The Sauce Boss Feeding the Homeless and Poor Giving Back to Communit
The Sauce Boss, Feeding the Homeless and Poor, Giving Back to Communit...
See also: . For over 15 years, Bill Wharton has entertained audiences with appetizing performances that marry sizzling blues with a steaming hot vat of gumbo on stage for salivating fans. But after years of feeding concert goers who were gaga for gumbo, he had the idea of taking his show to a local homeless shelter. By the end of that first performance, his life had changed and his crusade to end homelessness began.
Wharton has since dished out thousands of shelter meals and has helped lift the burden of homelessness for adrift in the current economic climate. "My mission is to make whoever it is forget where they are and what they're doing for an hour and a half while they're listening to my music," says the Sauce Boss. "My mission is to dislocate them from their daily grind."
meets the inspiring performer who is spooning out hope for the homeless.
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The Sauce Boss
Singing the blues and stirring up hope for the hungry
Singing the blues can stir up memories of tough times, but for a man who calls himself the Sauce Boss, it can also stir up .See also: . For over 15 years, Bill Wharton has entertained audiences with appetizing performances that marry sizzling blues with a steaming hot vat of gumbo on stage for salivating fans. But after years of feeding concert goers who were gaga for gumbo, he had the idea of taking his show to a local homeless shelter. By the end of that first performance, his life had changed and his crusade to end homelessness began.
Wharton has since dished out thousands of shelter meals and has helped lift the burden of homelessness for adrift in the current economic climate. "My mission is to make whoever it is forget where they are and what they're doing for an hour and a half while they're listening to my music," says the Sauce Boss. "My mission is to dislocate them from their daily grind."
meets the inspiring performer who is spooning out hope for the homeless.
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