Sat Feb 4
at 9:00 PM
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Mike Law & the Playboys
We always have a blast when Mike & the Boys are in town. They have got a blues thang goin' on.
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Mon Feb 6
at 8:00 PM
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Monday Night Jazz Jam
Charter Oak Cultural Center & CEP Music present Monday Night Jazz at Black Eyed Sally's. Different house band every week, followed by a jam session. All ages welcome.
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Tue Feb 7
at 8:30 PM
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Michael Palin's Other Orchestra
Other Orchestra...an 18 piece big band jazz ensemble. The band is comprised of some of Central Connecticuts finest jazz musicians. These musicians are here to do what they do best, play great challenging music and have a great time doin' it. Tuesday nights are an opportunity to see into this bands rehearsal and hear all the music they have to offer.
Every Tuesday- 8 pm till 10:00 pm
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Wed Feb 8
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BRANDT TAYLOR BLUES JAM
Every wed at 8:30pm we host one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! Featuring a different host each week, you'll hear some of the best musicians CT has to offer— it's open to all ages (under 18 with a parent). Come on in, sign up, and let us hear your stuff!!
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Fri Feb 10
at 9:00 PM
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Joe Louis Walker w/ special guest- Murali Coryell 
San Francisco's Fillmore District of the 1960s is known worldwide as the birthplace of psychedelic rock. But it was also a hotbed of modern electric blues, and it was the place where one of the genre's top musical trailblazers, Joe Louis Walker, was born, raised and schooled. The award-winning guitar slinger, deeply soulful vocalist and gifted songwriter has been releasing groundbreaking music since 1986, but his career goes all the way back to the mid-1960s. As a 16-year-old, he was the house guitarist at San Francisco's famed musical playground, The Matrix, where he played with or opened shows for everyone from Lightnin' Hopkins (who once threw him off the stage) to Jimi Hendrix to Thelonious Monk. These ear-opening surroundings explain the ease with which Walker blends blues, rock, gospel, jazz and country, making it seem as if the walls between the styles never existed in the first place. The New York Times raves, "Walker is a singer with a Cadillac of a voice. He delivers no-nonsense, gutsy blues. His guitar solos are fast, wiry and incisive, moaning with bluesy despair." According to Living Blues, he is "one of today's modern musical masters." Rolling Stone simply calls him "ferocious."
Opening the show is CT's own:
BILL "SWAMP" SHAKA WITH TONY C.
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Sat Feb 11
at 9:00 PM
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The Colbys
Bev and John are back for their Valentine's Day bash. Grab your sweetie and come down to Sally's!!
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Mon Feb 13
at 8:00 PM
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Monday Night Jazz Jam
Charter Oak Cultural Center & CEP Music present Monday Night Jazz at Black Eyed Sally's. Different house band every week, followed by a jam session. All ages welcome.
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Tue Feb 14
at 8:30 PM
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Michael Palin's Other Orchestra
Other Orchestra...an 18 piece big band jazz ensemble. The band is comprised of some of Central Connecticuts finest jazz musicians. These musicians are here to do what they do best, play great challenging music and have a great time doin' it. Tuesday nights are an opportunity to see into this bands rehearsal and hear all the music they have to offer.
Every Tuesday- 8 pm till 10:00 pm
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Wed Feb 15
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PETER BYRON BLUES JAM
Every wed at 8:30pm we host one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! Featuring a different host each week, you'll hear some of the best musicians CT has to offer— it's open to all ages (under 18 with a parent). Come on in, sign up, and let us hear your stuff!!
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Fri Feb 17
at 9:00 PM
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Popa Chubby
For the prolific Popa Chubby, who was born Ted Horowitz, Back To New
York City doesnt simply capture the fire and energy of his live shows
better than the previous 20 albums he's made since 1994 which is an
impressive accomplishment given his history of house-rocking discs. It
represents an entirely new level of his tempestuous, soulful playing.
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Sat Feb 18
at 9:00 PM
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Ryann Hartt & the Blue Hearts
Dubbed "Young East Coast masters of the jumpin' West Coast sound" by Blues Revue magazine, Ryan Hartt & the Blue Hearts have been at the forefront of the New England blues scene for the last five years. Formed in 2000 by lifelong friends Ryan Hartt (vocals/harmonica) and Eric Ducoff (guitar), the band has consistently strived to keep the classic sounds of 40s, 50s and early 60s blues stylings alive and well.
Playing the same mixture of Chicago,Texas and Jump blues that filled post-war California, singer/harmonica player Ryan Hartt, guitarist Eric Ducoff, upright bassist Jeff Berg and drummer Nick Toscano have performed at some of the best clubs and festivals in the Northeast.
In 2004, the Blue Hearts qualified as semi-finalists in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. Their debut CD, "Empty Wallet", produced by Rick Holmstrom, has won praise from fans, critics, DJs and musicians throughout the world. Their latest release, "Yeah Man!", featuring special guest Junior Watson, adds swamp blues, organ trio jazz, West Side blues, 40's R&B and just a dash of roots rock to the 50s styled Chicago and Jump blues they have become known for.
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Mon Feb 20
at 8:00 PM
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Monday Night Jazz Jam
Charter Oak Cultural Center & CEP Music present Monday Night Jazz at Black Eyed Sally's. Different house band every week, followed by a jam session. All ages welcome.
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Tue Feb 21
at 8:30 PM
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Michael Palin's Other Orchestra
Other Orchestra...an 18 piece big band jazz ensemble. The band is comprised of some of Central Connecticuts finest jazz musicians. These musicians are here to do what they do best, play great challenging music and have a great time doin' it. Tuesday nights are an opportunity to see into this bands rehearsal and hear all the music they have to offer.
Every Tuesday- 8 pm till 10:00 pm
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Tue Feb 21
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FAT TUESDAY is Here!!!
We are partying all day!
Lunch Buffet 11:30-2:30 All-u-can eat!
Happy hour 4:00-6:00
Drink Specials / Free Vittles
Dancing to the Bayou sounds of:
Rivercity Slim & the Zydeco Hogs
Stiltwalkers/Beads/Face Painting- more fun than you can have on a tuesday in Hartford.
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Wed Feb 22
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TOMMY WHALEN BLUES JAM
Every wed at 8:30pm we host one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! Featuring a different host each week, you'll hear some of the best musicians CT has to offer— it's open to all ages (under 18 with a parent). Come on in, sign up, and let us hear your stuff!!
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Fri Feb 24
at 9:00 PM
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Maryleigh & the Fauves
Sultry blues pop- come see this unique group perform their Sally's debut!
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Sat Feb 25
at 9:00 PM
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Alexis P. Suter
She may have the biggest voice in the blues today!
www.alexispsuter.com
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Mon Feb 27
at 8:00 PM
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Monday Night Jazz Jam
Charter Oak Cultural Center & CEP Music present Monday Night Jazz at Black Eyed Sally's. Different house band every week, followed by a jam session. All ages welcome.
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Tue Feb 28
at 8:30 PM
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Michael Palin's Other Orchestra
Other Orchestra...an 18 piece big band jazz ensemble. The band is comprised of some of Central Connecticuts finest jazz musicians. These musicians are here to do what they do best, play great challenging music and have a great time doin' it. Tuesday nights are an opportunity to see into this bands rehearsal and hear all the music they have to offer.
Every Tuesday- 8 pm till 10:00 pm
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Tue Feb 28
at 6:00 PM
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Christopher & Dana Reeve Fundraising Bash
Join Team Reeve Connecticut on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 from as they get together to beat the winter blues!
Enjoy great company, good food, delicious cocktails and live music from Fountainhead, starting at 6pm.
The proceeds generated from this event will help Team Reeve CT as they work to support the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation's mission of providing care and cure for those living with spinal cord injury and paralysis.
$20.00 suggested donation at the door.
We hope to see you there!
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Wed Feb 29
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TIM MCDONALD BLUES JAM
Every wed at 8:30pm we host one of the longest running open blues jams in New England! Featuring a different host each week, you'll hear some of the best musicians CT has to offer— it's open to all ages (under 18 with a parent). Come on in, sign up, and let us hear your stuff!!
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Fri Mar 2
at 9:00 PM
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Cobalt Rhythm Kings
The Cobalt Rhythm Kings -- the only Connecticut blues band fronted by two Chicago natives -- is a band to watch. The Kings were finalists in the 2011 CT Blues Challenge and "Best Blues Band" winner in the 2010 New Haven Advocate "Grand Band Slam."
Steeped in the jazzy jump blues of Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris; the cool, raging West Coast blues of William Clarke, Rod Piazza and James Harman, and the tough, hard-edged Chicago blues of Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Junior Wells and Freddie King, The Kings play a mix of sizzling originals and well-chosen covers.
But whatever goes in, it always comes out Cobalt.
Formed in 1996, they have played everywhere from New York's Chicago B.L.U.E.S. to the New Haven Jazz Festival to the national stage of the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas. They've opened for Johnny Winter at Toad's Place and for both the late Son Seals and blues diva Etta James on the New Haven Green. Other stops have included many of CT's top clubs and festivals and slots opening for the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues, Debbie Davies, Ronnie Earl, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson and John Hammond Jr.
The Cobalt Rhythm Kings' CD, "HOT . . . Like Red Pepper," contains nine songs -- four originals -- that range from uptempo, danceable jump blues to gritty, bouncing-and-grinding Chicago blues to steamy, atmospheric blues and flat-out boogie.
“This is an honestly solid release that shows more passion than the oodles of blues bands out there that wrongfully worship at the altar of Mayall and Clapton.”
-- New Haven Advocate
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Mon Mar 5
at 8:00 PM
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Monday Night Jazz Jam
Charter Oak Cultural Center & CEP Music present Monday Night Jazz at Black Eyed Sally's. Different house band every week, followed by a jam session. All ages welcome.
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Tue Mar 6
at 8:30 PM
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Michael Palin's Other Orchestra
Other Orchestra...an 18 piece big band jazz ensemble. The band is comprised of some of Central Connecticuts finest jazz musicians. These musicians are here to do what they do best, play great challenging music and have a great time doin' it. Tuesday nights are an opportunity to see into this bands rehearsal and hear all the music they have to offer.
Every Tuesday- 8 pm till 10:00 pm
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Mon Mar 12
at 8:00 PM
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Monday Night Jazz Jam
Charter Oak Cultural Center & CEP Music present Monday Night Jazz at Black Eyed Sally's. Different house band every week, followed by a jam session. All ages welcome.
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