TONY ENGLEHART: BLUES AND MEAT >>>

A barbecue in October? Why not? The South Sound Blues Association is holding a Summer Ending Party at Jambalaya featuring the Brown and Blues Band. One of the only true Chicago styled blues bands in the Northwest, the Brown and Blues band have a deep understanding of how blues was meant to be played. With driving shuffles and heartfelt slow blues, the Tacoma-based quartet doesn’t subscribe to Robert Cray’s contemporary styled “blues,” but rather have been influenced by greats such as Muddy, Wolf, Walter, and Cotton. Harp extraordinaire Anthony Estrada blows with as much passion as Sonny Boy ever did while Richard Molina’s guitar licks are as smooth as anything Hubert Sumlin ever laid down.

[Jambalaya Restaurant, 3 p.m., free, 500 Garfield St., Parkland, 253.539.3600]

Picture of the Brown and Blues Band courtesy of Myspace