Walter “Wolfman” Washington has been an icon on the New Orleans music scene for decades. He began his career in the heyday of the 1950s R&B period that made New Orleans the recording destination of choice for hit makers like Ray Charles and Little Richard. Washington was on the road by his late teens, spending over two years backing the great vocalist Lee Dorsey. His tenure with Dorsey took him to the great music halls in America, including appearances at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. With his breadth of experience and seemingly endless repertoire, each of his highly danceable shows is one-of-akind. Like the greatest jazzmen, Washington channels his everyday life into his music. Depending on the setting, the band plays the blues, R&B, soul, funk, jazz and everything in between with pure heart.

This very special Ogden After Hours will be held in the Museum’s Patrick F. Taylor Library. Designed by nationally renowned 19th-century architect Henry Hobson Richardson, the Library opened on Mardi Gras Day in 1889 and remains the only building in the South by this important American architect and Louisiana native. Rarely open to the public, this beautiful, open space, complete with vaulted ceilings adorned with individually carved “Hounds of Knowledge”, will make for an evening not soon to be forgotten.