Funky, bluesy good time expected at Blues Fest

  • Frank Hasty of Frank Hasty & Da’ Merge Band entertained the crowd at the Wortham Blues Festival in 2019. The band returns this Saturday to headline the 24th annual festival. They will close the show from 11 p.m. to midnight. Mexia News file photo by Skip Leon
    Frank Hasty of Frank Hasty & Da’ Merge Band entertained the crowd at the Wortham Blues Festival in 2019. The band returns this Saturday to headline the 24th annual festival. They will close the show from 11 p.m. to midnight. Mexia News file photo by Skip Leon
They’re billed as “the best in old school funk,” and Frank Hasty & Da’ Merge Band lived up to that status at the last Wortham Blues Festival in 2019. The Dallas-based band stole the show and turned the streets in downtown Wortham into one big, pulsating dance floor. This year the band returns to headline the 24th annual Wortham Blue Festival, which will be this Saturday from 5:45 p.m. until…

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