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Washington Blues Society August 2013

Bluesletter

Featured Articles

The 2013 BB Awards

Chester Dennis Jones, Bluesman

The Monday Night Interview with

The CD Woodbury Band

CD Reviews

... and more!

On the Cover: Jim McLaughlin at the 2013 BB

Awards (Photo by Laddy Kite)


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In This IssueLetter from the President 2

On the Cover 3

Advertising Rates and Street Team 6

Another View from the Blues Cruise! 11

nterview: The CD Woodbury Band 13

The July Blues Bash 14

Membership Form 15CD Reviews 16

Talent Guide 19

Calendar 20

Blues on the Radio Dial 22

Blues Jam Sessions 22

Blues Venue Guide 23

2013 BB Awards 24

Chester Dennis Jones, Bluesman 26

Bothell Blues Festival Preview 27

Taste of Music Returns to Snohomish 28Stacy Jones Band Live in Chicago! 30

2013 BB Awards Listings 31

Hi Blues Fans,

Regular Bluesletter readers will notice a difference in this months publication. Ive temporarily returned to producing the August issue as our regu

Jesse Phillips, was double-booked this past month. So, this month, instead of having different letters from the Editor or President, this joint l

introduce this issue to you. I will close this welcome letter with a preview of feature articles that are in the works for September issue, too. We hav

take on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise from Bluesletter newcomer Walla Walla Wendy Fekkers and an interview with several memb

CD Woodbury Band. Bob Horn reviews the July Blues Bash, and while The Blues Boss was playing blues ambassador to British bluesman Ian

lled in behind the camera to capture Johnny Brewer and R.J. Knapp and Honey Robin at the Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline. Weve got 13 CD

in this issue, and Amy Sassenberg and Laddy Kite return to these pages with a review and photos of the 2013 Best of the Blues Awards at the

Performance Arts Center on June 22nd.

Looking ahead, Malcolm Yard Dog Kennedy previews the Bothell Blues Festival, and Washington Blues Society Vice President and Mer

Director Tony Frederickson and I worked together on a preview of this years Taste of Music in Snohomish. The Taste includes our 2013 Internatio

Challenge local competition, and at the end of the day, well know who will represent the Washington Blues Society in Memphis at the 2014 Inte

Blues Competition on Beale Street. This summer, the Stacy Jones Band played in the Chicago Women in the Blues Festival, and weve include

summary of that show alongside pictures of the band playing at the Windy City Blues Society stage at the Chicago Blues Festival. Next mo

introduce a new blues record label called Otter Blues, have a review of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival from Bob Horn, and an article descri

of the Washington Blues Society volunteer positions and suggested skill sets for each. As an all-volunteer nonprot afliate with the Blues Foun

Memphis, we depend on volunteers to staff festivals, contribute editorial and artistic content to the Bluesletter, and entertain members and non-m

our monthly Blues Bashes at the Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline on the second Tuesday of each month.

Until next month, please tell your friends about the many opportunities to see live blues in our blues community. To quote my friend Rod Dran

White Rock Blues Society in British Columbia: if no one knows, no one goes.

Eric Steiner, President (and Acting Editor for August 2013),

Washington Blues Society

Weve Got the Monday Night Interv

On With the CD Woodbury Band!


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Jim McLaughlin at the 2013 BB

Awards - Photo by Laddy Kite

Laddy Kite is a longtime blues enthusiast who at-ends monthly Washington Blues Society Blues

Bashes and blues festivals throughout the Pacic

Northwest. Hes also a frequent contributor tothe

Bluesletter. A fter 33 years as a photojournalist

t KING 5 TV in Seattle, Laddy Kite has retired.

learned a lot about his career in a farewell video

roduced by his friends on YouTube. The video

was made by his coworkers, and we see some of

he onair talent, like newsman Dennis Bounds,

n lighthearted moments. Ill never look at the

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Washington Blues Society. If you watch that

YouTube tribute video closely, youll see Laddy

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August 2013 Blues Bash

Tuesday, August 13th

Red Crane Restaurant

16716 Aurora Ave North

Shoreline, WA 98133(206) 546-4444

Acoustic: Keith Scott

Electric: The Ben Rice Band


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Looking forward to future Bluesletters:

Next month, well be looking for a few good volunteers, and

nclude reviews of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival,

heWinthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival, and introduce the Otter

Blues record label.

n October, well celebrate an important milestone with Lee

Oskar, report on the Mount Baker Rhythm and Blues Festival,

and preview this years Blues Blast Awards at Buddy GuysLegends in Chicago

Thank you for reading the Bluesletter! Looking forward to future

Bluesletters:

Next month, well be looking for a few good volunteers, and

nclude reviews of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival,

heWinthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival, and introduce the Otter

Blues record label.

n October, well celebrate an important milestone with LeeOskar, report on the Mount Baker Rhythm and Blues Festival,

and preview this years Blues Blast Awards at Buddy Guys

Legends in Chicago.Thank you for reading the Bluesletter!


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The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise is an experi-

nce that is a must for everyone! The Washington Blues

ociety holds an annual fundraising rafe, and the grand

rize is a cabin for two on the Legendary Rhythm and

Blue Cruise. Well learn wholl be cruising when Wash-

ngton Blues Society President Eric Steiner and Viceresident Tony Frederickson draw the winning ticket at

his months Taste of Music event in Snohomish after the

nternational Blues Challenge nals on Sunday, August

8th! There are 100 prizes in all, and the other top prizes

nclude an MP3 player as well as tickets to blues festivals

nd blues clubs in the Evergreen State.

n my Bluesletter debut, I wanted to share my enthusiasm

or the blues cruise with Bluesletter readers and begin by

sting a few comments from fellow blue cruisers:

After the rst cruise, one can now die happy, cause

heyve had about the best this world is going to offer

Its a life changing Experience that you cant describe,

ust have to live it

Its like taking a drink of the blues from a re hoseBlues 24/7, so much to see & do its hard to choose, so

ou just keep coming back!

Its like meeting the family you were meant to be in

orever

Ive just been on the best holiday with 1800 of my best

riends

The excitement of it all . . . it doesnt diminish even

fter your 8th cruise.

You see bands that you have never seen live and nd

ew ones too love.

Can you dream of anything better than seven days of sun,

un, blues music 24/7, 28 of the best blues musicians, ex-

tic places to visit and being among fellow blues lovers?

have been to many festivals that are over the top, but

here is no experience that compares to the blues cruise.No worries, responsibilities, or problems other than de-

iding what acts to catch and delectable food to eat. Had

not been dancing to such fabulous music the whole

me, I would have put 10 or more pounds on as I ate at

ll hours of the day and night. . . . . I am still drooling ev-

ry time I think about the delectable assortment of food.

The party starts from the moment the plane land and

oes not end until you get back on the plane. If this is

our rst time, make sure to take the pre-party in as it

s a great way to get acquainted, or reunited, with your

lues family. Being a rst-timer, I did the pre-party and

meet so many people who were happy to invite me into

heir group, tell stories of their past cruise experiences,

ive information on the must dos, introduce you to other

luesers, and share a lot of laughter.

Once on board, the music is going, drinks are handed out

nd the bon-voyage party is a happening place . To sea

he ship goes and now its time to nd my cabin. I have

o admit, I was totally overwhelmed with the size of this

hip. There are so many stages to catch different acts and

o many things to do. Everyone is willing to help you

et around and more times than not, invite you along to

oin in the group fun. I made so many friends just wan-

ering around. The excitement among my new founded

lues friends only grew and the fun climaxed upon an-

ouncing I was a virgin! Yep, virgin (cruiser, that is..).

I had several very anxious blues fans who wanted to de-

virginize me. There are many stories that are best left on

the ship, but let me assure you: you will just have to have

the experience yourself. It was the best virgin party I

ever had thanks to my friends, old and new. I even got

a personal virgin party the last night on the cruise thatmade sure I ended my cruising adventure with lots of

laughter (thanks to Washington Blues Society Vice Presi-

dent Tony Frederickson).

The lineup of musicians is stellar, all styles of blues. You

not only get to see these fabulous musicians perform

live, you get to know them personally. The musicians

are among the crowd, admiring fellow musicians as well

as the fans. It is truly one big happy family whether this

is your rst time or return cruiser. Now imagine 28 of

the best musicians and their bands performing on stage

every day of the cruise, about 70 performances. The

pro-jam starts about midnight outside by the pool, with

all the musicians playing together, creating sound that

is unimaginable. Inside, the Piano Bar and Ocean Bar

is going as well into the early morning with musiciansstopping through to join in a set or two. It was amaz-

ing to watch the different generations bringing their skill

and sound to create some wowmusic. Then, the jam-

min after hours. You would nd a few musicians just

not ready to hit the hay and start playing and some of

the cruisers would bring out their instruments, next thing

you know you have cruisers and musicians knocking out

some music- totally unorganized until all hours of the

morning. There is a lot of laughter and entertainment to

take in that you dont want to stop. Sleep a few hours,

get up and do it again. I believe I turned into the joker

with a permanent smile on my face. I was on such a high

that I never noticed the sleep deprivation until the end of

the cruise. There was so much more, but I want to leave

some surprises for you to learn about yourself.

Each night, there is a theme party aboard ship, and you

can choose to dress up a lot or a little. Of course, the

more some people drink . . . . the braver or crazier they

get (but we all have the most fun we could possibly

imagine). Costumes galore of every kind, little or small

and everyone is acting the part they are dressed like. It is

a hoot! The ship has a contest where you go on stage, if

you choose, and get to show off your runway attire. The

last night there is a huge award ceremony to honor those

participants.

But wait, the party is not only on board the ship, its also

at the ports with beach parties at these exotic places.

Imagine sandy beaches, clear sunny skies, where the

water is bath warm and a brilliant blue. It is a scene

out of the Frankie Vall beach party episodes. The musi-

cians bring their music to the beach; dancing, drinking,

snorkeling, swimming, boating, or taking an excursion

is some of the things you can do. The music never stops

and it is funny to see other cruise ships at port with all

their passengers hanging off one side of their deck listen-

ing and watching us party to the best blues music around.

Our Our Ship Kicks Assbanner is fully displayed and

we are totally envied.

The Legendary Rhythm Blues Cruise was a surprise for

me in many ways and a trip of a lifetime. Blues festi-

vals are fantastic but a blues cruise is over the top- the

ultimate experience that is worth a life time of m

and lasting friendships. Seven days of saturate

otic blues- more than a years worth packed int

experience. Friendships creating cherished

that will keep you laughing for years to come.

absolutely leave wanting more and make plansanother blues cruise.

If blues music rocks you to the core, speaks to

and you thrive for more . . .make it happen, n

sources, cause nothing compares to a blues cru

My advice would be: a) Be Bold with Blues!,

Time Now!, and c) Find the Funds!

They call me the wanderer but lost I am not. I

way upon the blues cruise. Verandah, Promen

deck, all these places lled with sounds of mus

dancing fool, up all hours of the night, hanging

my blues family- that is what life is about. Lau

and living life to the fullest! On the Legendary

and Blues Cruise!

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Jazz Alley

August 2013 Calendar

August 2 4

John Pizzarelli Quartet with Special

Bucky Pizzarelli

Guitar legends blend pop, jazz, and ssetting the standard for stylish moder

August 6 7

Nicholas Payton trumpeter extrord

August 8 11

Monty Alexander, John Clayton and

Hamilton: Reunion in Seattle

August 13 14

FM 91.3 Welcomes The Cookers

August 15 18Stanley Clarke Band

August 20 25

Lee Ritenour (guitar), Larry Goldi

(Hammond B3) and Peter Erskine (d

August 27-28

Marcia Ball

Another View from the Legendary Rhythm and Blues

Cruise! from Walla Walla Wendy Fekkers


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he CD Woodbury BanThe Monday Night Interview...

By Rick J Bowen

ive veteran Northwest musicians united in 2009 to form

he CD Woodbury Band. They won the Washington Blues

ociety Best of the Blues or BB Award for Best

New Band in 2010 and released a live album later that

ear. CD won his second BB award for Best Electric

Guitarist in 2011 and the band just released their rst

tudio album titled Monday Night, which made its way

o the #1 spot on the Roots Radio Chart for Washignton

tate and is charting nationally. I met with three of the

uys: CD Woodbury, Mike Marinig and Mike Fish to get

he lowdown on the band rst-hand.

Rick J Bowen: So here we are at your rehearsal space.

At Dons place, was the album title tune Monday Night,

was written about this place.

Mike Marnig: Its the band room, thats what we call it. It

was a pottery room and a barn.

Mike Fish: Actually had no walls at one time.

CD: The thing is every band I worked in before these

uys the rehearsals were kind of spare. In the rst month

with this band I did more rehearsals than my entire three

ear stint with Mark DeFrense. The band rehearsal is

ur poker night; we get together and do our thing every

Monday. It s what makes this a band not just ve guys

who get together to play music and happen to know the

ame songs.

MF: Chris and I had been doing this since way before

Tim Casey and the Blues Cats. Monday night is the night

we get together and play. Our Families grew up around

Monday night being band night; everything we do

evolves around Monday night. We just kept the traditionoing.

CD: They get generally annoyed if someone cant make

Monday night unless it is for a very good reason. Its set

n stone. Now I did not write the song, the band wrote

he song, they put my name because I put some tinkles

n there. One of the things that motivates what I do is

overty. I had an opportunity to take a job in Portland

nd moved down there but we kept the band together, and

we rehearsed and did shows on weekends. I was gone

ix months but they kept meeting on Monday nights,

ecording ideas and writing songs. So Monday Night

was the rst song they wrote while I was gone.

MM: Really it was Montana, he had that drum beat, and

ish had a bass line that he worked up to go with it.

MF: That second line groove, so I jumped in.

CD: We had all just seen Maceo Parker at Jazz Alley and

hat inspired the funk.

MM: Chris walked in to rehearsal threw in his keyboard

nes, he is inuential on all our songwriting hell say

his is what I hear here, so do this, and then do this right

ere. We are all open to any ideas someone will bring in,

o we end up with a cumulative result. CD did write the

armony lines to my sax line.

CD: Thats why we had to name the albumMonday Night,

although it did cause some confusion for people when we

announced we are releasing our album Monday Night,

people would ask So ok then the show is Monday

night? no the show is Saturday night and the album willbe out Tuesday. What? I thought you said Monday night?

Yes that is the album, it will be out Tuesday.

RB: Sort of like whos on First?

ALL: Exactly!

RB: So the core of this band came from the Tim Casey

Band.

CD: Yeah we should get to the formation of the band.

Those guys (Chris Kliemann, Don Montana, and Mike

Fish) played with Tim Casey for thirteen years, and then

he retired. I had played for Mark Dufresne and with Polly

OKeary and the Rhythm Method.

MF: When Tim retired I didnt want to lose the core of

the band. We stayed together and tried a few other people

up front. Chris and I have been playing together since

1975, we met Don in 1997, its approaching forty years

weve been playing together. We get along so well we did

not want to go separate ways.

CD: We played together the rst time at a garage jam

party, had a good time.

MF: Id had just enough beers to be bold so I walked up

to CD after, and said man you need your own band!

he just looked at me and said oh god, well I am staring

something but cant talk about it yet. So we invited him

over for a Monday night.

CD: It was synchronicity. You know I dearly loved the

time I spent working with the Mark Dufresne band, but

I always felt something wasnt working, and I came to

realize it was me. I wasnt the right guy for that gig.

Especially after seeing Tim Lerch with that band now.

Wow. Anyway So I was looking for something else

and I did a night subbing with Polly OKeary and she

had laryngitis so I had to sing lead all night long, and it

felt really good and pushed me to lead again. I wanted

her and Tommy Cook to back me but they went on to

join Too Slim. And so forces conspired to push me to

this band.

MF: He came over that rst Monday night and we started

playing at seven oclock and the next thing we knew itwas ten, whoa! What we have to go home now? We had

so much fun he came back the next week, and is was

great but we thought oh no this has got to be a uke. So

he came back the next week, it was still great, and so we

started getting songs down.

CD: Im known for being hard on rhythm sections. I

throw some hard stuff at these guys. I cant play all the

songs that every other working band does. Ive heard the

same songs hundreds of times and its never as good as

or better than the original version. So if I cant do it my

way I wont do it.

Thats why it makes it hard to get gigs so

because people say well so and so did Eric Cl

Stevie Ray Vaughn last week why dont you?

well we dont do that and thats why were n

dont mean to be derogatory; I want to do th

music, but my way.

RB: Kudos to you guys for putting out a n

album with all original material, that isnt do

blues world; usually people add cover songs.

CD: Right, it isnt done in the blues world

everywhere else. Hadnt the material been that

album would be different. A lot of people wa

record our version of Hey Joe, so we recorde

when we listened to all the songs the weakest

the covers, so we said well its gonna be all ou

minutes is not a long record but its ten original

we are really proud of what weve done. You are

in the blues world to be a stylist and a perfor

than a song writer, and thats ok, some people hbig careers out of that. I think we are great co

of good instrumentalists and good songwriters

people will respond to that. I think its the onl

as a band can make it, is by doing something d

RB: Let talk more about the songs. Blues K

right Here, is a classic Chicago shufe.

CD: I wanted a stock shufe on that one. Peo

tell me you do shufes in F better than anyon

I wrote a shufe in F. I took some of the tricks f

songs I do like Further on up the road, and

together. Lyrically I heard this Maria Muldaur

Blues Go Walking, she was talking about getti

waking with the blues, I was like no man if yo

blues youre not getting up, youre gonna sit ri

RB: Tell us the story behind Mean Jenny.

CD: That is a very RL Burnside, deep blues

thing, and Mike had a story to go with it.

MM: To qualify, it is a true story, but not in a

Jenny is the mother of my children. Who i

women or I wouldnt have married her. Sh

Louisiana and had a very rough upbringing. Je

she was young as a defense mechanism would

words, she and her cousin as little kids would p

mommy, imitating their own mothers, she wa

the meanest girl at Vidalia High School. So

was abusive and some is fun to make fun of. T

She never did make an alligator cry, she hasnanybody alive and made a boat out of their hid

the rest of it is al based on true stories.

RB: Has she heard the song?

MM: Yes shes ok with it. She received an aut

copy of the album, and its getting airplay an

popular. It is the most downloaded song on A

they have it as a ring tone as well. You can ha

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RB: Speaking of true stories, what about Pawn Shop?

CD: Oh yeah that a true story and it has repeated itself

few times. Poverty is a great motivator. I wanted to

et myself a 335 as a get serious blues machine. I had

credit card and so I got one. But I noticed all the great

lues players had Telecasters, which is crazy because

is the most primitive instrument out there, just short

f hammering a wire on a stick of wood. But I found

ne for $600 and got that too. So after a while I had this

xpensive guitar that I never touched and this cheap one

kept playing and playing. It got to the point where I got

n trouble was out of work and had to sell off stuff. You

et rid of stuff when you need to eat. I didnt want to sell

he 335, but I took $1000 for a loan.

RB: Real stories make for great songwriting, especially

n the blues.

CD: Denitely; and pawn shops are a blues thing. The

world is moving on from a lot of old time things but the

awn shops are still there. If you aint got no credit you

an still go to the pawn shop. And denitely a true story

had to get rid of that guitar.

RB: The tune Ring A Ding Ding, must have been

nspired by all the years the guys spent with Tim Casey.

CD: That and Ive done a lot of jump blues too and I

eeded a stock jive to show off what these guys strengthsre. That was probably written in a day, it took longer to

ehearse than record.

MM: We kept writing and re-writing the intro line. What

he came up with is so great, a line that recognizes all the

chords and sound so cool at the same time and we do it

with the three of us at the same time like a horn section.

CD: I love writing horn section stuff.

MM: We do a horn section with guitar, sax and keyboard.

It works really well and is one of the dening sounds of

the band.

RB: I was gonna say that and you beat me to it.

RB what is the Sau Bau Blues about?

CD: That about a sandwich. Have you ever been to

Grinders? You know we did Built For Comfort on the

last album so you couldnt have a CD Woodbury band

album without one song about food. Yes Mitch that was

plug - we want another gig at Grinders in Shoreline!

RB: How was your experience with Kickstarter?

CD: I am delighted to be in world that has Kickstarter

and Indie Go Go. It was interesting for us because blues

fans are not typically cutting edge following the internet

types of folks. We were out there in a bit of a frontier and

introduced people to what Kickstarter is, and it took a

while for them to get it. Its not a straight charity drive

or going to a money man. Because Kickstarter exists

anyone with a creative idea can get help. We are veryfortunate to have all these people believe in us. It was a

small group only 70 backers but the average was $100

typically its only $10 to $35. People really put in a lot

to help us reach our goal. And several people outside the

band helped promote our campaign.

RB: What is next for the CD Woodbury Band?

CD: We have overwhelmed by the amount o

weve been getting off the record, which is re

Its awesome having a really good publicist and

need to do now is nd management. We have

class band and we have me as a kindergar

booking agent. We have made ourselves a

and got ourselves in order to be a national act.

been working material for another album. It to

to nish this one, so we are working on the

already so it can be out in another year. We wi

head back into the REC Room studios with Chi

Some real magic happened there.

The CD Woodbury Band


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he August 2013 Blues Bash Rd Crn

By Robert Horn, Photos by Eric Steiner

While much of the country did not know it is tropical

eason in the Pacic Northwest - warm and sunny but

lso very green - diehard blues fans here know there is an

ndoor blues event and come out of the sun to hear music

ndoors. The July Blues Bash featured Johnny Brewer

rom the Bellingham area as the opening act. The second

ct was R.J. Knapp and Honey Robin: both acts were

mpressive and represented different positive qualities of

he blues scene in the area.

usually see Johnny Brewer at the late night jams at the

Mt Baker Blues Festival. He is one of the key elements

hat makes many there want to stay up til three oclock

n the morning, or however long he is on stage with Fat

ames. He is a high energy guy, so playing acoustic

uitar sitting in a chair without a full band in back of

im showed the softer side of Johnny at the Blues Bash

He started with an instrumental. The second song was a

T-Bone Shufe, and he could not help but sing. He has

lways had a good sense of rhythm, and while I assume

e has great reasons to be in the north end of the state Iant help but wonder what kind of music career hed

ave if he was living in the best hotbeds of the music

ndustry. His guitar playing was awless on this and

he other songs that followed. Among the songs that

ollowed were Just A Little Bit, Mary Had a Little

Lamb (as the Stevie Ray Vaughn song met the soft

low controlled Johnny Brewer). Yes, I know, this is the

rst time someone printed something saying soft slow

ontrolled Johnny Brewer, in the Washington Blues

ociety Bluesletetter, but you would have to have been

here. Speaking of Stevie Ray Vaughn, he also did Cold

hot as well as some things he created without Stevie

Ray. It was fun to watch and see this act. I hope he is in

eattle more often.

After just coming back from the Safeway WaterfrontBlues Festival in Portland and hearing that bands should

ormally apply to get in to that festival, I hope that Johnny

Brewer, Fat James, and others with their toes almost

oing over the Canadian border get to play down there.

Tony and another attractive Vanna of the month handed

ut CDs in a rafe. I dont know if they called my ticket

umber or not, because I was distracted by someone who

thought looked far more interesting than Tony on that

Red Crane stage.

The announcements before the next band included an

pdate from Zab at Salmon Bay Eagles, and a new blues

ecord label in the Seattle area. A blues record label in the

rea is great news and I hope to see a lot of great music

oming out of their studios. There is great blues talent

ere and getting that music onto discs as well as on the

ir would be wonderful

R.J. Knapp and Honey Robin put on a show and in the

ast few months they have showed that they are serious

bout having an impact in this area. They have a CD out

hat rival the quality of the music coming from much

more well-known bands. They put on a great show at

he BBs and at The Pony Keg in the International Blues

Competition.

This band combines some blues classics with some

originals and

like many good bands, you dont always know which are

which. As I listened to the lyric They call it the blues,

and I dont care what you say! I assumed it came from

the heart and of R.J. Knapp in the middle of an argument

where he was defending the blues under machine gun reand not backing down.

The vocals, guitar, drums, and bass all sounded good

for their entire performance. Honey Robin sounded

great on songs like I Just Want to Make Love to You

and Muddy Waters would have approved of her singing

of his classic. They brought up Seattle blues promoter

Southside Johnny, and told of his successful battle

against cancer before he blew the audience away on the

harmonica. From Downhome Blues to originals like

the No-Tell Motel, they were impressive.

Having a sore knee myself I appreciated their song with

the refrain, mind writes checks the body cant cash

while getting on the dance oor to dance to it. Theymixed the tempos from fast to slow and back to fast,

which makes dancing fun to get out to where they are

playing and get on the dance oor. I will be there, too,

until I get a heart attack sometime between now and the

time I am 374 years old.

The July Blues Bash was another fun way to experience

live blues courtesy of the Washington Blues Society.

Please mark your calendars and save the date: the second

Tuesday of every month, the Washington Blues Society

will return to the Red Crane Restaurant.


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ismeaux Records

arolyn Wonderlands Miss Understood on Bismeaux

Records got my attention in 2008, so when I saw she had

recent release I had to hear it. Well, I will tell you the

wait for Peace Meal was worth it. This Austin reball can

elt them out, or sing them sweet and sultry, and she hasuitar chops to spare. The dozen tracks are an even split

f covers and originals. She opens the disc with Janis Jo-

lins What Good Can Drinkin Do and yes her vocals

o have a slight echo of Janis; but Wonderland clearly

ves in her own voice. I particularly enjoyed the origi-

al St Marks with its smooth keyboard driven melody

nd Carolyns vocals shifting between smooth and blues

houter. Another standout is the Robert Johnson/Elmore

ames classic Dust My Broom with Wonderland lay-

ng down the goods on lap steel and her emotive vocals

re a perfect t. The cover of Samuel Smiths I Can

ell has FM breakout written all over it; that she isnt

lready a top drawing star bafes me, and this song alone

worth getting Peace Meal. The sweet Usurper has

wirling droning guitars layered over keys and a pulsing

hythm. Dylans Meet Me In The Morning sends chillsown my spine and Muddys Two Trains rips, with

n Allman Brothers southern rock thing going on. This

ne would be a show stopper at shows for sure. Caro-

yn closes Peace Meal out with a mellow acoustic singer/

ongwriter cut Shine On playing mandolin and singing

with a country bent backed by producer Larry Campbell

n acoustic guitar. Carolyn Wonderland is the real deal

nd Peace Meal deserves to get a lot of attention. Highly

ecommended. Malcolm Kennedy

Hard Garden

Extended Play #1

Hard Garden Music

Two time International Blues Challenge semi-nalist

and award winning duo Son Jack Jr and Michael Wilde

have teamed up with veteran jazz/funk musician Garrett

Williams to form new music project called Hard Gar-

den. The concept behind Hard Garden is to bring for-

ward all thats appealing about the blues and modernize

it by infusing it with elements of EDM, electronic dance

music: imagine a mash up of Fat Boy Slim, North Mis-

sissippi All-stars, Stone Foxes and RL Burnside. The 3

song EP, Extended Play #1, features the country blues

slide guitar and everyman vocals of Son Jack Jr. along-

side the rough and tumble harp playing of Michael Wil-

de layered in a dance hall blend of loops, samples and

freestyle funk from mixmaster Garret Williams. Boom,

right out the gate, the groove just kills love, love,

love, it - can you say Achtung Baby of the blues? Theopening track Dangerous, with its electro-boogaloo

beat and grinding riff is a party time call out from the

leader of the pack. The second track, Showtime, pays

tribute to the Godfather of Soul and all the disciples of

funk, and then it blasts off with a hot horn section on its

way to an interstellar get-down. The thumping Papas

in the Juke Joint rounds out the three-song collection

with a prophetic tale of hard living delivered with some

devilish slide guitar. Stellar production values deliver

three carefully-crafted tracks that will give the listener

little gems to discover anew with each listen. Lets hope

this is just the tip of iceberg, and the full album from

Hard Garden will just go and go and go even further

down this road. Rick J Bowen

Big Pete

Choice Cuts

Delta Groove Music

Big Pete van der Pluijim features a whos w

blues luminaries on his 2011 Delta Groove

Choice Cuts with Alex Schultz on lead and r

guitar with additional guitarists Kirk Fletcher

Marx, Kid Ramos, Shawn Pittman, Rusty Zin

Mojo Mark on various selections. Willie J.

bell plays bass, and the always inspired Jimi

on drums throughout alongside Rob Rio on

Johnny Dyer sings on one track and Kim Wilso

Al Blake add blues harp to one each while Bi

handles the vocals and blues harp on the restOscher adds melodica and Malcolm Lukens

one track each. The thirteen tracks on Choic

are all top notch covers with tunes from Jimmy

ers, Slim Harpo, Lester Butler, William Clarke

Dixon, Little Walter and more. Big Pete opens u

Lester Butlers Driftin displaying his tough

harp skills, cool tone and strong vocals. Kirk F

provides icy lead licks to Just To Be With Y

Roth Bernard cut that Muddy did back in 195

Pete and Fletcher play solos at the same time gi

cool layered sound. Al Blake plays harp on Oti

Smoky Smothers I Got My Eyes On You

Mark is on rhythm and Alex takes a laid back s

this mellow paced shufe. Howlin Wolfs R

Daddy features Kid Ramos on dirty reverb anlaced guitar and plenty of greasy blues harp fro

Pete.. Choice Cuts is aptly titled as there isnt

cut to be found in fact I would have titled it

Cuts. Very highly recommended. Malcolm Ken


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David Maxwell

Blues in Other Colors

Blue Duchess/Shining Stone Records

As the album title Blues In Other Colors clearly implies

his release is not intended to be straight up blues; but

mixture of world music with a touch of blues. While

many world music releases contain music from one re-

ion, culture or country, Blues In Other Colors is much,

much more than that. David Maxwell is an in-demand

ouring and session piano man known for his virtuosity,

eel and experience and has many nominations for ei-

her a Blues Music Award or a W.C. Handy Award in the

eyboards category. String magician Harry Manx adds a

Mohan Vina, a guitar/sitar hybrid to the CD, too. Jerry

Leake who provides Indian and West African percussion

n the balafon, a West African relative to the marimba

with the keys over calabash resonators. There is a wide

rray of Turkish, Moroccan and other North African in-

truments, including the Turkish Ney, a seven holed ute;

he Oud, a pear shaped stringed instrument similar to a

ute and the Moroccan Raita, an eight holed double reed

nstrument that could be a distant relative of the oboe

long with congas, guitar, electric and acoustic double

ass, and a regular drum kit as well on various tracks.

David includes regular band members Troy Gonyea on

uitar (Kim Wilson, Jerry Portnoy, James Harman) and

Marty Ballou on double bass. The 13 all instrumental,

riginal tracks provide an interesting array of sounds.

particularly enjoyed Big Sky, Heart of Darkness,nd the aptly-titled Rollin On, with Manx on slide

uitar, Rosenthal on drums, Paul Kochanski on electric

ass and Andy Plaisted on congas and Maxwell pound-

ng out the rhythm on piano. . The track I found to be the

luesiest is Just the Blues with Troy on acoustic guitar

nd David on blues piano. Blues In Other Colors is an

dventurous journey well worth the taking, pushing mu-

ical boundaries in every direction. Malcolm Kennedy

Erwin Helfer

Erwin Helfer Way

The Sirens Records

Erwin Helfers sixth release on The Sirens Records, Er-

win Helfer Way, is a celebration of boogie-woogie piano

by one of Chicagos masters of the keyboard. Erwins

musical mentors have included the legendary Sunnyland

Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Speckled Red, and Jimmy Papa

Yancey and his wife, Mama Yancey. In fact, Erwin is

considered by many to be one of the last remaining links

to the Yancey family and its Chicago blues traditions.

Erwins catalogue on the Highland Park-based label

includes the 2003 W.C. Handy-nominated solo release

Im Not Hungry But I Like To Eat - Blues!, and many

of his guests over the years represent a whos who

of Chicago blues piano, including Willie Mabon, Blind

John Davis and Detroit Junior. The new CD continues

a career that has spanned four decades in Chicago blues,

and Erwin Helfer Way includes new interpretations of

songs from the great American blues songbook through

the hands of an artist who has played with giants who

have shaped blues history. While two of my favorite cuts

from Erwin Helfer Way are the classic Chicken Shack

and Sweet Georgia Brown, I especially enjoyed E &

C Boogie where Erwin Helfer and long-time collabora-

tor and Sirens labelmate Barrelhouse Chuck join forces

on keyboards. In addition Barrelhouse Chuck, Erwins

ensemble on this CD includes a line-up of accomplished

local sidemen. Hes got Chaka Khans John Brumbach,Blues Brother Band vet Lou Marini, and Junior Wells

alum Skinny Williams on saxophones, and William

Bugs Cochran, from Yoko Noges Japanesque (argu-

ably one of Chicagos most diverse blues experiences) on

drums. For me, the CD is a joy to experience from start

to nish, but Im biased. Im partial to old-school Chica-

go blues piano, and I particularly enjoy Take My Hand

Precious Lord, The Fives, and The Preacher. Its

no accident that the title of the CD and the cover graphic

look like an ofcial City of Chicago street sign. In 2006,

the city renamed part of Magnolia Street Erwin Helfer

Way in recognition of his contributions to Chicagos

music community as a teacher, mentor and performer.

Erwin Helfer Way is a must for fans of boogie-woogie

blues piano. Eric Steiner

Editors Note: This review was submitted in a slightly

longer format to ChicagoBluesGuide.com, and the

Bluesletter is grateful to the ChicagoBluesGuide.com for

this reprint opportunity.

Andy T-Nick Nixon Band (feat. Anson Funderb

Drink Drank Drunk

Delta Groove Music

Andy T and Nick Nixon have been hiding w

the radar; but with their new 2013 Delta Groo

Drank, Drunk that is likely going to be changin

Andy Talamantez had worked in several South

fornia bands when he was hired by Smokey W

1996. He then toured with Guitar Shorty for

starting in 1998. During his time on the road wi

he met Anson Funderburgh who produced thi

and plays guitar on four of the dozen selec

with so many other blues singers James Nic

started off singing in church, then after high

even performed opera. Nick had several bands,

one with Billy Cox on bass and another that w

with Chess Records releasing a single. Nixon w

a thirty-ve year career teaching music for the

Department of Parks and Recreation and in th

was awarded a Keeping the Blues Alive for E

by the Blues Foundation. Nixons vocals are so

plenty of grit and a little growl and Andys gu

have some sting and a touch of swagger. Ron J

adds punctuation and groove to eight tracks wi

casional solo added in for good measure. Pian

tian Dozzler plays on 10 of the tracks adding a

as well to a pair including Have You Seen My

giving it a little Cajun air and as Nick plainly

monkeys not for sale. Andy T also contributrifng solo. The slow burning Life Is Too Sho

tall and Andy Ts subdued solo is tight whi

vocals smolder, threatening to burst into am

Hash Brown Calways blues harp plays th

foil to Ansons guitar on Nixons You Look S

Andy, Nick and company close things out with

take on Ray Charles Ive Got A Woman wh

features bubbly accordion and piano by Dozzl

is plenty to like on Drink, Drank, Drunk and

recommend you take a hearty sip from this do

of seasoned top shelf fare. Malcolm KennedyDudley Taft

Deep Deep Blue

American Blues Artists Group Records

Guitar slinger/singer Dudley Tafts highly-anticipated

Deep Deep Blue is the follow-up to his criticallycclaimed Left For Dead. When I rst wrote about

hat earlier CD, I said that it was more ZZ Top meets

oundgarden than it is Jimmy Reed meets Bukka White.

Well, this years CD was worth the wait, and Dudley again

hows off his talents as a song writer, singer and guitarist.

Dudley does interesting things with Lou Reeds Sally

Cant Dance and Dylans Meet Me In The Morning

ompletely rearranging them and putting his own stamp

n them. Folks will recognize a few of the names in the

and like John Kessler producer and bass player, Chris

Leighton one of three drummers utilized and Eric Robert

n keyboards. The slow burning title track is radio ready

nd really stands out from this exceptional set; every

me I listen to it I like it a little more and right now it

s my favorite selection on Deep Deep Blue. Dudley

mps things up for the rockers Satisfy You and Bandit

Queen, on the latter displaying some serious deftness

n his axe. Dudley closes outDeep Deep Blue with the

luesy Shanks Akimbo once again proving that he

s the real deal. On Deep Deep Blue Dudley Taft has

tepped to the next level and this release could easily

ake him from playing clubs and bars to playing arenas

nd head lining festivals around the world. Very highly

ecommended. Malcolm Kennedy


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Rory Block

Avalon

tony Plain Records

Rory Block continues her excellent Mentor Series

laying tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (other mentors

n the series are Rev. Gary Davis, Son House and

Mississippi Fred McDowell and arguably starting with

er tribute to the legacy of Robert Johnson.) Rory has

ccumulated numerous BMA nominations and Awards

ver her career including both Acoustic Album and

Acoustic Artist and withAvalon she continues to bring

eartfelt and inspired covers and original contributions.

laying songs written by and/or from the repertoire

f John Hurt, Block breaths new life into these blues

lassics like Candy Man, Frankie & Albert and

Stagolee the later possibly being the most covered

re-war blues song with almost as many spellings as

ersions. As with the previous editions in Rorys mentor

eries she gets deep inside of the music and the artist

xploring the subtle nuances that are at the core of the

riginals. The title track is a precious gem and the slide

work and picking on Frankie & Albert, which Rory

ites as her favorite Hurt song, is sensational and Rorys

ocals soar with nearly spoken passages to high pitch

otes. When I hear Rory singing and playing Got The

Blues Cant Be Satised I can easily imagine Alice

tuart covering it as well. Avalon is one of those rare

eleases where I could easily write something about

very song and the hardest part of the review is selectinghe few to expound on. It goes without saying that Rorys

ake on Stagolee is superlative and another personal

avorite is Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor. For fans

f traditional acoustic blues Rory Blocks Avalon is an

bsolute must have release and to all other blues and

olk music fans I very highly recommend this fabulous

reasure of American music. Malcolm Kennedy

The Shufejunkies (feat. Roger Hurricane Wilson)

Live at the Amelia Island Blues Festival

Blue Storm Records

Amelia Island is just off the coast of Jacksonville, Flor-

da and is host to at least six major annual festivals in-

luding ones for shrimp, cars, lm, chamber music, jazz

nd, of course blues. The Shufejunkies are an Atlant-aased blues and classic rock trio and on this live release

rom the 2011 festival they feature special guest veteran

uitarist and producer Roger Hurricane Wilson. The

hufejunkies are known for their high energy live sets

nd Live at the Amelia Island Blues Festival with spe-

ial guest Roger Hurricane Wilson is a testament to

his. All but one of the seven tracks are covers, opening

with Robert Johnsons Dust My Broom, a slide romp

xtravaganza to which Wilson and the Shufejunkies

dded some unique personal touches. Sonny Boy Wil-

amson IIs Checkin On My Baby is a shufe with

ristling guitars, and my favorite cut, Willie Dixons

Third Degree, is done slow with moaning slide guitar

nd searing leads. The tour de force is James Petersons

Lucky Petersons father) Dont Let the Devil Ride

he title track from his 1995 nationally-recognized al-

um that includes a rippin 10-minute extended guitar

olo. At times, the vocals are a little stiff; but the guitar

laying more than makes up for it. The Shufejunkies

Live at the Amelia Island Blues Festival is a fun ride

hat fans of rocking blues guitar will enjoy. Malcolm

Kennedy

aul Gabriel

Whats The Chance

Blue Duchess/Shining Stone Records

roducer Duke Robillard, also plays guitar on 9 of the

3 tracks featured on Paul Gabriels Shining Stone

Records debut Whats The Chance and the Roomful

of Blues Horns of Rich Lataille-Alto, Tenor sax; Doug

Woolverton-trumpet and Mark Earley-tenor, bari sax

add their world renowned touch to ve cuts with Rich

and Mark on additional pair. Even with that blues star

power I found the disc to uneven. There are some high

marks to be sure; but it is not what I anticipated. Paul

wrote all; but two of the tracks and one of those is by his

bass player Billy Bileca. Whats The Chance opens

with the lively swing of Old Time Ball showcasing

the exquisite guitar tone and punctuated by the superb

horns. This is easily my favorite selection and if some

of the CDs low points featured more tunes like this it

would really hit the mark. The Texas shufe of Ride,

Ride, Ride is also solid and Larry Buzzy Fallstroms

piano playing ads spark and drive to the tuff engine

room of Bileca on bass and Nick Longo on drums.

Another standout track is All Time Gone which

features Buzzy on B-3 and Rich and Marks tenor saxs.

The jazzy blues instrumental C.M.C written by Bileca

features the satisfying piano playing of guest Bruce

Bears is also quite agreeable. Much of the rest strays

away from blues into the realms of soft rock, 1970s pop/

soul and jazz that just didnt do much for me. The song

titled Roomful of Blues is inexplicably barley a blues

song and features none of the jumping swing elements

the band of said name is so well known for which given

the players involved was anticipated if not hinted at.

Malcolm Kennedy

Frank Bang & the Secret Stash

Double Dare

Blue Hoss

If loud stomping rocking blues is your forte than look

no further the new release by slashing slide master

Frank Bang & the Secret Stash. Frank knows how to

amp it up; but more importantly he also knows how

to be subtle and leave space so his music is never an

overbearing barrage. In fact about half the tracks are

mellower fare. The opening title track informs you that

Frank means business and Burnin Up In The Wind

to which Russ Green adds some crack blues harp, lets

you know he is no one trick pony. Frank Bang Blinkal

worked his way up from a part time job as a doorman atBuddy Guys Legends in Chicago, to after hours jams

with friend Wayne Baker Brooks to a ve year stint in

Buddys band traveling the world supporting acts like

the Stones, Plant, BB and Santana to name a few. Frank

shows another side playing acoustic Dobro and lap steel

on Wonder Woman a song of many layers that also

features Greens expert harp and deserves serious major

FM radio air time. Frank shows some of his Austin

roots on This Is What Its All About giving it a touch

of twang. Frank closes things out on Dobro with the

pleasant groove of Matties Girl. With the release of

Double Dare I expect we will be hearing much more

from Frank Bang & the Secret Stash in the future.

Malcolm Kennedy

Pam Taylor Band

Hot Mess

Pam Taylor Music

The 2012 debut release by the Pam Taylor Band features

ten tracks nine of which are originals. Pam had grown

up with music, living in a small town in South Carolina,

rst learning piano, At 18 her father Mike (who plays

sax in her band) gave her a Washburn acoustic guitar

and she taught herself to play. From the opening bars of

Smile Again you can tell that the band is in tight form

and Pam can seriously belt them out too. The title track

prominently features Mikes sax and is a song about

poor choices made. Pams sultry vocals on Its So Easy

caught my attention and again Mikes sax stand

along side guitarist Ryan Phillipsbiting lea

I rst heard this track on Blues Debut web str

audio and was very impressed and am no less im

now. The radio ready Not The Only One ce

deserves major attention. The slow things down

stand out and get down and dirty for the serious

Next Time You Think of Cheating. Pam d

some serious chops and strong vocals. They st

slow groove for the lone cover song, Id Rat

Blind a favorite of mine delivered here with cl

reverence with the sax solo, guitar solo and vo

standing out.Hot Mess is jam packed with grea

just when I thought I had a favorite track alon

the next one; check out I Aint The One a catch

cool sax and slashing guitar behind powerhouse

(This is another track introduced to me on Blues

They close things out with the mellow paced blu

I Got Left in which Pam sings sometimes you

to learn the hard way/all Ive got left is the blues.

just recommendHot Mess I am at out telling

go get a copy right away. This is a superior deb

an artist I expect to hear a lot more from in th

near future, I am talking major label, major festiv

serious awards here folks because the Pam Taylo

is the real deal. Malcolm Kennedy

Buddy Guy

Rhythm & Blues

RCAIn the tone, depth and greasy howl of Buddy

guitar you can hear all those who he inuenced: C

Vaughn, Moore, Bonamasa, Beck, and Hend

more. At seventy six his voice is unwavering

energy is palpable so it is no surprise he chose to r

new double album titled Rhythm & Blues. The e

new songs and three inspired covers could easily

the soundtrack to his autobiography When I Left

My Story, as he reminisces on his lifes adventu

takes us on a musical travelogue thru his more th

years of playing the blues. The Rhythm disc f

more modern rhythm and blues-styled tracks wi

grooves. Kid Rock trades barbs with Guy on the

Wells 1960 classic Messin With The Kid. Crit

may scoff at this, but Buddy Guy has certainly

the right to play this song anyway he choosecountry tinged One Day Away with Keith

has a sweet sentimentality to it. The Muscle

horns add fuel to hat Youre Gonna Do About

rousing duet with Beth Hart. Guy rounds out t

with a playful reading of Guitar Slims Well I Do

Over It the gritty blues The Devils Daughte

the seriously spooky Whiskey Ghost. Disc tw

Blues, kicks off with a geography lesson from

Meet Me In Chicago, acting as a tour guide p

out the highlights of his beloved city of the blues

Wynans plays some fabulous barrel house piano

classic shufe Too Damn Bad. Aerosmiths

Tyler, Steve Perry and Brad Whitford join Mr. G

a ripping slow blues Evil Twin. The highligh

disc has to be when Gary Clark, Jr. joins Guy on

Dont Care. Marking the moment when th

torch is passed on to a worthy representative of t

generation. The album was produced by the G

winning producer Tom Hambridge who plays the

and wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the

He assembled two basic all-star sets of music

the backing Band. The rst consists of David G

(guitar), Reese Wynans, (B3), and Michael

(bass). The second set consists of Rob McNeely (

Kevin McKendree, (B3), and Tommy Mac

(bass). Hambridge and Guy will no doubt be

at multiple award nominations for their efforts.

J. Bowen


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Brian Hurst (360) 708-1653

K. G. Jackson & the Shakers (360) 896-4175

eff & the Jet City Fliers (206) 469-0363

unkyard Jane (253) 238-7908

tacy Jones Band (206) 992-3285

Chester Dennis Jones (253)-797-8937

Harry The Man Joynes (360)

James King & the Southsiders (206)

Virginia Klemens / Jerry Lee Davidson (206)

Mick Knight (206)

Bruce Koenigsberg / the Fabulous Roof Shakers (425)

Kolvane (503)

Lady A & the Baby Blues Funk Band (425)

Brian Lee & the Orbiters www.brianleeorb

Brian Lee Trio (206)

Scott E. Lind (206)

Little Bill & the Bluenotes (425)

Loose Gravel & the Quarry (253)

Dana Lupinacci Band (206)

Eric Madis & Blue Madness (206)

Bill Mattocks Band (206)

Albritten McClain & Bridge of Souls (206)

Brian Jelly Belly McGhee (253)

Doug McGrew (206)

Mary McPage Band (206)

Miles from Chicago (206)

Reggie Miles (360)

Michal Miller Band (253)

Rob Moitoza / House of Reprehensibles (206)

Moon Daddy Band (425)

Jim Nardos Boogie Train Blues Band (360)

Keith Nordquist (253)

Randy Norris & The Full Degree (425)

Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely (425) 239-3876/(425)

Randy Oxford Band (253)

Robert Patterson (509) Dick Powell Band (425)

Bruce Ransom (206)

Red Hot Blues Sisters (206)

Mark Riley (206)

Gunnar Roads (360)

Greg Roberts (206)

Roger Rogers Band (206)

Roxlide (360)

Maia Santell & House Blend (253)

Sciaticats Band (206)

Shadow Creek Project (360)

Tim Sherman Band (206)

Billy Shew Band (253)

Doug Skoog (253)

Smoke N Blues Allstars (253)

Smokin Js (425) Son Jack Jr. (425)

Soulshaker Blues Band (360)

Star Drums & Lady Keys (206)

John Stephan Band (206)

Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys (206)

Stickshift Annie Eastwood (206)

Alice Stuart & the Formerlys (360)

Richard Sysinger (206)

Annette Taborn (206)

Dudley Taft (206)

Tahoma Tones (253)

Ten Second Tom (509)

Tone Kings (425)

Too Slim & the Taildraggers (425)

Leanne Trevalyan (253)

Tim Turner Band (206)

T-Town Aces (206)

Two Scoops Combo (206)

Unbound (425)

Uncle Ted Barton (253)

Nick Vigarinos Meantown Blues (360)

Tommy Wall (206)

Mike Wright & the Blue Sharks (360) 652-0699 / (425)

Charles White Revue (425)

Mark Whitman Band (206)

Michael Wilde (425) 672-3206 / (206)

Rusty Williams (206)

Hambone Wilson (360)

C.D. Woodbury (425)

Beth Wulff Band (206) 367-6186, (206)


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August

Blues

Calendar!August 1 - ThursdayBurien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops Moore &

Hank Witherspoon, Noon

Highway 99: Brian Lee & the Orbiters, New CD

Release!8pm

azz Alley: Bill Evans Soulgrass

New Orleans: Selbred/Jackson

almon Bay Eagles: Cory McDaniels & the Gone

ohnson Review

August 2 - Friday

Anacortes Arts Festival: Mia Vermillion, 1:30pm

Cap Sante Summer Concert Series, Anacortes, Seaferers

ark: the Mark Whitman band, 7pm

Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek: Annie Eastwood w/

uitarist Bill Chism, 7pm

Highway 99: Dudley Taft

New Orleans: Ham Carson Quintet

Oxford Saloon, Snohomish, Gin Creek

Repp, Snohomish: Nick Vigarino,8p

3 Moons at the Swinomish Resort & Casino,

Anacortes: Mia Vermillion, 6pm

August 3 - Saturday

Backyard Blues Bash, Goldendale WA: Stacy Jones

Band, 6pm

Coolidge McClain Park, Silverton, OR: Bill Rhoades &

Whit Draper, 2:30pm

Highway 99: Mark DuFresne Band

ohnnys Dock, Tacoma: Steve Cooley & theDangerelds, 5pm

Oxford, Snohomish: Nick Vigarino

roctor Arts Fest, Tacoma, Chalet Bowl Stage: Kimball

& the Fugitives w/Stickshift Annie, 1pm

no-River Rock Festival, Duvall, Alice Stuart & the

ormerlys

wedish Culture Center, Seattle, Dance w/Brian Lee &

he Orbiters, 7:30pm

3 Moons at the Swinomish Resort & Casino,

Anacortes: Mia Vermillion, 6pm

Two Twelve On Central, Kirkland: Annie Eastwood w/

uitarist Bill Chism, 8pm

University Place St. Fair, University Place, Steve

Cooley & the Dangerelds, 12 noon

August 4 - SundayAnacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes: Brian Lee & the

Orbiters, 11:30am

DB Cooper Music Festival, Medicine Creek Winery,

Olympia: $20 all day/$15 Blues 7:30 PM: Clay

wafford and Billy Flynn, Mudcat opens

Mt. Baker Blues Festival: John Stephan Band, 11:30 am

horeline Custom Car Show: Stacy Jones Band, 12pm

Red Dog, Port Orchard, Steve Cooley & the

Dangerelds,

Blues Jam, 7pm

August 5 - Monday

8 Keys, Pioneer Square, Blues To Do TV: jam

August 6 Tuesday

New Orleans: Holotradband, 7pm

August 7 - Wednesday

88 Keys: Blues on Tap, 8pm

Highway 99: Drummerboy w/Polly OKeary & CD

Woodbury

New Orleans: Legacy Quartet

Pike Pl. Bar & Grill, John Stephan Band, 6pm

Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last Few Good

Men, 7:30pm

Skagit County Fair, Mount Vernon: Mia Vermillion,

2:45pm

Waterwheel Lounge, Ballard: Annie Eastwood, Larry

Hill and Tom Brighton w/guitarist Bill Chism, 7pm

August 8 - Thursday

Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops Moore &


Conway Muse, Conway: Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely,

8:30pm


Madison Park: Two Scoops Combo, 6pm

Salmon Bay Eagles: Basic Blues - Rod Cook & Alice

Stewart

August 9 - Friday

Central, Kent, Alice Stuart & the Formerlys

Central Market, Shoreline, Gin Creek: 6pm

Crossroads Center, Bellevue: Eric Madis & BlueMadness, 7pm

Highway 99: Lloyd Jones & the Struggle

Jazzbones ,Tacoma: The Fat Tones, 8pm

Match Coffee & Wine, Duvall: Annie Eastwood,

Kimball Conant, Larry Hill - Fugitives Trio, 7:30pm

Salmon Bay Eagles: Blue 55

August 10 - Saturday

Conway Tavern: Nick Vigarino

Highway 99: L.A. based the 44s with special guest

James King & the Southsiders

Island Park Blues Festival, Springeld OR: Bill

Rhoades & the Party Kings, 6:30pm

Left Foot Boogie Dance at Sons of Norway, Bothell:

Stickshift Annie w/Kimball & the Fugitives & Brian

Kent, 8:30pmMadison Ave Pub, Everett:

Guitar Get-Together II w/James Howard, Ryan LaPlante

& Mark Riley, 8pm

NW Harley-Davidson, Lacey: Alice Stuart & the

Formerlys, noon

Triple Door: Jr. Cadillac s 43rd Anniversary w/ special

guest Freddie Dennis

August 11 - Sunday

Peace Concert, Magnuson Park, Alice Stuart & the

Formerlys, 4pm


Dangerelds,

Blues Jam, 7pm

August 12 - Monday

88 Keys, Pioneer Square, Blues To Do TV:

New Orleans: New Orleans Quintet

August 13 - Tuesday

Red Crane Restaurant, Shoreline: WBS Blues Bash! 7

PM



Highway 99: High and Lonesome

New Orleans: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox, 8pm

Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last Few Good

Men, 7:30pm

August 15 - Thursday

Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops M


City Hall Saloon, Cumberland, Steve Cooley &

Dangerelds, 6pm

Highway 99: Hot Rod Holman Blues


Salmon Bay Eagles: the Mark Whitman Band

August 16 - Friday

Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek: Annie Eastwood

guitarist Bill Chism, 7pm

Highway 99: Lisa Mann & her really good ban

Ilwaco Blues & Seafood Festival Ilwaco, WA:

Heartbreakers featuring Lady A, 8:30pm

Repp, Snohomish: Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely

Sliders, Carnation: Eric Madis & Blue Madne

7:30pm

Taste of Music / WBS IBC Finals, Snohomish:

Playground

Tulas: Dave Peck Trio


Highway 99: Karen Lovely

Jokum Fest, Seattle: Eric Madis & Friends, 8p

Kalama Blues Festival, Kalama WA: Bill Rhoa

the Party Kings

Pilchuck River Blues Festival, Granite Falls: TTurner - 3pm, Mark Whitman -3:45, Nick Viga

7pm

Salmon Bay Eagles: Chris Stevens

Scotch and Vine, Des Moines: Brian Lee Trio,

Snoqualmie Rail Road Days: Stacy Jones Ban

3:30pm

Tulas: Dave Peck Trio

August 18 - Sunday

Immanuel Presbyterian Blues Vespers, Tacoma

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REV. DAVE Rev. Dav

birthday vespers with Jimmy Vivino, the Mark

Trio and others. 5pm


Dangerelds,

Blues Jam, 7pmTriple Door: Coco Montoyo

WBS Taste of Music/IBC Finals, Snohomish: B

& the Orbiters, Time TBA

August 19 - Monday

88 Keys, Blues To Do TV:

Mr. Villa, Lake City: Annie Eastwood, Kimbal

Larry Hill - Fugitives Trio, 7pm

August 20 - Tuesday

New Orleans: Holotradband, 7pm



Highway 99: Dirty Rice

New Orleans: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Aco

Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last Few

Men, 7:30pm


Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops M


Highway 99: Monster Road

Madison Park Summer Concert Series Seattle,

Creek: 6pm


Salmon Bay Eagles: Safar Blues Style

Terrace Park, Arlington: Blues Playground, 6:3


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August 23 - Friday

Highway 99: Studebaker John & the Hawks

azzbones, Tacoma, Brian Lee & the Orbiters,

:30pm

MoonFest at Lake Leland, Quilcene, Alice

tuart & the Formerlys, 6pm

Washington Sips, La Conner: Mia Vermillion,

:30pm

YWCA Benet, Seattle: Lady A, 1pm


Blues for Boobs, Deming Christmas Tree

arm: Nick Vigarino, 8:30pm

Crossroads, Bellevue, Alice Stuart & the

ormerlys, 7pmHighway 99: Hot Wired Rhythm band

overty bay Blues & Brews Festival, Des

Moines: Stacy Jones Band, 2pm

Two Rivers Casino, Davenport, WA: the Fat

Tones, 6pm

Central, Kirkland: Nick Vigarino, 8:30pm

New Orleans: Gin Creek


Dangerelds,

Blues Jam, 7pm

August 26 - Monday



August 27 - TuesdayNew Orleans: Holotradband, 7pm


8 Keys: Blues on Tap,

Triple Door: Lisa Marie Presley

Highway 99: Little Ray & the Uppercuts

New Orleans: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence

Acox, 8pm

ike Place Bar & Grill at the Market: Annie

Eastwood w/Kimball & the Fugitives, 6pm

Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last

ew Good Men, 7:30pm

ylvester Park, Olympia: Blues County

heriff, 7 pm


Amys On the Bay, Port Orchard, Alice

tuart, 8pm

Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops

Moore & Hank Witherspoon, Noon

Highway 99: Charles Mack band


almon Bay Eagles: Star Drums & Lady

Keys

August 30 - Friday

Highway 99: Curley Taylor & Zydeco

Trouble

Laurelthirst, Portland, Alice Stuart, 6pm

Vino Bella, Issaquah: Lady A & the Baby

Blues funk Band, 7:30pmWild Vine Bistro, Bothell: Mia Vermillion &

Kevin Sutton, 8pm


Bothell Blues Festival: Stacy Jones Band,

pm

Destination Harley, Fife: the Mark Whitman

and

Duffs Garage, Portland, OR: Bill Rhoades &

he Party Kings

Highway 99: Kalimba

H2O, Anacortes: Blues Playground, 7 pm

August 31 - Saturday - Continued

Magnusun Park, on Sandpoint way: Blues

for Food Fest in support of Seattles Giving

Garden Network, Featuring: 12:00 - Kenova

w/ Billy Stoops, Nick Vigarino & Hambone

Wilson,

1:30 - T- Town Aces w/ Steve Bailey & Tom

Boyle, 3:00 - Polly OKeary & the Rhythm

Method w/ Seattle Slim,4:30 - Curley Taylor

& Zydeco Trouble from Southern Louisiana

6:00 - The Delgado Brothers live from East

LA, 7:30 - Fat James & Fatback

Port Gardner Bay Winery, Everett: MiaVermillion, 7pm

September 1 - Sunday

Freedom Fest, Ebey Island: Nick Vigarino,

3:30pm

September 2 - Monday


September 3 - Tuesday


September 4 - Wednesday


Festival Preview:

The Leavenworth

Blues Festival!

The Leavenworth Blues Festival is back

for a second helping of outstanding Blues,

Soul, Funk and Fun! On September13th and 14th, 2013 in downtown

Leavenworth is the place to be. Finish

up your summer of Blues with a weekend

in the mountains. This festival is limited

to the rst 2,000 tickets sold, and has

expanded to a two day format over last

years rst Leavenworth Blues Festival!

More bands, more beers, more food,

more good times! Now a 21 and older

event as well!

Friday: The Julie Duke Band, Junk Belly,

and The 44s.

Saturday: Nolan Garrett, Tuck Foster

and the Mossrites, Tommy Hogan Band,

Sammy Eubanks, The Randy Oxford

Band.

More information:

www.leavenworthblues.com or http://

leavenworthblues.eventbrite.com/


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he 2013 Washington Blues Society

BB Awards - Congratulations to All!tory by Amy Sassenberg/Photos by Laddy Kite

The Washington Blues Society celebrated their Annual

Best of the Blues Awards in Kirkland on June 22nd. It

was a stellar show with standout performances by some

f the top blues acts in the state, including the soul-

ul Curtis Hammond Band, the high-energy WIRED!

Band, and Best New Blues Band winner, the Hot WiredRhythm Band.

The Washington Blues Society is known for its uninch-

ng support and celebration of local blues artists and the

nnual awards extravaganza, widely referred to as The

BBs, and this years awards show did not disappoint.

Though a smaller crowd than in recent years (owing part-

y to a rare sunny summer afternoon in the Northwest),

he new venue at the Kirkland Performance Center pro-

ided everyone with the best seat in the house.

urprises, tributes and emotional moments were in abun-

ance. Producers, artists and fans alike spoke with rev-

rence about the special quality of music and sense of

ommunity found throughout the state, from Bellingham

outh to Vancouver and east to Spokane.

Blues Festival Volunteer Bruce Rhodes summarized

nicely, No matter the venue, the BB Awards are the

nnual climax of musical effort by the Northwest's top

lues entertainers. We are so privileged to have them and

we honor them by attending every year.

Mark Riley, a frequent nominee, was showered with

our awards for every category he was nominated in, in-

luding Best Electric Blues Guitar and Best Slide Blues

Guitar. When asked how he felt about earning such ac-

olades, Riley responded with a shrug and his wry sense

f humor. They did it, he said referring to the folks

who nominated and voted for him. I didnt do anything.

They did it.

Maverick blues DJ Jonathan Oogie Richards was hon-

red with the award for Best Blues DJ. Although Rich-

rds admits feeling slightly uncomfortable every time he

ccepts an awardand hes won three years in a row

e says he does love winning. Its thrilling to know

eople appreciate what we do especially since were not

traditional radio show. Richards and his beloved crew,

ncluding co-host Sweet Danny Ray, made the radical

eparture from the standard blues radio show to the in-

ernet-based Mighty Mouth Blues on NWCZradio.com.

The show is well-known for supporting and showcasing

nly independent blues artists, many of them from the

Northwest. After 20 years on the radio, Richards is happy

o be the rst internet show recognized by the WBS and

ives high marks to everyone he works with. I donto this on my own. The show can be heard on Monday

ights from 8-11 PST.

The standout performance of the night, according to

Richards, photographer Rocky Allen, and almost every-

ne who was asked, was The WIRED! Band with guest

erformers Jim McLaughlin on harp and Mike Marinig

n sax.

Theyre just a class act, said Allen.

Kevin Sutton roamed the stage, and then plopped down

ight before the front row, singing loud enough for all to

ear despite the absence of a microphone. The band had

some solid sounds and fun choreography, which drew

much attention and applause from the crowd. Richards

says they had the hottest performance of the day. They

nailed it!

Other highlights included classic blues artists Little Bill

& the Blue Notes being inducted into the Washington

Blues Society Hall of Fame along with James CurleyCooke. Frank Hot Rod Holman took Best Blues Piano

and Nick Vigarino was awarded the Lifetime Achieve-

ment Award in addition to receiving the Solo/Duo Blues

Act for Nick Vigarinos Back Porch Stomp. Lloyd Pe-

terson graciously accepted the award for the Mt. Baker

Blues Festival as the Best Blues Festival. In fact all the

festival nominees received much applause, including

Jim McLaughlins Freedom Fest, which he throws in

September in his own backyard in Everett. Jim said he

thought it was funny and fun to be nominated, but said,

I think it was right that Lloyd won it.

There were also non-musicians recognized for their

outstanding artistry and contributions to the local blues

scene, including Photographer Blues Boss for Best Blues

Image with his Kathi McDonald Bluesletter Cover andBest Blues Graphic Artist Dennis Hacker, who regularly

attends blues shows and creates art on the spot, inspired

by the music. Jim McLaughlin, who accepted the Paul

bluesletter august 2013

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