Livingston, of course, is infamous for both his late 70s stint as lead guitarist for Masque-era punk originators the Mau Maus and his appearance in Richard Meltzer’s Vom movie before moving on to stints with his own powerhouse trio the Livingstons, a marvelous collaboration with 77 Skulls frontman’s the Billy Bones and the brilliant, resuscitated 66 Sunset Strip psych-pop sensations Yellow Payges.

Livingston returned to the piano first with The Livingston Band featuring Dave Provost a former musical compatriot in the Yellow Payges and Brian Irving and then later, Adam Steinberg gladly pitched in and in short order they drafted upright Bassist Ben Getting, The results were spectacular—a hard-driving, deep-grooving blast of honky tonk roadhouse boogie and savage punk & roll.

With a repertoire that includes original Livingston thrillers, exotic plunder from the rock & roll jungle (Cramps, Jerry Lee Lewis, Teddy Boy thug Crazy Cavan) and shrewdly sourced soul and bluegrass classics, the Mike Livingston Band’s— high-quality, low-down and thoroughly mad-dog sound rates them as one of the most exciting forces in 21st century nightclub wildlife.