Barry Baughn Blues Band
Wednesday Blues
The Copper Room’s Wednesday Blues program is hosted by the Barry Baughn Blues Band. Barry Baughn leads the Southern California group on guitar and vocals for an electric blues set. The billing identifies the band as the night’s host, rather than naming individual guests or a one-off lineup. Available information does not describe a record release, tribute, late set, or other special theme for this date.
The Barry Baughn Blues Band is a Southern California group known on the regional blues circuit. Sunnylands has called the band “well known throughout the Southern California blues circuit” and described its sound as carrying “an infectious groove.” Baughn has worked with bassist Bob Gross, whose long career includes performances with Albert King, Delaney Bramlett, Bobbie Gentry, Jim Stafford, Charo and Hank Thompson. Video material associated with Baughn has shown changing band configurations that include bass, keyboards and drums, with saxophone and trumpet appearing on some lineups, so the available information does not establish one fixed personnel roster.
The Copper Room’s defining feature is its history as a 1950s airport dinner house, revived beside Yucca Valley Airport after years closed. Its restored dining room combines wood paneling, stonework and copper details, with broad windows facing the runway and high desert beyond. It is a restaurant and cocktail lounge as well as a place for live music, so an evening can include dinner or a martini alongside a set, with the occasional small plane landing outside. The calendar lists recurring jazz and blues evenings, old-timey music and DJ nights; many shows begin around 6 p.m. and run for three hours. The venue says events are free unless otherwise specified. You’ll find it at the airport in Yucca Valley, a High Desert town near Joshua Tree.