Tombstone Bullet Blues Band Saturday, May 2, 10 pm-1:30 am

Rutledge Youth Foundation talent contest with MC Roger Boyd of Head East, 7 to 9 p.m. Marly’s Pub, 9 West Old State Capitol Plaza 217-522-2280 www.tombstonebullet.net

With longtime area players Rick Hardin on vocals and guitar, Mike Gillette on bass and sax, and Mike Rapier on rhythm and lead guitar, plus relative newcomers Cory Brown on keyboards and Jeff Tucka on drums, Tombstone Bullet forms an outstanding and authentic-sounding blues combo. This Saturday the group plays at Marly’s Pub after the Rutledge Youth Foundation hosts an American Idol-type contest featuring Roger Boyd of Head East as MC from 7 to 9 p.m. Show plans include Tombstone Bullet collaborations with Boyd on a Head East song before the contest and blues tunes during the band gig later in the evening. Also be sure to catch the band on the streets of downtown Springfield this summer at the Washington Street Jazz and Blues festival in June.