New Orleans Suspects Summer 2017

Crescent City’s supergroup, the New Orleans Suspects, is tied to the biggest names in New Orleans music. Regulars at the famed Maple Leaf and fully embodying the deep-seated flavor of the city are: “Mean” Willie Green (Neville Brothers’ 30 year drummer); Charlie Wooton (bassist with Chubby Carrier, Royal Southern Brotherhood and Bonerama); Jeff Watkins (saxophone with the James Brown Band and Joss Stone Band); Jake Eckert (lead guitarist of Dirty Dozen Brass Band); and CR Gruver on keyboards (Polytoxic, Outformation). Together they put their own twist on the traditions of New Orleans music - fever-inducing funk, irresistible R&B rhythms, Longhair rhumbas, dancing-in-the-street second lines, jazzy soul-drenched horns, mind-melting swamp hoodoo, and feet-don’t-fail-me-now Carnivale music - that takes the listener on a wild ride through the city’s musical history in a brand new vehicle. With four original albums and holding court regularly at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, they’ve got festival founder Quint Davis saying, “The Suspects are deep tissue New Orleans Funk … taking their place among the standard bearers of our music.” 8:00 p.m. Early Bird through 7/14: $15. Regular: $20.