NIGHT BEAT on Rhythm Street
The Gaters consist of some left over Redlegs including Joe Tate, Maggie Catfish and Jeff Costello. They are joined by Lonnie Walter on Bongos. The name has nothing to do with alligators but rather with the fact they are all from the Gates, an area of the Sausalito waterfront where Liberty ships were built in WWII. There still exists three distinct areas that still have their WWII names; Gate 3, Gate 5 and Gate 6. There is also another section referred to as Gate 6 1/2 but, this is not historic nomenclature, just a convenient name for what would be an extension of Gate 6.
Anyway, Joe Tate plays the No Name Bar every Saturday with various artists. The Gaters are a special feature for Joe because of their long history together with the Redlegs.
On this night, they played some of the old Redlegs numbers along with some standard rock and blues. Maggie did a wonderful rendition of “What A Difference A Day Makes” as well as some very appealing songs like “Smokey Places.”
Jeff Costello maintained excellent work on the guitar, providing brilliant solos as needed. Jeff also helped out with some vocals and, as always, Lonnie Walter held it all together with the bongos.
Joe covered all his usual basses, singing in a strong baritone voice. While narrating the early history of the No Name bar, he does a little Name dropping about the various celebrities who have hung out there over the years.
There was a nice crowd of friends who attended along with many unsuspecting passersby who just popped in when they heard the music.
The flyer features a picture of Maggie and Joe taken at the drydocks of Richardson Bay many years ago.
For more information about Maggie and Joe go to
http://www.theredlegs.com/JoeTate.html
or
There is also a nice clip of the Redlegs playing at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS1ZOiyK06o
Night Beat 
