When Jimmy Alter and his
band host the Detroit Blues Society Meeting and Jam on Saturday, expect a healthy
dose of early Fabulous Thunderbirds music.
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| Jimmy Alter |
“It’s kind of funny,” Alter
said. “Me and J-Bone (guitarist Jason Bone) have hosted a couple of things together
in the past, and anytime we do, we both love doing old T-bird stuff so much that
we end up going down that road.
“The more of it the better
for us. We never get tired of it.”
Alter, who will also be
joined by J-Bone, bassist Alex Lyon (Motor City Josh) and drummer Dave Watson (Howard Glazer, The
Corrupters) on Saturday, puts a high value
on blues music from that era.
“There’s something about
that time period of late ‘70s blues,” he said. “It’s just raucous enough, but still
more authentic, or true, than the mid-
to late-‘80s stuff and from then on. The time period was still real right then.”
The Jimmy Alter Band will
perform a full set at the DBS event at 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Cooley Lake Inn in Commerce. Jammers will perform the remainder of the
evening.
Alter, 31, grew up in Columbus
Township, north of Richmond in northern Macomb County. He started his musical
career at age 15 and played in Top 40 bar bands for close to 15 years. About a
year-and-a-half ago, he started on the journey of fronting his own blues band.
“Oddly enough, I moved to
St. Clair Shores and stopped in at the Blue Goose a couple of years back. I met
(guitarist) Johnny Rhoades and he introduced me to everybody in the blues scene
around here. I had never really searched it out before.”
Alter recorded his debut
EP, “Rock With Me,” at Motor City Josh’s Sound Shop Studios. The EP, which
features guest appearances from Rhoades, Lyon and drummer Eric Savage, was
released last August.
“He’s a nice guy and he tries
to play the blues the right way,” Motor City Josh said.
Alter has another gig on
Thursday at Dick O’Dows in Birmingham. He will share the stage with
singer-guitarist Rusty Reid, Lyon, and drummer David A. Watson.
They will perform a mix of blues, soul and funk.
“I am super appreciative
of any opportunity I get,” Alter said. “I’m pretty darn happy I met Johnny (Rhoades)
and this great group of musicians. It’s a great scene.”
For more on the Jimmy
Alter Band, click JimmyAlterMusic.com.
More live music
On Friday, the Live! From the Living Room Acoustic Showcase will feature music by “singing
cowboy” Bob Marshall and fingerstyle blues guitarist Larry Stevens.
The show starts at 8 p.m. in the atrium of the
Oakland Arts Building, 7 N. Saginaw
St , next to the Blue Note Café, in Pontiac. Admission is $5.
Also on Friday, at 7 p.m. Raputa
will perform at Youngers Irish Tavern in Romeo. The J. Geils tribute band features
one of my favorite harmonica players, Larry Everhart.
To send info to JB Blues,
please email Joe.Ballor@dailytribune.com
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