Blues In Brooklyn

Went out to Ruthie's in Fort Greene last night for some excellent soul food with American Routes producer Scott McCraw, followed by a performance by Greenville, Mississippi's own T-Model Ford at Frank's Cocktail Lounge in Brooklyn. He did some blues standards like "44 Blues" and "Big Boss Man" and some original grooves and punctuated with shouts of "It's Jack Daniels time!" Terry "Harmonica" Bean played some excellent harp and took the lead on "Bright Lights Big City" and something that sounded like a Slim Harpo number. Appropriately, the venue was unventilated and everyone was packed in and dancing and sweating all over the place. Spotted in the crowd were folk-rocker Langhorne Slim, Ponderosa Stomp photographer Joseph Rosen, and Shore Fire's own Eli "Paperboy" Reed. There are more events for Brooklyn residents this week. Both Ruthie's and T-Model are the good stuff.

Here's some T-Model to drive the blues away this morning: