New Members
Joe Krown Trio w/ Walter "Wolfman" Washington & Russell Batiste
7-16-2016Joe Krown (Hammond B-3), Walter "Wolfman" Washington(guitar & vocals) & Russell Batiste (drums & background vocals) started playing together in March 2007, where they play every Sunday at the New Orleans nightclub, the Maple Leaf Bar. If you can't get to New Orleans, here's your chance to see them here.
The combination of the soulful vocals of Walter with the big sound of the Hammond B-3 and the masterful drumming of Russell Batiste Jr. is a unique sound; instantly familiar, but all their own. They have 3 CDs, "Live at the Maple Leaf," (which won a 2009 Offbeat Award for Best R&B/Funk CD) "Triple Threat" and their latest, "Soul Understanding" (which charted at number 7 in Relix’s Jam Band radio play charts). They won a 2009 Big Easy Award for Best R&B Band. In 2010, they did an 18 city tour with Allen Toussaint & Nicholas Payton called “New Orleans Nights," where they had a feature set and then backed up Nicholas & Allen on the their sets. “A killer collaboration between three of New Orleans greatest players!” - Jan Ramsey, offBEAT Magazine.
Joe Krown held the keyboard chair with Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown & Gate’s Express from 1992 until Gatemouth’s passing in the fall of 2005. Joe also did a 62 date world tour as the opening act for Eric Clapton and Gate’s Express is featured on Carlos Santana’s Carlos Santana Presents Blues At Montreux 2004 (2006) DVD. Joe's bands have played all of the local New Orleans clubs, Tipitina’s, House of Blues, Maple Leaf, Rock & Bowl, etc. and have toured all over the U.S., Canada, Europe and Brazil.
In the fall of 2007 Joe was invited to be a feature artist in the Solid Blues Tour, a 38 U.S. city tour featuringMavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, the North Mississippi All-Stars and Joe. Joe has released 10 CDs ranging from solo piano performances to trios, up to a 6 piece band playing both piano and Hammond B-3 organ.
Russell Batiste Jr. is a longtime member of one of N’awlins legendary musical families. He plays multiple instruments and has been at the drum kit since the age of four. He joined the Funky Meters in 1989 and has recorded with Allan Toussaint, Robbie Robertson, Harry Connick, Jr.; performed on the last two Wild Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians’ CD’s and two CD’s of The Funky Meters featuring the JB Horns. He's also played with Mike Gordon (Phish), Eric Krasno (Soulive), Champion Jack DuPree and Maceo Parker. In 2001 he joined the legendary trio Vidal Blue with Page McConnell (Phish) and Oteil Burbridge (Allman Bros).
Walter “Wolfman” Washington has been an icon on the New Orleans music scene for decades. His searing guitar work and soulful vocals have defined the Crescent City’s unique musical hybrid of R&B, funk and blues since he formed his first band in the 1970’s. Wolfman was on the road by his late teens backing the great vocalist Lee Dorsey who was touring in support of his smash hits, “Ride Your Pony” and “Working in a Coalmine.” Before he went out on his own with his Solar System Band, he also did stints with acclaimed New Orleans songstress Irma Thomas as well as with the legendary jazzman David Lastie’s Taste of New Orleans Band. During the 1970s, Washington began a 20-year association with the late, great Johnny Adams. Dubbed “the Tan Canary” for his peerless vocal stylings, Adams was a mentor to Washington who developed his singing style. Washington's sound reflects the full range of New Orleans music. He certainly can howl the blues, hence his nickname, but his musical talents have always defined pure Crescent City soul.
* Joe Krown Trio w/ Walter "Wolfman" ...
Date and Time
Saturday Jul 16, 2016
