Harp Dog Brown "For Love & Money" at Redwood Cafe

Thu, December 5, 2019, 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Harpdog Brown has grown a reputation as a real-deal purveyor of classic electric blues. Think of the old Chess Records and Sun Records of the late 40’s and early 50’s. These days he’s been touring more and more as Harpdog Brown & the Uptown Blues Band – a vintage New Orleans Blues sound that’s piano driven and features great horn work. Still a vintage vibe, just a different vintage!

This music will move you! They perform mostly originals yet they often include great songs of the masters from that era. Think Louis Jordan, Satchmo, Sonny Boy Williamson, Wynonie Harris, even Duke Ellington. Audiences are raving about this new show! He’s been called a Blues Evangelist, and that’s a very fitting moniker. “I speak the blues like it’s the truth, and it is”, he was recently quoted. “I do feel like I’m a servant of the people. A missionary if you will. Music can heal people if they pay attention to the messages in these songs.” He delivers those messages using the vintage sound whether it be with his lowdown classic blues band the Travelin’ Blues Show or with his new Uptown Blues Band.

Harpdog says “Blues has a healing power. It’s a beautiful celebration of our perfectly flawed lives. We help people forget about their issues of the moment and then they might just realize that we all have our issues, and that’s OK.” Vancouver-based Harpdog Brown was born in Edmonton in 1962, an adopted child who has felt somewhat detached his whole life – “a lifelong battle of not feeling like I belonged. I feel like I was born for the circus, you know, born to travel. The blues tapped me on the shoulder years ago and said ‘this is where you belong, son’. So the blues became my circus and there’s no better way to travel than with a band!” Harpdog Brown is a gifted vocalist and an imaginative harmonica player.

Piano man Dave Webb has been working with Harpdog over the years and they share an intuition that only comes with many hours and miles shared on and off stage. Billy Joe Abbott learned his craft first hand from some of the greatest Clarinetists in New Orleans.Newest and youngest member of the band is Riley Bartlett on Trumpet from Winnipeg. Drummer extraordinaire Bob Grant will be laying down the groove. Visit the artist’s website at: www.harpdogbrown.com Resident DJ Loisaida plays some great dance music!

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Redwood Cafe

8240 Old Redwood Hwy - Cotati