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<\/a>\u00a0An annual trip to Louisiana for a getaway from the rat race of Houston is a must for us. \u00a0Friendly first people who are proud to say “we dance like nobody’s watching” embodies their cool attitude. \u00a0Of course good Cajun food is a slam dunk – throw your diet away and enjoy. \u00a0Lastly, music in the deep Acadian rich city of Lafayette provides rib stickin’ zydeco that just draws you in and will not let go. \u00a0Nice to just set your mind free and have fun. \u00a0On top of all that we were able to attend an event for the second time called DTA. Downtown Alive is celebrating their thirty-fifth year of Spring and Fall free concerts to the public! \u00a0This night we shifted gears to catch a blues blow out provided by Kansas City native Samantha Fish. \u00a0It was cold and rainy outside, but the venue Rock N’ Bowl stepped up and opened their doors to host. \u00a0Inside it was as hot as an August day in Louisiana when she blasted the walls down!<\/div>\n
<\/a>\u00a0An annual trip to Louisiana for a getaway from the rat race of Houston is a must for us. \u00a0Friendly first people who are proud to say “we dance like nobody’s watching” embodies their cool attitude. \u00a0Of course good Cajun food is a slam dunk – throw your diet away and enjoy. \u00a0Lastly, music in the deep Acadian rich city of Lafayette provides rib stickin’ zydeco that just draws you in and will not let go. \u00a0Nice to just set your mind free and have fun. \u00a0On top of all that we were able to attend an event for the second time called DTA. Downtown Alive is celebrating their thirty-fifth year of Spring and Fall free concerts to the public! \u00a0This night we shifted gears to catch a blues blow out provided by Kansas City native Samantha Fish. \u00a0It was cold and rainy outside, but the venue Rock N’ Bowl stepped up and opened their doors to host. \u00a0Inside it was as hot as an August day in Louisiana when she blasted the walls down!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Fish burst on the blues scene in 2009 and has been busting it ever since . \u00a0Six albums already including two fine ones in 2017 alone. \u00a0 She borrowed a heavy dose from those two, the Mississippi mud-infused “Belle of the West” and “Chills and Fever” keeping the tunes flowing knocking the crowd down like the bowling pins surrounding both sides of the stage! \u00a0“American Dream” scorched as an opener followed by “Chills and Fever”, “He Did It”, foot stompin’ “Little Baby”, nasty shredding on “You Can’t Go”, and “Blood in the Water”. Not only is the woman talented, but surrounded by horns, drums, bass, keys, and dynamic fiddle playing just stoked the fire all night. Plus she is not hard on the eyes and has a rock solid confident stage presence. \u00a0I was impressed by her intricate and soul stirring solos. Her cover of Bettye LaVette’s “You’ll Never Change” featured her wailing vocals coupled with mesmerizing guitar prowess. \u00a0Her blistering version of “Crow Jane” brought the crowd to a fever pitch as the band took a well needed break to let all catch their collective breath.<\/div>\n
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<\/a>The stretch run second half just rock and rolled the packed house \u00a0to their knees. “Somebody”, “Hello Stranger”, mind blowing “Don’t Say That You Love Me”, “I’m in Love With You”, and “Cowtown” proved that Samantha Fish is a genuinely breath taking talent. \u00a0Little did we know that when she was called back for an encore she brought out Baton Rouge native and her own Wild Heart Record label artist, Jonathon Long, to tear thru “Daughters” and “Bitch On The Run”. \u00a0Yikes and whatever expletive you want to insert describe the trade off riff explosion that these two displayed. \u00a0Long is 29 also and the future looks bright for him by the way he played off Fish like they were a duo for years. Her hometown paper, The Kansas City Star, hit it on the nose with this: “Fish has knocked down the door of the patriarchal blues club.” \u00a0Eye noe dats rite! \u00a0You are hard pressed to put a label on what this woman can do on stage. That is why she is touring like a banshee spreading the word of blues, rock , country, swampy south red dirt, with a sprinkle of Americana. In closing Samantha herself sums it up quite well: “I’m never gonna be a traditional blues artist, because that’s not who I am. But it’s all the blues for me.” \u00a0Put this act on your short list next time she visits your town!<\/div>\n