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Al Hill & the Love Butlers at Gandy Dancer Courtyard Jazz Series at Gandy Dancer
Courtesy of Ingrid Racine | Posted on August 8, 2012
Where
Gandy Dancer
Gandy Dancer Courtyard Jazz Series
401 Depot St.
Ann Arbor, MI
Map
734-769-0592
When
Wed, August 15, 2012
6-9pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
Al Hill & the Love Butlers were a mainstay in the Detroit music scene for years until Al and wife Whit relocated to Nashville, TN. To the delight of his local fans, he returns every summer to Michigan for aselect few shows. Hill is a soul singer, a blues piano master, and an outstanding guitarist. His music is rooted in the blues, but pulls freely from soul, country, and jazz. The Detroit Free Press says,"What separates pianist-guitarist Hill from the pack of pretenders is that Hill's swampy, swarthy boogie isn't just reverent interpretation – between the tangy, unaffected vocals, thick horns and fatty bottom end, the stuff is thick enough to taste...