And the Boston connection." Which is? "The Mystic River." Oh, duh, right. Lily would love the two-year-old Mystix to become to Boston what the Subdudes are to New Orleans - that is, for people to say, if you come to that town, that's the band you've got to hear. Still, he's not claiming a leg up on other blues bands. What he's saying about the Mystix is this: "We're a gumbo of different musics, not married to any particular style, all over the road. Some stuff has more of an Elmore James feel, there's pure country - I'm a country nut, which I think is white blues - and some of it jazzy and melodic. We have an R&B core but don't owe allegiance to it. What we're saying is ours to say, we're not doing Elmore covers or Muddy covers, we're not trying to write 12-bar blues either. We're writing within our own source." One more selling point: "If they want to hear some serious guitar playing with me on slide and Bobby on lead they certainly will not be disappointed." They're on stage at 9:45. Cover: $12-$10.

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