The
VooDoo Blues Band
is the house band for the weekly jam session at Hammerstone’s in
Soulard. But the band has developed into more than just a blues band—on
any given Sunday you may get driving funk, blues-ified jazz classics,
R&B and, of course, our mainstay—down and dirty, gut-bucket,
horn-drenched blues with that signature St. Louis blues slide guitar sound
in the tradition of Albert King and Bennie Smith, with boogie piano on
top.
The band may cover tunes by Herbie Hancock, Grover Washington, Elmore
James, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Jaco Pastorius and Albert
King. Like Albert, the band is likely to put its own bluesy, funky twist
on the covers—the only rule is that the groove has to be there!
The Voodoo Blues Band has been doing the Hammerstone’s blues jam
for over 10 years running, and was founded by the late great St. Louis
blues legend Bennie Smith. Come down and see us – Hammerstone’s
is located at the corner of 9th and Russell in the historic Soulard district
of St. Louis, Missouri (just south of the ballpark), and the jam session
runs from 4 until 8 every Sunday.
Anyone
have a goat? “Now
go do that voodoo that you do, so well.” -- Hedley
Lamar, Blazing Saddles
