Tall Paul and the Naughty Cats at Tasting Room of Monona
Tall Paul and the Naughty Cats are rolling the full band out to the Tasting Room of Monona patio on Sunday afternoon for three hours of harmonica-driven blues, latin-tinged grooves, and a low-end that won't sit still.
Paul Sabel — Tall Paul, to anyone who's seen him stand up to a microphone — leads on harmonica and vocals, with a story that runs from a Tuesday-night first lesson in Madison to a standing invitation at Rosa's Lounge in Chicago under the late Little Mack Simmons, to a guest spot with Sociedad Havana Blues in Cuba, to a slot on the B.B. King's stage on Beale Street. The Naughty Cats pull from all of it. You'll hear the Chicago shuffle in the rhythm section, a Cuban groove sneak in where you don't expect it, and a chromatic harmonica passage that somehow turns into an accordion mid-song. (That last one's a Charlie Musselwhite tune. Paul learned it sideways, which is the only way it works.)
Sunday afternoons on the Tasting Room patio have their own kind of magic. Spring sun on the deck, something cold in the glass, the weekend winding down at exactly the right speed, and a band playing the kind of music that makes you stay for one more before you head home. We play 4 to 7 PM — three sets, plenty of room to come, go, bring a friend, bring your folks. Full band for this one.
If the weather doesn't cooperate, we move inside and trim down. Either way, we'll be there.
Tasting Room of Monona — patio open, drinks flowing, no cover. Sunday, May 24. Come thirsty. Stay late. Tell Carl we said hi.
More music, more dates, and the rest of the story at www.thenaughtycats.com.
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