The Sauce Boss

When the Sauce Boss is in town, there’s always something cooking – and that something is hot blues and a big ol’ pot of gumbo!  Sauce Boss Bill Wharton takes the stage with his homegrown storytelling and natural born guitar talent, and righteously sings the blues while playing his distinctive slide guitar (a vintage ’53 Telecaster).  As he performs, he mixes up his famous gumbo, often pulling audience members into the act. 

Wharton’s tunes “Let the Big Dog Eat” and “Great Big Fanny” were included on the Jimmy Buffett compilation album “Margaritaville Café Late Night Menu,” and Buffett sings about the Sauce Boss in his song “I Will Play for Gumbo.”  Wharton has appeared on NPR, CNN, EXTRA and the Food Network’s “Extreme Cuisine,” and has been featured in the publications “Living Blues,” “GQ” and “Gourmet Magazine.”  Come ready for a heaping helping of raw talent from the “inventor of gastronomical boogie woogie”!