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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Hi Blues Fans, This year is off to a great WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY start! The Walla Walla Guitar Proud Recipient of a 2009 Festival is starting the month Keeping the Blues Alive Award off with a power house line up, maybe the best one yet. OFFICERS Peter Rivera, Danielle Nicole, President, Tony Frederickson [email protected] Randy Oxford Reunion, Vice President, Rick Bowen [email protected] Coyote Kings with Tiphony Secretary, Open [email protected] Dames & Too Slim, Scott Treasurer, Ray Kurth [email protected] Pemberton, CROS (Charles Editor, Eric Steiner [email protected] Mack-IBC Band Finalist 2019), and much, much, DIRECTORS much more! There are still Music Director, Amy Sassenberg [email protected] some tickets available and Membership, Open [email protected] this will be a great time. It Education, Open [email protected] will be worth a last minute Volunteers, Rhea Rolfe [email protected] weekend getaway to kick off Merchandise, Tony Frederickson [email protected] the Blues Festival season. See Advertising, Open [email protected] the ad in this edition of the Bluesletter for more information. THANKS TO THE WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY 2017 STREET TEAM The Coeur d’ Alene Blues Festival includes Blues Music Award Downtown Seattle, Tim & Michelle Burge [email protected] nominees The Fabulous Thunderbirds with Kim Wilson and a West Seattle, Jeff Weibe (206) 932-0546 Northwest favorite son, Ben Rice! Harlis Sweetwater is up from North Sound, Malcolm Kennedy [email protected] California, up and coming Diego & the Detonators, the Bobby Northern WA, Lloyd Peterson [email protected] Patterson Band, plus a ton of other entertaining bands! See the ad Penninsula, Dan Wilson [email protected] in this edition of the Bluesletter for more information. Port Angeles Area Alvin Owen [email protected] Central Washington, Stephen J. Lefebvre [email protected] Speaking of the Blueletter, the final ballot for the Best of the Blues awards is in this issue. So if you are a dues current member be sure Eastern Washington, Paul Caldwell [email protected] to vote for your favorites and express your opinion! It one of the Ballard, Marcia Jackson [email protected] big perks of being a member of the Washington Blues Society. And Lopez Island, Carolyn & Dean Jacobsen [email protected] if you’re not a dues current member, there is still time to join and vote for the BBs! At only $25.00 for a single or $35.00 for a couple SPECIAL THANKS per year it a great value and in addition to the above perks, there are Webmaster Emeritus, The Sheriff [email protected] many other great benefits to being a member! Washington Blues Society Logo, Phil Chesnut [email protected] Our annual Blues Cruise Raffle will be kicking off this month also! MISSION STATEMENT So be sure to stop by the Merchandise table and get your raffle ticket The Washington Blues Society is a nonprofit organization whose purpose early. We will be at almost of all the festivals and will have some new is to promote, preserve, and advance the culture and tradition of blues inventory for you to check out too! music as an art form. Annual membership is $25 for individuals, and $35 for couples. The Washington Blues Society is a tax-exempt nonprofit Be sure to stop by and say “Hi” well you are out and about! Look organization and donations are tax-deductible. The forward to seeing many of you as we get rolling this year. Washington Blues Society is affiliated with The Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee. WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY P.O. BOX 70604 SEATTLE, WA 98127 Tony Frederickson President. Washington Blues Society Member, Board of Directors, The Blues Foundation (2015-2017) 2 March 2019 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society In This Issue... BLUES RIFFS 2 Letter from the President 3 2019 Blues Society Officers & Directors 4 Contributing Writers & Photographers 5 Letter from the Editor BLUES NEWS 6 Notes from the 2019 International Blues Challenge 10 Tisha Meitmann: A Musical Tribute 11 Save the Date: 2019 BB Awards! FEATURE ARTICLES 9 Little Bill’s Blues 15 Little Bill’s 80th Birthday at the Triple Door 18 Celebrating 30 Years of Blues in 2019 BLUES REVIEWS & PREVIEWS 15 Little Bill’s Birthday Bash at the Triple Door 16 CD Reviews 28 Preview: March Blues Bash 29 Walla Walla Guitar Festival Preview 30 Two Alligator Artists Return to the Pacific Northwest! 6 WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY STUFF! 20 Washington Blues Calendar This month, the Bluesletter features coverage of the 2019 International Blues Challenge, celebrates Little 22 Updated Washington Blues Talent Guide Bill’s 80th birthday and includes a preview of the Walla Walla 24 Membership Benefits & Membership Form Guitar Festival. 25 Washington Blues Jams & Open Mics 26 Washington Live Blues Venue Guide 31 Voting Ballot: 2019 BB Awards ABOVE: Samatha Weston reading the Bluesletter! (Photo by Jesse Weston) COVER IMAGE: Celebrating Little Bill’s 80th Birthday at the Triple Door! (Photo by Blues Boss) March 2019 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 3 MARCH2019 BLUESLETTER Volume XXX, Number III PUBLISHER Washington Blues Society EDITOR Eric Steiner (editor@ wablues.org) PRINTER Pacific Publishing Company (www.pacificpublishingcompany.com) CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rick J. Bowen, Tony Frederickson, Malcolm Kennedy, Amy Sassenberg, Erica Peto, Little Bill Engelhart, Daniel McMillin CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Eric Steiner, Alex Brikoff, Tom Daniel, Corrie Julian Eubanks, Larry Star of Musicshooters, Amy Sassenberg, Jesse Weston, Blues Boss, Nalani Hadfield, Paul Brown, Photography Walla Walla BLUESLETTER DEADLINES Ad Reservations 5th of the month [email protected] Calendar 10th of the month Submit to www.wablues.org Editorial 5th of the month [email protected] Camera-Ready Ad Art 12th of the month [email protected] SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Please send only attachments. Please do not embed stories or photos in emails. 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Welcome to the March Bluesletter! This month, I was fortunate to return to the International Blues Challenge in we are honoring one of our Memphis and I highly recommend this Blues Foundation event blues community’s legends, for every blues fan’s bucket list. I was surprised at the changes I’ve Little Bill Engelhart. I hope noticed in and around Beale Street as I had not been back since 2017. that the tribute concert that I hope readers will appreciate my story and photos included in this Randy Oxford’s planning issue and I plan to include reasons for readers to get to Beale Street will be SRO and I know in Bluesletters throughout the year. Our band, Sammy Eubanks and that this will be a star-stud- the Work’In Class finished second in the finals and our Wednesday ded evening of great music. showcase featured some of the finest blues talent from the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. The issue also honors the memory of Tisha Meit- Until next month, please go out and support live blues! mann of Engel’s Pub in Edmonds. She worked at Engels’ for eight years and Daniel McMillin captures an event that celebrated her Eric Steiner, Editor life with a heartfelt remembrance. Ten years ago, Washington Blues Washington Blues Society Bluesletter Society members voted Engel’s as best blues club in our annual Best Board of Directors, The Blues Foundation (2014-2017) March 2019 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 5 BLUES NEWS Notes from the 2019 International Blues Challenge Magical memories from Memphis... By Eric Steiner shared passion for blues music. It was fun British Columbia. Our showcase was one to reconnect with “Hawkeye” Herman from of 25+ similar opportunities to catch live I was very fortunate to return to Memphis Oregon, Mark Patrick from Michigan and blues on Beale Street. for the International Blues Challenge and “Hurricane Harold” Tremblay from the the Keeping the Blues Alive Awards this Twin Cities. I learned that our band took second place year. I hadn’t been back since 2017. I was en-route to SeaTac (because of the pennies surprised with many positive changes that One of the challenges of the blues I was pinching). Sammy Eubanks and I noticed this visit. I leearned a lot at the competition is to see new blues talent but The Work’In Class’ set from the finals workshops at the Hall of Fame. I liked the in an event that features live blues in over is on YouTube and I highly recommend panel on trends in the blues music industry 18 clubs on or near Beale Street, seeing just Bluesletter readers experience it. I saw the sponsored by the Consulate General 10% of the performers can be a stretch.