Coool Babies are the Northwest’s premier Talking Heads tribute act bringing not only the band’s music but the whole Stop Making Sense movie experience to life.

Audiences experience the restaging of the entire seminal 1984 movie, starting with the bare stage and iconic acoustic rendition of Psycho Killer all the way through to the chaos of Crosseyed And Painless.

Coool Babies are a nine piece band, reproducing the high energy line-up from the Stop Making Sense tour. The energy is infectious. There’s even a big suit and a few extra surprises.

With every exuberant turn of phrase, and each sharp guitar lick, the Louisiana born showman displays a pure joy in performing that’s hard to resist. Talkin’ Heavy combines all manner of sounds in one supremely satisfying, engaging package…robust yet relaxed singing and fluid yet piercing fretwork. Ultimately, Harrell’s greatest talent is just being his own larger-than-life self.
 --No Depression

The tube-cookin', Louisiana-bred guitarist brings the sizzle to Talkin' Heavy, his new album of Delta-meets-Chicago blues. Harrell makes his mark by wringing every ounce of emotion from a single note before extending the thought with the first of many lyrical, slow-burning, well-crafted guitar solos. --Guitar World

Talkin’ Heavy is the joyous sound of a one-man revival. Harrell’s vocals are smooth yet forceful, and his authoritative guitar work — stinging and soulful leads that serve as memorable songs within songs — hits the sweet spot every time. --Guitar Player

Jubilantly raucous, musically adventurous, biting and exploratory…enriched by unselfconscious virtuosity…a leading light of the younger generation of the younger generation of blues artists --Living Blues

D.K. Harrell is a fast-rising blues dynamo…One of the most talented and exciting young blues artists to emerge in decades. --San Diego Union Tribune

John Primer has undisputedly helped build the sound and style of Chicago blues as we know it today. The echoes of tradition bellowing from the birthplaces he played such as Maxwell Street, Theresa's, Checkerboard and Rosa's Lounges, pulse from every chord in his fingers today. John Primer is a 3 time Grammy® Nominated, Blues Hall of Fame, Living Legend.

Growing up on Mississippi sharecropper land in 1945, inspired by his family’s hard work and field songs daily, deep devotion to spirituals on Sundays, and blues on Saturdays. John dreamed of one day playing with the legendary Muddy Waters!