9:00pm • $10 Cover

Still Standing

Linwood Taylor • Wolf Crescenze • David Thaler

Electric Blues and Blues Rock

Linwood Taylor - Guitar and Vocals
“One of Washington’s Leading Blues Guitarists” - Washington Post Magazine

For more than 30 years, Washington native, veteran blues guitarist Linwood Taylor has performed & toured internationally fronting his own band as well as a 2-year stint as guitarist in the Joe Louis Walker Band. Linwood has performed on stage with some of the biggest names in blues:  Albert Collins, Lonnie Mack, Eddie Kirkland, and the Blues Brothers (played the Capitol July 4th Concert) to name just a few.  Linwood was featured on the cover of Washington Post Magazine in their story highlighting the “Year of the Blues” and over 20 years ago, he was honored in Living Blues Magazine as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” blues guitarists.

Wolf Crescenze - Bass Wolf began playing bass with various bands in the Washington, DC area during the garage-band era of the 1960s, most notably with Sassafras Tea. In more recent years, he has been seen onstage with Pinetop Perkins, Guitar Shorty, Zac Harmon, Tab Benoit, the Nighthawks’ Mark Wenner, Frederic Yonnet, Steve Guyger, Ruby Hayes, Linwood Taylor, Bret Littlehales (aka Big Boy Little), Memphis Gold, Daryl Davis, Steve “Baby Jake” Jacobs, Robert Frahm, Matt Kelley, Nadine Rae, Clarence “The Bluesman” Turner, Rusty Bogart, Mike Westcott, Wave Milor, Andy Hamburger, Bill “The Wandering Greek” Pappas, Joe Wells, Mark Stutso, Pete Ragusa, Tom Maxwell, Lisa Lim, Andy Poxon, Paul Pfau, Zach Sweeney, Michael Tash, Fast Eddie, the Skyla Burrell Band, Hot Rods & Old Gas, The Idle Americans, ACME Blues Company, One Bad Jack, and DrMove.

David Thaler - drums - David Thaler powered the groove of Washington, DC’s award‑winning Bad Influence Band for more than 25 years, anchoring their high‑energy “DC‑style” blues sound with deep pocket and drive. A veteran of the mid‑Atlantic blues scene, he’s been heard on multiple Bad Influence albums and countless club and festival stages, from intimate rooms to major blues events. Thaler’s drumming combines classic blues feel with a modern edge, giving every song a strong backbeat, tasteful dynamics, and a serious dose of swagger.