Phil Brady's Bar & Grill

Go to Clarksdale, go to Indianola, shoot, even go to Merigold. Then when you are done, take the Blues Highway 61 South to Phil Bradys on Thursday night (by way of Teddy's in Zachary, of course) and you tell me where you can find the real deal.

This place is f****** awesome.

I'm going to direct the blues / swamp pop / local BR music fan to Phil Brady's.  It's enough of a dive for me to fall in love.  And enough of a night clubish atmosphere to get up and dance!

I saw the Ned Fasullo band there w/ adult siblings and their significant others.  Great big band dancing by a mixed crowd of old timers and young-uns. Oh, and the cougars were on the prowl that night.  One in our party got trapped dancing with a particularly tipsy one, the couger hit the pavement in the middle of the song... Observer yells "MAN DOWN!" A fine night, I say!

Be prepared to party, and bring / reserve a DD.  You won't want to limit your freedom!

I give it a 4, because I still can't get past the fact that Tabby's Blues Box is gone (closed in 2004: Read more at <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebr.lib.la.us%2Freference%2Fourafamlegacy%2Foaal_peopleandplaces%2Fplaces%2Ftabbys_blues_box.htm&s=8301f4a6e97c35f847b130bc6eb3ae588cafeb9b2521e270b2ac8a055661c739" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebr.lib.la.us…</a>) You just can't beat Tabby's Thursday night Hoo Doo party in downtown BR before there was a downtown Baton Rouge when it comes to the blues.

These days though, if you want to catch up with Tabby and some of his famous friends,  I hear tell that Phil Brady's might be one of your best chances.  Maybe I need to give up the past and give Phil Brady's a 5.  But its so haaaaaarrrrdd.... to say gooodbyyyyeeee.... to yesterdaaaaaaaAAY.