Rick Estrin & the Nightcats

Friday 18 April

Formed in 2008, American electric blues band Rick Estrin & the Nightcats was formed by ex-members of Little Charlie & the Nightcats, with Rick Estrin on vocals and harmonica, guitarist Kid Andersen, bassist Lorenzo Farrell and drummer Derrick “D’Mar” Martin. From his teens onwards, Estrin was schooled by some of the very best blues musicians on the West Coast and Chicago, including Fillmore Slim, Rodger Collins, Lowell Fulson, Z.Z. Hill, Johnny Young, Eddie Taylor, Sam Lay and John Littlejohn, and even jammed with Muddy Waters. In their long history of playing together, the band have toured the world, performed at numerous blues festivals and picked up awards left and right; as a band, for specific songs and albums, and Estrin as a singer as well as his harmonica playing. The band’s sixth and latest album, The Hits Keep Coming, was released in 2024.