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While most of the Hengshan Lu bars spend their time trying to attract customers with Thursday night offerings of "little girls and little boys" (no joke), The Melting Pot has been putting on a weekly show of Inner Mongolian country bluegrass blues players named Tom and Jerry. The musical super duo mix authentic guitar chops with mandolin, fiddle and a pleasing Chinese drawl to warm even the most frigid of nights. With the help of talented local musicians, Tom and Jerry recreate anything from Johnny Cash's "Cocaine Blues" to a convincing southern-style take on Nirvana's "Something in the Way". While the bar could use a price check (we're not there to show how rich we are--or wish to be), the setting is both comfortable and spacious. Come check them out at The Melting Pot on Thursdays, starting at 9:30 PM. Definitely not your average Shanghai (or Kentuckian) Thursday night.
Photos by Stephen Yang
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Is this the balancing article to the 'glad we didn't go out on NYE' post?
The other one is more accurate for sure.
Andy, do you know what a putz is? You ought to because you are one. I know you have something against the Melting Pot because they screwed up a show of "your music" but this band doesn't deserve to get ragged on because you're pissy about clubs being aesthetically correct. The effect of your crusade against the MP is that the musicians who play there suffer. You don't like a club fine, rag your little ass off, but this article is about Lan Cao not The Melting Pot and the author criticizes the place to boot. Quit yer snivelin' Mr. Pissypants.