Name: Third Coast Blues with Dennis Wage and Jay Stulo
Start: 2026-05-03T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Ope Brewing Co

Third Coast Blues with Dennis Wage and Jay Stulo

Join Third Coast Blues Collective's Matt Liban and Kurt Koenig for another rocking blues matinee at Ope! with guests Dennis Wage and Jay Stulo.
Dennis Wage has been a professional musician since his early teens, beginning organ lessons at age six and performing at local venues by thirteen After earning a bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance with an emphasis in Music Business, Dennis moved to Nashville in 1989 to pursue a full-time music career.
Over the next two decades, he became a sought-after studio musician and “song doctor,” playing on thousands of songwriter demos and backing hundreds of artists in the house band, including Vince Gill, Tim McGraw, and Little Steven.
In 2015, Dennis joined Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton’s band, co-writing and recording Tall Dark and Handsome, which won a Grammy in 2020 for Best Traditional Blues. Now back in Wisconsin, Dennis continues to perform with the state’s top blues and R&B acts.
ay Stulo has been playing, fronting, and leading blues bands since the late 1980’s. He has toured the nation several times and released 5 CD’s. Jay first picked up guitar at the age of 14, learning some basic chords from his father, a early rock-a-billy guitarist. He joined his first working bar band Gypsy Rose at the age of 17.
Jay hit the road early with blues legend Luther Allison, then later with James Solberg. Jay co-founded The Mighty Aces in 1996 and toured full-time for a decade leading the The Jay Stulo Band. After taking some time away from music in 2006, Jay picked up his guitar returned to the stage in 2016. It did not take long to get back on top of his game, first as part of the West Coast style Jay Edward Band and now leading an all new Jay Stulo Band.
Influenced by multiple genres, Jay is not a traditional blues artist by any means, and this is not your grandfather’s blues - versatile, high energy guitar pyrotechnics, rock-tinged hooks, and gut-bucket vocals make for a show to remember.