BEST Blues Band EVER!

[@BluesbrotherZjoske]

Great performance , fine west coast blues guys !

[@brotherDougE1956]

This is a great band. Love that green Strat - his playing is very entertaining.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Great blues band. I have seen Rick Estrin & The Nightcats live. Awesome performance. Cheers! ✌️

[@brucekolinski8824]

Never heard these guys before. Sometimes we miss some really good stuff... and this qualifies a really good stuff. Thanks for this.

[@JimmyBlues99]

If you never geard of these guys you are not a Blues fan....been on the road forever !

[@TimEdwards-sx2pq]

You don't have to be a plethora of knowledge to be a blues fan. It's obvious that you dig it and that's all that matters. Some of us have been blessed with exposure myself included. Humbleness is an honor putting someone down shows yourself to be a lesser person. Let your light shine man.

[@garyhall704]

Charlie and the night cats played at my home on my 50th as a favor. I too play the blues and sat in on guitar!I'm 75 now. God created the blues and fender created the guitar 🎸!

[@msoiseth3419]

Keyboard player on bass: killer! All great, wow!

[@RoadTraveler]

Agreed, impressive!!

[@eugenejoseph7076]

A lot self righteous comments about these dudes. Ok, they may not be the best, but they've got great timing, killer rhythm and a sweet harmonica player to boot. I know I would be tapping my hands, bopping my head with a cold one if I meandered into this bar and for that night they WOULD BE the best blues band for me.

[@BlueFrogLive]

Truer words were never said! :D

[@stephensuddick1896]

There are some bands that when you're watching them in a small club or auditorium, you just feel like, for that time, you are in the coolest place on the planet.

[@BlueFrogLive]

@@stephensuddick1896 couldn't agree more!

[@elkennedystrat7894]

They’re great. Miss Little Charlie. Rick is a great showman.

[@davidedwards7835]

Now that is one cool cat.

[@mesaeddie]

Rick and the band are great but I still miss Little Charlie.

[@therealbarnekkid]

Kid was always a great guitar player, but he has really evolved into something special.

[@benspencer9523]

They've been around since Noah played fullback for Jerusalem! They come out to Australia for Bluesfest in 91 from memory. Great band, RIP Little Charlie Baty.

[@michaelvaldez7175]

Little Charlie and the Night Cats with Rick were a cool band around Sac Town late 80s and 90s.

[@stephenescamilla2129]

Oh yeah, Paul Butterfield got me playing the Harp.Charlie Musswhite. Kim Wilson. Rod Piazza, Little Walter, and Big Walter Horton .If you Blow the Blues harp .....you're cool.

[@raybede]

What a great band and a very accomplished group of musicians. Love the Hammond

[@juanziegler1471]

leapfrog studio advertisement on the kick drum

[@BlueFrogLive]

Leo isn't the only frog in the pond 😉😂

[@pilchard2000]

Saw Little Charlie and the Nightcats in Albany Western Australia , super quality live blues , it was at a local pub , awesome night, good to see Rick is still around.

[@stevenbethune]

Top twenty 🎉

[@douglasburnett7731]

Nice groove. Love it.

[@acousticarchivefortwayne930]

Tight!

[@Donfleebie1]

R.I.P. Charley🙏🏻

[@spooch3129]

Please come to Kitchener Ontario..we need a good blues band, tons of support!

[@RoadTraveler]

Bad ass! 💪

[@bobbymeyerti9300]

Charlie Bates and Rick Estrin🙉🙉🙉 used to watch them in my hometown just about😢😢😢 every weekend and the sadness😢😢😢 I still love the band, but it’ll never be the same without Charlie Bates

[@bruceall2001]

Wow! That was awesome! You know what I'm talkin about!😃

[@Foggjammer]

SRV and Double Trouble gets my vote. The Fabulous Thunderbirds were pretty darn good too. And more in the veil of this band.

[@marcianpetrescu]

D'Mar always with a smile on his face 😉🙂

[@RichardWhitesell-c5k]

Kid Anderson is a great player but there was only one Little Charlie Baty.

[@supasoulproductions]

RE is unquestionably the absolute real deal!! Love those NIghtcats too.

[@scott2737]

Great band , and awesome harp..🔥

[@AKRagel-sy5mi]

Holy Krikey! Now them cats know! Yay.

[@tonywaber8482]

Saw these Cats at the Key Palace years ago. Rusty Zinn sat in with'm. One of the best blues shows I have ever seen! Li'l Charley was the lead guitarist. Great show! Great venue!

[@johncox1570]

Badass he looks straight outta GOODFELLAS !

[@randallburgess46]

Great blues band! I used to listen to them on satellite radio in the semi truck!

[@wordshavemeaningsevenwheni6975]

They're not just a tight band. Little Charlie was a beast on guitar, just like Rick still is on the harp. Saw them at Summerfest in Milwaukee some years back. I couldn't not dance, and I DON'T dance. I so enjoy how Rick's sense of humor shines through the lyrics in so many of their songs - see "My next Ex-Wife," "Don't do It," "Dump that Chump," and a bunchload of others.

[@hansguenter6263]

Grandios; !!!

[@d1ummer]

You weren't kidding... these guys are just wild men! Very good band, indeed.

[@nancybegin5870]

LOVE!!!❤❤❤

[@stephenhoosick7434]

AWESOME......

[@mickwaller5198]

See them live several times at blues festivals. Rick is one of the best.

[@DizzyKrissi]

great guitar playing

[@bertbregdenz2756]

The Hoodoo Men from Austria !!!

[@brucemaier3943]

Excellent group at my favorite venue!

[@tompol7537]

suuuper!!!

[@saskiacalvert7547]

Pretty good!!

[@johnlake6794]

Definitely Very Good 👍👍👍👍

[@DRAGONFLYSIOUXSIE]

Little Charlie and the Nightcats, were wicked live. Great harp!

[@randyelliott9152]

Charlie retired from the band, Kid Andersen took over lead guitar duty, he also is a record producer and has Grease land Studio I believe in San Jose Ca.

[@wardbond7497]

@@randyelliott9152 Charlie was the band. It's lost a little since he left.

[@HektorBandimar]

Brilliant 👏👏👏

[@ChicagoBeaver]

Little Charlie rocks!!

[@derrickholmes2586]

Made my day. Thank you for posting.

[@marscoloradotuesday855]

Great music.

[@rondorazio4921]

Saw Little Charlie and the Nightcats many times back in the 90s. They weren't the greatest blues band ever but they were damn good.

[@gregholmes1289]

I used to work with LIttle Charlie's girlfriend.

[@rondorazio4921]

@@gregholmes1289 That must have been fun. Little Charlie doesn't get enough credit. He had to have been one of the greatest blues guitarists ever. Rick Estrin is great too. Always fun to watch.

[@Behutet93]

​@rondorazio4921 Charlie Baty autographed a poster of him and the band for me. I asked if he had guitar pick and he gave his that said Little Charlie on it. I still have it.

[@eviesmith6982]

Yeah, saw them all over the place back then. Good time shows.

[@jackstancil8033]

There is no best blues band, only players who have their own interpretation of this great genre, you're favorite is the best one, have you been checking out these kids playing the old blue's tunes, a case for reincarnation, I'm 78 I just want to keep on trucking into the light

[@patboudotlamot]

formidable et jubilatoire

[@thomaschippie9057]

Saw 'em at Turtle Kralls in the Keys around '97 or so, great stuff!

[@Super241946]

Neat guitar work!!!

[@Bpapamack]

Is this Charlie form the night cats? seen these dudes many times at Biscuits and Blues . the genuine thang. Blues with soul blues with heart. It don't get no better.

[@jimwhittemore1610]

👍👍

[@rattleyourdags]

Channeling Sonny Boy Williamson II there - fantastic

[@tomf9292]

Used to see Little Charlie and the Night Cats at Chans in Woonsocket, RI. Rick is excellent!

[@casablanca2745]

Saw them there as well. Estrin’s a jerk. I was looking at their CD’s with nobody behind me when Estrin without a smile said “Are you gonna buy something or what?” Won’t repeat what I said.

[@bobblues1158]

I worked with MoJo Buford. This makes me feel good times!!

[@davelegget1000]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@dieterschade6521]

It’s definitely hand to mouth if you play the harmonica 😊

[@BlueFrogLive]

🤣🤣

[@Super241946]

Robert De Niro moonlighting again!

[@Nico_Tena]

LOL!!!

[@aljaliah6868]

lol

[@ThomasDeLello]

Is that Kid Anderson on the guitar...?

[@BlueFrogLive]

Yep.

[@timcornelius1912]

Good stuff . .no such thing as the best

[@georgewilliamthomas6303]

Little Charlie and The Night Cats were pretty good too!

[@lindarogers9575]

playing bass and keyboards at same time,not easy.D Mar is great great Drummer,Kid is just unbelievable on guitar,he also owns greaseland studio,just about everyone has recorded there. and Rick is just not one of the respected harp players in the world,great songwriter,super nice guy,whose been clean and sober over 40 years,all these guys have paid their dues.

[@VnGosMusicMixer]

The cats hang out !!!!

[@matthewblanchard9301]

Paul Butterfield Blues Band(with Mike Bloomfield or Elvin Bishop or both of them at the same time) 🕶️

[@ronpratt2446]

Saw that Butterfield lineup on the same bill with Cream at the original Fillmore in SF, so many decades ago! ✌

[@Itsallwrongbutthatsallright]

Nope thats Double Trouble - nuff said !

[@douglascaverly3749]

Great band lead singer looks like Donald Fagan

[@JurgenRuhl]

really- the BEST Blues Band EVER! Lightnin Hopkins, Stevie Ray , Kingfish Ingram, Johnny Winter, Eric clapton, die und ihre bands einfach fuzzy gegen diese göttliche größe hier. warum so bescheiden - best blues ever?

[@tonybell9739]

Clapton doesn’t even come close and Stevie Ray is more blues/rock.

[@sirolivermally]

@@tonybell9739oh, I‘d love to see your body of work…

[@tonybell9739]

@@sirolivermally and I yours !!

[@JurgenRuhl]

@@tonybell9739 of course, clapton is nothing in blues, - play it better and more authentic than him!-, and srv was invited by albert king for a nearly 90minutes-jam in 1983, because albert couldn't recognize, who's a bluesman and who's not - thanks god that you can do it, and he as well as john lee hooker and muddy waters are nothin compared with that BEST Blues Band EVER. i'm not impressed by this band but i'm impressed about your god-like ability to judge about blues

[@tonybell9739]

@ I clearly know a lot more about the blues than you will ever know. You seem to be stuck in a very narrow little block.

[@Charlleyw]

Excellent! But "Best Ever?" Did you forget Muddy Waters?

[@midnightrambler7716]

Saw these cool cats a year ago August at the Edmonton Blues Festival daddio! Great outdoor show in a (former) AAA ballpark so it was a great venue to get up close and fabulous summer weather. Certainly not the “BEST blues band ever!”, but a they were a fun band. Colin James stole the show that weekend. PS IMO the best blues band going right now is Tedeschi Trucks, although not everything they play is blues.

[@sirkrutchbluesman3009]

BEST😮 A OK 🎸👍👍✌

[@ericmaughan6579]

The best blues band is an exaggeration. They are all competent musicians, nothing more.

[@davidhinckley2113]

This is a very good blues band, and I thank you for posting so many good vids on Blue Frog. I've enjoyed them all. I must say, however, you need a serious reality check on the "best blues band ever" claim. Be serious.

[@HopeIanHope]

Hardly

[@Aliestwill]

Let's all relax, best blues band is just an opinion. 😂. They may not be the best but they are damn good, though I am partial to the original version with LCB. Fun original songs with humor, and outstanding musicianship.....let's all hope Rick has a few more years left in him

[@Flaaaaanders]

That’s the guy from steely Dan?

[@Boris_Chang]

Best is a relative thing. At least he didn’t say “game changer”, other bands “running scared” or “It’s over”…

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

The rhythm section is keeping the groove but the harsh Chicago Style Harmonica could be toned down a bit.

[@murpsman]

True blues cat wearing Stacy Adams pimp shoes.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

keyboard player holds the whole band together... Ray Manzarek on steroids.

[@scottparmenter5783]

Great band! Where they from?

[@stephenescamilla2129]

My choice, Rod Piazza or Kim Wilson, since the early 60s .

[@vikingblood0408]

BEST???? Can't support that comment! Good band just the same.

[@RawKnee1111]

Agreed ~

[@rodneyharouff5739]

@@RawKnee1111 yep.

[@Pork-Chopper]

Can You, do better?

[@didierreidid8590]

Best blues band for ever, too much lol

[@paulgentile1024]

great band in IMHO... I don't know why anyone needs to be the best.

[@lightfoot413]

Shoot thats what its all about.....

[@cowboygypsey]

Is that Ronnie Woods brother?

[@duanecupp2745]

Have seen the nightcats with little Charlie and with out, they've been good but not the best ever,but I know that drummer used to play with Little Richard and he is excellent

[@jeffsmith3125]

Cooking

[@maxbialystock254]

Good stuff for sure but BESSSST? Dude have you ever seen Joe Hughes The TBirds Bobby Blue Bland Buddy Guy BB King Sonny Boy Terry Down Child hell man ZZTOP Rick Lee and the Nightowls They would all blow these guys off the stage

[@Earman54music]

You guys can jam! But I gotta say I hate the sound of that Korg bass keyboard. Come on man...hire a bassist!

[@mr.timjohnston546]

its OK but they need a small dance space for those that feel the need...

[@gdg005]

What's the name of that tune...

[@derickcraft3437]

Nice blues " best band ever is bullshit " heading "

[@37BopCity]

"BEST Blues Band Ever"??? Are you kidding? That's totally ridiculous. LOL you must not have seen very many blues bands, or know very much about the blues. That's an insult to this band, and to all the great blues bands of the past. I'm sure these guys would be embarrassed by such a dumb statement. These guys are good but NOT repeat NOT the "Best" of all time.

[@raystevens3527]

@@37BopCity Paul Butterfield or Johnny Winter...my studied opinion

[@josephcasimiro9053]

If thats the best u dont much about blues

[@kennethj.benton8641]

Average

[@bobareeniobobareenio2935]

Best Blues Band? C’mon! Not even close …. Just to name: Muddy Waters, John Mayall, Paul Butterfield. . . That’s only 3 out of many.