Sauce Boss Gumbo Blues

TICKETS Reserved: $50, $40 General Admission: $30 (adv. rate $25 until 4/1). Doors at 6:30p | Show at 7:30p Presented by William W. Wharton III and the Palladium at SPC. Join us in the Side Door Cabaret for an unforgettable night with Bill Wharton, the Sauce Boss! Experience a high-energy blend of Bluesy slide guitar and soulful vocals as Bill ignites the stage with his unique sound. Sauce Boss mixes media like cornbread. Hot sauce, blues, chicken, funk, onions and okra, heartfelt songs, peppers and soul, seafood… and slide guitar, all go into the gumbo. The aroma fills the place. The crowd stirs up the pot. The Sauce Boss stirs up the crowd. It’s a soul-shouting picnic of Rock and Roll brotherhood, and at the end of the show, everyone gets a chance to sample the gumbo. Sauce Boss Bill Wharton is the guy Jimmy Buffett sang about in his song “I Will Play for Gumbo.” Wharton’s anthem, “Let the Big Dog Eat,” is included on Buffett’s Late Night Menu at the Margaritaville Cafe album. Albert Castiglia released his cover of the tune, and it hit #1 on blues charts. “Let the Big Dog Eat” has also appeared in the film Something Wild (Jonathan Demme), and the Rock Doc, Jimmy Carter Rock and Roll President. This tune and sixteen other works in the documentary earned Wharton Best Original Score from the Los Angeles Film Awards. Whether in the main concert hall, Hough Hall with its unsurpassed new sound system, or kicking back in the intimate Side Door Cabaret, the historic Palladium Theater is consistently ranked as one of Tampa Bay’s best, most affordable venues for classical, jazz, blues, theatre, opera, comedy, dance, educational, literary, community events, and more. The Palladium, located in downtown St. Petersburg’s cultural center, is part of what makes Tampa Bay great.