The Insomniacs

The Insomniacs

Doors at 8 pm

Show at 9 pm

$15 at the door

$12 advanced - purchase online here

18 and over

The Insomniacs seemed to literally explode onto the scene out of nowhere in 2007 as a fully-formed and functional unit delighting audiences with their joyous and highly contagious musical sound and irresistible sense of swing. Their self-produced debut release “Left Coast Blues”, recorded in the living room of bassist Dean Mueller, was quickly snatched up and issued on Delta Groove Music, hitting a peak position of No. 5 on the national Living Blues radio charts. Critical praise and industry recognition from the blues community soon followed, garnering the band a 2008 Blues Music Award nomination for Best New Artist Debut, as well as a 2007 Muddy Award presented by the Cascade Blues Association for Best Contemporary Blues Act.

They play vintage instruments and channel a blues style from the 1950’s, but there is a distinct new cyberspace bent to The Insomniacs. These musicians, who have quickly jumped into the top tier of clubs, tour endless highways in a beat-up van, babying a gut-string upright, a 1951 Fender “Nocaster” guitar, a 1964 Framus Star Bass, and their Magnatone and Ampeg tube amps.