Ron Artis II Birthday Tour with Special Guest Eric Gales

The Read

Ron Artis II came up in a large musical family in Hawaii and plays soul, gospel, and blues with the loose authority of somebody who has been on a bandstand since childhood. Eric Gales is the wilder proposition — a Memphis blues-rock player who plays a right-handed guitar flipped over and strung upside down, which should not work and instead produces phrasing nobody else can imitate. Analog at the Hutton is a small, well-treated listening room where the dynamics actually survive. Billing this as a birthday show usually signals a loose night with guests and long jams rather than a tight ninety minutes. If you like watching two players push each other past what they had planned, this is the ticket.

The Room

Analog at Hutton Hotel

1808 West End Ave

A polished West End listening room attached to the Hutton Hotel — seated, controlled, built for artists who benefit from clean sound and attentive presentation.