I’m also excited about some of the really big blues groups, soul and even indie-rock bands coming through.
Unlike Jazzville and Caliente Comedy, where it’s been something I’ve been fronting solely, this is the first collaboration with the casino creatively, so I’m pretty excited about that.
The name Desert Blues Revival came alive in partnership with the casino. “Now things are kind of opening up again. “Omicron happened, and we kind of took a step back from it,” Levy said. The late, lamented Blue Guitar was Kal David’s blues club above the Plaza Theatre. “Jay wanted to create something like what we’ve been doing with jazz for Jazzville, with the same kind of business model-reach out to touring national blues artists and some local legends, and create a series that downtown Palm Springs hasn’t seen for many years, since the Blue Guitar. “Before omicron, Jay Bednar, the director of nightlife at the casino, reached out to me-and it was his idea to bring blues to the casino,” Levy said during a recent phone interview.
