Park Theatre presents:
Desmond Jones & Roosevelt Diggs
Friday January 31, 2025
18+ OR with adult supervision
Doors @ 7PM | Show @ 8PM
Tickets: $15 in advance | $20 day of show
$25 Premium Leather Seatings (BALCONY)
$50 Table for four UPGRADE
Desmond Jones is an award-winning five-piece rock band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their original music is centered around melodic guitar riffs, funky bass lines, groovy drum beats, and a big ole pile of saxophone. Desmond Jones puts on exciting and high-energy shows with a high level of musicianship and skillful improvisation, both wide open and acoustic. Each show, set list, and song is different from night to night. The group takes influence from Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Mingus, Phish, The Band, and Led Zeppelin, to name a few. 900 shows in 12 years has made the band tighter than ever, and with 100 original songs under their belt, every set is a unique and fresh surprise for both longtime fans and new listeners. The group shared the stage with bands like Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Papadosio, Ripe, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, EOTO, Here Come the Mummies, Aqueous, Dogs In A Pile, Dopapod, Nth Power, Kick the Cat, Joe Hertler, Eggy, and many more. Desmond Jones has released two EPs and four full-length studio albums. The band is currently touring, hitting every diner along the way. Get ready to dance, laugh and probably cringe.
- 2023 Performing artist, The Midwest House (SXSW)
- 2022 and 2023 "Best Original Band" Revue West MI (Best of the West)
- 2019 "Album of the Year" Listener's Choice WYCE Jammies (Hello, Helou)
Desmond Jones is Isaac Berkowitz (guitar, vocals, drums), John Nowak (drums, vocals, guitar), Chris Bota (guitar, bvocals, keys), George Falk (saxophone, vocals, keys) and Taylor Watson (bass, vocals, keys)
| ROOSEVELT DIGGS BIO It is not only heart, but blood that unites the core of Roosevelt Diggs. At its base: Two brothers, Levi and Logan Duddles, who have spent a lifetime creating and writing music together. With the addition of the musical backbone of Jon Shears on the upright bass and Jeff Leitch on percussion, they transformed from two brothers picking on stringed instruments to a band with a fire inside. Musically, Roosevelt Diggs finds itself in the long standing Michigan tradition of acoustic based music. Blending Folk, Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Rockabilly and Rock and Roll into a melting pot of true Americana, Roosevelt Diggs proudly carries on this tradition and brings a genuine approach to acoustic music. Since its beginning in 2008, Roosevelt Diggs has made its way around Michigan performing in some of the finest concert venues, breweries, and festivals. Whether it’s a high energy evening in your favorite brewery, a Wednesday afternoon at a music in the park, or the opening set for a sold out nationally touring act, their music was felt and embraced by audiences of all ages and musical preferences. Roosevelt Diggs released their fourth album, "Reverie" in October 2023. Reverie displays an evident growth in songwriting from their 2018, (WYCE Jammie award winning album), Better Days. Reverie was recorded at La Luna Recording and Sound in Kalamazoo, MI and engineered by Ian Gorman and Joe Hettinga. Produced by Hettinga, and mastered by Grammy award winner, Glenn Brown, Reverie is sonically a step above any of their previous releases. The album also features a host of talented guest musicians including Paul Niehaus (Justin Townes Earle, Iron and Wine) on pedal steel, Meredith Krygowski (Adrian+Meredith) on fiddle and Eric Engblade on banjo which helps to round out the songs. Reverie captures Roosevelt Diggs at their best and shows the band still growing and improving and after 15 years together. |
