Kenny's Westside Presents:
Colt Ball & The Git Down
wsg Fusion Mellow
Friday, January 16, 2026
Doors 8pm • Music 9pm • 21+
Bar & Kitchen open until 4am
About Colt Ball & The Git Down:
Post Jam Funk Fusion Reggae Core out of St. Louis
Well…. I’ve always had music around me. My mom’s side of the family had a lot of musicians and a lot of farmers. We grew up in the cornfields of South Central IL. (Macoupin County). So most weekends involved Hoot-N-Annies that were filled with a community of friends and neighbors. I remember at a very young age watching these folks come together, yielding the harvest from their most recent hunt or from their garden beds, and all working together to provide this huge spread for everyone. We’d all get our bellies full and, like clockwork, the kids would play around the farm, while the adults would bust out the instruments. I think I remember sort of making the connection like, “ohhh this is how the adults play….music.”
About Fusion Mellow:
Fusion Mellow is a funky blues and jam-rock band from Peoria, Illinois, delivering deep jams and far-out original tunes with a touch of tasty arranged covers. Forming in the summer of 2023, the group consists of Chas Eyster on lead guitar, Jerry Hendricks delivering the low end on bass, Paul Heine and Jacob “Buzz” Buskirk hammering the skins on drums, and Jon Anthony on the ivory keys. The band’s name encapsulates all of the members’ different styles, influences, and backgrounds while blending them all into one harmonious entity. The quartet will get your body moving and your mind bending with their groovin’ psychedelic sounds and improvisation. Close your eyes and let their music take you to places filled with excitement and imagination.
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