The modern soul songs of Quinn Deveaux, sung in his sweet tenor over a spare guitar or carried by his band's bright tones, evoke old images aplenty - from those gutbucket barrooms where rock-n-roll was born, to the pine-walled shacks, nearby, where its gospel-forebears rent their souls. But this artist's singular sound, making old tones new, is Quinn's alone.

His acclaimed band has been thrilling San Francisco's lovers of rollicking early R&B, and a good time, for years. And now, the Bay Area's best-kept secret is stepping out. Get on board: he'll take you there, wherever you've got to go.