BEST Blues Band EVER!

[@NoWayOut55]

One of the hottest bands of NorCal. And with Charlie Beaty driving his grooves, Rick doing what he does... I've seen these guys a few times. They're never off. Jump, Jive and Juice!

[@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 🎸!

[@elkennedystrat7894]

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

[@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.

[@supasoulproductions]

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

[@spitfirered]

Great Great Blues Band They Have It All👍👍💯💯👏👏

[@brotherDougE1956]

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

[@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.

[@msoiseth3419]

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

[@RoadTraveler]

Agreed, impressive!!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

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

[@raybede]

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

[@samvalencia586]

Saw Little Charlie and the Nightcats more than once in Santa Fe, NM. Always a great show👍

[@acousticarchivefortwayne930]

Tight!

[@douglasburnett7731]

Nice groove. Love it.

[@hansguenter6263]

Grandios; !!!

[@d1ummer]

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

[@marscoloradotuesday855]

Great music.

[@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!

[@mickwaller5198]

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

[@stephenhoosick7434]

AWESOME......

[@bruceall2001]

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

[@randallburgess46]

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

[@BluesbrotherZjoske]

Great performance , fine west coast blues guys !

[@HektorBandimar]

Brilliant 👏👏👏

[@tompol7537]

suuuper!!!

[@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.

[@nancybegin5870]

LOVE!!!❤❤❤

[@scott2737]

Great band , and awesome harp..🔥

[@stevenbethune]

Top twenty 🎉

[@brucemaier3943]

Excellent group at my favorite venue!

[@johnlake6794]

Definitely Very Good 👍👍👍👍

[@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!

[@michaelvaldez7175]

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

[@davidedwards7835]

Now that is one cool cat.

[@derrickholmes2586]

Made my day. Thank you for posting.

[@DizzyKrissi]

great guitar playing

[@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

[@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.

[@Foggjammer]

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

[@saskiacalvert7547]

Pretty good!!

[@therealbarnekkid]

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

[@RoadTraveler]

Bad ass! 💪

[@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.

[@Donfleebie1]

R.I.P. Charley🙏🏻

[@ianthebastard8128]

So cool, I stumbled across this video and I love it, absolutely everything fits perfectly together. BRAVO

[@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.

[@patboudotlamot]

formidable et jubilatoire

[@Super241946]

Neat guitar work!!!

[@mesaeddie]

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

[@johncox1570]

Badass he looks straight outta GOODFELLAS !

[@ChicagoBeaver]

Little Charlie rocks!!

[@thomaschippie9057]

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

[@spooch3129]

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

[@RichardWhitesell-c5k]

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

[@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

[@bobblues1158]

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

[@bertbregdenz2756]

The Hoodoo Men from Austria !!!

[@AKRagel-sy5mi]

Holy Krikey! Now them cats know! Yay.

[@jimwhittemore1610]

👍👍

[@davelegget1000]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@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.

[@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.

[@juanziegler1471]

leapfrog studio advertisement on the kick drum

[@BlueFrogLive]

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

[@ThomasDeLello]

Is that Kid Anderson on the guitar...?

[@BlueFrogLive]

Yep.

[@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.

[@Super241946]

Robert De Niro moonlighting again!

[@Nico_Tena]

LOL!!!

[@aljaliah6868]

lol

[@rattleyourdags]

Channeling Sonny Boy Williamson II there - fantastic

[@timcornelius1912]

Good stuff . .no such thing as the best

[@scottparmenter5783]

Great band! Where they from?

[@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! ✌

[@sirkrutchbluesman3009]

BEST😮 A OK 🎸👍👍✌

[@cowboygypsey]

Is that Ronnie Woods brother?

[@maryjanevance3748]

Wake me up band!!

[@dieterschade6521]

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

[@BlueFrogLive]

🤣🤣

[@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

[@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.

[@VnGosMusicMixer]

The cats hang out !!!!

[@Flaaaaanders]

That’s the guy from steely Dan?

[@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.

[@georgewilliamthomas6303]

Little Charlie and The Night Cats were pretty good too!

[@HopeIanHope]

Hardly

[@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.

[@ericmaughan6579]

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

[@Itsallwrongbutthatsallright]

Nope thats Double Trouble - nuff said !

[@Earman54music]

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

[@stephenescamilla2129]

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

[@douglascaverly3749]

Great band lead singer looks like Donald Fagan

[@gdg005]

What's the name of that tune...

[@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.

[@Charlleyw]

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

[@jamesewanchook2276]

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

[@murpsman]

True blues cat wearing Stacy Adams pimp shoes.

[@lightfoot413]

Shoot thats what its all about.....

[@jeffsmith3125]

Cooking

[@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

[@mr.timjohnston546]

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

[@pinobuoro]

Great band but I still miss a bass player

[@brucesmith6007]

Butterfield blues band? Corky Segal blues band? Charlie Musselwhite?

[@MrSparks54]

Now if they just had a bass player instead of a keyboard synth. Thanks

[@johnanthonycafe2993]

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