The Mississippi Mudsharks, Revisited
August 3rd, 2005 | Posted by Shannon
Back in the 1990’s my brother Tom was in a killer blues band called the Mississippi Mudsharks. They won all kinds of awards, toured Germany a few times, and were a very popular local band. I have all their CDs and whenever I play them, people always ask who they are.
They totally rocked. Then they broke up something like six years ago.
On the first Tuesday of every month, bartendress extrordinaire Sooty Hendricks hosts “Talk Dirty Tuesday” at a bar in the middle of nowhere called Desi & Friends. Last night, the Mississippi Mudsharks reunited for Sooty and Talk Dirty Tuesday.
What can I say? After all these years, the Mudsharks still TOTALLY ROCK. It was so awesome. Is there anything better than watching your little brother totally SHRED on the drums? I could not wipe the grin off my face the whole night. These guys could have been famous had they stayed together.
All kinds of people came out for the event, and everyone was way into it.
Ace goes anywhere there is dancing and dances with all the women. He has danced with thousands of women. He is a cool guy and here he is with my brother.
I need a better digital camera. The bar was too dark and none of the pictures of the Mudsharks shredding came out very well.
That’s Scottie Blinn on guitar, Tom Essa on drums and Tim Butler on bass. Tim did not play in the original Mudsharks, but he is definitely one in spirit.
It was a super fun night, and almost felt like 1996 all over again. Plus it took my mind off Britt Daniel for a couple of hours. Today though, I was back on my current obsession. It is so easy these days with the internet. I can watch the man live, at any time, HERE.
My god. It’s just a bit too much sometimes.
Anyhow here’s one more for the road – Little D and Joe Peters after they won the wifebeater shirt contest last night. Way to go, Danielle and Joe!
Tonight I am taking it easy, if you can call it that.
August 30th, 2005 at 11:44 am
I remember seeing you in San Diego a few years
back, myself and my friends really enjoyed
your music…really good.
Now my question is where can I buy your music
from??
Susan Zabel
October 22nd, 2005 at 12:31 pm
Tom Essa is the greatest blues drummer I’ve ever played with. Tell him I said, “Hi.”
SEJ
January 9th, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Hey Shannon…had no idea about your website. Just stumbled across it the other night. It’s great! It was cool seeing the Mudshark night from your eyes. You should write a book based on this site…The World According To Shannon Essa. You are a real character (I mean that with a lot of respect). Hope to see ya at the next show…let’s you, Tom, Rox, and I go out for some drinks soon.
Scottie Blinn–The Mudsharks