THE KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER
35 Railroad Avenue, Westerly, RI 02891 (Misquamicut) | (401) 315-5070
Closed Today
The club thrived as one of the leading entertainment centers in southern New England, hosting regional and national bands with an emphasis on the blues. Some of the greats that played on the Knickerbocker stage included, Big Joe Turner, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Johnny Nicholas, Leon Russell, Eric Burdon and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In 1967, Roomful of Blues was born in Westerly, when guitarist Duke Robillard and pianist Al Copley started a band that played tough, no-holds barred Chicago blues. Making the Knickerbocker Café their home club, it did not take long before they started exploring swinging, jumping blues and added a horn section. Roomful would pack the house every Sunday and still plays their great brand of blues today.
Fast forward and the Café has become the Knickerbocker Music Center, a non-profit organization formed in partnership with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. The mission of the Knickerbocker Music Center is to preserve, cultivate and grow the “Knick’s” unique brand of blues, as well as expanding access to music of all genres, by transforming the Knick into both an exciting performance venue and an exceptional center for music education.
Phil Adams Group and Jabbawaukee
8pm
Friday, March 13, 2020 at 8:00pm
The Knickerbocker Music Center. 35 Railroad Avenue, Westerly, RI 02891
knickmusic.com/events/2020/4/10/phil-adams-group-jabbawaukee
Live Music
with Dwayne Keith Project Opening
From the guy who brought The Music of John Mayer to The Knickerbocker, Phil Adams' music yields the accessible familiarity of popular music, while the Group's arrangements, and grooves guide the audience through musical exploration. Phil Adams Group's nightly excursions, are sure to satisfy a wide audience. In his career, Phil has shared the stage with the likes of Max Creek, Donna Jean Godchaux, Assembly of Dust, Twiddle, Adison Groove Project, Ryan Montbleau, Consider The Source, The Movement, Badfish, Bella's Bartok, The Breakfast, Formula 5, and Keller Williams, to name a few. Feel good music unafraid to explore, and guaranteed to make you move...
Jabbawaukee is a Providence, RI based Quintet that utilizes every trick in their musical bag of sorcery. Mixing elements of psychedelic/progressive rock and funk, Jabbawaukee has all the qualities that define some of the best jam bands of our time .
Featuring the shredding guitar and vocals of David Hobson, thumping basslines and vocals of Brendon 'Low B' Bjorness-Murano, founder and pocket drummer Jason Laplume, soulful keys and vocals of Jack Skiffington and schorching saxophone of Ross Wheeler. We have been keeping the dance floor moving in New England venues and music festivals since 2017.
Right out of the gate, after 6 months of lineup changes, intense practicing and the recording of their debut EP, "Five from the Shack", they hit the ground running. Being nominated for Motif's "Best RI Jam Band" in 2018 & 2019, "Best Band" in the New London Area 2019, in The Day, having their single "Moonlight" played in regular rotation on JEMP radio and opening for such national acts as Twiddle, Spafford, Hayley Jane & the Primates, Pink Talking Fish, Strange Machines, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, The Mallet Brothers, The Ryan Montebleu Band as well as many others. This along with their crushing sets at Strangecreek, Wormtown and Rose Arts Music festivals (2018 & 2019), Rhythm & Roots 2019 (RI), Block Island Music Festival 2019 (RI), Ziontific Music Festival 2019 (MA), NIMfest 2019 (RI) and The Pheno Cup 2019 (NH) ,solidified them as a stronghold in the Northeast Jam Band Scene. Already booked for Fall 2019 in RI, MA, CT, NH & VT, look for Jabbawaukee to invade your universe in the coming future!
Show: 8p | Doors: 7p
Tickets: $10 ($2 Service Charge Included With Online Tickets. All sales are final, no ticket refunds or exchanges. Seats are on a first-come, first-serve basis, and seats are not guaranteed with ticket purchase.)
