Out of the grand and gritty jug/string-band tradition of the Mississippi Sheiks and Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers comes St. Louis-based Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three. Itinerant songsmith ...
It’s just after 2 p.m., six hours before showtime, and Pokey LaFarge is sequestered in the third-floor green room of the Castle Theatre in downtown Bloomington, Illinois. He’s tired, strung out from ...