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Boston-based band The Smack Dabs will make their first appearance at Me&Thee Music on Friday, May 1, with a program of vintage swing blues rooted in the 1930s.
The group specializes in high-energy, danceable music associated with artists including Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, the Harlem Hamfats, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. The style, which emerged during the Great Depression, ranges from upbeat swing to more mournful blues and lends itself to both listening and dancing.
The Smack Dabs feature Mark Earley on guitar, vocals and kazoo; David Sparr on piano; Jim Gray on upright bass; Mark Berney on cornet; Kit Buckley on sax and clarinet; and Jon Kraus on washtub.
Doors open at 7:15 p.m. with community seating, and music begins at 8 p.m. at Me&Thee Music, an all-volunteer nonprofit sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead, 28 Mugford St. The venue has presented live music since 1970.
Tickets are available online at meandthee.org and in person at Arnould Gallery, 111 Washington St., Marblehead. Organizers said they will collect donations of nonperishable food items for the Marblehead Food Pantry before each performance this season.
The Me&Thee’s 56th season is scheduled to conclude May 15 with singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky.
