One of the Oldest West Village Bars

Seth performs as a solo act and with his own trio in many clubs, restaurants, concerts, hotels, senior centers, nursing homes, hospitals, casinos, etc. as well as working with many other bands and artists. I have performed with many established artists and groups such as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The The Crystals, The Platters, The Drifters, The Tokens, The Marvellettes, Dickie Lee, Speedo & The Cadillacs, The Shangri-Las, The Coasters, Joey Dee & The Starlighters, Buddy Guy, Carey Bell, Big Jack Johnson, Lovie Lee, Pinetop Perkins, Johnny Christian, Johnny Dollar, Michael Coleman, Buster Benton, Little Mike & The Tornados, Lester Chambers (lead Singer for the Chambers Brothers), The Holmes Brothers, Sugar Blue, Jimmy Dawkins, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, Hip Linkchain, Byther Smith, Sticky Fingers, The Flamingos, The Teenagers, The Duprees, The Excellents, The Earls, The Skyla Burrell Band, Liz Mandeville, Zora Young, Shemekia Copeland, and many others.

Hope DeBates & North Forty perform a diverse range of music, including country classics, alt country original songs, 70/80’s pop covers, with some R&B and jazz standards in the mix. All done with a creative and unique approach.

Pianist/vocalist/composer Gary Negbaur plays jazz, blues and American roots music, combining innovative arrangements of standards with soulful originals. He has grooved at the Superdome and at the French Quarter Fest in New Orleans, knocked them out at Birdland in NYC and raised the roof at South by Southwest in Austin.