Sauce Boss

4:00 PM–6:00 PM: Presented by the 5 O’Clock Phlock Parrot Head Club.

The Sauce Boss is a powerhouse entertainer, mixing his bluesy slide guitar and soulful voice into an unforgettable, high-energy show. His very own hot sauce spices up a big pot of gumbo while he spices up the show with his original blues. The Sauce Boss stirs up the crowd. The crowd stirs up the pot. It’s a soul-shouting picnic of rock-and-roll brotherhood, and at the end of the show, everyone tastes his gumbo cooked onstage.

Bill Wharton, AKA Sauce Boss, is the guy Jimmy Buffett sang about in his song “I Will Play for Gumbo.” Wharton’s anthem, “Let the Big Dog Eat,” is included on Buffett’s Late Night Menu at the Margaritaville Cafe album. Albert Castiglia released his cover of the tune, and it hit No. 1 on blues charts. “Let the Big Dog Eat” has also appeared in the films Something Wild (Jonathan Demme) and the rock documentary Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President. This tune and sixteen other works in the documentary earned Wharton “Best Original Score” from the Los Angeles Film Awards.