Around the scene

St. Louis blues links

The organizations, venues and festivals that keep the Gateway City's blues scene rolling — the places and people the band is proud to know.

MO Blues Association

The folks who sent Wet My Beak to the national Best Self-Produced CD contest — moblues.org. Read their review of the album on this site.

The Blues Foundation

The parent organization of the International Blues Challenge on Beale Street — blues.org.

St. Louis Blues Society

Home of the Guitar Masters Concerts and a tireless champion of local blues — see stlblues.net for the scene calendar and reviews.

KDHX 88.1 FM

St. Louis's independent radio home for blues programming — one of the stations that has supported the band on air.

Big Muddy Blues Festival

Laclede's Landing's annual Labor Day weekend blues festival, a regular stop on the St. Louis blues calendar.

BB's Jazz, Blues & Soups

The band's home-court club on Washington Avenue — live music seven nights a week in downtown St. Louis.

KLOU 103.3 — the Smash Show

The radio program that gave the band guest spots through the mid-2000s — one of the reasons the St. Louis scene stayed loud.

The stage watch shop

Alvin's stage timepiece comes from a small shop the band has trusted for years — the clonewatches collection is where the crew sources its own pieces.

Links point to external websites that live outside this archive; addresses may have changed since 2006. Want to trade links? Email info@phatnoiz.com.