VBS presents Uncle Wiggly�s Hot Shoes Blues Band

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Saturday, March 8th, 2014

Local blues legends the Uncle Wiggly�s Hot Shoes Blues Band will play Victoria�s Tallyho Sports Bar on Saturday, March 8.

�This will be a great show for dancers, and the newly renovated Tallyho with its spacious dance floor is the perfect venue to showcase this legendary band,� said Deb Rhymer, VBS chair.

The band, known as �Uncle Wiggly�s� to fans, got their start at the University of Victoria�s sub pub in the late 70s. Independent recording led to an RCA contract and high-profile shows, with such acts as Joe Cocker, Paul Butterfield and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others.

�Uncle Wiggly�s blazed a trail for the rest of us,� said Rhymer. �They were leaders in Victoria�s independent music scene in the early 80s and their legacy carries on today in some of the great younger bands that are rising up through the ranks in Victoria�s blues scene.�

The band released a new CD in 2013. Called Still Burnin it Up, it got five stars out of five on the Blues Underground Network rates, with critic John Vermilyea callin it, �one of the more solid and entertaining Canadian releases of the year.� The CD went on to become number seven of the Blues Underground Network's Top 10 Canadian Blues Albums for 2013.

Still with most of its original lineup, Uncle Wiggly�s includes original members Hank �Uncle Wiggly� Lionhart (lead vocals), Norm �the Doctor� Piercy (bass), Mark �Westcoast� Comerford (guitar), Dave �the Duck� Rowse (sax), Brent �Watermelon� Hutchinson (sax) and newest member Tyler �Kid Cadilac� Piercy (drums). Uncle Wiggly�s were inducted into the Victoria Music Hall of Fame in 2010 as most influential Blues Group (1950 -1979).
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The Victoria Blues Society is an affiliate of the Blues Foundation, based in Memphis Tennessee, and as such, is dedicated to preserving blues music; celebrating recording and performance excellence; and, supporting blues education. The VBS was incorporated in Jan. 2007.