This little bar is the Saginaw equivalent of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville. For a tiny neighborhood bar, this may be the best music venue in the entire Saginaw-Bay City-Midland part of Michigan. A lot of people have played here, big (Bob Seger, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tina Turner, etc.) and small. It's not much to look at, and at the same time, its great to see this place. A tiny stage by the front door, a few tables, a long bar to your left as you enter, a room in the back, a patio for good weather, and music posters everywhere you look. I've played there twice at their open mic performances. Each time I'd say one third to one half the patrons were pretty well gone into their drinks. The woman who was serving drinks behind the bar, had a vocabulary a lot of sailors would be embarrassed to use, and the noise level was lively to say the least. But that's White's Bar. This place really is what a lot of other places can only pretend to be. You learn to roll with it. Plus, even with the noise, the swearing bartender, and the laughter, people were into the music. Each open mic night had limited attendance from the performers. The two nights I was there, I was the only one playing other than the host, but that may be due to the unusual sub-zero cold weather going on at that time. I've been to White's Bar in the summer and the place has been packed, so I think attendance had more to do with the weather than anything else. Still, they should publicize these open mic nights more than they do. They have a little gold mine here waiting to be explored. read more