Name: Ripley Presents: Willie J. Laws Band
Start: 2026-01-23T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-23T21:00:00-05:00
Location: First Congregational Church in Winchester

A genre-bending sound tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans.
About this Event

LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, January 23, 2026, 7:30 p.m.

Please join us for the return of Willie J. Laws, a genre-bending band, tempered with the grooves of Motown, Memphis, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and New Orleans.

The Band is one of the most notable Blues acts with a uniquely modern funky style. The band’s sound includes deep Texas roots music, add some funk, and jazz influenced bass patterns, and the influence of various Afro-Caribbean drum beats. This isn't strictly Blues, much of it is original music with its own sound and tempo. You will enter the Willie J Laws Band musical train, covering a varied terrain with its assorted musical sounds. It's an exciting, fast-moving train, and you will most definitely enjoy the ride!

Willie J. Laws: a Texas guitar “gun slinger,” vocalist, and song writer following in the footsteps of T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, Albert King and many others. This music is the kind of real Texas soul, all mixed up with classic R&B, country, blues/funk that grows from the Texas soil. Willie has performed nationally and internationally, including two tours of Russia at the invite of the US Consulate in St Petersburg.

Once the house band at The House of Blues/Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and Margaritaville in New Orleans. Winners of the Mass Blues Society Challenge 2011, Semi-finalists at the International Blues Competition 2012 and Beale St Kings Awards. A two time nominee for New England Music Award - Best Blues Act 2015 and 2016, 2015 Nominee for Boston Music Award - Best Blues Act 2015. Come see what many are calling the "Real Deal".

Tickets are $20, General Admission (live or live streamed) ; $5 for students with valid ID (live or live streamed).

For more information about the concert, please visit https://fcc-winchester.com or Jane Ring Frank, Minister of Music and Worship Arts at857-919-0983 or [email protected].

IMPORTANT NOTE: Ripley Chapel can be found at First Congregational Church, Winchester, 21 Church St. The entry to the building is located on the Vine Street side of the church. Please use the accessible ramp entrance, and Ripley Chapel will be directly to your right as you enter the building.