Blind Horse Weekend Nights in the Winery…Small Plates & Night Flights and LIVE MUSIC! Tonight we welcome the renown Downtown Harrison!

He puts on a great show. He has a great voice and impersonates a lot of singers: Sinatra, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, James Brown, and Tina Turner. Yes. Tina Turner. When he does Rollin on the River with the blonde wig and the shiny dress, it’s hard to tell the two apart. The one thing that will leave you amazed is the level of energy that the man puts into his shows. James Brown is no longer the hardest working man in show biz. Just incredible.

Ian Ash of the Last Bees will be performing at Bastille Days this year at the Door Peninsula Winery Stage, 1130am-215pm!

Ian Ash of The Last Bees started learning to play the piano in 4th grade. Two years later,  Ian was writing songs regularly and recorded an album on his father’s four-track cassette tape. At the age of 13 Ian won the Summerfest Pepsi Talent Search(Milwaukee, WI) for best composition. “Melodies have always popped into my head since I was very young”- Ian Ash.    As an artist Ian wants to express universal emotions in a unique way not articulated before. Grammy award-winning Beach Boy Bruce Johnston praised Ian’s performance when he competed and won “Best Vocalist” at the Waukesha County Fair, earning  him the opening slot for the Beach Boys. With his lovable nerdy style,  Ian Ash is always writing, recording and playing out with his band, The Last Bees.

What do you get when you combine the incredible vocals of Ali Butler with long-time Milwaukee guitar veteran Doug Syme? Milwaukee’s newest acoustic duo Doug & Ali. Both Doug and Ali are members of long-time Milwaukee mainstay “The North Coast Orchestra.” Focusing on contemporary pop music with a liberal dose of classic rock, R&B, and even a bit of jazz, this duo is the perfect compliment to your day or night out!

Doug Syme – A guitarist since the age of nine, Dr. Doug Syme has performed in nearly every conceivable type of ensemble throughout a career that has spanned four decades. From solo jazz or classical guitar, duos with innumerable instrumentalists and / or vocalists, rock, blues, jazz, funk, R&B, big band, and musical theater Dr. Syme has done it all. He is also quite active as a teacher, maintaining an active private teaching studio, serving as the director of jazz studies / arts department chair at the Milwaukee HS of the Arts (MHSA) and is also the Wisconsin Music Education Association (WMEA) state chair for jazz education.

Ali Butler – Ali Butler is a Maine native who has recently made Milwaukee her home in late 2014. Ali has been performing her entire life, since singing harmonies around the campfire with her sisters. She has been privileged to sing with wedding and function bands throughout New England, has sang the National Anthem for the Boston Red Sox with her sisters and is thrilled to be diving into the Mid-Western music scene with Doug Syme in this unique new duo. Ali and her husband recently welcomed the newest member of their family, Nora, and hope she will love music as much as they do!

Barbara Stephan and Peter Mac have both been constant figures in the Milwaukee music scene for well over 15 years. Peter was the staff guitarist for The Milwaukee Bucks house band, Streetlife, for twenty three years which gave him exposure to thousands of people. Peter has recorded eleven solo CD’s and played on over three hundred radio and TV spots. He has opened for Chicago, INXS, KIngs X, Robin Trower and so many others. He fronts Peter Mac And The Fighting Fish, and is also the guitarist for the new Milwaukee rock group, Uprising. Barbara has been a favorite regular singer with many local bands but has also performed with national recording artists Susan Tedeschi and Jon Paris. She’s recorded her own original music as well as being staff songwriter for Full Moon Productions composing film/TV music. Currently she sings for Chicago’s blues/soul band Tabasko Sound Kitchen, North Coast Management’s, Livin The Dream, and also co-fronts Milwaukee’s Eddie Butts Band. Peter and Barbara have now teamed up performing as a duo that is getting RAVE reviews!!