Shari Kane and Dave Steele first met in the summer of 1991, crossing paths as performing blues musicians: Shari was the partner of harmonica legend, Madcat Ruth (Madcat & Kane), while Dave was leading the electric blues band Big Dave and the Ultrasonics. Friends, neighbors, fellow musicians and fans have asked over the years, "When are you two going to start playing together?" The truth is, they've been playing together since their first date. In many ways their playing has developed side by side, listening to and learning from great acoustic blues guitarists from the past. As an acoustic blues duo, Shari and Dave throw a four-handed guitar party of original and time-honored blues, gospel, swing and ragtime. Steeped in Dave’s smoky vocals, percussive rhythm, and innovative lead lines, and Shari’s crisp picking style, rootsy leads, and stinging slidework, their music has been described as “street swing and stomp blues”—like a testament to sounds once heard on the streets of Harlem, the juke joints of Mississippi, or from the jug bands of Memphis. To celebrate the release of their new album, Shari and Dave will be joined tonight by boogie piano wizard Mr. B and the brilliant old-time duo Red Tail Ring.