If semi-organized pandemonium stirs your
blood, then show up some night for this band, folks. Audience participation is
mandatory, which is what makes for such a rousing good time with Miss Neesie and
the Ear Food Orchestra, the longest-running premier blues/zydeco act in San
Antonio.
Mardi Gras beads will be thrown at you.
Everyone gets their own noisemaker. And the band goes wireless amidst throngs of
revelers. No sleeping or yawning is allowed, as the varied flavors of Southern
Louisiana-Texas smack your head awake.
Besides two-steps, waltzes and the best of
Cajun and zydeco, the wonderful blues growl of Miss Neesie Beal guarantees constant
entertainment, which is difficult to part with even at 2:00 a.m. with bouncers at your
heels.
Ear Food has appeared at Carlsbad Tavern, Cibolo Creek Country Club,
various clubs in Port Aransas and Corpus Christi, and at a past San Antonio
Blues Society quarterly social. In 1999, Ear Food opened at the
annual Bowie Street Blues Concert.
One cassette is currently available, with another effort currently in the works.
— Mike
Davis, San Antonio Blues Society
