Lil' Red and the Rooster

LIL’ RED and the ROOSTER – PARIS COMBO
Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Award-winning Blues from France (and Westerville!)

September 3, 2024Posted inLive Music
Upbeat classic and original blues and jazz - from the heart! JENNIFER MILLIGAN is a wonderful vocalist and songwriter and is originally from Westerville; PASCAL FOUQUET is one of France’s top blues guitarists. A favorite at Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago, 3-time winner of Columbus Blues Challenge and past finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Upbeat and great fun. *Paris Combo features Jennifer Milligan (vocals, guitar, washboard), Pascal Fouquet (guitars), JEAN-MARC DESPEIGNES (bass) and PASCAL MUCCI (drums).
MEEK Quartet

The MEEK QUARTET
Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Four-Part Harmony

August 17, 2024Posted inLive Music
MEEK QUARTET "Pre-Eclipse Party" in four part harmony! (MEEK = not their attitude, but last name initials!) is a fun and very talented four-part vocal harmony group: DAN and PAT EPLEY, TOM KAELBER and ROB MONTGOMERY. They play very eclectic music - from pop to country, gospel and even cowboy songs! But this will be a special PRE-ECLIPSE SHOW - with sun and moon songs, riddles, puns, trivia - and lots of fun!

They will generously donate all proceeds of the show to St. Jude's Research Hospital.
Lil' Red and the Rooster

LIL’ RED and the ROOSTER
Saturday, August 17, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Great blues from France and Westerville

August 10, 2024Posted inLive Music
Upbeat award-winning classic and original blues and jazz. JENNIFER MILLIGAN is a wonderful vocalist and songwriter and is originally from Westerville; PASCAL FOUQUET is one of France’s top blues guitarists. A favorite at Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago and past winner of both the Columbus and Cincinnati Blues Challenges! Upbeat and great fun.
Ken Parsons

KEN PARSONS
Saturday, August 10, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Opening by The OH’HAMSTEADS

August 3, 2024Posted inLive Music
KEN is an excellent singer/songwriter from Coshocton who has become a favorite at JC, performing here last Feb and May, plus numerous open mics. Ken plays all over Ohio and has wowed us with his vocals, musicianship and his surprisingly eclectic repertoire - ranging from "Summertime" (Gershwin) to "Rainbow Connection" (Kermit the Frog) to John Prine to Pink Floyd! OPENING will be The OH'HAMSTEADS - Folk/Irish/rock/country - with Braun and Julie, brother Carl and son Matt.
John Morgan Quartet

JOHN MORGAN QUARTET
Saturday, July 27, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
“A Band With No Name” *

July 20, 2024Posted inLive Music
John is an excellent fingerstyle guitarist, songwriter and singer, recording artist – and a wonderful entertainer! He performs throughout Columbus, and also leads our great Tuesday night jams at JC. His music has been played on NPR and on numerous TV shows. In addition, John has been a teacher and Artist-in-Residence at Riverside Hospital for twenty years. He has written a wonderful book about his experiences there, Notes in the Key of C. * A BAND WITH NO NAME (Pop, rock, blues, bluegrass, gospel and original music) - features John, DAVE HEINMILLER (top dog of Heindog and Stadz), and DON and DEBBIE (Flower) SMITH who have been with numerous bands, including the Fishouse Fellowship Band.
Shohei Toyoda

SHOHEI TOYODA
Saturday, July 20, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
International guitar champion from Japan

July 13, 2024Posted inLive Music
Shohei is a virtuoso guitarist and an excellent singer/entertainer. He was born in Japan, raised in Dublin, OH, educated in Boston (performance major at Berklee College of Music) - and started out at Java Central! An all-time JC favorite. First Prize and Best Arrangement Award - Japan's National Finger-Picking Guitar Contest Grand Champion of the "Home of the Legends" International Thumb-Picking Contest in Mulenburg, KY Back on US tour, we are proud he's back for another great show!
Lil' Red and the Rooster

LIL’ RED and the ROOSTER
Saturday, July 6, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Blues! (and just back from Chicago)

July 1, 2024Posted inLive Music
Upbeat award-winning classic and original blues and jazz. JENNIFER MILLIGAN is a wonderful vocalist and songwriter and is originally from Westerville; PASCAL FOUQUET is one of France’s top blues guitarists. A favorite at Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago and past winner of both the Columbus and Cincinnati Blues Challenges! Upbeat and great fun.
Long Tall Deb and Colin John

LONG TALL DEB &
COLIN JOHN
Saturday, June 29, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Award-Winning Blues

June 22, 2024Posted inLive Music
Texas-bred blues vocalist and songwriter Long Tall Deb and Hawaiian Big Island slack key guitarist/singer Colin John. Best described as "genre-bending" and "refreshingly original", the richly-textured layers of their music incorporate world influence with a soul-blues base picked up on their travels throughout India, Nepal, Hawaii and the American South. Their latest CD, "Dragonfly" climbed high on the Blues charts.