“Remember the beloved Cafe’ Zippy’s in the old Rucker neighborhood? Well, now it’s a new joint with new owners and a new twist…. retro swag, vintage threads, classic southern cookin, plenty of libations, kid friendly, and a damn bicycle repair shop to boot! ‘Wheel & House’, now I get it! Haven’t been yet - looking forward to it. Come on down and join me, while I ply you with some homemade “slop jar delta funk” pickin and slidin!” – NICK
SLOP JAR DELTA FUNK:
“Improvised instruments were part of the early blues scene. Bues legends described how band members would scour their neighborhoods for parts and pieces that could be turned into makeshift instruments. One tale out of Helena, Arkansas, described percussionists using old pickle jars and cracker barrels - anything they could find to keep a beat on. One solution was a barrel used by a butcher to catch hog slop. That was a good one because, like a drum set, it produced a variety of tones.
They called it a slop jar. I use a lot of old open tuning for slide guitar, hence the Delta tunings. And I’m always accused of being funky.” - NICK
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WHEEL & HOUSE
1502 Rucker Ave, Everett, WA
425.358.8088