ELMORE's BAR & GRILL

ELMORE’S BAR AND GRILL HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM JOHNNY SHUFFLES AND S.P. WADSWORTH DO NOT,CAN NOT AND ARE NOT INTERESTED IN PLAYING ANY OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS BEHIND THEIR HEADS.THEY LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. FAST AND FURIOUS,NO;AUTHENTIC AND ARTISTIC,YES. THEY ARE SUPPORTED IN THEIR QUEST TO PLAY THE BLUES BY CHARLES GATES' RHYTHMS ON THE DRUMS AND MORGAN ONDA'S HAUNTING TENOR SAX. THIS IS BLUES PLAYES THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY-FROM THE HEART,JUST LIKE ELMORE JAMES.  ELMORE’S BAR AND GRILL IS A LONG-RUNNING BAND. THE NAME DATES BACK TO 1986,WITH A STELLAR ALUMNI,TOO NUMEROUS TO NAME ALL OF WHOM ARE STILL PLAYING THE BLUES. JOHNNY’S HISTORY IN THE BLUES BEGINS IN 1965 WITH BLUES BY FIVE, VICTORIA’S FIRST BLUES BAND. JOHNNY AND SHARON PAIGE BEGAN PLAYING TOGETHER IN THE SEVENTIES. ELMORE’S IS A HAPPY REUNION OF THE ELMORE’S OF THE NINETIES. CHARLES GATES ON DRUMS IS THE RHYTHM ENGINE;MORGAN ONDA ON TENOR IS THE ICING ON THE CAKE. PLAYIN THE BLUES "Elmore's Bar and Grill grew out of a couple of earlier bands, first, Honey Bee (started in 1978) which morphed into Off the Wall (around 1983). Honey Bee (named after a Muddy Waters classic) was formed by John Fish... more...