A Celebration of Steve Ferguson

Dear friends, comrades, and well-doers,

You are cordially invited to enjoy an evening of living cosmic music and blues with moving images and performances celebrating Louisville composer, guitarist and singer Steve Ferguson. On this evening, just one day after what would be Ferguson’s 78th birthday, there will be a screening of the concert film The Meteoric Weekend : Winston Walls meets Steve Ferguson  followed by a live concert led by numerous alumni and collaborators of Ferguson.

Present and participating will be members of Ferguson’s Midwest Creole Ensemble including Pat Lentz (gtr.), Bob Ramsey (keys), Monk Mackey (bass), Keith Hubbard (keys), also guitarist and archivist Michael Lipton (of the Mountain Stage band, who also produced The Meteoric Weekend), Shannon Lawson (vocals, guitar) and various members of the Louisville community in whom Steve’s influence lives on today. The show is being organized by drummer and producer Ray Rizzo (Motherlodge).

5pm – doors

6pm – “The Meteoric Weekend : Winston Walls meets Steve Ferguson” film screening directed by Jacob Young, produced by Michael Lipton.

7pm – A Concert Celebration of Steve Ferguson with Pat Lentz (gtr.), Bob Ramsey (keys), Monk Mackey (bass), Keith Hubbard (keys), Michael Lipton (guitar), Shannon Lawson (vocals, guitar) Sheryl Rouse (vocals), Ellie Ruth (vocals and fiddle), Mike Hood (keys) Tyrone Cotton (vocals), Ted Harrison (bass), Jupie Little (Vocals, drums), Tim Halcomb (bass), , Chris “Roadie” Rodahaffer (guitar), Ray Rizzo (drums) and more tba

About The Meteoric Weekend: Winston Walls meets Steve Ferguson

Concert film documenting a historic 1993 show 

In April, 1993, Charleston’s venerable music venue, The Empty Glass, hosted a pair of shows that featured two of the finest musicians on the planet: Winston Walls and Steve Ferguson.

Winston Walls was a native of Charleston WV. Inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2023 and dubbed “The Boss of the B3”, Walls was in a league of elite Hammond players that traveled the country playing “Battle of the Organs” concerts and included Jack McDuff, Groove Holmes and the incomparable Jimmy Smith.

Guitarist Steve Ferguson, co-founder of the band NRBQ was perhaps the most original rock ‘n’ blues guitarist in the U.S. In the early ’90s, he was rekindling and redefining his career. His playing was nothing short of incendiary and he had written some of his best and most focused songs to date.