You don’t see Walter Gentry play his sax solo too often, so I was lucky to catch him perform last evening at his Chicken Wings Jam at Patrick’s Pub. The audio on this video doesn’t do him justice. He plays beautifully, as he did last night with his smooth and fluid notes.
Local sax player, Walter Gentry and his G-Men band play Rhythm & Blues, Soul and little bit of rock on Monday nights at Patrick’s Gaslamp Pub. I was there last night catching them perform the cover song so many of us know: Superstition.
Francious Simms has a great voice for this song, and he’s supported by Johnny Vernazza on guitar, Walter on sax (hard to see him with the lighting), Larry Morgan on bass (also a bit too dark to really see) and Leon Wesley on drums.
Bill Magee is a southern bluesman, and you can hear his Mississippi and Louisiana roots in his songs. He’s got that great blues voice!
I got in from the cold northeast and headed over to Patrick’s last night. There was a good crowd and a lot of folks jammin up on stage. Here’s a clip of Jacob Levy singing (with a full stage of musicians with him – too many to mention).
If you enjoy hearing the sax, Walter’s Jam is a good place to go. If Walter isn’t playing himself (and often he is), other sax (and trumpet) players often show up.
Every Tuesday night Walter Gentry hosts his Chicken Wing’s jam, and its a wild card as to who is going to show up. Around 11:30, Fuzzy Rankins and Kevin Cooper showed up and joined the drummers and harp player (not sure who they were), and they played Fuzzy’s song Red Rooster. He always gets the house movin and shakin!