SUNDAY BLUES at The Spar: Mark Hurwitz & Gin Creek w/Billy Stapleton & Tanya Hodel

Name: SUNDAY BLUES at The Spar: Mark Hurwitz & Gin Creek w/Billy Stapleton & Tanya Hodel
Start: 2025-03-02T19:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-03-02T22:00:00-08:00
Location: The Spar Tavern

Schedule

Sun Mar 02 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

The Spar Tavern | Tacoma, WA

In association with The Spar Tavern, Sunday Blues at The Spar is brought to you by DHudson Productions & TLH Promotions.
This week we have:
Mark Hurwitz & Gin Creek w/Tanya Hodel
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Mark Hurwitz (WBS Keeping the Blues Alive Award Winner) and Gin Creek is a two-time nominee for Best Band and Best Keyboardist by the Washington Blues Society.
They specialize in jump blues, an upbeat style with elements of swing and jazz, but also play soul, funk, and roots rock - all with a strong rhythmic drive that keeps dance floors packed. The band maintains a busy schedule of club dates around western Washington, and has also performed at many leading festivals and events, including The Westport Blues Festival, The Gorge Rhythm and Blues Festival, The Sunbanks Festival, The Bite of Seattle, and Northwest Folklife. They gained a widespread following as the house band at Seattle's legendary New Orleans Creole Restaurant following Seahawks home games at nearby Century Link field during the team's Super Bowl and NFC Championship seasons.
The band's sound is built around rocking piano, wailing guitar, and multiple dynamic lead vocalists. The piano playing of leader Mark Hurwitz displays a broad range of influences, from New Orleans keyboard icons Dr. John and Professor Longhair to classic blues pianists like Otis Spann to rock'n'roll piano pounders Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.
Joining Mark this week is WBS Hall of Fame Guitarist, Billy Stapleton (Mark DuFresne Band & Powerhouse) and vocalist Tanya Hodel (Trailer Park Kings & Face The Music: ELO Tribute).
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The Spar Tavern is Old Tacoma's spot for the best burgers and fish n' chips in town! Always community-minded, The Spar has been a popular destination to hear great live music coupled with delicious food, beverage and a view of Commencement Bay that can't be beat.