Diz Watson and the Doormen Album Launch

Diz Watson, musician, one of the rockiest piano players in the world - is a quintessential exponent of New Orleans style piano ­.Taking as his prime influence the piano style of New Orleans, a potent gumbo of Barrel House, Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll and Boogie Woogie, Diz "Honeybear" Watson is no one of it's quintessential exponents.

This amalgam of style reached their apotheosis in the late 40's and early 50's with the playing of Archibald, Fats Domino, Huey "Piano" Smith and more contemporary musicians Dr. John and James Booker and the greatest of them all Professor Longhair A.K.A. Henry Roland Byrd, he being Diz's heaviest inspiration.

MC - Mama Tokus: Entertaining, funky & funny

Mama Tokus is a soulful singer, composer & performer, a spoken word artist, a jazz-gal and an ordained Priestess in the Church of the Latter-Day Dude.
She's working to create Collective Joy in this crazy world with uplifting words, songs & shows. Believe!

Inspired by funk, soul, gospel, blues and dance music, Mama Tokus writes, speaks, sings and performs her own compositions, whilst harking back to sassy female performers she’s inspired by, like Dinah Washington and Josephine Baker.

She'll be MCing the gig with Diz Watson and the Doormen and joining him for a few numbers too as they share a love of New Orleans music.