Awesome
Hotcakes

Sonoma COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Savory since 2014

Just The Right Recipe…

The most frequently heard comment after a Spike’s Awesome Hotcakes gig goes something like this –

“No one is making this kind of music anymore!”

But what, exactly, is “this kind of music?”

Like hotcakes themselves, it goes by many names. Soul. Swing. Rhythm & Blues. Jazz. Jump. It’s a sound that’s classic and simple, but when it’s done right, it hits the spot, and has you grinning from ear to ear. Spike has spent years searching for this sound.

From the Texas blues joints he cut his teeth in to the funky halls of New Orleans, he was always studying the music, trying to find just the right recipe. It makes perfect sense that he found his bandmates in Sonoma County, a music scene that has fostered many eclectic artists for decades.

What he didn’t know was how hungry audiences were for “this kind of music.” You might say they’ve been eating it up like…Hotcakes!

mouth watering

Reviews

“This whole album is like ear candy.“

– The Morning Krush
with Andre95.9 FM – The Krush

“Bluesmen aren’t born; they are formed through struggle and soul.

Sultry North Bay fixture Spike Sikes bleeds out the blues at local venues week after week.

His band of accomplices blends a slow burn of blues, jazz and soul on their 2022 LP, Magnolia Street.”

– Pacific Sun Newsweekly

“Spike’s crafting an elegant sort of country-soul not unlike the kind found on history’s greatest ode to hearth and home, Van Morrison’s Tupelo Honey album.”

– Robert Fontenot /OffBeat Magazine

“Best Blues Band” in the Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties by readers of both the Pacific Sun and The North Bay Bohemian.

The Awesome Hotcakes were named “Best Blues Band” three years in a row in the Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties by readers of both the Pacific Sun and The North Bay Bohemian.