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At Tommy's Seafood, some of the best local musicians perform four nights a week. Pianist Matt Lemmler, originally from New Orleans (sorry, Big Easy, he's ours now), anchors what is a stellar lineup of live music. Trumpet player Dennis Dotson, saxophonist Warren Sneed, drummers Joel Fulgham and Sebastian Whittaker, guitarist Mike Wheeler and vocalist Pamela York all regularly perform at Tommy's Westheimer location. (There is a second Tommy's in Clear Lake that serves the same great food, but with a much less ambitious music schedule.) Not only are these virtuoso musicians, at Tommy's they have the freedom to jazz things up a bit. Quite a bit, actually. Some of Houston's best jazz happens at Tommy's. Our own Robb Walsh calls it "a perfect synergy of food and music," and we agree.
So nice to have a good live music venue on the west side. The nice thing about seeing live music out here is that there is rarely a cover charge. Apparently the mindset of venue owners our here is that live music is worth paying for, even if they take a risk to present it. That's not to say musicians are well-paid - tip them if you like what you hear!
The music schedule is presided over by New Orlean's pianist and composer Matt Lemmler who was scheduled to follow Marsalis as music prof in NOLA, but migrated here after the hurricane. Sit in the bar to catch the music and/or head over after some great gulf seafood and steaks.
At Tommy's Seafood, some of the best local musicians perform four nights a week. Pianist Matt Lemmler, originally from New Orleans (sorry, Big Easy, he's ours now), anchors what is a stellar lineup of live music. Trumpet player Dennis Dotson, saxophonist Warren Sneed, drummers Joel Fulgham and Sebastian Whittaker, guitarist Mike Wheeler and vocalist Pamela York all regularly perform at Tommy's Westheimer location. (There is a second Tommy's in Clear Lake that serves the same great food,... More »
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