This was one of the, if not THE, surprise shows of 2022. Afton showed up with a band of absolutely mesmerizing players and a bunch of songs that were so well written, so well performed that most of the small but very vocal crowd was left slack jawed. I cannot recommend a show MORE highly than this show. The man is the consummate performer as is everyone in his band.

Afton Wolfe is best classified simply as...Mississippi. Born in McComb, and growing up in Meridian, Hattiesburg, and Greenville, Mississippi, the roots of American music are in his DNA.Mississippi is the birthplace of at least three American art forms: country music, blues music, and rock and roll. Meridian is the birthplace of Jimmie Rodgers, while the Mississippi Delta is the birthplace of the blues, and the first rock n’ roll notes ever played
according to intelligent music historians, came from Hattiesburg. Additionally, he spent his musically formative years in and around New Orleans, where the humidity of the Mississippi combined with the Cajun seasonings, the jazz, zydeco, creole, and gospel music and his Mississippi roots coalesce to add resonance and depth to his blues/country/rock influences.

Naturally, he covered the great Tom Waits at the end of the show...it was fitting!!

All of these experiences, places, people and cultures are prevalent in his writing...his songs are snippets of life all around us, all the time...the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful moments that resound throughout the day are what move Afton Wolfe to construct the songs that represent life in America.