Jeff McCalib

Because it’s not every musician who manages to play a weekly show at the same venue for 11 years running, which is what Bennett has done at Madrona restaurant St. Clouds. As Gwendolyn Elliott points out in this week’s Short List:

Playing original music and classic country covers from George Jones and Merle Haggard to Steve Earle and Gillian Welch, Bennett’s band is completely at home on their self-titled stage and each week play to a loyal group of fans who keep coming back for more. The group is in the process of putting a live album together–recorded at St. Clouds, of course–but for the best experience of this accordion driven, toe-tapping, roots-fueled quintet, see them live on a Monday night and join the closest group of friends you never knew you had.

Bennett and Co.’s set begins at 8 p.m.