LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY Hi Blues People, Proud Recipient of a 2009 I’m opening my letter this Keeping the Blues Alive Award month with an apology. The Bluesletter was delayed this last month and we are sorry for website and Facebook. the mishap. Our publisher sent So, there is lots going on and lots to look forward to! The Washington the wrong file to our printer, Blues Society Board of Directors has many surprises for members and they accidentally reprinted that we will be releasing in the next few months. It’s a great time to the May issue. We found out be a member of the Washington Blues Society! So, be sure to keep about it when we went to pick up the Bluesletters and send them your memberships current and remind your friends and family to to members, and immediately got together with the printer and got consider joining! us into the lineup again to get the correct file printed for the June Please don’t forget our Washington Gives Big Campaign! You will issue. Our printer was stacked up with programs for graduations find info about that in this edition of the Bluesletter. The future and other work and could not print until after the first of the month. looks really bright, we just need a little help in getting there! Thanks So, once again, I apologize for the delay in the delivery of the for your support of live music and the Blues Society! I look forward Bluesletter. We work really hard to have the Bluesletter delivered to seeing many of you out and about! Please stop bye and say “Hi”! to your home by the first of the month, we will strive to not have Yours in the Blues, this happen again. Thank you for your understanding and support! This issue is loaded with tons of good news! With the success of the COIVID 19 vaccinations and other preventive steps, we see a lot of daylight, and the state is getting closer to opening up! Hopefully, as you read this, we will be in stage four and opened up for business. Tony Frederickson, President This issue has an extensive music calendar and jam listing. There is information on many upcoming festivals and there is hope for a lot Washington Blues Society of live music to greet us as we move forward to our new normal. Member, Board of Directors, The Blues Foundation (2014-2017) Remember to review our website and Facebook page for the most up to date information as so much is coming in and those will be the most current spots for new information as we move into the first few months of being open. I hope you are as excited as I am! We are very close to announcing our line up for our annual Peace Concert/Washington Blues Society Summer Picnic! We will be at Magnuson Park on Sunday, September 5th. We will have the BBQ fired up and cook up hamburgers and hot dogs along with the pot luck offerings from you, our members. This will be a fun event for our greater blues community. So, keep an eye out for more information on our website and Facebook pages and next month’s Bluesletter. I hope many of you will make it to this event so we can reconnect with many of you! Also, entries for our virtual “Points West” event are trickling in. Time is short so if you are considering this, please get your entry in as soon as possible for this opportunity. Fans, please share this information with your favorite musicians. With the talent and growth in both quantity and quality, we think we will have some great streams for you all to watch and pick your favorites from the entries! We have received word from the Blues Foundation that they will be having an International Blues Challenge in 2022! We will be setting up International Blues Challenge Semi-finals soon! Once we get dates and venues set, we will publish in the Bluesletter and on our
2 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society In This Issue... BLUES RIFFS 2 Letter from the President 5 Letter from the Editor
BLUES NEWS & FEATURES 6 Regi Oliver: Woodwind Master 10 Celebrating the 2021 BB Awards 12 Blue to the Bone: Class of 2021 14 In Upcoming Issues 16 Welcome Back Jazz Alley! 18 July Blues Bash Preview 20 Lagniappe
WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY STUFF! 2 2021 Blues Society Officers & Directors 19 Washington Blues Society Membership Form This issue celebrates this year’s Best of the Blues 22 Washington Blues Talent Guide Awards (“BB Awards”) recipients and features a 24 Blues Jams & Open Mic Listings first-ever article on this year’s Blue to the Bone recipients. The issue also features an extended 26 Washington Blues Venue Guide calendar from Jazz Alley, a preview of the July Blues 28 Music & Live Streaming Calendar Bash and a fun jaunt down to the New Orleans Jazz 30 Blues on the Radio (and online) Festival from frequent contributor Kirk Anderson.
Cover: Welcome Otis Taylor Back to Jazz Alley! Please see Jazz Alley’s extended live music calendar in this issue. (Photo by Cory Richardson)
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 3 THE BLUESLETTER JULY 2021 - Volume XXXII, Number VII PUBLISHER Washington Blues Society - www.wablues.org EDITOR Eric Steiner (editor@ wablues.org) PRINTER Pacific Publishing Company (www.pacificpublishingcompany.com) CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rick J. Bowen, Eric Steiner, Kirk Anderson Jane Henderson, Tony Frederickson 2021 OFFICERS CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS President, Tony Frederickson [email protected] John Hahn, Glenn Whittington, Amanda Grisham, Vice President, Rick Bowen [email protected] J Baker, Rick J. Bowen, Gordy Mitchell, John Hahn Secretary, Marisue Thomas [email protected] (Please see page 14 for extended photo credits) Treasurer, Ray Kurth [email protected] Editor, Eric Steiner [email protected] DEADLINES Ad Reservations 5PM on the 5th of the month 2021 DIRECTORS [email protected] Music Director, Open [email protected] Calendar 5PM on the 10th of the month Membership, Chad Creamer [email protected] Please submit @ www.wablues.org Education, Open [email protected] Editorial 5PM on the 5th of the month Volunteers, Rhea Rolfe [email protected] [email protected] Merchandise, Tony Frederickson [email protected] Advertising, Open [email protected] Camera-Ready Ad Art 5PM on the 12th of the month [email protected] THANKS TO OUR 2021 STREET TEAM SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Downtown Seattle, Tim & Michelle Burge [email protected] Please send articles and photos only as attachments. North Sound, Malcolm Kennedy [email protected] Please do not embed images or stories embedded directy in emails Northern WA, Lloyd Peterson [email protected] and please do not send links. Please only send attachments. Penninsula, Dan Wilson [email protected] Port Angeles Area, Alvin Owen [email protected] Photos: High-resolution PDF, tif, or jpg saved as 300 dpi or greater Central Washington, Stephen J. Lefebvre [email protected] in traditional print media CMYK format only (for color) an grayscale Eastern Washington, Paul Caldwell [email protected] (for B& W). Cover size: 8.5 in x 11 in. Please title photos with a unique Ballard, Marcia Jackson [email protected] file name and not use camera-supplied alpha-numeric file titles, and Lopez Island, Carolyn & Dean Jacobsen [email protected] please do not include any watermarks or branding information on any photo. Please also do not send low-resolution, social media photos. International Raconteur, Rocky Nelson [email protected] Articles: Plain text (.txt) or Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) only. SPECIAL THANKS AD SPECS & COSTS Webmaster Emeritus, The Sheriff [email protected] SIZE B/W COLOR HT × W in mm Washington Blues Society Logo, Phil Chesnut [email protected] full pg $300 $375 238 × 187.3 ½ pg vertical $175 $220 238 × 91.3 MISSION STATEMENT ½ pg horizontal $175 $220 116.66 × 187.3 The Washington Blues Society is a nonprofit organization whose purpose back ½ pg horizontal $260 $325 116.66 × 187.3 is to promote, preserve, and advance the culture and tradition of blues ¼ pg vertical $100 $125 116.66 × 91.3 music as an art form. Annual membership is $25 for individuals, and $35 1/3 pg vertical TBA TBA 238 × 59.3 for couples. The Washington Blues Society is a tax-exempt nonprofit 1/6 pg vertical TBA TBA 116.66 × 59.3 organization and donations are tax-deductible. The Washington Blues 1/12 pg square TBA TBA 56 × 59.3 Society is affiliated with The Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.. business card horizontal $30 $38 56 × 91.3 Our website is www.wablues.org. business card vertical $30 $38 91.3 x 56 WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY BLUESLETTER ADVERTISING DISCOUNTS P.O. BOX 70604 20% off 12-month pre-payment SEATTLE, WA 98127 15% off 6-month pre-payment 10% off 3-month pre-payment
4 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Hi Bluesletter Readers, pandemic calendar in February of 2020. Welcome to what is likely the Please also know that, while our calendar print deadline is first Bluesletter printed in the always the 10th of the month, performers and venues can use post-pandemic. our online self-service calendar option to list their events! Let me tell you why I’m So, while the printed calendar is a good foundation, the optimistic. I’m optimistic for online calendar and other listings, will always be the most three key reasons. up-to-date resource for our blues community. First, this issue contains a Until next month, go out and see live blues! most welcome extended calendar courtesy of our partners in live music at Jazz Alley. Please review this ambitious calendar and welcome many nationally recognized, touring jazz and blues artists! Secondly, our monthly Washington Blues Society Board Eric Steiner, Editor of Directors meetings in-person is a highlight of my blues Washington Blues Society Bluesletter month at Collectors Choice Restaurant. With our state’s re- Member, Board of Directors, The Blues Foundation (2010-2013) opening, I look forward to dining out more frequently, and perhaps most importantly, return to live blues music that I love. Finally, I am heartened that this issue contains the most robust streaming and live music calendar since our pre-
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 5 Regi Oliver: Woodwind Master “... conquering all the band instruments by the time he graduated from high school...” Article & Extended CD Review by Jane where’d she’d been. Selwyn goes old school Henderson (Photos by Glenn Whittington) here, showcasing his prowess on lap steel, as he sings, “She told so many lies, I’m more I met Regi Oliver when I served as condo surprised by the truth”. Deeper into the host at Sunbanks the year Selwyn Birchwood CD, Blues Music Award winner Diunna and his band performed, and we’ve since Greenleaf, trades vocals with Selwyn in stayed in touch via Facebook. In the process the cautionary song, “Mama Knows Best.” of writing a review of Selwyn’s Living in a “Sometimes pretty things are poison,” she Burning House, Regi sent me his bio, which warns him, with predictable results. intrigued me, as we don’t often hear the origin stories of supporting musicians. The title track, “Living in a Burning House,” is dramatic in both theme and style. Selwyn Regi has been playing music most of his life, sings about the fear and worries that a picking up the saxophone when he was 12 dissolving relationship bring. A substantial and conquering all the band instruments by bass line throughout reinforces the feeling the time he graduated from high school. He of impending doom, until mid-song when was awarded a full scholarship to Louisiana Regi’s sax cools things off and the song State University, where he became proficient transitions to stunning solos for guitar in jazz improvisation, composition, and and saxophone. Five songs later, the story arrangement. He was awarded a full Living in a Burning House continues in the soulful “One More Time,” a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, slow-dance ballad, with a classic, retro feel. later touring internationally as a Berklee Selwyn Birchwood College representative. (Alligator Records) Another favorite: “You Can’t Steal My Shine” is a joyful boogie, with a gospel feel and a After graduating, Regi relocated to the San spirited running baseline. Selwyn recounts Francisco Bay area, joining the faculty of In a time when so much has been lost, all the things he could live without and the Stanford University Jazz Workshop, creative spirits have found ways to grow why, BUT he’ll keep that shine, thank you. and focused for the next 13 years on Arts and polish their art until it shines. 2013 “She’s a Dime” is probably the best sing- Education, as well as performing as a International Blues Challenge winner, along track on the album, an easy stroll of a Kalimba Records Recording Artist. In Selwyn Birchwood and his band have rhythm and sweet, uncomplicated message. 1998, he settled in Florida and resumed done just that with their newly released Selwyn gives us some tasty fingerpicking working and touring with a variety of third album on Alligator Records. Living along and around the simple, appealing artists, including Little Feat, the Pointer in a Burning House ticks off all the melody. Sisters, Chubby Carrier, Lucky Peterson, boxes: memorable melodies, intelligent and Selwyn Birchwood, of course. Regi is Selwyn and the band find many ways to lyrics, deeply layered arrangements, and move the listener. For sheer physical reflex, a lead instrumentalist at Universal Studios, impressive musicianship. as part of the “Cartoon Band” and “Modern the evocative lyrics and raw, inceduary Mystics,” when he’s not touring. The album opens with the up-tempo love rhythm of “Freaks come Out at Night” is song, “I’d’ Climb Mountains.” Selwyn that kind fun - bonfire burnin’, catfish fryin’, As we’re all waiting to see what festivals will describes all the challenges he’d face “just guitar slidin’- all of that plus Selwyn’s brutal open up and who will be playing where, to get to you.” He’s backed by Regi Oliver’s slide churning and screaming. For honest, some good news is that Selwyn Birchwood one-man horn section, Huff Wright on bass, relatable emotion there’s “Searching for My and the band will be performing on the Squeak Walker on drums, and Walter May Tribe,” with bass, drums, and sax making Joe Bonamassa, “Keeping the Blues Alive on Hammond organ. Selwyn’s formidable bottom-end magic behind Selwyn’s smokey at Sea II: Mediterranean Cruise. In 2022. guitar licks push through this high energy voice and a stunning guitar solo mid-song. In the meantime, treat yourself to some of song and all the others on this CD. the great music our local and national blues I had a handful of questions about the artists are making to keep us going. The Way more than a party anthem, “I Got instrumentation of the CD, like -where do blues might feel good, right about now. Drunk, Laid, and Stoned” is the title of the we hear the piccolo? And the glockenspiel? song and also what she said when he asked What is a glockenspiel? And the BIG
6 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society question – how did the Selwyn Birchwood band manage to pull together an album during the pandemic year? So, I contacted band member Regi Oliver, who contributes baritone, tenor, alto sax, and piccolo throughout this and previous SB CD’s. Our conversation reminded me that magic happens when multiple talents work behind a gifted songwriter and performer.Living in a Burning House is Selwyn’s fourth album with mostly the same personnel, so over time they’ve devised ways to collaborate that work for them. Regi took me through the process, which centers around Selwyn, who writes all of the songs. Songs may originate with a funky baseline laid down by Huff Wright, a tune or riff Selwyn’s discovered on guitar, or the lyrics might come first and the melody built to match. Selwyn records what he composes on his phone and shares the recordings with the band members, sometimes including an idea for an intro, a section, an ending – basically, the skeleton of the song. Regi, Huff (bass), and Phillip (drums) work out their parts, and a “scratch” recording is made of each song. The goal is to enter the recording studio with a “full palette” of possibilities, from which they can make decisions about the final versions of the songs. Once the baritone sax parts are determined, Regi works on the other 3 or 4 horn parts, writing out all those arrangements, so he can keep track of any changes that might be made the next day. The process continues until the result is a collection of songs they all believe in. Above: Regi Oliver, Two songs pay tribute to the path Selwyn lovely fingerpicking by Selwyn, with a sweet Selwyn Birchwood & Huff Wright has chosen as a musician. sax phrase throughout. As the last song on Left: Regi Oliver & Selwyn Birchwood “Through a Microphone” rocks, as he the CD, it’s an elegant ending to a musical Right: Regi Oliver puzzles over the meaning of “making it” in triumph. (Photos by Glenn Whittington). the music business. “The only time I feel whole, is when I’m bearing my soul to you – through a microphone”. “My Happy Place” presents the quiet, contemplative side of the same sentiment, featuring some
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 7 8 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 9 Celebrating the 2021 BB Awards Congratulations to the 2021 BB Award Recipients!
10 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society Please see page 14 for photo IDs & credits!
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 11 Blue to the Bone: Class of 2021 Congratulations to Jeff Menteer, Rocky Allen, Christina Bruning & Rocky Nelson By Eric Steiner (Please see page 14 for photo to the Washington Blues Society to make it Menteer Workshop, Rocky Nelson, and details and photo credits) a better all-volunteer blues society. Rocky Allen for their contributions to the I have always wanted to single out recipients This year, the Board of Directors selected Washington Blues Society. of the Washington Blues Society’s Blue to Christina Bruning, Jeff Menteer and the the Bone awards in a special place in the Bluesletter. Well, with this page, I finally have made this wish a reality. This award is recognition from the Washington Blues Society Board of Directors to volunteers who “go the extra mile” in supporting the blues society. Most, if not all, recipients work behind the scenes in promoting not only the blues society, but also festivals, clubs, special events or causes near and dear to our members’ and musicians’ hearts. I am very pleased to feature this year’s recipients as just one way to thank each Blue to the Bone recipient for their service to the Washington Blues Society during the COVID-19 pandemic. This award is not on the nomination or award ballot for a reason. It’s reflects the consensus of the Board of Directors in singling out individuals who have contributed recently
12 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society Top: Amanda Gresham & Ed Maloney Below: Tony Frederickson, Amanda Gresham, Rhea Rolfe, South Sound Blues Association Presi- dent Andy Passilis, Billy Stoops & Ed Maloney during production of the 2021 BB Awards. (Photos by Amanda Gresham)
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 13 In the Picture: BB Awards Coverage Special thanks to the artists & photographers who bring the BB Awards to life!
Page 10: Celebrating the 2021 BB Page 11: Celebrating the 2021 BB Page 12: Blue to the Bone: Class of Awards Awards 2021 Upper Left: Conrady Ormsby (Photo by Upper Left: Rod Cook (Courtesy of Rod Middle: Jeff Menteer (Courtesy of Jeff Conrad Ormsby) Cook) Menteer) Middle: Brian Butler (Photo by Rick J. Upper Right: Stacy Jones, Jeff Menteer, Top Right: Amy Sassenberg & Rocky Allen Bowen) Tom Jones & Rick Bowen (SJB TV Collage (Photo by Amy Sassenberg) Upper Right: Tim Scott (Photo by Tim by Jeff Menteer) Middle Right: Rocky Allen “Back in the Scott) Lower Right: Madison Pub Jam: Rick J. Day” (Courtesy of Rocky Allen) Lower Right: Joel Astley (Photo by Rick J. Bowen, Willow Stone, Paul Quilty & Rod Lower Right: Christina Bruning (Photo by Bowen) Strange (Photo by Rick J. Bowen) Tony Frederickson) Lower Middle: The BB Award Production Lower Left: BB Awards Presenters Amanda Lower Left: Ground Zero Blues Club Co- Crew in Action (Photo by Amanda Gresham, Kim Archer, Brian Feist & Ed Owner Bill Luckett, Rocky Nelson and Gresham) Maloney (Photo by Amanda Gresham) Watermelon Slim at Ground Zero Blues Middle: John Kessler (Photo by John Middle Left: BB Awards Presenters Club in Clarksdale, MS (Photo by John Kessler) Amanda Gresham & Ed Maloney (Photo Hahn) by Amanda Gresham) Lower Left: The High Note Band (Photo by Gordy Mitchell) Middle Left: Rafael Tranquilino (Photo by Gordy Mitchell) In Upcoming Issues A short preview of the August Bluesletter...
By Eric Steiner will return with what may be a record Next month, I plan to include several items number of CD reviews that have been that not only celebrate the blues, but also gathering digital dust in my editor’s in-box! honor those who we have lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. I also plan to bring back our popular Specifically, we will honor the memory of “Blues in My ZIP Code” feature now that bluesman Chuck Trujillo and others who state restrictions appear to allow live music have passed away. venues to re-open. The August issue will have a robust festival Stay tuned for a more vibrant August and special event preview section, which Bluesletter. will include Fall Sunbanks, the Dock Street Blues Festival, and Gas Station Blues. And, due to some process improvements I’m learning from our partners in printing at Pacific Publishing, the long-awaited return of our CD and blues review section
14 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 15 Welcome Back Jazz Alley! An extended calendar from Seattle’s acclaimed destination for live music.
Courtesy of Jazz Alley Doors open at 6:00pm Monday – Thursday) are firmly in the music made famous by Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelli, Jazz Alley is committed to providing a Show admission includes a $6.00 service fee its extensive repertoire includes traditional safe and healthy environment for our jazz classics and original compositions and patrons, our team and the musicians. We Lisa Fischer and Taylor Eigsti music from their new release “Simplicity!” revamped the club while closed with every ~ The Badass & The Beautiful~ imaginable safety precaution from the June 22 – 23, $30.50 installation of nine HVAC units equipped It was at the Stanford Jazz Festival in 2017 Mindi Abair that Lisa Fischer (Rolling Stones, 20 Feet with “Plasma Air Ionizers” to plastic Two-time Grammy nominated - ten #1 privacy shields throughout the club. Please from Stardom) and pianist Taylor Eigsti first played as a duo — and the world stood radio hits - six Top 5 solo records - two #1 see the full list of upgrades on our home spots on the Billboard album charts page. As of now we will be following all still. Every note of those first songs still current government COVID-19 protocols. resonates with Lisa and Taylor, so much June 24 – 27, $34.50 so that they’ve crafted an entire evening of Take 6 The room and kitchen didn’t sit idle music for you. Lisa will astonish you with while closed for 15 months. We started a her vocal mastery and stage magic, and The most awarded a cappella group in Food Donation Program and provided together with Taylor she’ll reach directly history with 10 Grammy’s, heralded by 180K+ meals to community agencies and into your soul in this special performance. Quincy Jones as “…the baddest cats on the shelters! Shout out to Bill Cahill of Beacon planet!” June 10 – 13, $40.50 Plumbing for partnering with us to keep June 30 – July 3, $36.50 it rolling for so long. Unfortunately, we Walt Wagner Trio säje must end the program with re-opening as “There are not many pianists with whom we literally don’t have the kitchen space to he can be compared. There are touches of GRAMMY® nominated vocal group, run it in conjunction with business. wizardry that remind of jazz and rock, yet rhymes with “beige”. Born out of close There are more shows booked and he has the technical fluidity of a classical friendship and admiration these critically- confirmed that are currently not on our craftsman. There is a charisma about him acclaimed musicians have come together website and I will get those posted as that generated a standing ovation with the to celebrate the music that moves them. soon as time permits. We are a bit short audience yelling for more.” Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor Johnaye Kendrick and Erin Bentlage. staffed and for now, it’s all hands on deck - Portland Oregonian to get things moving along and customers July 6 – 7, $30.50 June 15 – 16, $30.50 taken care of as best we can. Thank you Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band in advance for your patience if I’m not as NAJEE “Trane’s Delight,” Poncho’s first new album quick as normal with email replies to your Five #1 Albums and Four #1 singles on inquiries. in 7 years is Latin-tinged re-imaginings the Billboard Charts, Multi-platinum & of Coltrane classics as well as new pieces Join us for show, raise your spirits and let’s Grammy-nominated saxophonist/flautist composed in honor of the tenor titan. celebrate the joy of live music together! NAJEE is back in support of his latest release July 8 – 11, $34.50 Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley “Center of the Heart!” The Delfonics Live featuring Greg Hill June 17 – 20, $36.50 Sleek, supple and air tight harmonic talent Extended Calendar – Philly Soul! STANDARD SHOW TIMES Pearl Django July 13 – 14, $36.50 Monday (occasionally), Tuesday – With a performance history spanning 25 Kenny G Thursday & Sunday at 7:30pm years and over 120 shows at Jazz Alley, Pearl Django endures as one of the most In a recording career that spans almost Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm and 9:30pm highly regarded Hot Club style groups three decades and 24 albums, Grammy (Doors open at 5:30pm Friday – Sunday. working today. Although the band’s roots Award-winning saxophonist and Seattle
16 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society native Kenny G has grafted elements John Pizzarelli September 9 – 12, $34.50 of R&B, pop and Latin music to a jazz Madly creative, world-renowned, jazz Vieux Farka Touré foundation, solidifying his reputation as guitarist and singer. the premier artist in contemporary jazz. The son of Malian music royalty, the August 19 - 22, $34.50 legendary Ali Farka Toure, Vieux Farka July 15 – 18, $70.50 Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio Touré is often referred to as the Hendrix Arturo Sandoval of the Sahara, a title meant more to convey Old school Hammond B3 funk, a unique Grammy-winning, Cuban American jazz the point that the man is a brilliant guitarist 60’s & 70’s vintage soul sound mixed with than to suggest that there’s anything trumpeter Sandoval is one of the most tasty guitar lines and pocket drumming. dynamic and vivacious live performers of remotely Hendrix-esque about his playing our time and has been seen by millions August 24 – 25, $30.50 (which there isn’t). He’s an altogether at the Oscars, Grammy Awards, and the Keiko Matsui different kind of awe-inspiring. Billboard Awards. Contemporary jazz pianist and composer September 14 – 15, $30.50 July 22 – 25, $36.50 touring in support of her latest release Pat Metheny Side-Eye Greg Adams & East Bay Soul ECHO Critically Acclaimed Jazz Guitarist and Ageless East Bay music pioneers blend August 26 – 29, $36.50 Composer blues, rock and funk! Danny Seraphine co-founding member of September 16 – 19, $90.50 July 27 – 28, $32.50 Chicago Peabo Bryson An Evening with Janiva Magness ~ Take Me Back to Chicago Tour ~ Two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B/ The second woman, following blues Legendary jazz-rock drummer, co- Soul Singer of new tunes and classic hits giant Koko Taylor, to receive the Blues founding member of Chicago and Rock & touring in support of his 2018 release Foundation’s B.B. King Entertainer Roll Hall of Famer “Stand For Love.” “If Ever You’re In My of the Year award, presented to her at September 2 – 5, $34.50 Arms Again,” “Can You Stop The Rain,”” “Love Like Yours And Mine,” and more... the Memphis ceremonies by King and Davina and The Vagabonds Bonnie Raitt. As anyone who has seen her September 23 – 26, $56.50 “Two things remain consistent at all her performances or listened to her albums Gerald Albright will attest, Magness has, indeed, earned a shows though: her throaty but cushiony place in the history of American music. voice, which has a sort of hard-mattress The Grammy-nominated saxophonist’s comfort to it that’s part Bonnie Raitt, part musical muse has taken him to so many August 3 – 4, $30.50 Etta James and a little Amy Winehouse; fascinating locales along the contemporary Maceo Parker and her band’s rollicking New Orleans R&B/urban jazz spectrum, he’s joyfully Maceo Parker: his name is synonymous flavor, driven home by dueling horn defied easy categorizations. with funky music, his pedigree impeccable; players and a bayou-thick standup bass.” September 30 – October 3, $36.50 -Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune his band: the tightest little funk orchestra Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin on earth. He’s played with every leader of September 7 – 9, $32.50 Multiple Grammy winning jazz guitarist funk, he started with James Brown, then Spyro Gyra he joined the Mothership with George and pianist - a dynamic and iconic jazz Clinton and of course played his ongoing Seminal multi-platinum selling and 12x collaboration! part in Prince’s tours. Grammy-nominated contemporary jazz (Continued on Page 25) band mines a collection of vinyl classics He’s the living, breathing pulse that for their first album in six years entitled connects the history of funk in one golden “Vinyl Tap.” thread. “This album is positively fabulous.” - Art August 12 – 15, $40.50 Good, Jazztrax
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 17 July Blues Bash Preview! Welcome Diego Romero to the July Washington Blues Society Blues Bash! By Rick J. Bowen clubs and festivals across the Pacific Northwest for the last three years, including The monthly Washington Blues Society have opened for none other than Curtis BLUES BASH returns with an in-person Salgado, and is continuing to expand his live event Tuesday, July 13th at 7pm at the musical knowledge and network. As his Collectors Choice Restaurant and Lounge obsession with music grows, so d in Snohomish, Washington. o his followers that understand and can see The July Blues Bash will feature a his passion for the art. performance from Diego Romero and “Dynamite Diego” always puts on a fantastic his band. Seating is available indoors show full of exhilarating high energy and is and outdoors seating available, weather absolutely guaranteed to rock your night permitting with close circuit TV viewing of away. the stage. No reservations 21 and older. As always, the Blues Bash is presented free of Joining Romero are drummer Toby Bruce, charge, and we encourage attendees to “Tip bassist Eirik Hogbro, and keyboardist the Band” in support of the artists. Spencer Thulin. Though his love for diverse music began to More about Diego Romero grow, he realized the genre that connected with him the most was none other than the Winner of the Best New Blues Band in blues. The emotion, the feel and the rawness 2019 from the Inland Empire Blues Society, of the genre was more than enough to draw comes an electrifying new band staring him in. Diego Romero. From explosive guitar work, to booming vocals, he is bound to keep Having already learned multiple you at the edge of your seat throughout the instruments from being self-taught and night. through jazz band, Diego soon realized that guitar was his true love. Born and raised in the Walla Walla Valley, Diego has always found himself fascinated Shortly after finding his biggest influences, with the art of music, and soon found which included the Freddie King, Stevie himself fully engaged within his community. Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy and most importantly, his personal mentor Gary Growing up in a Hispanic household, he Winston, it became clear that music is what was exposed to multiple genres of music he was wanting to pursue. which included corrido’s, cumbia, rock, hip hop, country, funk, and much more. The 23-year-old has now played numerous
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July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 19 Lagniappe Lagniappe – (LAN*yap) something given or obtained gratuitously. Enjoy!
By Kirk Anderson uninitiated as well as the technique doctors clubs over on Frenchman Street like Snug The blues originated in the Mississippi delta which perform it. Harbor, Bamboula’s and The Spotted Cat between the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers. The point I am trying to make here, is that Music Club. Stifling heat in the summer and numbing there is a place, an event, a short period of The point is there are 11 days where the cold in the winter. You had to endure the time each year where everything you know city tires itself by day and night into a self weather while being made to toil from sun- comes together with everything you had no contenting bliss. up to sun down doing never ending and idea was going on. It demands that you take My first Jazz Fest wasn’t until 2001 where back breaking work for little or no pay. You your love of that familiar place and combine I happened to be in a town I just thought were given just enough necessities to keep it with an open mindedness that acts as a was OK. I had just come out of the music you working. fertile delta to find something new. industry so I ended up having former No respect. It puts you in your place while lifting you colleagues and friends pay up on favors or No future. to new magic of music and of people. You give professional courtesies such that I saw have to open your mind, your ears and your 36 different acts at 16 different venues over No education. heart to music and people. that 11 day period… well, that and learn a No quarter. This is the annual New Orleans Jazz and new job! The only thing they didn’t care about is the Heritage Festival. I’ve only been to 6 of the This article is coming out July st,1 2021. As music you carried inside you from your 50 Jazz Fests, but they were some of the best of press time, early June, the line up at the homeland. times of my life. fairgrounds-race track is not set. The late 19th century into the very early I’ve driven in on I-10 and US 90, flown The same is true at most of the smaller 20th century, there were few distractions for into Louis Armstrong New Orleans venues. With travel restrictions lifting, most people. If you were a slave, you were International airport and took the Algiers ‘post-ish’ pandemic, and people looking for lucky to find a half assed old instrument Ferry to the East Bank of the Mississippi to exciting vacations, I had hoped to throw or make your own. At the end of a long, be part of the Jazz Fest. specific artist performance schedules and grueling day, you were blessed if you could The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest exact “heritage” happenings around those make music with your aching fingers/ proper is held at the Fairground Race Course acts. 3 months out is good flight, Airbnb hands/arms/back. which is one of the oldest thoroughbred or hotel booking timing for those thinking, The blues was born. racetracks in the USA. ‘What is my adventure vacation going to be this year?” As most things do in this region, they slide Held each year over the last weekend of April down the Mississippi River watershed and first weekend in May, last year’s 51st Since I can’t share musician information towards the Gulf of Mexico. They mingle edition was cancelled due to the pandemic. yet, let me share what the Jazz Festival is together as they roil towards New Orleans. In 2021, the Jazz Fest is postponed until the about every year to pique your interest. The blues also road the mighty shoulders second and third weekend of October. If that works for you, the specifics of the of the Big Muddy down to New Orleans entertainment rosters will be the crawfish I suspect the weather may be a bit milder in your etouffee. where it mixed with Ragtime. Ragtime than the usually late spring heated weather. was definitely the musical paraphernalia Advanced information is saying ticket prices Let’s start with the Fairgrounds-Race of people living a decidedly different life. are lower this year. I’d bet that attendance Course. Located in the Mid City section “Real” instruments- a piano, a bass, horns will be a bit off too…making for more room of New Orleans, the venue is usually five of brass and percussion. Professional to spread out and dance. major stages, three minor stages at the recordings. Venues. Grandstand, five stages under tents and The festival at the Racetrack is a daytime The highly syncopated treble lead of a seven distinct areas with regional food, treat with 500,000 attendees usually crafts, markets influenced by the ethnic steady and rhythmic base in a duple meter partaking over the two weekends. But the usually anchored by the piano mixes in the heritages that mixed together to form 50 real secret is all of the shows at smaller years of the Jazz Festival. back eddies with twelve bars and the third, venues such as the Sanger and Orpheum fifth and seventh degrees of the scale... Theaters, the House of Blues, Tipitina’s, The The Gentilly and Acura stages house some slurred upward a quarter tone. Good for the Howling Wolf and the Maple Leaf. Add of the largest acts of the day. So big, so
20 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society varied. Katy Perry to Pitbull and Aerosmith. for a quick shower, café au lait and dinner. George Benson to Snoop Dog to Pattie As the sun sets and the air turns cooler(I Labelle. Tom Petty to Stevie Wonder and said cooler…not cold.), the thick air off the Neil Young. Elton John to Lady Gaga Mississippi River provides a refreshing pick to Eric Clapton, Robert Plant and Bruce me up to get out to the local music venues Springsteen. The Neville Brothers to Willie of The French Quarter, Treme(trem-MAY), Nelson to Dr. John, George Clinton, Pearl Warehouse Arts District and Frenchman Jam and John Mayall. Allen Toussaint to Street/Elysian Fields Avenue in the The Funky Meters to Albert King, B.B. King, Fauborg Marigny(FOE-berg MAR-ah-nee). Ornette Coleman to Dave Brubeck, Booker Rideshare or Taxi…save money/headaches T and the MG’s and Ray Charles. and don’t rent a car. The Jazz & Heritage Stage, Congo Square So many of the artists that play their popular Stage(Congo Square was the only place tunes at the bigger stages at the Jazz Festival that slaves were allowed to congregate, also come to play for their hearts with a new pre-Emancipation Proclamation), Jazz and fire at the Theatres and clubs at night. Heritage, Samsung Galaxy and Fais Do- With smaller audiences, they can let their Do(Cajun dance party) Stages are also open hair down. Sitting in with friends in other air stages providing tastes of music that befit bands, they get pushed to keep up or bring the names of the stages they play. it over the top. The ‘Lagniappe,’ Food Heritage and Music It is so obvious that they feel the musical Heritage stages are housed at Grandstand ghosts and still living legends that feed the and give bands that are building a name (or mojo of the past 150 years. not willing to sell out for a popular product brand to the masses) all play sets which Famous musicians take the opportunity to mirror their stage’s namesake. play with other bands they adore or take the chance to play with tiny bands that are Housed under large tents are the Jazz, just starting to get a buzz or who played fire Blues, Gospel and Kid’s stages. Each gives during the day. you the chance to have a seat outside of VIP and bleacher seating. Katrina came in and tried to destroy it. The pandemic slithered in and did kill one year You’ll be able to experience tent genre’d of the Jazz Fest. bands, trios and solo artists either just starting out or playing from their soul The Heritage Foundation, the city, musicians to smaller audiences. These shows are around the world and fans are getting the different than the big stages…but the hearts feeling that we are starting to come out of of those playing them is as big if not bigger the pandemic. that those on the Gentilly Stage. Hope is starting to rise. There are also 50 other small tents and That same hope has the 2021 New Orleans cabins that house themed foods, crafts, Jazz and Heritage Festival with a new start artists, general stores, Celebration of Brazil, to a 50 year tradition. Louisiana Folk life and kid’s food and Oh yeah, don’t forget to check out the soon marketplaces of all of the musical origins to be announced 2021 Jazz fest Poster for an from West Africa, France, Spain, Native annual artistic marker. American, and Acadian. Lagniappe – (LAN*yap) something given All of that happens during the day. You or obtained gratuitously. Enjoy! have a few hours to get back to your hotel
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 21 TALENT GUIDE Whom to Hire, Get in Touch Please send any updates, additions or corrections to both [email protected] and [email protected]. We’re working to build a better Bluesletter! # C Hungry Dogs 425.299.6435 44th Street Blues Band 206.714.5180 or C.D. Woodbury Band 425.502.1917 J 206.775.2762 CC Adams Band 360.395.8540 Jack Cook & Phantoms of Soul 206.517.5294 Charles White Revue 425.327.0018 James Howard 206.250.7494 A Charlie Butts & The Filtertips 509.325.3016 James King & the Southsiders 206.715.6511 A.H.L. 206.935.4592 Charlie Saibel 360.357.8553 Janie Cribbs & the T.Rust Band 360.331.6485 Al Earick Band 253.278.0330 Chester Dennis Jones 253.797.8937 JD Hobson 206.235.3234 Albritten McClain & Bridge of Souls 206.650.8254 Chris Egar Band 360.770.7929 Jeff Boutiea & the Blues Choo Train 425.345.5399 Alice Stuart & the Formerlys 360.753.8949 Chris Lord 425.334.5053 Jeff “Drummerboy” Hayes 206.909.6366 AlleyKatz 425.273.4172 Chris Stevens’ Surf Monkeys 206.236.0412 Jeff & The Jet City Fliers 206.818.0701 ALTAI BAND [email protected], Coyote Blues 360.420.2535 Jeff Menteer and The Beaten Path 425.280.7392 [email protected] Craig Parrish/Margaret Wilder Band 360.380.2250 Jeremy Serwer 520.275.9444 Andrew Norsworthy [email protected] Crooked Mile Blues Band 425.238.8548 Jesse Weston 425.610.0933 Andy Koch’s Badd Dog Blues (formerly Badd Dog Curtis Hammond Band 206.696.6134 Jill Newman Band 206.390.2623 Blues Society) 360.739.6397 Cyndi Moring and Lucile Street 206.849.8471 Annette Taborn 206.306.3398 James Brunner 509.457.0762 Annieville Blues 206.994.9413 D Jim Caroompas (Rumpus) 925.212.7760 Author Unknown 206.355.5952 Jim McLaughlin 425.737.4277 Daddy Treetops 206.601.1769 Jim Nardo Blues Band 360.779.4300 Dan & the Dynos 206.225.9684 B Jimmy Free’s Friends 206.546.3733 Dana Lupinacci Band 206.860.4961 Joe Blue & the Roof Shakers 425.766.7253 Baby Gramps Trio 425.483.2835 Dave Albert 425.269-3665 Joe Cook Blues Band 206.547.1772 Back Porch Blues 425.299.0468 David Hudson / Satellite 4 253.630.5276 Joe Guimond 509.423.0032 Backwoods Still 425.330.0702 Dennis “Juxtamuse” Hacker 509.264.7879 Joel Astley 206.214.7977 Badd Dog Blues Society 360.733.7464 Dick Powell Band 425.742.4108 Barry Torrence 253.226.1103 John “Scooch” Cugno’s Delta 88 Revival Doug McGrew 206.679.2655 360.352.3735 Bay Street Blues Band 360.731.1975 Doug Skoog 253.921.7506 John “Greyhound” Maxwell 415.302.8450 B.E.S.T. Band 206.817.1663 Dudley Taft 513.713.6800 John Stephan Band 206.244.0498 Bill Brown & The Kingbees 206.276.6600 John Stephanus 206.459.3278 Billy Barner 253.884.6308 E JP Hennessy 425.273.4932 Billy Shew Band 253.514.3637 El Colonel 360.293.7931 Julia Francis & the Secrets of Soul 206.618.4919 Black River Blues 206.396.1563 Elliott Bay Blues Band 206.300.6802 Julie Duke Band 206.459.0860 Blackjack Kerouac 206.697.8428 Ellis Carter 206.935.3188 Junkyard Jane 253.238.7908 Blackstone Players 425.327.0018 Eric Madis & Blue Madness 206.362 8331 Blue 55 206.216.0554 K Blue Healers 206.940.9128 F Blues on Tap 206.618.6210 K. G. Jackson & The Shakers 360.896.4175 Fat Cat 425.487.6139 Blues Playground 425.359.3755 Keith Nordquist 253.639.3206 Filé Gumbo 425.788.2776 Blues Redemption 253.884.6308 Keith Scott 773.213.3239 Kenny James Miller Band 406.253.7439 Blues Sheriff 206.979.0666 G Blues To Do Monthly 206.328.0662 Kevin & Casey Sutton 314.479.0752 Blues with Benefits 206.459.3278 Gary Frazier 206.851.1169 Kid Quagmire 206.412.8212 Bobby Holland & The Breadline 425.681.5644 Greg Roberts 206.473.0659 Kim Archer Band 253.298.5961 Boneyard Preachers 206.755.0766 or 206.547.1772 Groove Tramps 720.232.9664 Kim Field & The Mighty Titans of Tone 206.295.8306 Bobby Patterson Band 509.216.0944 Gunnar Roads 360.828.1210 Kimball Conant & The Fugitives 206.938.6096 Brian Butler Band 206.361.9625 Kosta Panidis (Kosta la Vista) 509.991.7623 Brian Hurst 360.708.1653 H Brian Lee & The Orbiters 206.390.2408 Hambone Blues Band 360.458.5659 L Bruce Govan 206.817.1663 Hambone Wilson 360.739.7740 Lady “A” & The Baby Blues Funk Band 425.518.9100 Bruce Koenigsberg / Fabulous Roof Shakers Heather & the Nearly Homeless Blues Band Larry Hill 206.696.1789 425.766.7253 425.576.5673 Leanne Trevalyan 253.238.7908 Bruce Ransom 206.618.6210 High Note Group 206.214.7977 Lee Oskar and Friends 425.258.3585 Bump Kitchen 253.223.4333 or 360.259.1545 Hot Mess Duo 206.214.7977 Leo Muller 206.300.6802 Hot Wired Rhythm Band 206.790.9935 Lissa Ramaglia 206.650.9058
22 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society Little Bill & the Bluenotes 425.774.7503 Roger Rogers Band 206.255.6427 V Lori Hardman Band 425.218.5341 Ron Hendee 425.280.3994 Virginia Klemens Band 206.632.6130 Lucille Street [email protected] Roxlide 360.881.0003 Russ Kammerer 206.551.0152 W M Rusty Williams 206.282.0877 Maia Santell & House Blend 253.983.7071 West Coast Women’s Blues Revue 206.940.2589 Mark A. Noftsger 425.238.3664 S Willie B Blues Band 206.451.9060 Mark Hurwitz & Gin Creek 206.588.1924 Sammy Eubanks 509.879.0340 Willie & The Whips 206.781.0444 Mark Riley 206.313.7849 Scott E. Lind 206.789.8002 Mark Whitman Band 206.697.7739 Scotty Harris 206.683.9476 Marty Vadalabene 206.914.3026 Scratch Daddy 425.210.1925 Mary Ellen Lykins Band 360.395.8540 Shadow Creek Project 360.826.4068 Mary McPage 206.850.4849 Sheri Roberts Greimes 425.220.6474 Michael “Papa Bax” Baxter 425.478.1365 Smokin’ J’s 425.746.8186 Michael Wilde 425.672.3206 or 206.200.3363 Son Jack Jr. 425.591.3034 Michal Miller Band 253.222.2538 Spencer Jarrett 510.495.4755 Michelle D’Amour and The Love Dealers Stacy Jones 206.992.3285 425.761.3033 Star Drums & Lady Keys 206.522.2779 Mike Haley 509.939.5838 Steve Bailey & The Blue Flames 206.779.7466 Miles from Chicago 206.440.8016 Steve Cooley & Dangerfields 253.203.8267 Mitch Pumpian 206.276.9737 Steve Peterson 206.799-8196 Moon Daddy Band 425.923.9081 Steven J. Lefebvre 509.972.2683 or 509.654.3075 Mule Kick 216.225.1277 Stickshift Annie Eastwood 206.941.9186 Susan Renee’ “La Roca Soul” Sims 206.920.6776 N Suze Sims 206.920.6776 Nick Vigarino 360.387.0374 Norm Bellas & the Funkstars 206.722.6551 T Tamys Hoffman Band 406.570-2303 P Terraplane Band (425)870-5018 Paul Green 206.795.3694 Terry Hartness 425.931.5755 Phil Mitchell (425)870-5018 The Bret Welty Band 208.703.2097 Polly O’Keary & The Rhythm Method 206.384.0234 The EveryLeaf Band 425.369.4588 Porterhouse Blues Band 425.381.7649 The Fabulous MoJo Kings 206.412.9503 The Jelly Rollers 206.617.2384 R The Mongrels 509.307.0517 or 509.654.3075 Rafael Tranquilino Band 312.953.7808 The Nate Burch Band 425.457.3506 Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely 425.239.3876 or The Naughty Blokes 360.393.9619 425.359.3755 The Rece Jay Band 253.350.9137 SUPPORT THE Randy Norris & The Full Degree 425.239.3876 The RooTsters (Acoustic Duo) 206.890.6176 WASHINGTON BLUES Randy Oxford Band 253.973.9024 The Soulful 88s/Billy Spaulding 206.310.4153 SOCIETY BY SHOPPING Raven Humphres 425.308.3752 The Spinoffs/Dawnzella Gearhart 206. 718.1591 AT AMAZON SMILE. Red House 425.377.8097 The Wired Band 206.852.3412 Reggie Miles 360.793.9577 The Wulf Tones 206.367.6186 or 206.604.2829 Use our unique link: Reji Marc (206) 486-0386 Tim Hall Band 253.857.8652 smile.com.amazon/ch/ Richard Allen & The Louisiana Experience Tim Turner Band 206.271.5384 94-3093057 206.369.8114 Tommy Wall 206.914.9413 Richard Evans 206.799.4856 Town Hall Brawl 206.940.9128 Amazon will donate 0.5% Right Hand Drive 206.496.2419 Two Scoops Combo 206.933.9566 of the price of all eligible RJ Knapp & Honey Robin Band 206.612.9145 Two Trains Runnin’ 206.225.9684 smile.amazon.com purchases to Robert Baker 425.870.7683 the Washington Blues Society. Robert Patterson 509.869.0350 U Robert and Randolph Duo 509.216.0944 Unbound 425.231.0565 Rod Cook & Toast 206.878.7910
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 23 Blues Jams & Open Mic Listings Jam hosts listed and Open mics are either blues-friendly or full band-friendly. SUNDAY Oxford Saloon, Snohomish – Acoustic Open Mic Dawson’s, Tacoma – Blues Jam w/Billy Shew 730- Jam, all ages 7-10 PM 11 PM 192 Brewing, Kenmore – 192 Blues Jam with The Odin Brewery, Tacoma – open mic 7pm Drunky Two Shoes BBQ – White Center – Uptown Groove Tramps 3-7 PM all ages –times vary on All-stars jam 730-1100 PM Seahawk game days Stoneway Cafe, Seattle – Acoustic Open Mic, 7-10 PM Oxford Saloon, Snohomish – Haunting Rock Jam Anchor Pub, Everett – Open Jam (Second Sunday of 730-11 PM the month) 2-5 PM All Ages // Jazz Jam Slippery Pig, Poulsbo – Monthly All ages open mic (Third and Fourth Sunday of the month) 5-8 PM All 7 PM Jack-sons Sports Bar and Clubhouse, Yakima Ages Tim’s Tavern, Seattle – Open Mic 7-10 PM -Open Jam 8-11 PM Captain Jacks, Sumner – Open Mic hosted by Tweede’s Café, North Bend – Open Mic 630-930 PM Looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish Open Mic – 2nd LadyCarter and the Gents 7 PM and 4th Thursdays 7:00pm Club Crow, Cashmere Jam Session held the first WEDNESDAY Luther’s Table, Renton – open Mic 7-930 PM Sunday of each month, 7-10 PM The Village Inn Pub, Bellingham – Jam w/Jimmy D Bethel Saloon, Port Orchard – Open Mic 8 PM Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe, 8-11 PM Seattle. Buzzard Blues Open Jam hosted by Kenny Black Dog Arts Cafe, Snoqualmie -all-ages open Salmon Bay Eagles, Seattle – Blues Jam (Last Mandell 7-9 PM mic 7 pm Thursday of the month) 8-11 PM (First Sunday of each month- all ages) Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle – Open Mic 8-11 PM Slippery Pig Brewery, Poulsbo – Front Street Blues Dawson’s, Tacoma – Tim Hall Band 7-11 PM Collectors Choice Restaurant, Snohomish – Blues Review Night w/Thys Wallwork (All ages) 7-11 PM Jam w/Usual Suspects 8-11 PM El Sarape Cantina, Shelton – Open Band Jam every Gordon & Purdy’s Pub, Sumner – Open Blues Jam 3rd Sunday from 4-8pm Couth Buzzard Cafe, Seattle – Open Mic at 7:30-10 7-11 PM PM Finaughty’s, Snoqualmie Ridge – Tommy Wall’s Stoneway Cafe, Seattle – Acoustic Open Mic Wicked Blues Jam 7 – 11PM Dawson’s, Tacoma – Linda Myers Wicked 7-10PM Wednesday Jam 8-11 PM Mirkwood Public House – Arlington open Jam Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, Stanwood – One 7-10pm Darrell’s Tavern, Shoreline – Open Mic 830-11 PM Take Weekly jam with Chris Eger and Richard Williams 8-11 PM Peabo’s Bar and Grill, Mill Creek – Peabo’s Dragon Gate, Des Moines – Open Jam 9-11 PM JamBoRee w/ Tommy Cook, Eric Rice & Scotty Egan’s Ballard Jam House , Seattle -every 2nd and Rhythm and Rye, Olympia – Olympia Jazz Jam Harris 7-10 PM 4th Wednesday. vocal jam – 9:30 to 11:00 hosted by Tarik Bentlemsani 7-9 PM O’Malley’s Lounge, Olympia – Blues Jam with The Filling Station, Kingston – Open Mic 7 PM All ages, The Dam Bar, Port Angeles – Open Mic 7 PM Pleasure Hounds 6-9 PM styles & instruments welcome SnoTown Brewery, Snohmish open Mic 7pm Darrell’s Tavern, Shoreline, Jazz Jam 7-10 PM The Hidden Door – Shoreline -Open Jam 7pm San Juan island Brewing Co, Friday Harbor – open Hopvine Pub, Seattle – Open Mic 8 PM mic 6-8 PM MONDAY Madison Ave Pub, Everett – Unbound Blues Jam The Loft Pub, Victoria B.C – Open Jam 7 – 11 PM 730-11 PM Maverick’s, Lakeside, MT – blues jam every Nectar Lounge, Seattle – Mo Jam Mondays 9 -11 Thursday 8:30 pm PM Muk Cafe, Langley – Open Mic 700 PM Dawson’s, Tacoma- Music Mania Jam 7 -11 PM Nickerson Street Saloon, Seattle – Open Mic 9 PM to midnight -Open Jam last Wednesday of each FRIDAY Red Dog Saloon, Maple Valley – Jam with month Scotty FM and the Broadcasters 7-10 PM La Copa Café, Seattle – Victory Music Open Mic Skylark Café, West Seattle – Open Mic 8-11 PM Riverside Pub, Wenatchee – North Central 6:30 – 9:00 PM, all ages Washington Blues Jam (Second and Fourth Soundbite Cider, Everett – Open Mic 7PM Dragon Gate, Des Moines – Open Jam 9-11 PM Mondays of the month) 7-10 PM Stoneway Cafe, Seattle – Acoustic Open Mic, 7-10 Dreadknott Brewery, Monroe – Open Mic 7-10 PM PM The Mint, Victoria B.C – Open Mic with Pete and Kana Winery, Yakima – open mic 7-10 PM Tony V’s Garage, Everett – Open Mic 9-11 PM Mo SoulFood CoffeeHouse and Fair Trade Emerald of Siam, Richland – Open Mic/Band Twin Dragon, Duval Open Jam 7:30-11pm Emporium Jazz Jam 7 Pm last Friday of each showcase hosted by Barefoot Randy/Dirty River The Tin Hat, Kennewick – Open Mic & Jam w month Entertainment 8pm (all ages until 1045) Mondo Ray Band 7-11 PM Twin Dragon, Duvall – open Jam hosted by Doug Whiskey West, West Seattle, Jazz Jam w Marjie Rhythm and Rye, Olympia – Open Mic Night McGrew 8pm – 12am Peterson 7-10 hosted by Scott Lesman 8-11 PM Wicked Cider, Kennewick WA – Wicked jamz/open mic every other Friday 6-10 PM TUESDAY THURSDAY Royal Esquire Club, Seattle – Sea-Town All-Stars 192 Brewing Company · Kenmore – Open Mic 7 SATURDAY 8-10 PM – 10 PM Café Zippy’s, Everett – Victory Music Open Mic Antique Sandwich Co. Tacoma – Open Mic 7-10 PM Anchor Pub, Everett – Open Mic 9-11 PM all ages (Every First Saturday) 5:30 – 8:30 PM all ages Dave’s of Milton – Blues and Beyond Jam with Bridgepress Cellars, Spokane – All Genre jam 7 The Hidden Door – Shoreline -Open Mic 7pm Jerry Miller trio 7-10 PM – 10 PM Kiss the Sky books, Sultan – open mic 7pm Double J Saloon – lake City/ Seattle Open mic the Cruisers, Post Falls ID – Open mic/ Jam Night first and third Tuesday’s at 8:30 pm 6-10pm Burien Eagles Jam w/Billy Shew 7-11 PM Port Gardner Bay Winery, Everett – Open Mic 630- All listings are subject to Engel’s Pub, Edmonds – Jam Night with Dano Mac 930 PM change, please check with the 8-11 PM Dave’s of Milton – Open Jam with Power Cell 8-11 venues for the most up to date The Hidden Door – Shoreline -Open Mic 7pm PM information
24 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society JAMS & OPEN MICS Jazz Alley (continued)
*Venues or Musicians wishing to list Tower of Power founding member of Bela Fleck and the their Jam Nights or Open Mic, please Legendary horn driven urban soul music Flecktones… Wooten picked up where send your information to vicepres@ and perennial favorite! Jaco Pastorius left off. Wooten has a wablues.org. funkier style than Pastorius, but both were October 21 – 24, $77.50 ($1 to Sweet Relief masters of intricate jazz melodies as well as Fund) complex R&B arrangements. DUE TO COVID-19, PLEASE CONTACT Larry Carlton THE VENUE TO SEE IF THE BLUES JAM OR November 4 – 7, $42.50 OPEN MIC WILL BE HELD 19-Time Grammy Nominee, 4-Time The Spinners Grammy Winner, world-renowned guitarist & recording artist Sophisticated up-tempo classic R&B with precision choreography! The Spinners Get on the List! October 28 – October 31, $50.50 have sold over 60 million records, topped Karrin Allyson both the Pop and R&B charts (“I’ll Be To add, update or change your band “If there’s a choir in heaven, someday the Around,” “Then Came You”), received 6 Grammy nominations, and have 18 Solid listing, jam session or venue listing, exquisite vocalist Karrin Allyson will lead it. She’s such an otherworldly talent that Gold Top 40 hits! please visit our self-service calendar the creator probably already has her on November 11 – 14, $50.50 online at www.wablues.org. heavy rotation.” – The Houston Press José James November 2 – 3, $30.50 Jazz/blues/soul hybrid – singer José James Victor Wooten & The Wooten Brothers ft. brings his old school meets new school This service is free and updated Regi, Roy (Futureman) and Joseph stylings in support of his new album online and in the print Bluesletter! Five-time Grammy-winning bassist and release “No Beginning No End 2”
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 25 Where the Music Will Happen
SEATTLE 206.783.7791 253.272.7468 OLYMPIC Seamonster Lounge Elmer’s Pub, Burien PENINSULA Slaughter County Brewing Downtown Seattle, Ballard, 206..992.1120 206.439.1007 Co., Port Orchard U-District Lake Forest Park & Bremerton, Pt Orchard, Gig Skylark Cafe & Club Emerald Queen Casino, 360.329.2340 West Seattle Harbor, Kingston, Poulsbo, 206.935.2111 Tacoma, 253.594.7777 Slippery Pig Brewery - Sequim & Shelton Slim’s Last Chance Saloon Forrey’s Forza, Lacey Poulsbo 360.394-1686 Bad Albert’s Tap and Grill 206.762-7900 360.338.0925 Swim Deck, Pt Orchard 206.789.2000 Bethel Saloon, Pt Orchard Stone Way Café’ 206. 420.4435 Jazzbones, Tacoma 360.443.6220 Bainbridge Brewing Alehouse 360.876.6621 The Alley 206.937.1110 253.396.9169 The Dam Bar, Pt Angeles 206. 317.6986 Brass Karaken Pub, Poulsbo The Crocodile 206.441.4618 Jeremy’s Restaurant & 360.452.9880 Barboza 206.709-9442 360.626-1042 The High Dive 206.632.0212 Market, 360. 748.4417 Treehouse Café, Bainbridge Ballard Elks Lodge 206. 784- Brother Don’s, Bremerton The Moore 206.682.1414 Johnny’s Dock, Tacoma Island 206.842.2814 0827 360.377.8442 253.627.3186 Up Town Pub, Pt Townsend Bastille Cafe & Bar The Ould Triangle Casey’s Bar & Grill, Belfair 206.706.7798 Junction Sports Bar, Grand 360.344.2505 206.453.5014 360.275.6929 The Paramount Mound, 360.273.7586 Red Bicycle Bistro, Vashon Blue Moon (206) 675-9116 Cellar Door, Port Townsend Island 206.463.5959 206. 682.1414 Louie G’s, Fife, 253.926.9700 C & P Coffee Co. 206.933.3125 360.385.6959 The Royal Room Lucky Eagle Casino, Café Racer 206.523-5282 Cherry Bomb, Port Angeles 206. 906.9920 Rochester, 800.720.1788 EAST SIDE Capitol Cider 206.397-3564 360.797.1638 The Tractor Tavern McMenamins Elks Temple, Bellevue, Bothell, Duvall, Café’ Solstice 206.675-0850 Clear Water Casino, 206.789.3599 Tacoma: (253) 300-8777 Issaquah, Kirkland & Central Saloon 206.622-0209 Suquamish The Triple Door Theater and Muckleshoot Casino, Woodinville 360.598.8700 Clockout Lounge Musicquarium Auburn, 800.804.4944 206.402.6322 Disco Bay Detour, Discovery (206) 838.4333 Nikki’s Lounge, Covington Bay, 360.379.6898 Bake’s Place, Bellevue Connor Byrne Pub 206. 784- The Sunset Tavern 253.981.3612 3640 Filling Station - Kingston 425.454.2776 206.784-4880 Nisqually Red Wind Casino, Columbia City Theater 360.297-7732 Beaumont Cellars, The Showbox 206.628-3151 Olympia, 866.946.2444 206.722-3009 Little Creek Casino, Shelton Woodinville The Watershed 206.729.7433 Odd Otter Brewing Co. Darrell’s Tavern 206.542-6688 800.667.7711 425.482.6349 Tacoma 253.327.1650 Dog House Bar & Grill Third Place Books 7 Cedars Casino, Sequim Cypress Lounge & Wine Bar, 206.366.3333 Old General Store Steak 206.453.5996 360.683.7777 The Westin Bellevue Thirteen Coins 206.682.2513 House, Roy, 253.459.2124 Double J Saloon Lake City Halftime Sports Saloon, Gig 425.638.1000 Oly Underground, Olympia 206.257.4804 Tim’s Tavern 206.789-9005 Harbor 253.853.1456 Central Club, Kirkland 360.352.7343 Drunky Two Shoes BBQ Town Hall 206.652-4255 The Hi-Fidelity Lounge, 425.827.0808 206.556.2134 Vera Project 206.956-8372 Rhythm & Rye, Olympia Bremerton 360.627-9752 Crossroads Center, Bellevue 360.705.0760 Egan’s Ballard Jam House Whisky West 206.556.2134 Hot Java Cafe, Bremerton 425.402.9600 Riverside Golf Club, Chehalis 206.789.1621 Vito’s 206.397-4053 360.813-1958 Grazie, Bothell 360.748.8182 East Lake Zoo Tavern 206. White Center Eagles Manchester Pub, Pt Orchard 425.402.9600 Royal Bear, Algona 329-3977 206.248.1400 360.871.2205 Horseshoe Saloon, Easy Monkey Tap House 206. 253.222.0926 Manette Saloon, Bremerton Woodinville, 425.488.2888 420-1326 SOUTH PUGET Silver Dollar Pub, Spanaway 360.792-0801 Kirkland Performance Center El Corazon 206.262-0482 SOUND 253.531.4469 McCloud’s Grill House, 425.893.9900 Fiddler’s Inn 206.206.525.0752 The Hub - Tacoma Bremerton 360.373-3093 192 Brewing, Kenmore Auburn, Tacoma, Olympia, Grumpy D’s Coffee House 253-687-4606 Morso, Gig Harbor 425.424.2337 206.783.4039 Chehalis, Algona, Spanaway The Mill, Milton and Renton 253.530.3463 Mt Si Pub, North Bend Hard Rock Café Seattle 253-831-4936 Next Door Gastropub, Pt 425.831.6155 206.204-2233 The Spar, Tacoma Angeles, 360.504.2613 Northshore Performing Arts Auburn Eagles 253. 833.2298 J&M Café 206.402-6654 253.627.8215 Old Town Pub, Silverdale Center, Bothell Capitol Theater 360.754-6670 Jazz Alley 206.441-9729 The Swiss, Tacoma 360.473.9111 425.984.2471 Charlie’s Bar and Grill, Lagunitas Taphouse 253.572.2821 The Point Casino, Kingston Northwest Cellars, Kirkland Olympia 360.786-8181 206.784.2230 Uncle Sam’s, Spanaway 360.297.0070 425.825.9463 Dave’s of Milton 253.926.8707 Latona Pub 206.525.2238 253.507.7808 Pour House, Port Townsend Sky River Brewing, Redmond Dawson’s, Tacoma Little Red Hen 206.522-1168 Yella Beak Saloon, Enumclaw 360.379.5586 425.242.3815 253.476.1421 Nectar (206) 632-2020 360.825.5500 Red Dog Saloon, Pt. Orchard Smoke & Shine, Kirkland Delancey’s on 3rd, Renton 425.968.8206 Neptune Theater 206.412-9516 360.876.1018 206.682.1414 Snoqualmie Casino, Destination Harley Silverdale Beach Hotel, Snoqualmie 425.888.1234 Neumos (206) 709-9442 Davidson, Fife 360.698.1000 Soul Food Coffee House, Owl and Thistle 206.621.7777 253.922.3700 Sirens Pub, Pt Townsend 360.379.1100 Redmond 425.881.5309 Salmon Bay Eagles Doyle’s Pub, Tacoma
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Shoreline, 206.542.0627 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Yakima Sports Center 509.534.1647 Heart of Anacortes, #2100, Everett 509.453.4647 Viking Tavern, Spokane Chateau Ste. Michelle Anacortes 360.293.3515 425.422.8826 509.315.4547 Winery, Woodinville Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Vintage Cafe, Everett EASTERN Zola, Spokane 425.488.1133 Saloon 425.737.5144 425-252.8224 509.624.2416 The Black Dog, Snoqualmie Longhorn Saloon, Edison Wild Buffalo, Bellingham WASHINGTON 425.831.3647 360.766.6330 360.392.8447 Arbor Crest Winery, Spokane IDAHO The Den Coffee Shop, 13th Ave Pub, Lynnwood Lucky 13 Saloon, Marysville 509.927.9463 Bobbi’s Bar, Plummer Bothell 425.892.8954 425.742.7871 360.925.6056 At Michele’s, Richland 208.686.1677 The Lime, Kirkland Lynnwood Eagles 509.946.9559 Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub, 425.827.3336 425.776.8075 CENTRAL Barlows, Liberty Lake Moscow 208.596.0887 Twin Dragon Sports Bar, Main Street Bar & Grill, 509.924.1446 Coeur d’Alene Casino, Duvall 425.788.5519 Ferndale, 360.312.9162 WASHINGTON Barrister Winery, Spokane Worley 800.523.2464 Village Wines, Woodinville McIntyre Hall, Mt Vernon Rosyln, Cashmere, Yakima, 509.465.3591 Eichart’s, Sandpoint 425.485.3536 360.416.7727ext.2 Kennewick, Chelan, Manson Big Foot Pub, Spokane 208.263.4005 Vino Bella, Issaquah Mirkwood Public House, & Wenatchee 509.467.9638 Idaho Pour Authority, Sand 425.391.1424 Arlington, 360.403.9020 Bing Crosby Theater, Point 208.597.7096 Wild Rover, Kirkland Mt Baker Theater, AntoLin Cellars, Yakima Spokane 509.227.7638 Iron Horse, Coeur D’Alene, 425.822.8940 Bellingham 360.734.6080 509.961.8370 Bigfoot Pub, Spokane 208.667.7314 North City Bistro, Shoreline Branding Iron, Kennewick 509.467.9638 John’s Alley Tavern, Moscow NORTH SOUND 206.365.4447 509.586.9292 Bolo’s Bar & Grill 208.883.7662 Arlington, Shoreline, Mount Oak Harbor Tavern Brewminatti, Prosser 509.891.8995 Kamiah Hotel Bar, Kamiah Vernon, Everett, & Sultan 360.675.9919 509. 786.2269 Boomers Classic Rock Bar & 208.935.0545 Old Edison Inn, Bow Brews & Cues, Yakima Grill, Spokane Valley Templin’s Resort, Post Falls, 208.773.1611 Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, La 360.766.6266 509.453.9713 509.368.9847 The 219 Lounge, Sandpoint, Conner 360.399.1805 Peabo’s, Mill Creek Brick Saloon, Roslyn Bridge Press Cellars 208.263.9934 Angel of the Winds Casino, 425.337.3007 509.649.2643 Spokane, 509.838.7815 The Moose Lounge, Coeur Arlington 360.474.9740 Pt Gardener Bay Winery, Café Mela, Wenatchee Chaps Restaurant Spokane d’Alene 208.664.7901 Big Lake Bar & Grill, Mt Everett, 425.339.0293 509.888.0374 509.624.4182 Whiskey Jacques, Ketchum, Vernon 360.422.6411 Rockfish Grill, Anacortes Campbell’s Resort, Lake Chateau Rive, Spokane 208.726.5297 Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, Mt 360.588.1720 Chelan, 509.682.4250 509.795.2030 Vernon 360.424.7872 Rocko’s, Everett Club Crow, Cashmere Dan & Jo’s Bar, Valley Borealis on Aurora 425.374.8039 509.782.3001 509.937.4040 MONTANA 206.629.5744 Skagit Valley Casino, Bow Deepwater Amphitheater at House of Soul, Spokane Machinery Row, Great Falls, 406.452.5462 Boundary Bay Brewery, 360.724.0205 Mill Bay Casino, Manson 509.598.8793 The Anchor Pub, Everett 509.687.6911 Jackson Street Bar, Spokane The Murray Bar, Livingston, Bellingham 360.647.5593 406 222-6433 425.374.2580 Der Hinterhof, Leavenworth 509.315.8497 Bubba’s Roadhouse, Sultan Scotty’s Steakhouse, The Madison Pub, Everett 509.548.5250 MAX at Mirabeau Hotel, 360.793.3950 Kalispell, 406.257.8188 Byrnes Performing Arts 425.348.7402 Emerald of Siam, Richland Spokane Valley 509.946.9328 Center, Arlington The Oxford Saloon, 509.924.9000 DUE TO COVID-19 PLEASE 360.618.6321 Snohomish 360.243.3060 Gilbert Cellars, Yakima Methow Valley Cider House CONTACT THE VENUE TO SEE CCR Sports & Entertainment The Repp, Snohomish 509.249.9049 509.946.9559 IF IT IS OPEN! 360.568.1277 360.568.3928 Hop Nation Brewing, Yakima Mootsy’s Spokane Cabin Tavern, Bellingham Tulalip Casino, Tulalip 509.367.6552 509.838.1570 360.733.9685 888.272.1111 Icicle Brewing, Leavenworth Red Lion Dam Bar, Spokane Café Zippy, Everett The Rumor Mill, Friday 509.548.2739 (Summer Series) 425.303.0474 Harbor 360.378.5555 Kana Winery, Yakima 509.326.8000 Conway Pub, Conway The Shakedown, Bellingham 509.453.6611 Red Room Lounge Spokane 360.445.4733 360.778.1067 Main Street Studios, Walla 509.838.7613 Eagle Haven Winery, Sedro The Village Taphouse & Grill, Walla 509.520.6451 Rico’s Pub Pullman Woolley 360.856.6248 Marysville 360.659.2305 Old School House Brewery, 509.332.6566 Easy Monkey Tap House Tony V’s Garage, Everett Winthrop 509.996.3183 The Bartlett, Spokane 206.420.1326 425.374.3567 Riverside Pub, Wenatchee 509.747.2174 Engels Pub, Edmonds Urban City Coffee, Mountlake 509.888.9993 The Big Dipper, Spokane 425.778.2900 Terrace Seasons Performance Hall, 509.863.8101 Emory’s on Silver Lake, 425.776.1273 Yakima 509.453.1888 The Dacres Walla Walla Everett 425.337.7772 Useless Bay Coffee, Langley Whiskey River Bar, Richland 509.430.9069 Everett Theater, Everett 360.221.4515 509.943.1971 The Hop, Spokane 425.258.6766 Varsity Inn, Burlington The Vogue, Chelan 509.368.4077 360.755.0165 Grinders Hot Sands, 509.888.5282 The Shop, Spokane
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July 2021 Live Music & Streaming Compiled by Rick J. Bowen. For the most up-to-date listings:. https://wablues.org/events/ or www.facebook.com/WashingtonBluesSociety/events
JULY 1 Whidbey Island 2pm Megs McLean, Lake Tye Park, Monroe 6:30pm Silver City Six, Summer Sounds at Point Casino, Cory Vincent, looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish Pacific Twang, Hotel Bellwether’s Blues, Brews, & Kingston 6pm 7pm BBQ, Bellingham 5pm Rock The Fourth, Boxcar Park, Everett 5pm Jerry Miller, Kimball Coffeehouse, Tacoma 7pm Honky Tonk Happy Hour, Slims Last Chance Saloon, Seattle 6pm Joel Astley Art & Music 6pm https://www. No Promises, Tower Pizza, Quincy 7pm facebook.com/joel.astley Vancouver International Jazz Festival 7pm https:// Tim Koss Quartet, Port Gardener Bay Winery, www.coastaljazz.ca Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree, Peabo’s Mill Creek 7pm Everett 7pm Take 6, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Waterfront Blues Fest, The Lot at Zidell Yards, Brian Butler Blues Band, Easy Monkey, North City Portland 12pm 8pm Billy Stoops, Patterson Cellars, Woodinville, 8pm The Atlantic’s, Hotel Bellwether’s Blues, Brews, & Johnny Late Nite’s Birthday Party with Stacy Jones Full Vinyl Jacket, Tipsy Canyon Winery, Manson BBQ Bellwether Hotel, Bellingham 5pm Band - Blood, Fire & Rainwater, The Shaken WA 6pm Vancouver International Jazz Festival 7pm https:// Growlers and The Freams, Tony V’s Garage, Everett Blues Fest Cares Concert with Curtis Salgado, The www.coastaljazz.ca 8pm Lot at Zidell Yards, Portland 7pm The Moondoggies, Tractor Tavern Seattle 8pm Stacy Jones Band, Looking Glass Coffee, JULY 5 Ian Ayers and the Soul Purpose & Joel Castillo of Snohomish 7pm 77 Jefferson, Jazzbones Tacoma 8:30pm Front Street Blues Revue, Slippery Pig Brewery, Waterfront Blues Fest, The Lot at Zidell Yards, Poulsbo 7pm Portland 12pm JULY 10 Monday sessions at Fiddlers Inn 7pm https:// JULY 2 www.facebook.com/FiddlersInn Vaudeville Etiquette, Edmonds Center for the Arts, MaD BoJo, Madison Pub Everett 7pm Edmonds 3pm Waterfront Blues Fest, The Lot at Zidell Yards, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr, The Triple Door, Seattle Portland 12pm JULY 6 6pm Sour Mash, Summer Sounds at Point Casino, Leanne Trevalyan, Patterson Cellars, Woodinville Kingston 6pm Lisa Mann 2pm https://www.facebook.com/ 6pm lisamannmusic Vancouver International Jazz Festival 7pm https:// Billy Stoops, Tastebuds, Wenatchee, 6:30pm www.coastaljazz.ca Säje, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Hot Club of Troy, Whidbey Island Center For The Steve Padilla, Looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish Arts, Whidbey Island 7pm 7pm JULY 7 Coyote Kings, Trenche Wines, Walla Walla 7pm Coyote Kings, Plumb Cellars, Walla Walla 7pm .Bellevue Beats: Norman Baker & the Backroads, Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Jazz Alley, Take 6, Jazz Alley,Seattle 7:30pm Bellevue Downtown Park 12:00 pm Seattle 7:30pm Dominique Hammons, Bleu Note, Lakewood 8pm Thunder on The Island, Clover Island Inn, Sheri & Da Boyz, Rockfish Grill, Anacortes 7:30pm Billy Appleton Band, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8pm Kennewick 6pm Blue Healers, Looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish The First Wednesday Songwriter Showcase : Ben 7pm JULY 3 Rice, Dillon Warnek, Billy Stoops. The Mill, Milton Big Bear Band, The 19th Hole Bar & Grill, 7pm Waterfront Blues Fest, The Lot at Zidell Yards, Bremerton 7:30pm Kevin Sutton w Unbound Blues, Madison Pub Portland 12pm Mark Hurwitz and Gin Creek, Flotation Device, Gig Everett 7pm Steve Nagle, Summer Sounds at Point Casino, Harbor 8pm Säje, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Kingston 6pm Michele D’Amour and the Love Dealers, Pub Vancouver International Jazz Festival 7pm https:// 282,Camano Island 8pm www.coastaljazz.ca JULY 8 The Weatherheads, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8pm Leanne Trevalyan & Peter Pendras, Rainer Base The Naughty Blokes, Hotel Bellwether’s Blues, Camp, Ashford WA 6pm Brews, & BBQ, Bellingham 5pm JULY. 11 Lisa Koch and Barbara Higbie, Triple Door, Seattle Billy Stoops ,Harmon Brewing, Tacoma, 6:30 pm Sunday Sounds and Bites, The Junction, 6pm Honky Tonk Happy Hour, Slims Last Chance Woodinville 1pm El Colonel, Looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish 7pm Saloon, Seattle 6pm Joel Astley Art & Music 6pm https://www. Cory Vincent, Old Eddison Inn, Eddison 7pm Front Street Blues Revue, Slippery Pig Brewery, facebook.com/joel.astley Coyote Kings, Powers Wines, Kennewick 7pm Poulsbo 7pm Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree, Peabo’s Mill Creek 7pm Whiskey River, Tony V’s Garage, Everett 7pm Gas Station Blues, Historic Shell Station, Issaquah Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Jazz Alley, 7pm Heather Jones & the Groove Masters, Burien Seattle 7:30pm Eagles, Burien 7pm Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Jazz Alley, Chris Stevens, The Spar Tavern Tacoma 6pm Seattle 7:30pm Stacy Jones Band, Rock Fish Grill , Anacortes 7:30 pm JULY 12 Joe Cook Blues Band, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8 pm JULY 9 Monday sessions at Fiddlers Inn 7pm https:// Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, Jazz Alley, www.facebook.com/FiddlersInn/ Seattle 7:30pm JULY 4 MaD BoJo, Madison Pub Everett 7pm Jeff Crosby and the Refugees, Gilbert Cellars Sunday Sounds and Bites, The Junction, Winery, Yakima 6pm Woodinville 1pm Duende Libre with Frank Anderson & Chave Mirel, JULY 13 Nathan Talbot, Whidbey Island Center For The Arts, North City Bistro, Shoreline 8pm Lisa Mann 2pm https://www.facebook.com/
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BLUESMEMBERSHIP BASH PREVIEW FORM
lisamannmusic Billy Stoops, Patterson Cellars, Woodinville 7pm JULY 23 Washington Blues Society -BLUES BASH with Blue Oyster Cult with Colossal Boss, The Historic Diego Romero , CCR Snohomish 7pm Everett Theatre, Everett 7pm Great American Train wreck, Gilbert Cellars, Yakima 5pm The Delfonics Live featuring Greg Hill, Jazz Alley, Sera Cahoone ,The Triple Door, Seattle 7:30pm Seattle 7:30pm Joey Jewell’s Tribute to Sinatra at the Sands, The Kenny G, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Triple Door, Seattle 6pm Winthrop R&B Festival, https://www.youtube.com/ BroHaMm, Lake Tye Park, Monroe 6:30pm JULY 14 channel/UCwHDQPL5NoVmJ_dklr7u1Cg/featured 7pm Arturo Sandoval, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Bellevue Beats: New Age Flamenco, The Spring Stacy Jones Band, Mirkwood, Arlington 8pm District, Bellevue 12:00 pm Cascadia Groove, Rockfish Grill, Anacortes 7:30pm Rod Cook & Toast, North City Bistro, Shoreline 8pm Billy Stoops, The Hub Gig Harbor 5:30pm The Dogtones, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8pm September, Looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish 7pm Thunder on The Island , Clover Island Inn, EveryLeaf, Aurora Borealis, Shoreline 8:30pm Kennewick 6pm Sheri & Da Boyz, Mt Si Pub, North Bend 8pm The Delfonics Live featuring Greg Hill, Jazz Alley, JULY 18 New Venture, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8pm Seattle 7:30pm Sunday Sounds and Bites, The Junction, Paul Cauthen, Tractor Tavern, Seattle 8pm Woodinville 1pm JULY 24 Sheri & Da Boyz, Jamestown Saloon, Arlington Leroy Bell & His Only Friends, Edmonds Center For JULY 15 2pm the Arts, Edmonds 3pm Kim & Brian - Pier 62, Seattle 11:30 am Coyote Kings, Arbor Crest Winery, Spokane 5pm Joey Jewell’s Tribute to Sinatra at the Sands, The Triple Door, Seattle 6pm Bellevue Beats: Brett Benton, Bellevue Downtown The Posies at ZOOTUNES, Woodland Park Zoo, Park, Bellevue 12:00pm Seattle 5:30pm Leanne Trevalyan, Tastebuds, Wenatchee 6:30pm Chris Eger Band, Hotel Bellwether’s Blues, Brews, Joel Astley Art & Music 6pm https://www. Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method, Bridge & BBQ, Bellingham 5pm facebook.com/joel.astley Press Cellars, Spokane 6:30pm Honky Tonk Happy Hour, Slims Last Chance Blues Redemption/Doug Skoog, The Spar Tavern, Arturo Sandoval, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Saloon, Seattle 6pm Tacoma 6pm Coyote Kings, 1st & Main, Walla Walla 7pm Leanne Trevalyan, Harmon Brewing, Tacoma, Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree, Peabo’s Mill Creek 7pm Brian Butler, Patterson Cellars, Woodinville 7pm 6:30pm Kenny G, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Analog Jack, Tower pizza, Quincy 8pm Front Street Blues Revue, Slippery Pig Brewery, Poulsbo 7pm JULY 19 Joey Houck Band, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8pm Gas Station Blues, Historic Shell Station, Issaquah Monday sessions at Fiddlers Inn 7pm https:// 7pm www.facebook.com/FiddlersInn JULY 25 Kenny G, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm MaD BoJo, Madison Pub Everett 7pm Sunday Sounds and Bites, The Junction, Woodinville JULY 16 The Buck England Trio, Spanish Ballroom, Tacoma 1pm 7pm Delvon Lamar Trio at ZOOTUNES, Woodland Park Stacy Jones Band, lake Tye Park, Monroe 6:30pm July 20. Lisa Mann 2pm https://www.facebook. Zoo, Seattle 5:30pm Winthrop R&B Festival, https://www.youtube.com/ com/lisamannmusic Joel Astley Art & Music 6pm https://www.facebook. channel/UCwHDQPL5NoVmJ_dklr7u1Cg/featured Otis Taylor, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm com/joel.astley 7pm Handsome & Gretyl and Weak Sheep, Looking JULY 21 Steve Bailey and the Blue Flames, The Spar Tavern, Glass Coffee, Snohomish 7pm Tacoma 6pm Bellevue Beats: EntreMundos Quarteto, Bellevue Kenny G, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Downtown Park, Bellevue 12:00pm Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree, Peabo’s Mill Creek 7pm Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method, Engels Thunder on The Island , Clover Island Inn, Arturo Sandoval, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Pub, Edmonds 8pm Kennewick 6pm Stephanie Anne Johnson & The Hidogs, Jazzbones Ignite, The 19th Hole Bar & Grill, Bremerton 6pm Tacoma 8pm JULY 26 Otis Taylor, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Monday sessions at Fiddlers Inn 7pm https://www. JULY 17 facebook.com/FiddlersInn JULY 22 Northwest Food Truck Festival with The Outskirts, MaD BoJo, Madison Pub Everett 7pm Lanas Garage, Heidi and Megan, Ignite Rocks, Bellevue Beats: Adrian Xavier, Bellevue Square Jazz Port Townsend – The Workshop, https:// Kim & Brian Band, Kitsap County Fairgrounds, Fountain Court, Bellevue 12:00pm centrum.org/jazz-port-townsend-the-workshop/ Bremerton 11 am Stacy Jones Band, Hotel Bellwether’s Blues, Brews, Pinehurst fest with Brian Butler and Eric Madis & & BBQ, Bellingham 5pm the Pea-Patch All-Stars, Pinehurst Park & Playfield, Honky Tonk Happy Hour, Slims Last Chance JULY 27 Seattle 2pm Saloon, Seattle 6pm Lisa Mann 2pm https://www.facebook.com/ Kamiah Music Fest with Too Slim, Coyote Kings, Front Street Blues Revue, Slippery Pig Brewery, lisamannmusic Torn Veil Riverside Park, Kamiah ID 1pm Poulsbo 7pm Leanne Trevalyan, Paterson Cellars SODO, Seattle Gas Station Blues, Historic Shell Station, Issaquah Mark Hurwitz and Gin Creek, Summer Sounds at 6pm 7pm Skansie Park, Gig Harbor 6pm The Angry Truth, Looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish Arturo Sandoval, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Greg Adams & East Bay Soul, Jazz Alley Seattle 7pm 7:30pm (Continued on page 31)
July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 29 TUNE IN TO THE BLUES Blues on the Radio (and online, too!) Please send any corrections or additions to [email protected] and [email protected] SUNDAY Sir Mike’s Blues Hour 9PM KYOZ-FM Blues Therapy Radio, Spokane. http://radiosidney.ca (repeated Saturdays) Host: Biggdaddy Ray. 6PM PST http://radio. securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/KYOZ/ 95.7 FM Spokane 6PM 104.5 FM Walla Walla 7PM FRIDAY Shows archived at www.anchor.FM (podcasts), KPTZ-FM Free Spins, Port Townsend. Host: Ron www.kconlineradio.com and Radio Paradijs- McElroy, 5-7 PM PST. 91.9 FM and https://kptz.org/ Amsterdam https://www.radio-paradijs.nl/ KPTZ-FM Friday Night Blues, Port Townsend. Host: programs/ Barney Burke 8 PM PST. 91.9 FM & https://kptz. KEXP-FM Preachin’ the Blues, Seattle. Host: Johnny Horn. 9 AM PST at www.kexp.org org/ KNKX-FM All Blues, Tacoma. Host: John Kessler. 6PM to Midnight PST. 88.5 FM & https://www.knkx. SATURDAY org/term/blues NWCZ Radio Black N Blues, Tacoma, WA. Host: Lady KSER-FM Beale Street Caravan, Everett, WA: Hosts A 3-5PM. Online at http://www.nwczradio.com/ Kevin Cubbins and Pat Mitchell-Worley. 10 AM KSER-FM Juke Joint, Everett, WA. Host: Ron Taffi, 90.7 FM and www.kser.org 1PM PST. 90.7 FM & http://kser.org NWCZ Radio The Gumbo & Gospel Show, Tacoma, KNKX-FM All Blues, Tacoma, WA. Host: John Kessler. WA. Host: Lady A. 10 AM PST. Online at www. 6PM to Midnight PST. 88.5 FM and https://www. BRITISH COLUMBIA knkx.org/term/blues nwczradio.com/ CFBX 92.5 FM, Kamloops KSER-FM Audio Indigo, Everett, WA. Host: Robyn K. KYRS FM Workin’ Woman Blues, Spokane, WA https://thex.ca/programming/ 7PM PST. 90.7 FM & http://kser.org Host: Jukebox Jennie, 6 P.M. on Online radio KSER-FM Blues Odyssey, Everett, WA. Host: Leslie CFRO 102.7 FM, Vancouver Fleury. 9PM PST. 90.7 and http://kser.org/ https://www.coopradio.org/content/blues-dark MONDAY Sir Mike’s Blues Hour 9PM, http://radiosidney.ca Salt Spring Island Internet Radio The Blues Adventure with Java 7 to 8 PM, http:// (repeated from Thursday) https://www.saltspring-island.com/salt- voiceofvashon.org/the-blues-adventure-with-java KMRE-FM Lady A’s The Blues Boss: Blues & Soul, springisland-radio.html Mojo Mike’s Blues Revue 8-10PM, KVSH 101.9 FM or Bellingham, WA. Host: Lady A. 7-9PM 102.3 FM and CFUV 101.9 FM, Victoria at www.voiceofvashon.org www.kmre.og http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?page_id=7075 TUESDAY OREGON CHLY 101.7 FM Nanaimo https://spinitron.com/CHLY/show/13538/Blues- KAOS-FM Tuesday Blues, Olympia, WA. Host: KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland https://kboo.fm/ Before-Breakfast Various Hosts. 6:00-8:00 PM PST. 89.3 PM and KBVR 88.7 FM, Corvallis http://www. https://www.kaosradio.org CJLY 93.5FM Nelson orangemedianetwork.com/kbvr_fm/ https://www.kootenaycoopradio.com/makeroom- WEDNESDAY KBZY 1490 AM, Salem https://kbzy.com/programs/ for-the-blues/ KEOL 91.7 FM, La Grande CJSF 90.1FM Burnaby KPTZ-FM Blues Journey, Pt Townsend. Host: Taylor https://www.eou.edu/keol/dj-blog/the-big-three/ http://www.rockinbluesshow.com/lue Clark, 8-10 PM PST. 91.9 FM and https://kptz.org/ KGON 92.3 FM, Portland https://kgon.radio.com/ KBCS-FM Living the Blues, Bellevue.Hosts: Oneda shows/show-schedule Harris, Sean Patrick Donovan, Winona Hollins- KINK 101.9 FM, Portland https://www.kink.fm/ Hauge 9-11PM. 91.3 FM and https://www.kbcs.fm/ KLCC 89.7 FM, Eugene https://www.klcc.org/ KCHW-FM Dirt Road Blues, Chewelah, WA. Host: programs/blues-power Doug McQuain 102.7PM & www.kchw.org KMHD 89.1 FM, Gresham https://www.opb.org/ KEXP-FM The Roadhouse, Seattle, WA. Host: Greg kmhd/schedule/ Vandy 6-9 PM PST. 90.3 FM and www.kexp.org KMSW 92.7 FM The Dalles http://www.kmswrocks. KAPY-FM Beale Street Caravan, Duvall, WA. Hosts: com/ Kevin Cubbins and Pat Mitchell-Worley, 7-8 PM PST “Squrls Blues Review” Friday 8PM –12AM 104.9 FM & http://valley1049.org/ KMUN 91.9 FM, Astoria https://spinitron.com/ KAPY-FM Wednesday Nite Blues, Duvall, WA: Host: KMUN Kevin Crutchfield 8-9 PM PST. 104.9 FM & http:// KPOV 106.7 FM, Bend https://kpov.org/about-the- valley1049.org/ blues, & https://kpsu.org/kpsuschedule/ KRVM 91.9 FM, Eugene THURSDAY https://krvm.org/ Breakfast with the Blues KMRE-FM Blues Land, Bellingham. Host: Leo KSMF 89.1 FM, Ashland https://www.ijpr.org/post/ Schumaker 7-9 PM. 102.3 FM & https://www.kmre. jpr-broadcast-centernew-chapter org KSER-FM Clancy’s Bar & Grill, Everett. . Host: Clancy Dunigan, 8:30 PM PST. Online at 90.7 FM and http://kser.org
30 July 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society July 2021 Live Music & Streaming Compiled by Rick J. Bowen. For the most up-to-date listings:. https://wablues.org/events/ or www.facebook.com/WashingtonBluesSociety/events
JULY 27 Leanne Trevalyan & Sheryl Clark, COCKRELL HARD Con Funk Shun, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm CIDER, Puyallup 5pm Lowdown Brass Band, The Triple Door, Seattle (Continued from Page 29) Lowdown Brass Band, Hotel Bellwether’s Blues, 6&8pm Jazz Port Townsend – The Workshop, https:// Brews, & BBQ, Bellingham 5pm Coyote Kings, Bridge Press Cellars, Spokane 8pm centrum.org/jazz-port-townsend-the-workshop/ Honky Tonk Happy Hour, Slims Last Chance Bradford Loomis, North City Bistro, Shoreline 8pm Saloon, Seattle 6pm Nick Mardon Trio, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8pm JULY 28 Front Street Blues Revue, Slippery Pig Brewery, Jazz Port Townsend – The Workshop, https:// Poulsbo 7pm Bellevue Beats: Aaron Crawford, Bellevue centrum.org/jazz-port-townsend-the-workshop/ Downtown Park, Bellevue 12:00pm Gas Station Blues, Historic Shell Station, Issaquah The Dip at ZOOTUNES, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle 7pm JULY 31 5:30pm Kevin Burt, https://www.edmondscenterforthearts. Thunder on The Island , Clover Island Inn, org/events/detail/409/eca-presents-an-evening- Hot Rod A Rama, with Stacy Jones Band, Rainieros, Kennewick 6pm of-blues-with-kevin-burt-livestream/2621?mc_ Coyote Kings, Deadbolt ,Pendleton OR 2pm cid=261b71ac23&mc_eid=f7361645f2 7:30pm Leanne Trevalyan, The HUB Gig Harbor 5:30 pm Jazz Port Townsend, Littlefield Green, Port Con Funk Shun, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Townsend 1:30pm Greg Adams & East Bay Soul, Jazz Alley Seattle 7:30pm Jazz Port Townsend – The Workshop, https:// Brodie Nation Music Festival, Tolt Farms Carnation centrum.org/jazz-port-townsend-the-workshop/ 5pm Jazz Port Townsend – The Workshop, https:// centrum.org/jazz-port-townsend-the-workshop/ Jr Cadillac, The Triple Door, Seattle 6 & 8pm JULY 30 Leanne Trevalyan, Paterson Cellars Hollywood, Woodinville 6pm JULY 29 Brodie Nation Music Festival, Tolt Farms Carnation 5pm Con Funk Shun, Jazz Alley, Seattle 7:30pm Bellevue Beats: The W Lovers, Bellevue Square Longstride, Olympic Cellars, Sequim 7pm Fountain Court, Bellevue 12:00pm Aphrodisiacs, Lake Tye Park, Monroe 6:30pm Joe Cook Blues Band, Engels Pub, Edmonds 8pm Brodie Nation Music Festival, Tolt Farms Carnation Ezekiel’s Bones, Looking Glass Coffee, Snohomish 5pm 7pm Coyote Kings, Maxwell Market, Hermiston OR. Stacy Jones Band, Seasons Performance Hall, 5pm Yakima 7:30 pm Celebrating the 2021 BB Awards Please return to pages 10-14 for more photos of this year’s BB Awards (Photos & Collage by Amanda Grisham)
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