Eight Gigs: Marcia Ball

Anyone looking for a little badassery to go with their blues will find what they’re seeking with Marcia Ball’s legendary brand of Gulf Coast roadhouse party music. Ball plays the piano like she’s shooting bullets from her hips. Her husky, no-nonsense voice tells tales that are probably tall, for sure colorful and without a doubt inspired by living in the swamps of Louisiana and the windswept plains of Texas. It’s an arsenal of rhythm and blues that Ball has polished in her long career as a badass; if her talents were a necklace, they’d be alligator teeth. 1013 K Street, www.marciaball.com.