The Boneshakers : On-The-One & Then Some

The Boneshakers are an electric funk experience like none other. The 5 piece of Randy Jacobs (g), Dave McGraw (d), Tio Banks (k), Andre Barry (b) and legendary Sweet Pea Atkinson (v) electrifies the night!!

Randy Jacobs and The Boneshakers only come around Harvelle's about once a year. Tonight was the night!! Randy Jacobs is an amazing guitarist. In a club where amazing guitarists are featured several nights a week, Randy is the best of the best... knitting blankets of chik-a-chik funk and laying down blistering solos without a guitar pic. Randy isn't just a straight-up finger player - the boneshaker - hisself - uses his wrist, his palm, his digits - front and back - to play that thing! [MySpace][YouTube]

The frontman of The Boneshakers is the one and only Sweet Pea Atkinson. Sweet Pea is an O.G. soul singer who has seen it all and done it all. He doesn't sugarcoat a thing. One of the icons who's image looms high in the club, Sweet Pea also plays here as part of Was (Not Was).

Randy just released his CD The Return Of Randy Dynamite

it's available at all the usual outlets

Amazon - CD Baby - iTunes -

What A Party It Was (Not Was)!

Randy Jacobs gets surgical on his Telecaster.

Don Was on bass, Jon Gilitin on keys.

Sir Harry Bowen, Melody Daniels, Sweet Pea Atkinson

Sweet Pea

The frontline : Sir Harry, Melody,  Sweet Pea and Shilts

Sir Harry Bowens stage right.

Shilts on sax

Was (Not Was) in the Harvelle's parking lot. 

As summer heats up, changes are afoot at Harvelle's. Going on a hiatus from their Monday night residency Was (Not Was) is leaving and will return in the Fall, but for now the incredible guitar playing, deep-voiced singing Kevin Moore (wiki-Kevin Moore) is taking over. Kevin played here as a Monday night resident earlier this year and the place was packed every time. Come see what all the fuss is about.

WAS (Not Was) : Last Chance to Walk The Dinosaur

The Monday night party (code-named "Was Not Mondays") is down to it's final session, so join the party and "Walk the Dinosaur" one last time! Join the Was (Not Was) crew: Don Was, Randy Jacobs, Sir Harry Bowen and Sweet Pea Atkinson as they play the funk hits that everybody knows: besides "Walk The Dinosaur" you'll hear "Out Come The Freaks", "Spy In The House Of Love", "Your Luck Won't Last" and many more. It's been great watching these titans of funk git down every Monday. Make the wood work squeak - come down and enjoy the party!

WAS (Not Was) le : 111 MPH

Every Monday night members of Was (Not Was) get together and rock 4th St.

Was (Not Was) LE, from top : Sir Harry Bowens freakin' out;Randy Jacobs gets surgical with his Les Paul; Don Was feels better than James Brown; the ensemble featuring Sweet Pea Atkinson (in the black hat) and Shilts on sax. 

WAS (Not Was) LE : Monday Night Funk

Was (Not Was) is on tonight! 

Monday night's haven't been this funky in a loooooong time.

Walk The Dinosaur ! : Was (Not Was) le Jam

The forever funk of Was (Now Was) is now being showcased at Harvelle's. 

Singer/songwriter/bassist/producer Don Was has enlisted singers Sweet Pea Atkinson and Sir Harry Bowens and the electric guitar BLAM! of Randy Jacobs to raise the roof on each Monday night's mega-dance party. The club's checkerboard dance floor is always packed full, the people enthusiastically giving it up on a weeknight. So join in, be a "Spy In The House Of Love", hear "Out Come The Freaks" and of course, shake it with the rest of the crowd as you "Walk The Dinosaur".

Harvelle's : Memorial Day Weekend

Kick off the weekend early with Kandace Lindsey !!!

The Delgado Brothers on Friday!

Alan Iglesias : Crossfire Stevie Ray Vaughn tribute Saturday night!

The Toledo Show (pictured above) will infamously zazz it up on Sunday!

Was (Not Was) le ("Walk The Dinosaur")are performing on Monday with Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, Don Was and the guitar wizardry of Randy Jacobs.

(Was Not) Monday? : Sweet Pea Atkinson & Co.

Sweet. Pea. Atkinson. 

3 words that connote pure soul. Surround him with Sir Harry Bowens, Randy Jacobs and Don Was, and you have the core of Was (Not Was), the awesomely funky band that has produced and performed such perennial party classics like "Walk The Dinosaur", "Out Come The Freaks", and "Spy In The House Of Love". 

This weekly party has become the hot spot for those seeking a place to unwind from their weekend, have a hair of the dog, and dance their way into a new week. Couldn't think of a better way to spend a Monday night in the big city.

Was (Not Was) : LE

Harvelle's has quietly been hosting the members of Was (Not Was) through the month of April, and luckily, Mondays in May will again be featuring Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, Don Was, guitarist Randy Jacobs and special guests performing the hits for all your dancing pleasure. 

Imbibe with the best on Funky Mondays... 

Sweet Pea Atkinson : Was Not Mondays

Tonight at Harvelle's:

The return of Sweet Pea Atkinson!!!

featuring

Sir Harry Bowens

Johnny Kirkwood on drums

 Jon Gilitin on keys

Paul "Shilts" Weimar on Sax

Don Was on bass

Randy Jacobs on guitar