New Orleans funksters Bonerama headline August 21 Blues BBQ on Pier 54
Hudson River Park, Pier 54
West 14th St. & the Hudson River
Sunday, August 21, free, 2:00 – 9:00
www.hudsonriverpark.org
Rain or shine, the twelfth annual Blues BBQ will be held this afternoon on Pier 54 in Hudson River Park, featuring a slew of good eats and good music. Blues performances kick off at 2:30 with Marquise Knox, followed by Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley (3:45), Walter Trout (5:00), Shakura S’Aida (6:15), and New Orleans brass funk rockers Bonerama (7:30), who have been known to cover such great tunes as the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” and “Yer Blues,” Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World,” Fats Domino’s “I’m Walkin’” and “Let the Four Winds Blow,” the Allman Brothers’ “Whipping Post,” and the Grateful Dead jam “The Other One > Dark Star.” Providing the smoked meat treats are such local favorites as Brother Jimmy’s BBQ, Daisy Dukes BBQ, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and Ember Room.