Black Squirrel Club

AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets.

Doors: 8:00 PM

Show: 9:00 PM


Nick Waterhouse
“We had a joke in the studio,” says Nick Waterhouse. “Some of the guys were like, ‘Nick, you’re gonna end up at a press conference like Dylan in ’65: ‘Who’s The Fooler?’ ‘I don’t know, man, maybe it’s you! Maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m becoming The Fooler right now…’”The title of the sixth album from the Californian singer-songwriter is more than just the name of one of its dozen immaculate tracks. The Fooler is both a clue and a red herring. The Fooler is the observed and the observer, narrator and subject, truth and lie. The Fooler is the shadow and reflection of a city the artist knows sufficiently well to wander with his eyes closed, and a place which very possibly never even existed. The Fooler is not so much an unreliable narrator as a constantly shifting perspective. The Fooler is the new album by Nick Waterhouse, and it’s a lot.

Ben Pirani Trio
Soul music is many things to Ben Pirani: It’s positive and it’s hopeful. It’s a soundtrack for struggle, which is where soul music came from in the first place. That the struggle has been happening largely in the black community is not lost on Pirani, who is white — it’s something he thinks about a lot. “I feel really strongly that soul music is precious and must be treated with care and respect,” he says. “Anything less is colonizing the funk.” That brings us to another crucial point: real soul can’t be faked — it’s an expression of self that is so much more than mimicry of the sounds that have come before. “It’s called soul music,” Pirani says. “You’re supposed to sing from your heart and your soul and not your record collection.”
https://www.instagram.com/benpiraninyc
https://open.spotify.com/artist/244GqyRFs70mx6u0EhR2ZY?si=j62GKyBGQjmHcNDktCP72Q

AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets.

Doors: 7:00 PM

Show: 7:30 PM


Honey Butter
Keeping with the tradition of Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests and Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles, Honey Butter at its core is improvisational music with a psychedelic twist. No two performances are the same, no song is arranged exactly like the studio recording. Featuring a rotating setlist of covers and medleys from artists such as Grateful Dead, The Band, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, and many more, this road hardened group of Philadelphia musical veterans takes every party on a journey and every listener on a trip to the warm gooey center of rock and roll. Fall down the rabbit hole and let Honey Butter be your Chesire Cat.
http://instagram.com/honeybutterphilly

Lucas Rinz
Lucas Rinz is a Singer/Songwriter/Musician based in Philadelphia, PA. Starting in 2010 as a founding members of the local band Satellite Hearts, Lucas has since backed up and recorded for many Artists and Acts including Dean Ween, Strand of Oaks, Pat Finnerty, Low Cut Connie, Ron Gallo, Young Mister, Vacation Manor, Pine Barrens, Alison Wadsworth, Dave Cope and the Sass, Divided Heaven, Starry Eyes, and more. Lucas is also a founding member of the Live Band Karaoke group Weekends at Fergie's Pub in Philadelphia. Having spent the pandemic in Landers, CA, Lucas created a batch of new material and with it a new love for music and songwriting. Upon return to the city, Lucas has put together a group of friends that have grown up playing music in and out of the Philadelphia area. Singing and playing rhythm guitar, Lucas is backed up by Will Donnelly on Lead Guitar, Mike Vivas on Keys, Noah Skaroff on Bass, and Steve Stens on Drums. Light as a Feather and Heavy as a hammer, always time to play.
https://www.instagram.com/bernadette_rickenbacker/