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Alec Adams on January 5, 2022
San Jose’s own JC Smith is quite possibly the definition of old school cool. Wielding his gorgeous Gibson 335, Smith has played classic-sounding soul blues all across the world, most recently releasing a live album with the South America All Stars. Smith may think globally, but he also acts locally; he hosts…
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Alec Adams on September 22, 2021
Poor House Bistro has got to be among San Jose’s most underrated concert venues. Since 2005, SAP Center’s next door neighbor has been shelling out rock solid cajun-inspired comfort food, while still finding time to keep vital blues and jazz alive in the South Bay. On Saturday, they host Chris Cain, San…
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Mike Huguenor on July 28, 2021
Elvin Bishop is true blue. Film fans will recognize him for his dusky mellow gold hit “Fooled Around And Fell In Love,” which appeared in Boogie Nights before getting dubbed onto Star-Lord’s “Awesome Mix Vol. 1” in Guardians of the Galaxy. But Mr. Bishop’s career is far more storied than one song.…
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Jay Edgar on July 21, 2021
Truly a product of Silicon Valley cultural exchange, Aki Kumar is a San Jose-based bluesman fusing the great American tradition with musical influences from his native India. As a singer and harmonica player, Kumar plays classic electric blues with a little bit of ‘50s rock and pop, and throws that in the…
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Mike Huguenor on July 14, 2021
Long a favorite of Bay Area blues fans, the mighty Tia Carroll comes to Poor House Bistro after releasing an album considered to be her proper American debut: You Gotta Have It! Consisting of both originals and original takes on classics, like the Staples Sisters’ “Why Am I Treated So Bad?” You…
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Mike Huguenor on June 30, 2021
This Fourth of July, the Poor House Bistro is celebrating sixteen years of blues, brews, and flavorful cajun food with a blowout to remember. The event is sure to be the last anniversary held at their original location on Autumn St., as the entire Bistro, 100-year old Victorian and all, is about…
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
AC Myles has it bad and, buddy, there ain’t no cure. Morning, noon and night, it’s there with him. The blues. On new album With These Blues, the Central Valley-born guitarist charts one man’s descent into the azure hue note by note, and fret by fret. Once described as “perhaps the only…
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Metro Staff on February 18, 2020
Enjoy a Big Easy brunch and music from The Sons of The Soul Revivers—all while helping support the upcoming Fountain Blues & Brews Festival, scheduled for June 20 at Plaza de Cesar Chavez. The Morgan brothers—the three-part vocal center of this traditional gospel quintet—have been singing together their entire lives. The group…
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Matei Predescu on August 14, 2019
San Jose’s New Orleans joint, Poor House Bistro, is filling up this Sunday with food and live music straight from the Big Easy, at their annual Lil’ Easy event, a backyard party fundraiser for the Stroke Awareness Foundation. Poor House will be showcasing six Bay Area blues bands alongside a silent auction…
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Avi Salem on December 28, 2018
Move over, dinner and a movie. These days, it’s all about brunch and a piano—at least at San Jose’s Poor House Bistro. The last Sunday of 2018 starts with a New Orleans-themed piano brunch hosted by local “bourbon-esque” crooner and one-man show Johnny Fabulous. Boogie down while snacking on beignets and hear…
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