The Water Street Hot Shots

11/10/2026

Busy weekend for The Hot Shots part 1: Friday night we performed at the annual Auer Steel Co. get together. We're proud to be their go-to for the last 20 years! Extra nice to have Joshua Ammons on the roster as our ringer. Thanks for the opportunity!

11/10/2026

Busy weekend part 2: Playing at the wedding of our longtime friend Nick Larson and his sweetie Sarah McBeath. Honored!

We were joined by Nick's coworker Heather Moulder from Nashville's Hatch Show Print. She played the upright piano with us for the evening. Wow!!! A real treat. She's a member of The Jake Leg Stompers out of Nashville. Twice honored!

26/09/2026

Thanks everyone for the enjoyable evening Tributary B**r Garden

25/09/2026

Yay! We're thrilled about this. Join us this evening 5-8pm. Make the most of your hard earned Friday night. Quality social time!

19/09/2026

Doc Mock, Tim, and Mike were proud to play the special event at the John Michael Kohler Art Preserve on Thursday. Thanks for including us again!

05/09/2026

Last week was a busy one, including our show at Kohler-Andrae State Park! It turned out to be a perfect night with friends, families, and dogs gathered, and with enthusiastic kids helping on percussion. Thanks to Karen Doering for the pics. We love our park!

09/08/2026

That sure was a good time! Beautiful night playing in our neighborhood on the "Hey!" Wagon stage at Paradigm Coffee and Music for friends. Thanks to Jamison for joining us with his washboard playing, Charlie's work with sound, and to young Chet, who was brave enough to play the wood frog! Such a good time, that apparently ALL the b**r was sold. Thanks!

08/08/2026

Huge thanks everyone!

25/07/2026

We are proud to be a part of this line up! Outside show, or inside if need be. Live music in the summer!

The second band joining us for our FREE Summer Concert Series is The Water Street Hot Shots! Catch them on our hay wagon stage on Friday, August 7th at 7pm.

"The Water Street Hot Shots have been performing acoustic blues and roots music for over twenty-five years. After all that time together, they’ve played a wide variety of venues including blues and folk festivals, college lectures, weddings, BBQ joints, resorts, b**r halls, barns, Memphis blues clubs, street corners, and Milwaukee’s Summerfest. Special music opportunities also fell to the Hot Shots over the years including opening for guitar hero Leo Kottke, opening for blues royalty Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins, and shared a bill with delta blues treasure David “Honeyboy” Edwards.

With a strong push to bring the 1920’s and 30’s party time blues vibe to their shows, the Hot Shots draw inspiration and repertoire from the classic jug bands, string bands, delta slide players, hokum blues, and washboard jazz bands of that era.

Slide guitarist Mike Ammons put the band together in 2000, and for over two decades, they played weekly for the supportive home crowd at the Water Street Pub, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Recently, performances at Water Street continue, but now on a monthly rotation.

Other longtime band members include Rich Higdon on washboard, Tim Dekker on fiddle, JR Fenner on bass and jug, Alan “Doc” Mock on mandolin and guitar, and Steve Irby on drums."

It's gonna be a good one, y'all!! Bring a chair and your dancin' shoes.

Below is our full Free Summer Concert Series Line-up!
July 31: Paul Sucherman's Doghouse Big Band
August 7:The Water Street Hot Shots
August 14: MOONGLOW
August 21: Mama Ginger & The Red Hots (Erin Krebs Music)
August 28: Luke Callen
September 4: Radio Free Honduras

*This show is funded in part by the Andi for the Arts Fund, held at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center

06/07/2026

What a great night! Full band with some ringers, a birthday party, dancing, and a room full of friends. We love this post.