIORS PERFORM THE 2ND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH
Harmonica master Mark Wenner goes non-stop. As the founder/leader of the blues and roots rock band, The Nighthawks, he’s been kicking out great music for over 50 years. The Nighthawks have amassed a release collection of nearly 30 albums, and Wenner has released four solo projects. Now, he brings us Mark Wenner’s Blues Warriors.
“This band is actually a blues band,” says Wenner, addressing comparisons to the ‘Hawks. “The Nighthawks are a blues and roots-rock band. This band, with upright bass, is more authentic, old school and swinging. It’s closer to the Cash Box Kings than J. Geils; a whole different animal.”
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
June Star
6pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
June Star was formed in 1998 by singer/songwriter Andrew Grimm. Since then, they have put out 16 records, toured a good bit of the U.S., and have gone into debt. There have been many members of June Star; the current line up is: Andrew Grimm, Dave Hadley, and Mike Kuhl.
Beast from the East
2pm • $20 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Beast from the East
Wardell Howell • Chuck Underwood • Deren Blessman • Dan Hovey
Four incredibly talented versatile musicians that have joined forces to create a Rockin, bebop swinging, Jazzy, funky, R&B, Gospel Fusion of feel good music!!
Their sound is a hypnotic dynamic pulse that moves between a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr Hyde sonic vibe. Deren and Wardell lay down a groovy funky foundation, for which Chuck and Dan play incredible rich harmonic melodies over a variety of notable covers and beautiful original compositions!
Big Boy Little Band
9:00pm • $10 Cover
"Blues for Grownups"
The deep, deep blues. The kind of blues you used to hear on a distant radio station broadcasting from somewhere down south, late at night. The kind of blues where you wake up early in the morning and all you can think of is your lover and you wonder where they've gone. The kind of blues that makes you want to go somewhere and dance or shout or just be alive. Those kinds of blues.
Bret Littlehales “Big Boy Little” has been singing and playing blues harp in the Washington, DC area since 1967. He’s opened for such blues greats as B.B. King, Koko Taylor and Junior Wells. The Big Boy Little Band was honored to represent the DC Blues Society at the Int’l Blues Challenge in 2010 and placed in the Top 10 Finals out of 110 blues bands from around the world and Matt Kelley won the coveted Albert King Award for top guitarist. The band also features "Wolf" Crescenze on bass and El Torro (drums).
The enigmatic, quixotic, mysterious, always entertaining – Big Boy Little Band
The Gravel Road Band
5:00pm - $10 Suggested Donation
The Gravel Road Band blurs the line between blues and bluegrass for a live show thats unpredictably fresh: blues, bluegrass, folk, and R&B flavored concoctions that pour from the soul and will leave you shaken, stirred and smiling. Join the Hank Dietle’s party where Bill Withers, Doc Watson, John Lee Hooker, Bill Monroe, Van Morrison mix with a soulful mandolin, soaring fiddle, gritty slide guitar and an earthy acoustic bass and percussion for a very cool acoustic show.
Jonathan Sloane Band
9:00pm • $20 Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
Jonathan Sloane Band
• Robbie Cooper - Bass
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.
Having played to sold out crowds at both the local and national level with different bands, Sloane is a sought after talent in the Baltimore and Washington, DC music scenes.
He toured and made records with Baltimore native Cris Jacobs from 2016-2020 and now continues to tour with New Orleans singer/songwriter Anders Osborne.
Jonathan writes/arranges and performs with several other projects, each offering a unique outlet for his eclectic influences to shine
Richard Green & Scott Mattern
5:30pm • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
“executing” classic blues songs and delivering rambling, inappropriate commentary.
Green has infested the East Coast blues scene for nearly five decades. He gained notoriety in the mid-70s as leader of the Charlottesville Allstars, cited by Rolling Stone as “just about the best blues band in the Southeast.” RS made particular note of Green’s reading of Muddy Waters’
“Forty Days and Forty Nights” as “an expression of desolation imbued with Biblical wrath.”
Green and Allstars colleague Doug Jay went on to form DC’s Choirboys (along with Dietle’s jefe Thomas Bowes), running through the mid-90s, until the need to feed a growing family propelled him through a series of “soul-sucking big-boy jobs.” He continued to work sporadically as a sideman, briefly resurfaced in the early 2000s in the House of Beauty, along with Bowes, Louie Newmyer, and Jim Steele, and led the Allstars through a series of reunions from 2006-2018.
Decades of noise exposure gradually eroded Green’s hearing to the point where, in 2018, he decided that he could no longer reliably perform with bands.
When the pandemic hit, Green began livestreaming solo sets and now has reemerged, cicada-like, to once again inflict desolation and biblical wrath on an unsuspecting public.
Scott Mattern
DC-area native Scott Mattern is a blues and jazz guitarist who has been playing local clubs and concerts since the mid-1970s. Scott is known for his remarkable range, easily toggling between raw blues, jump swing, and classic jazz styles. He has played and recorded with Chris Polk, Ursula Ricks, the Moonlighters, Steve Potter, Flatfoot Sam and the Educated Fools, Fast Eddie and the Slowpokes and many others, and has toured with guitarist/vocalist Deborah Coleman throughout the United States and Europe. Currently he is a member of the blues/rock band Exit 10 and performs in duo with guitarist/vocalist Richard Green
The Longtimers
8:00PM -$10
THE LONGTIMERS: Ben Holmes, Tom Clifford, Moe Nelson, and Pete Rose are DC's newest old-school band: expect high energy Americana roots rock inspired by New Orleans, soul and more.
Bill Starks w/Greg Hardin
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
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.
New Release! “Peace, Love & Boogie Woogie”
Greg Hardin
Greg has been a fixture in the DC-area music scene for over four decades. As a bassist, singer, and songwriter, Greg has been a member of many area bands including Jr. Cline and the Recliners, Ruthie and the Wranglers, and, currently, The 19th Street Band; and was also one of the producers of the popular BandHouse Gigs tribute shows. Greg has many recording projects to his credit, including his solo release “Meet Mr. Knuckles.” He was awarded WAMA's Song of the Year in 2007 for “Babe Ruth’s Piano.”
DC Bluegrass Union Songwriter Showcase
8pm • No cover, but a suggested donation of $10-$20 is appreciated!
DC Bluegrass Union Songwriter Showcase
Host: Shannon Leigh Reynolds
Come join DCBU for the first in our songwriter's rounds series at Hank Dietle's Tavern. In January, we'll be featuring some of the area's best - Dave Zelonka, Seth Mitchell, and Gage Rhodes! Join us these excellent musicians trade songs and stories.
Dave Zelonka is a singer, songwriter, and guitar picker hailing from central Maryland. His sound is heavily influenced by bluegrass traditions, infused with the spirit of the punk rock he grew up on. Dave’s songs feature lyrics steeped in thoughtful storytelling and rich imagery, harmonies inspired by The Stanley Brothers, and intricate yet melodic guitar breaks. Having previously released albums with The Warren G. Hardings and Ampersand Stringband (winner of Charm City Bluegrass Festival’s 2016 Battle of the Bands), he is excited to share Something, a solo album of all-new original tunes, with the world.
Seth Mitchell is a bluegrass & Americana multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and band leader. His original songs reveal both a distinctive knack for tuneful explorations on many themes and deep roots in the singer-songwriter tradition. In 2024, he released his third album of original songs, Glen Burnie Man. Seth performs across the Mid-Atlantic region, including regular appearances with the Seth Mitchell Band — a fou- piece bluegrass ensemble — and as a sideman on guitar, bass, mandolin, or as a utility player for numerous friends and collaborators.
Gage Rhodes is an indie folk singer-songwriter from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Gage and his band, The Rural Depression, do not mind talking about the funny, dark, strange paths we find ourselves on. Influenced by a lifetime of strangeness, trouble, and eclectic music tastes, Gage Rhodes and The Rural Depression try to make honest songs for their listeners to enjoy.
Dave, Seth, and Gage are joined by DCBU's Shannon Leigh Reynolds. Shannon released her debut album Triple Shot in 2023 to favorable reviews from Bluegrass Today and Bluegrass Unlimited magazines. Her album charted at #4 on FAI’s best album chart for September 2023 and won a Wammie for Best Folk/Bluegrass Album Award in 2024. She fronts her own band, Shannon Leigh and The Good Bygones and can be seen all around the DC area.
There's no cover, but a suggested donation of $10-$20 is appreciated!
The Upbeets
5:30pm • $10 Suggested Donation • Happy Hour ‘til 8
The Upbeets - Washington DC based The UpBeets are a creative and high-energy modern jazz quintet performing songs from multiple genres, time periods, and artists. The UpBeets are known for performing classic jazz songs but with modern arrangements and playing new, innovative jazz fusion charts that are fun to play and hear (and often get the audience on their feet, and dancing in the aisles).
The UpBeets is comprised of seasoned DC area musicians who have banded together over a love of exciting, upbeat, crowd-friendly, modern jazz and jass-fusion tunes! Members of The UpBeets have performed at multiple DC area music venues including The Hamilton Live, Blues Alley, Mr. Henry's, Pearl Street Warehouse, Jammin' Java, The Carlyle Room, and many others!
The UpBeets are:
Tom Anderson (saxes/flute)
Elie Canetti (keyboards)
Ed Gallagher (guitar)
Scott Norcross (bass),
Raice McCleod (drums)
Brother Bill Quintet
8:00pm - No Cover
CLASSIC 50’s and 60’s BLUE NOTE JAZZ
• Dan Gutwein - Saxaphone
• Nick Ruggieri - Drums
• Hart Pettit - Trumpet
• Alec Petkoff - Bass
• Tam Sullivan - Keyboard
Dan Hovey
5:30pm - Happy Hour prices! • NO COVER!
The former Nighthawks guitarist plays finger-style in the tradition of Takoma Park legend John Fahey.
Wolf's Every Monday Blues Show & Sit-In Jam
7:00pm • NO COVER! •Happy Hour 4-8
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.
Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones
6:00pm • $20 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if still available
“a stone killer... devastating in every way” — Tom Hyslop
Doug Deming is an American blues and roots guitarist/vocalist, born and raised in the Detroit area, currently residing on the Gulf coast of Florida. Doug is the 2013 recipient of the Blues Blast Music Awards' Sean Costello Rising Star Award. Drawing influence from greats like T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian and Robert Jr. Lockwood, Doug's traditional taste and style are evident in his original music. Doug has four recordings of primarily original tunes to his credit, including his latest release, COMPLICATED MESS, on EllerSoul Records. Throughout his 20+ year career Doug has enjoyed touring and recording with many top blues artists, including Kim Wilson, Gary Primich, Lazy Lester, Alberta Adams, AC Reed and Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones to name a few; as well as with his own band featuring various artists such as Greg "Fingers" Taylor, Terry Hanck, Steve Guyger and Dennis Gruenling. Doug Deming & the Jewel Tones play traditional blues, West Coast and Texas swing, and early 50's roots rock. This is real deal rockin' rhythm & blues!
Mary Ann Redmond Band
Doors at 1pm, show at 2pm • $20 • Limited tickets may be available at the door.
Mary Ann Redmond is a singer/ songwriter who’ll be playing with maestros.. drummer Deren Blessman, guitarist and arranger Dan Leonard, and Scott Ambush on bass! Come for an afternoon of originals and some special covers. Y’all Come!
Big Howdy Bluegrass Showcase Featuring: Danny Paisley
5:00pm • $20 • 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: Danny Paisley
Danny Paisley is one of the greatest traditional bluegrass singers on the planet. He is a four-time International Bluegrass Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year and a venerated presence on the national bluegrass scene. We are enormously honored that Danny and his son Ryan will join us for this exciting showcase!
Danny grew up listening to the music his father Bob played and enjoyed hearing the sounds of classic bluegrass like Red Allen, Mac Martin, Bill Monroe, the Stanleys, Reno and Smiley, and the Osbornes -- in addition to old-time mountain music and traditional country music. Once you hear Danny sing, it is no surprise that he lists George Jones and Vern Gosdin as major influences in his singing.
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
Robert Lighthouse
9pm • $10 • Tickets on Eventbrite and at the door if available
A native of Sweden, first came to the United States at the age of 18, determined to learn more about the music he loves - Mississippi Delta Blues. For eight years he traveled around the country visiting blues Meccas like Chicago's famed Maxwell Street and New Orleans, the cradle of the blues. He settled in Washington, DC in 1988 and established a cult following as a street musician. He toured Belgium and Holland with the Charlie Sayles Band and then landed his own steady gig at City Blues Cafe in D.C.
Robert has represented the DC area at the Blues Foundation IBC's twice, once with his band and once as a solo. His critically acclaimed debut CD, Drive-Thru Love, was released in 1998.
His long awaited follow up Deep Down in the Mud was released in the summer of 2007 and also has received much critical acclaim.
Robert's simultaneous work on guitar and harmonica on has received rave reviews in major blues publications throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. He has been called the second coming of the late Dr. Ross.
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"...plays delta blues like the great masters" - HOHNER HARMONICA CO
"A supremely talented bluesman / mercurial talents" - BLUES & RHYTHM MAGAZINE
"Consummate skill / stunning harmonica chops" - BLUES REVIEW
"Dexterous guitar and awesome harp tone" - BALTIMORE BLUES SOCIETY
Garage Booking Presents: Sean Patten • Red40 • Betty White Devil
5:30 • $10 Suggested Donation • Happy Hour 4-8
Garage Booking Presents: Sean Patten • Red40 • Betty White Devil
• Sean Patten - Hailing from Pennsyltucky, but currently residing in Frederick Maryland, Sean Patten has been writing and performing his unique pop songs for over 20 years.
• Red 40 - Red 40 is a new band out of the DMV that specializes in a unique blend of alt rock and classic rock. They are excited to bring their high energy show to Hank Dietle's.
• Betty White Devil - Pennsylvania indie/alternative seasoned with a dash of punk and emo
The Grandsons
8:00pm • $10 Cover
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, and country two-steps. The Grandsons bring with them a pawn shop of instruments. Vocalist-guitarist-trumpeter Alan MacEwen charms audiences with his sly wit and winsome original songs. DC blues veteran Matthew Sedgley locks in the groove on drums and percussion. Saxophonist Chris Watling puts out a sound so meaty and memorable that he is in demand all over as a guest artist and session player. Moe Nelson holds down the low end on upright bass but has been known to break out the ukulele. Join The Grandsons as they move and shake into their 3rd decade in the world of rock and roll!
Jack Bond
5:30 • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
Singer/Songwriter Jack Bond 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
"Local Cream" songwriter showcase
8:00pm - $10-$20 Suggested donation for the artists.
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.
This month features:
David Goodfriend
5:30pm • NO COVER! • Happy Hour 4-8
David Goodfriend 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.