BLUES ROCKING…Katie Knipp: Live at Theater 5150, Brad “Guitar” Wilson: Boundless

There’s good rockin’ tonight…

Playing guitar, harmonica and piano, singer Katie Knapp growls out a set at Theater 5150 with Pancho Tomasell/b, Steve Utstein/key, Neil Campisano/dr and Quinn Hedges/g on this mix of originals and covers. She’s dramatic and  urgent of a read of Bruce Springsteen’s “State Trooper” and Spartan stark on the traditional “John The Revelator”. There’s some ominous slide guitar work around her foregoding “If I Was The Devil” and he harp wails on the thunderous “Santa Cruz Blues”. As she promises during the set, “It’s OK if we blast your faces off”, so bring some sun guard.

Singing and playing vintage 70s rock and rolling, Brad Wilson belts out originals and beyond with Toto Poznantek-Chri Ross-Adam ust/dr, Chris Rhyne-Luca Catalfamo-Frankie Briens/key, Hal Cragin-Brian Beal-Fabrizo Erba-b, Francis Buckley/pec and guest vocalists. He delivers a contemporary take of the classic “The Thrill Is Gone” with some tasty Lucille-inspired licks, while “Cry Me a River” goes down deep. He’s poppish like Rick Springfield on pieces lie “Gonna Stay OR Go” and has a fun reggae’d reach of “Hit The Road, Jack”. Cruise night.