The Sauce Boss "Let The Big Dog Eat" featuring Warren King
I don’t often add stuff to this site that includes myself, but when something pops up on Youtube that you’re playing on, well, that’s kind of a special feeling. At least for us just regular guys.
From 2002 – 2008 I had the pleasure of running around the country playing with Bill Wharton, aka The Sauce Boss. Every year for the first 2-3 weeks of December we would head north from Florida and do a string of gigs from Washington DC to NY state into PA and elsewhere. I dubbed it “The Frozen Tundra Tour.”
One of our regular stops was the legendary Moondog’s Pub, just outside Pittsgurgh in Blawnox, PA. Moondog’s was always an awesome place to play, but this night was a little extra special. We had our good friend, Warren ‘Kingfish’ King sitting in with us.
Big Dog was the show opener, so the gumbo was not fired up yet. But you can tell this was just the beginning of another night of cookin live music at one of the best spots around.
The Sauce Boss is still out playing music and going strong. Find a date when he will be near you and go check him out. You need some gumbo!
And be sure to visit Planet Gumbo, Bill’s “non-profit organization, whose purpose is to “bring uplifting music and hearty gumbo to homeless shelters and soup kitchens, and to raise awareness about the issues of homelessness.” I had the pleasure of playing many of these shows with him and they were the most fulfilling and fun shows that we did. Find it on Faceebook too and support Planet Gumbo.
Warren King was orignally from Pittsburgh, PA, and was a very well-known guitarist, songwriter, recording engineer, and much more. In the 90’s through the early 2000’s, Warren was an engineer and studio musician at Kingsnake studios in Sandford, FL. A steady stream of national and legendary blues and southern music artist recorded at Kingsnake, and it was also a subsidiary record label for Alligator Records and Ichiban Records.
