tom lavin and the legendary powder blues band

tom lavin's been running the powder blues band long enough that "legendary" isn't hype, it's just accurate. this is blues that hits hard and doesn't apologize - the kind of set that fills the aeolian hall's intimate wood-and-plaster room with sound that feels like it's coming from somewhere real. the crowd here knows what they're after: people who've caught this band before, people discovering them for the first time, all in that old east village room that's heard everything from folk to jazz to whatever defies category. if you want to hear blues played by people who've actually lived it, this is the night.