A staple in San Diego for more than a decade featuring some of the most talented musicians around, Lady Dottie and the Diamonds are the region's premier blues act. It's a boogie-woogie dance party that goes all night.

Band leader, Lady Dottie, is a soulful woman in her early 60s named Dorothy Mae Whitsett. Singing everywhere from the kitchen to the pulpit, she was raised in a family of 14 and performed in Gospel Choir. An Alabama-bred fireball, Dottie's curvier than Lombard and got more gumption than a pack of wolves. she's a tambourine toting, hip-gyrating powerhouse with a sultry voice that will leave you trembling.