Marion, Iowa
By Phillip Smith; Feb. 12,
2017
Saturday, February 11, The Sena Ehrhardt Band gave a superb
performance at the Campbell Steele
Gallery in Marion, Iowa. This
Minneapolis-based blues band is fronted by singer/songwriter Ehrhardt, her husband, guitarist Cole Allen, drummer Wayne
Allen, and bassist Crosby Williams. Prior to Ehrhardt
taking the stage to sing the wonderful “Things You Should’t Need to Know”
off the 2014 Live My Life album, Cole Allen warmed the audience up with
a serious dose of instrumental electric blues. His talent on the guitar runs
deep.
Ehrhardt’s strong
and powerful vocals sounded so good on the slow and swampy “Last Chance”, from
her first record. Cole’s ripping
guitar performance, an added bonus, is such a treat. The band blessed the crowd with the house-rocking
Chicago blues fave “Little By Little”, which ended in an audience participation
sing-a-long. I was happy to hear them play a personal favorite, “Buried Alive”.
It is an outstanding number. For the fabulous
finale, Ehrhardt closed out with “Rock
Me Baby”, dedicating the song to B.B.
King, Johnny Winter, and Smoking Joe Kubek. It was a terrific show for sure.
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