Willie D & The Hip Pockets

Willie D & The Hip Pockets perform at The Skylark Lounge at 6pm every 2nd and 4th Sunday. Willie D sings and plays saxophone on a wealth of jazz/blues originals, as well as the great dance-hall classics that rocked jukeboxes of yesteryear, creating music that’s designed to inspire dancing, jubilation, and appreciation for life-in-tempo. The band released their debut album on Blue Vada Records in 2022 and have followed the release with live concerts at legendary Austin venues such as Antone's "Home Of The Blues", The Skylark Lounge, and The White Horse. They've made media appearances on Fox 7, CBS, KWVH, Space ATX Sessions, Austin American-Statesman, Austin Monthly Magazine, The Liberty Vindicator, and had a live rendition of Willie D original "Daybreak Talent Show" featured in Glide Magazine. Willie D & The Hip Pockets are also prominently featured on Pete Thomas' Taming-The-Saxophone website. In addition to leading The Hip Pockets, Willie D is the music director and saxophonist for (the legendary) Soul Man Sam, as well as composer/house musician for the episodic Le Peep/The Girlie Revue Cabaret shows at The Tiger Den.