Mining the Annette Hanshaw and Ruth Etting catalogs of ghost pop, folk blues, and novelty songs circa 1916, Miss Rose & Her Rhythm Percolators played at First Hill's Sorrento Hotel Fireside Room on Saturday night.

The band plays the first floor lounge about once a month, which isn't nearly enough. Consider this an editorial call for Miss Rose and her muted-trumpet, stand-up bass, ukulele-strumming, and piano-tinkling gang to take up a weekly residency at the cozy historic First Hill hotel.

And I don't usually go in for specialty drinks, but check out this list:

Terry Ave. 360 Sorrento lemon vodka, honey syrup, lavender bitters, grapefruit juice	$9
Aqua Peche Plymouth gin, Luksosowa vodka, moscato, peach bitters	$10
900 Madison Crater Lake vodka, St. Germain, splash of cranberry, Lucien Albrecht Brut Rose	$11
Aperita Cazadores Anejo Tequila, triple sec, lime juice, orange juice, Aperol float, applewood smoked salt rim	$11
I Lay Manhattan Bulliet bourbon, Luxardo Maraschino, sweet vermouth, with a Laphroig scotch rinse	$12
Alessandria Pendlton whiskey, Calvados Apple brandy, Aperol, Vanilla Dry Soda	$10
Seamonster Bacardi Rum, mint syrup, lime juice, cucumber Dry Soda	$9
Flor Amarga Correlejo Repasado Tequila, Campari, lemon juice, honey syrup	$11

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I had the 900 Madison, which helped me catch up to the chatty crew I met there midway through the set. The thing I like most about Ms. Rose's gigs is that you can shift between rapt attention to her 78-RPM serenades and boisterous splash-of-cranberry conversations, also going at about 78-RPMs.



Percolatin' pianist Fred Van Doren, Saturday night at the Sorrento.