Two Years of Funk! The Du-Rites’ weekly residency continues

Two years strong! The Du-Rites weekly improv jam at Penny Jo’s began as a residency playing our own catalog. At some point someone couldn’t make it, so we started jamming with locals and our musician friends who were available instead. This gig has showed me that while the big stages and Jumbotrons get all the likes, it’s great to have a small spot to sharpen iron every week. Whether the place is packed or there’s 3 people in there scrolling their phones and it’s on you to pull something funky outta thin air and make em look up. I swore in 2020 to never take playing live for granted again, and it’s dope to know regardless of whatever’s going on in life (or the world), there’s some playing to look forward to every week with the crew: Pablo, Billy, Ike, Sami Buccella, Chef Seth, Melvin (our MVP on ) Ola and countless folks who’ve sat in with us thus far. We appreciate your musicianship and anyone funky always got a place uptown to play with us. Salute to the regulars. Every Wednesday 9-11PM (Broadway & 163rd), see ya uptown.