Tour Warriors come home to the Maple Leaf tonight, 6/5

With Johnny Vidacovich out of the country and George Porter, Jr. without any scheduled gigs until this weekend’s performance at Tipitina’s with his longstanding Runnin’ Pardners band, the lineup for tonight at the Maple Leaf is an exciting one featuring two New Orleans musicians used to being on the road.

The gig is being billed as both the Terence Higgins Trio and Trio Electric. But with keyboardist Brian Coogan on board, along with guitarist Cliff Hines, I am dubbing it the Tour Warrior Band.

Higgins, as many readers know, was the longtime drummer for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Since exiting that New Orleans institution, he has been incredibly busy. He is Ani DiFranco and Tab Benoit’s go-to drummer. He has also toured extensively with John Scofield.

Coogan, who came to local prominence playing with Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Stanton Moore and the Galactic side project, Good Enough For Good Times, has hit the big time as a member of the touring band of Pretty Lights. The electronic dance music headliner, a nom de musique for Derek Vincent Smith, was nominated for a Grammy award last year and is touring behind the album, which features Coogan.

Cliff Hines is the wild card in this trio. The guitarist is best known for his work with vocalist Sasha Masakowski, but his musical interests are as varied as the other two musicians in this ensemble.

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