鈥淎ll the dealers and gamblers and young white hipsters, they all made the scene / The girl at the door who checked I.D.s was just 16.鈥�
While recorded 鈥淢other Blues鈥� in 2012, the eclectic Oak Lawn music spot had been gone since the 鈥�80s. Yet memories of Mother Blues never died 鈥� stories of all-night poker games with Big D blues legend , visits from and gigs by everyone from Jimmy Buffett to Dizzy Gillespie to .
You can hear some of the old tales on June 13 at the Mother Blues Reunion, the latest in the Kessler Theater鈥檚 series paying tribute to legendary Dallas night spots. Music will be provided by three Dallas electric guitar aces who played Ma鈥� Blues 鈥� Jimmy Wallace, Rocky Athas and Jim Suhler, who鈥檒l headline with his band Monkey Beat. Emceeing will be Texas filmmaker and former Buddy magazine editor . His doc featuring scenes from Mother Blues, , screens June 14 at the Texas Theatre.
Details
8 p.m., Friday, June 13 at the Kessler, 1230 W. Davis St. Dallas. $32 and up. .
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