Blues in the Bottoms
Ronnie Baker Brooks band, Keeshea Pratt band, Womanish Girl, Mathias Lattin band… what more needs to be said?
Women in Blues Lineup
KCBS presents Women in Blues showcasing the music of Brigett and Her Bandoliers and the Cassie Taylor band
Monthly Spotlight – Tom “Trashmouth” Baker
Article by Tom “Trashmouth” Baker is a self-taught master blues harmonica player who has been prominent on the KC music scene since the 1970s. Tom is a Missouri native who …
Blues in the Bottoms
with
Ronnie Baker Brooks
Mathias Lattin
Keeshea Pratt
and
Womanish Girl
Dubbed “blues royalty,” Ronnie Baker Brooks’ style of Chicago blues has been performed on stages around the world.
Mattias Lattin won 1st place at the 2023 International Blues Challenge and was also awarded Best Guitarist.
Keeshea Pratt is a siren featured on the microphone with soaring and soulful lead Mississippi inspired vocals.
Womanish Girl is a Kansas City-based blues rock duo comprised of guitarist and vocalist Katy Guillen and drummer Stephanie Williams.
Holy-Field Winery Summer Time Music Series Lineup
The Holy-Field Winery has a rich history of presenting an excellent array of music from May through August.
The Blues is Everywhere Word search – May 2023
Spring has sprung and here’s a new word search puzzle! How many bluesy words or phrases can you find? Click below to play the word search! (A popup will …
Spotlight on Corporate Member
The KCBS welcomes its first corporate membership from the owners of the RC Williams Company, LLC, Rick and Nancy McGuire Williams.
Monthly Spotlight – Angela Adkins of The Hideout
The Hideout Bar and Grill, located at 6948 North Oak Trafficway, Gladstone, MO, is a gem in the local live music arena, with a serious food menu. Go for great …
READY! SET! GO! Blues in the Bottoms!
The lineup for the Kansas City Blues Society’s Blues in the Bottoms event is set. We’ve got the Ronnie Baker Brooks band, Keesha Pratt Band, Katy …
Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise Raffle Tickets
It’s the best blues music cruise on water and we are selling tickets for your chance to win a cabin for two on the January 28-February 4, 2024, western Caribbean cruise. It sets sail from Ft. Lauderdale, FL heading to the Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, Mexico, and Roatan, Honduras. In between ports, you will hear some of the best blues musicians in the world. It’s 20 hours each day of nonstop blues music, workshops, musician discussions, cooking demonstrations, meeting new people, and sun and fun. If you are a blues music fan, you just cannot top this experience.
Tickets are $20 each and are being sold by Dennis Nelson, Cory Bryars, Cathy Ramirez, Craig Smith, Dutch Metzger, Ron Clond, Brian Tresnak, and Betty Berry. You may also buy tickets on the KCBS website right here. The winning ticket will be drawn at the Thanksgiving Day Breakfast Dance. This is an annual fundraiser for the KCBS. The winning ticket only includes a cabin for 2 and does not include travel to and from Ft. Lauderdale.

Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #40 Raffle Tickets
Album Reviews
Album Review: Burn Me Alive
The 51 minute album contains 12 cuts of all original compositions. The vibe is pretty consistently in the blues/rock vein, except for a few slow burners…
Album Review: Jimi Hendrix Experience, LA Forum April 26, 1969
Guess how many official record label Hendrix albums have been released since his passing over 50 years ago?
Album Review: Unchange
From Tulsa, Oklahoma, the self-taught guitarist got his start in the blues business touring in the backing band for Oklahoma legend, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown…
Album Review: Zero-2-Sixty
From Tulsa, Oklahoma, the self-taught guitarist got his start in the blues business touring in the backing band for Oklahoma legend, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown…
Check out Yesterday’s Blues
- Buddy MossBy Doyle M. Pace, originally published in the May 1994 Blues News With the focus so often on the Mississippi Delta area as the “cradle of the blues,” other places where the blues were nurtured are sometimes slighted. One such place is Atlanta, Georgia. In …
- Johnny ShinesBy Doyle M. Pace, originally published in the FMarch 1994 Blues News Johnny Shines was a highly gifted guitar player and a literate and poetic composer of blues lyrics. He was, as well, one of our greatest bluesmen. However, through unfortunate circumstances, he never attained the …
- Professor LonghairBy Doyle M. Pace, originally published in the February 1994 Blues News In October of 1993, New Orleans premier music club, Tipitina’s, officially changed its name to Professor Longhair’s Tipitina to honor the legendary piano player, singer, and composer who made the club his home base …
- Speckled Red & the Dirty DozensBy Doyle M. Pace, originally published in the April 1994 Blues News “Playing at the Dozens” or “Putting in the Dozens” is a folk game in which two or more participants hurl insults and boasts at one another. These highly imaginative and metaphorical comments are …
- Willie Mae “Big Mama” ThorntonBy Doyle M. Pace, originally published in the February 1995 Blues News In 1952, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton recorded a robust and raunchy number with a lot of innuendo and double entendre about a fed-up female who is telling a no-account, libidinous sporting man …
- Walter “Furry” LewisBy Doyle M. Pace, originally published in the December 1990 Blues News Beale Street, for the first quarter of this century, was one of the roughest and toughest, most rocking and swinging, wide-open streets in the country. It was a close counterpart of Kansas City’s Eighteenth and …