Deep Roots Winter Series – The Lions of Winter @ Backdraft

The Lions of Winter are a trio of Delta musicians who joyfully offer up the best in jazz, swing and blues whenever and wherever asked. The trio consists of Robin Webb on keyboard, Josh Armstrong on drums, and Rogers Varner on sax.  The three met at Delta State University as part of the school’s jazz band and decided to play expand their performing opportunities by accepting invitations to various local and regional gigs, including weddings, BBQs, pool parties, barn dances, fish fries, honky-tonks and juke joints.  The trio sometimes adds a vocalist, and occasionally a bass player and another horn.  Their set list includes jazz standards from the Great American Songbook such as “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” “Basin Street Blues,” “All of Me,” “Autumn Leaves,” “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” as well as classics such as “St. James Infirmary,” “One Way Out,” and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.”
Improvisation is the rule for this talented trio, and the Lions of Winter can be counted on to be well-mannered, entertaining, and on time, all the time.