Howard Tate, Lucero @ Big Apple BBQ photos

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Leslie and I hit up the Big Apple BBQ Block Party this weekend for some food and music. We were hungry when we got there and then a bit freaked out by the overlapping, chaotic lines for meat, so we shot over to Blue Smoke to eat some Q and have a beer at the bar.

When we got back to the Park we caught Howard Tate with the Divine Soul Rhythm Band and Memphis' Lucero. NYC's own Saron Crenshaw sounded tight and funky but we missed a good part of his set to forage.

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Howard Tate - Sweet Divines - Joe's Pub

Happy New Year Everyone! Before disappearing into the black hole of unproductivity known as 'the holidays' I had a nice time going to Joe's Pub to see my friends the Sweet Divines. Their special guest was soul legend Howard Tate whose best work was recorded on Verve with Jerry Ragovoy in the 1960's.

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To those of you familiar with his albums, the portrait is very much in the style of his 1967 Atlantic album cover. There were some mirrors back stage at Joe's Pub and I set up a couple behind him to see how it would look.