 Frequent performers have included James Booker, Rebirth Brass Band, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Henry Butler, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Papa Grows Funk, and The Radiators.The bar has been an incubator for young bands formed by students at Tulane University, Loyola University, and the University of New Orleans.Poet Everette Maddox was so closely tied to the venue that his ashes are buried in the bar's patio area.