Art Walk Live on the Bidwell Plaza with Jelly Roll Blues Band
Jelly Roll will be playing at Crooked Tree Arts Center 2024 Art Walk on the Bidwell Plaza on Thursday, August 29th.
Stroll through Downtown Petoskey’s galleries, design studios, and creative spaces for an exciting evening of art and celebration. Participating establishments will welcome you with appetizers, desserts, and refreshments to enjoy as you tour some of Downtown Petoskey’s most creative shops and galleries.
During Art Walk, you can visit artists painting en plein air and groove to live music throughout the Petoskey Downtown Gaslight District with some of your favorite local musicians.
All activities are FREE and open to the public, tickets are not required.
About Jelly Roll Blues Band:
Jelly Roll, formally known as the Jelly Roll Blues Band, more formally the Jelly Roll Morton Memorial Blues Band, grew organically out of “lively” open mic nights at the City Park Grill (at the time called Park Garden Café) in the late 70’s. Today, we are still playing and celebrated as shaping Northern Michigan’s live music scene.
Maybe you caught us in the 80’s and 90s when we were the house band at the Sportsman in Boyne City, or at the Snowflake Lounge at Boyne Mountain, or Highlands… or maybe you caught us during the 30 years we played Sunday nights out at Legs Inn in Cross Village? ... Let’s not forget Horns Bar during the yacht races on Mackinac! So many gigs we can’t remember.
Currently, original members include Johnny Storm (guitar) and Bob Crosser (bass). Bill Riesenbeck (Drummer who replaced Gram Fineout in the 80’s and Kenny Mustang (who replaced Craig Stradtmiller (Piano/organ)). Other members during that formidable time include Marty Ward, Newt Cole and Patty McPeak. After Craig’s retirement, the band performed for 5 years or so as a 3 piece before bringing in Kenny Mustang on Keys (Kenny as a teenager, incidentally, took piano lessons from Stadtmiller in the 80’s).
