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Th is Month, We’re “All In” in Westport! Blues News, Previews & Reviews 2020: In Memoriam LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY Hi Blues Fans, Proud Recipient of a 2009 Lots going on this month! The Keeping the Blues Alive Award annual Blues So- ciety Best of the Blues (“BB 2021 OFFICERS Awards”) nominations are over President, Tony Frederickson [email protected]@wablues.org and the final voting ballot in Vice President, Rick Bowen [email protected]@wablues.org this edition of the Bluesletter on page 31. Secretary, Marisue Thomas [email protected]@wablues.org Treasurer, Ray Kurth [email protected]@wablues.org At first, I was a bit worried that Editor, Eric Steiner [email protected]@wablues.org participation among Washington Blues Society members would be a little light, due in part to COVID-19, but I was pleasantly surprised 2021 DIRECTORS to see that, in the end, our Washington Blues Society membership Music Director, Open [email protected]@wablues.org showed up and nominated a very diverse set of nominees for this year’s awards program. Membership, Chad Creamer [email protected]@wablues.org Education, Open [email protected]@wablues.org After looking it over, I’m very pleased with the mix of nominees on Volunteers, Rhea Rolfe [email protected]@wablues.org our voting ballot. There are several first-time nominees who are very Merchandise, Tony Frederickson [email protected]@wablues.org deserving of their nominations as well as many of our communities’ Advertising, Open [email protected]@wablues.org long-time favorites. Be sure to get your ballots in before the March Blues Bash (Tuesday, March 9th).Please remember that you need to be a dues current member, and there is still plenty of time to renew THANKS TO OUR 2021 STREET TEAM or join to participate in this year’s BB Awards process. Downtown , Tim & Michelle Burge [email protected]@comcast.net North Sound, Malcolm Kennedy [email protected]@msn.com You can do it online at out website or use the membership form in Northern WA, Lloyd Peterson [email protected]@televar.com this issue and mail (and email) it in with your ballot! Penninsula, Dan Wilson [email protected]@centurytel.net February is also the month The Blues Foundation holds a fundraiser Port Angeles Area, Alvin Owen [email protected]@gmail.com for the HART (Handy Artists Relief Trust) Fund, which is similar to Central Washington, Stephen J. Lefebvre [email protected]@gmail.com our own Relief Fund, which helps musicians in times of Eastern Washington, Paul Caldwell [email protected]@hotmail.com need. Traditionally, blues societies across the world also have events Ballard, Marcia Jackson [email protected]@gmail.com to help out not only The Blues Foundation, but also their local com- Lopez Island, Carolyn & Dean Jacobsen [email protected]@rockisland.com munities. For the last several years, we have joined in this very im- International Raconteur, [email protected]@gmail.com portant month of celebrating the month of HART.

We are in the final stages of putting our event together, I think you SPECIAL THANKS will like it, and hopefully be able to contribute to the cause. There is Webmaster Emeritus, The Sheriff [email protected]@wablues.org more information on this event in this Bluesletter as well as online Washington Blues Society Logo, Phil Chesnut [email protected]@gmail.com at our website and Facebook page. Please be sure to join us at this very special event and enjoy the music virtually! MISSION STATEMENT We have many other fun events planned as we move into the new The Washington Blues Society is a nonprofit organization whose purpose year! We will be sharing many of these in the upcoming issues of is to promote, preserve, and advance the culture and tradition of blues the Bluesletter as we move forward hopefully into a new year filled music as an art form. Annual membership is $25 for individuals, and $35 with live music. for couples. The Washington Blues Society is a tax-exempt nonprofit I hope all of you stay safe and look forward to seeing you soon in organization and donations are tax-deductible. The Washington Blues person (sooner rather than later!). Society is affiliated with The Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.. Our website is www.wablues.org.

WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY P.O. BOX 70604 SEATTLE, WA 98127 Tony Frederickson, President Washington Blues Society Member, Board of Directors, The Blues Foundation (2014–2017)

2 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society In This Issue... BLUES RIFFS 2 LetterLetter from the President 5 LetterLetter from the Editor FEATURE ARTICLES

6 Blues Destination: Westport Washington 10 Ideas for a Weekend at Westport 11 InIn Memoriam... 12 Nation Loses Two in the Music Industry

BLUES NEWS, PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS 18 February Virtual Blues Bash Preview 20 Blues You Can Use: CD Reviews 21 Celebrating Memories of Highway 99! This issue honors the memories of members of our blues community, and other extended family WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY STUFF! members, who we have lost in 2020, like Nora 2 2021 BluesBlues Society Officers & Directors Michaels (above). This month, the Bluesletter revisits Westport with the All In Band courtesy of a virtual 19 WashingtonWashington Blues Society Membership Form interview by frequent contributor Rocky Nelson and 20 Looking Back at a Memorable Bluesletter Year honors the memories of Charley Pride and Joseph 22 WashingtonWashington Blues Talent Guide Morganfield (special thanks to these remembrances by Dr. Brinda Fuller Willis of Missisppi’s Twice as 24 BluesBlues Jams & Open Mic Listings Nice Entertainment, LCC, an arts promotion and 26 WashingtonWashington Blues Venue Guide management company). Please join your fellow 28 BluesBlues on the Radio (and online, too!) blues fans and keep the blues alive during the COVID-19 pandemic by participating in our virtual 29 February Live Music & Streaming Online blues bash and other blues experiences online. 30 February Festival Previews 31 2021 Best of the Blues Voting Ballot

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4 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Hi Bluesletter Readers, Celebration of Life program, and while I would have preferred to reconnect with Kevin under different circumstances, it was good to I wanted to take a moment to hear from him. He helped me at several Blues Festivals in thank former Washington Blues the last decade with the right information on Delmark artists at the Society volunteers like Nick right time. Also, in this issue, frequent contributor Kirk Anderson Vigarino, Susan Waterworth and reflects back on 2020 and it’s always a pleasure reading his work. Rhea Rolfe, as I understand that they were present in the early I look forward to when we might see live blues music again. years when the Secretary of State’s Watching live blues virtually from my kitchen table or couch is fine, office in Olympia recognized the but nothing can take the place of being in a club or coffeehouse Washington Blues Society as an waiting for the first song of the set. official nonprofit organization 32 I miss that, I really do. But I clearly understand the importance of years ago in February of 1989. masking up, day in and day out, until we can see the COVID-19 in This was a few years before I attended a Board meeting at the Salmon our rear view mirror. Bay Eagles when I expressed interest in editing the Bluesletter.. I Until next month, please turn up the blues on your radio, CD player didn’t know then what I know now. That gleam in former Education or digital assistant (like Amazon’s Echo or Alexa). Director’s eye shone brightly when I told him that, “yes, Roy, I’d like to help out!” I’m admittedly a relative latecomer to our blues society, but there’s one thing I know for sure. We have a vibrant, diverse and surprisingly unpredictable blues community here in the upper left-hand corner Eric Steiner, Editor of the continental USA. During my brief tenure, the Bluesletter has Washington Blues Society Bluesletter’ transitioned from a 24-page paper magazine with blue spot color on Member, Board of Directors, The Blues Foundation (2010-2013) select pages (where the ink rubbed off on volunteers’ hands when we did those mailout meetings at the Salmon Bay Eagles). With other volunteer editors like Mary McPage, Jesse Phillips and Rosie Gaynor, I have learned a great deal on how to put together a 32-page all-color magazine that blues fans would actually read. I have received a great deal of coaching from the team behind the printing press at Seattle’s Pacific Publishing, and I’m grateful to learn new things about the Adobe In Design program every month. This month, the Bluesletter remembers artists from our extended arts family we lost in 2020, starting with Nora Michaels’ photo in the Table of Contents page. This month also includes a report from Westport from frequent contributor Rocky Nelson and the All In Band. Dr. Brinda Fuller Willis, of Twice as Nice Entertainment LLC in Mississippi, remembers Charley Pride and Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield, and during the production of this issue, I received a most welcome email from Delmark Productions PR man, Kevin Johnson. Kevin sent me an electronic copy of Morganfield’s

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 5 Blues Destination: Westport, Washington A blues writer spends an eventful winter’s retreat on the Washington coast!

By Rocky Nelson Our fearless Bluesletter Editor, Eric Steiner, has been asking me some pretty outlandish questions of late. I dread that he’s off his meds. Questions like, “Hey, Rocky, how would you like to be Editor of the Bluesletter?” My response, to paraphrase former Washington Blues Society Education Director and first-time novelist Roy Brown who had a somewhat different reply to the same question, was: “I would rather have two wet wombats chew all of my fingers off to have an excuse to tell you no!” Undaunted, Eric then asked me to produce a new Bluesletter column called “Rocky Nelson’s Advice to the Lovelorn and Tips for Healthful Living.” I told him to go re-read Roy Brown’s first novel, Awakened from Oblivion: Love and Knowledge Will Set You Free, and quit bothering me. The All In Band (Photo Courtesy of the All In Band) I always tell him in NO in uncertain terms, the coast to experience the negative ions up- I don’t know how he does it. Many years “NO,” as delivering on Eric’s questionable close and personal on the scenic and rugged ago, he coaxed a picture of me atop a requests have all the trappings of a perfectly Washington coast. Beaches, waterfalls and German Wiesel Armored Weapons Carrier good train wreck. rain all seem to attract negative ions which, (known affectionately as a “tankette”). From according to the health gurus, are very Eric, no thank you. then on, Shemekia Copland’s John positive for you. These and the attraction of Hahn and I have always called my editor a Period. “wide open spaces” to roam at will appealed “weasel,” because he’s as relentless as those Draw your brakes, man. Full stop! very much to me after living in a sandbox little hunter-gatherers in his own way to fill for the past couple of years. The “six foot Eric really worries me sometimes. Last the pages (and screens) of the Bluesletter rule” was easy to comply with here. month, I emailed him links to mental with interesting blues copy. health professionals, including an urgent I saddled up for one of the sweetest stretches care center that’s open in his ZIP code 24/7, He does a damn fine job at it, too. Masterful. of Pacific Ocean beaches with homespun and they bounced back as “undeliverable.” Why fix what’s not broken? cottage communities and circled the Funny, my Bluesletter stories don’t bounce I used to tell folks when they asked me after wagons at Westport. It lies from the north, back. They “break on through to the other I celebrated my fifth anniversary over there. between the mouth of the Chehalis River in Aberdeen and Westport, south to the side.” They’d ask, “Why Afghanistan?” mouth of the Willapa River and Tokeland, He did tell me that my trip last December to I’d respond, “I came to Afghanistan for the home of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe and their Westport would give me ample opportunity waters.” casino of the same name. to turn it into a “writer’s retreat.” I know he I stayed at the Westport Inn, next to the was hoping to con me into writing another Afghanistan is a landlocked country and docks and the Totem RV Park, owned by article. Or three. Eric even bothered me mostly desert. Few got the irony. This year, retired US Army 101st Airborne Sergeant when I worked in Afghanistan. In a war 2020, I needed a change of pace and locale. Joe and his beautiful wife Vicki. Then, zone, like I have nothing better to do except This winter, I actually went to the beach for I struck blues writers gold in a chance dodge bullets and IEDs. The nerve. just that same thing, the waters. I went to

6 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society meeting with some members of the All In Band, Roni Gallo, Joni and Robert Sorita, each with a unique and storied musical history. I even met them personally at the Westport Inn maintaining social distance throughout the interview. The following is an edited transcript of my virtual interview with them and I hope Bluesletter readers will look them up when in the Westport area. It’s about as virtual as it gets as I later asked The Whisky A Go Go Marquee in 1974 Roni Gallo a series of questions and she (Downloaded from JakeonSunset, Facebook) responded with some pretty informative and hopeful stories from Roni, Joni and band. He met in high school, Robert. While the following isn’t in my they were in a blues band together, called typical interview format, I hope that it at the Westport Dock of the Flagbone Sty. He played in a Vegas-type of conveys a unique sense of purpose and Bay Blues Festival (Photo by Michael Bruce) band at 18, the Leland Scott band. passion that I found in each member of the At 19, he was asked to play in the Jesse Ed All In Band. “After performing in Man of La Mancha Davis band, and the drummer on that gig Close-Up: Roni Gallo, actress and singer… with Mr. Dodson, he invited me to sing in was Jimmy Karstein who went on to play his band Catch of the Day with frequent with JJ Cale, . , etc. “I always wanted to be a singer”, typed guest artist Andy “Badd Dog” Koch. We When the Band opened for Roni…“As a young girl I would make up played many venues over a three-year Rufus at the fabled West Hollywood venue songs and sing them to my best friend on period, including the Westport Dock of the Whisky A Go Go in 1974, Jesse invited my Grandmothers front porch. My family’s Bay Blues Festival and my love of the blues to watch the show. Later roots are Irish, and music played a big part and the stage blossomed. Fate stepped into that night, George invited to a Led in every gathering. My aunts and uncles my life when the band found itself looking Zeppelin party, where Robert met Jimmy sang in barbershop quartets; so my early for a new bass player and I met Robert Page and John Bonham. holiday memories are filled with laughter Sorita, who wasn’t really a bass player but a and four part harmony. Although music fabulous song writer, arranger and Robert played with the Valerie Carter was always a central part of my life, I did who had also just relocated to our small Band at a CBS convention and they opened not fulfill my dream of being a singer ocean-side town and was looking to play a for . Billy Payne played until I moved to the small coastal town of little music. As soon as he joined the band, keyboards. Billy played with , the Westport in my forties and found the blues I felt something very special had entered Doobie Bros, and many others. and All In.” my life, and when his wife joined us to sing When Robert was 26 years old, he started “I had retired from a career in corporate some backup vocals I was completely blown writing music for Post Group’s video travel management. I decided to explore away by her professional polished vocals projections. From there, he started to write local theater with my free time and that’s and realized I should be backing her! At music for a few commercials that aired on where I met Mark Dodson, a local business some point, the 3 of us sang together and TV stations and one aired in owner who created and organized the the All In Band was born. The harmonies of the Midwest promoting C’est LA Jeans. my childhood and dreams of being a singer Westport Dock of the Bay Blues Festival Bob Glaub and Robert wrote a song, were realized and I’ve never looked back.” every summer in Westport. The festival “Crying for You,” for popular Japanese brought in artists from all over the Introducing… Mr. Robert Sorita on vocals singer- Eikichi Yazawa, a song country. Artists such as Lee Oskar from the and also included in his greatest hits album few legendary band War and Claudette King, Robert Sorita early on was the lead singer years later. The song is also popular in many the daughter of the late great BB King, to and guitarist for Venice High School Jazz Japanese karaoke bars. (Cont’d on p. 8) name a few.”

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 7 Blues Destination: Westport (Continued) “The All In Band was drawn to this peaceful environment...”

a studio singer. She worked with Steven by applying the same fight, focus, and Kipner, Randy Goodwin (“There’s No heart she has used in her music, she is Turning Back”), Robert Sorita and Bob healing her body and her song. Glaub. She made a music video with Olivia Although the bone marrow transplant Newton-John (YouTube: “Culture Shock”) left her with Bone vs. Graft Disease, and has sung back up for Claudette King which, in a cruel irony, specifically and Yutaka from Japan. attacked her throat, she has stayed strong Re-starting a music career in Westport, and adapted her vocals beautifully. Washington The vibration of music can be healing Westport is a small quiet coastal community if you’re open to it, and Joni has of a couple thousand people. It survives on recognized and embraced this truth. commercial and sports fishing, and the So, Joni recovers and All In is back at it and heart and soul of the hard-working folks then... the COVID-19 pandemic hits. who live there. The members of the All In Band are not Above: Robert Sorita The natural beauty is primal and spring chickens, and especially after Joni’s (Photo Courtesy of the Artist) uncontaminated by traffic or over existential crisis, they all are keenly aware population. It’s not where musicians picture this is their moment, While in Los Angeles, Robert Sorita met a (re-)starting a music career, but members lot of stars, including , Joni of the All In Band have found dreams can These next 5-10 years are their years to Mitchell, Tina Turner, Olivia Newton-John, grow in any environment if the intent and “Carpe Diem” and seize as much music as , , where he heart are strong with determination. they can squeeze from each day. They’ve had that “Ah-Ha” realization that time, place, recorded several songs at Browne’s home The All In Band was drawn to this peaceful studio. and age don’t really mean anything. They environment: Robert for surfing, Joni to are now laser-focused and ready to pursue He also met and worked with David Linley, create a farm and care for horses and Roni to their best lives. So, if they can’t perform, Jay Graydon, David Foster, Nicolette just slowdown from the stress of corporate they will create and record. Larson, Monk Montgomery, Buzz Feiten, pressure and raise her daughter mindfully, Robbie Krieger, Jeff Porcaro, , with time and loving attention. And this took Roni, Robert and Joni back to All In’s beginning... The Blues. and others. One highlight was meeting Roni, Joni and Robert became a trio, three Stevie Ray Vaughn backstage in the band’s voices and one guitar. The trio performed The trio has always been an eclectic mix of dressing room. at wineries, casinos, festivals and state fairs. pop, blues, and jazz and the blues has always “Watching him warm up without an amp,” Although the trio loved performing and been a few steps away from traditional blues said Robert. “Man I was floored, he sounded connecting with the audience, it’s always with the influences of many genres mixed ferocious without an amp and I was like been about the energy of joining their voices in. They are working on a collection that shit! WTF? Then, when I saw the show, in a vibration of pure joy that continued to will include originals and covers of some of and man, he sounded like with motivate and spur them on. their favorite tunes. serious chops.” Leukemia, recovery and a worldwide The latest track is a remake of the Randy On vocals, Joni Sorita pandemic Newman song, which they played for me in Westport, “Leave Your Hat On,” arranged Joni Sorita also grew up in Los Angeles Then, in the summer of 2019, the and produced by Robert. They recruited during this same time period and sang in unthinkable happened. Joni was diagnosed Bob Glaub on bass, and two New Orleans bands from age 16. Joni went to Sonoma with leukemia. She ended up going through musicians, Shane Theriot (Hall and Oates, State where she studied voice and . At many rounds of aggressive chemotherapy and Musical Director for the cable TV 18, she met Robert and fell in love with his and a complete bone marrow transplant. At show, Darryl’s Place) on guitar, and Doug guitar playing and songwriting. 63, the doctors said that recovery “would Belote (Joe Cocker, Jim Hall, Eric Clapton, After college, she began getting work as be a challenge was putting it delicately.” etc.) on drums. It was a challenge that Joni met head on

8 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society It’s a unique experience putting this project Who Rocked the World, after Link Wray’s together by working virtually with other distinctive instrumental, this documentary musicians, but the trio is “over the moon features many well-known musicians who happy” with the outcome. have American Indian and Native American This challenge of not being able to physically heritage. perform has opened up opportunities to Wray’s “Rumble,” incidentally, is the slow down and fine tune the details, while only instrumental song banned from the also getting to collaborate with some really airwaves when it was released in 1958 as fine musicians! many radio programmers thought the song Next on the work schedule is an original was incendiary. by Robert called “Give and Surender.” It’s a It sold well in stores and on the juke box and blues rock song and Joni and Roni are just has resurfaced in films like Pulp Fiction and itching to get their vocal chops into this one. Independence Day. Wray, born to Shawnee Finally, with words of wisdom to the All and Cherokee parents, changed rock and In Band from Joni’s dear friend, Olivia roll forever with that deceptively simple Newton-John, who is also going through single built on raucous power chords. significant health issues herself: “Never give The film also features Robbie Robertson, up your music.” Buffy Ste. Marie and Jesse Ed Davis. Initially number of well-deserved Canadian and Roni, Robert and Joni take on that mantra aired last January on PBS’ Independent international awards. and let it fuel their desires to make and Lens showcase of new and original documentaries, Rumble: The Indians Who The documentary is online athttps://www. share their music. The most important rumblethemovie.com/home and PBS thing now is that the All In Band’s magic Rocked the World is a must-see for fans of all types of American music. sells DVDs of it at https://www.pbs.org/ came together with the grace of the creator. independentlens/films/rumble/ “We love and will not stop making our When I watched the documentary online, I music as long as it touches and inspires remembered Robert Sorita’s recollections of people of the world,” said Roni. his work with Jesse Ed Davis and others in Los Angeles’ Laurel Canyon music scene in I would like to direct readers to a fascinating the 70s. and insightful PBS documentary about American Indian and Native Americans’ The film was produced by Rezolution Films, contributions to blues, music an indigenous-led film company based in general. Called Rumble: The Indians in Montreal, and Rumble has received a

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 9 Ideas for a Weekend at Westport “Even the bald eagles & sea lions smile at you.” Everything’s better at the beach!

Compiled by Rocky Nelson & Eric Steiner Pine Tree bars. Westport is a popular destination seaport There are also several tourist shops on the rugged Washington coast and home that sell souvenirs and beach-related to a small community of 2,000+ residents mementoes, including the Basket House, who are working hard to transform the local Granny Hazel’s Candy and Gifts and the economy from a seasonal to a year-round Sea Bird Gift and Candy Shop. For coffee one. drinkers, Tinderbox Coffee Roasters and There are many attractive facets to Westport, Cap’n Jack’s Roasters pour great cups of including a unique viewing tower and light joe. house, exceptional places to eat and drink, For Rocky, no visit to the Washington diverse lodging options and a vibrant coast is complete without a stop at fishing and surfing community. Brady’s Oysters in nearby Aberdeen, “People are visitor friendly here,” says which harvests oysters using the Rocky. “Even the bald eagles and sea lions suspended culture method that aims to smile at you!” raise flavorful bivalve mollusks. Westport Viewing Tower and Grays Lodging Harbor Light Station The Westport area has a range of lodging The viewing tower at the Westport Marina options that range from RV living to full- provides an exceptional opportunity to service motels. The Totem RV Park is see the ocean, and on a clear day, visitors managed by Joe and his wife Vickie. Joe, can see Ocean Shores and the Olympic a retired US Army sergeant, served in the st mountains. prestigious 101 Airborne Division. Grays Harbor Light Station Westport boasts Washington’s tallest When Rocky is in Westport, he calls the (Photo by Michael Bruce) lighthouse at 107 feet first lit in 1898. The Totem RV Park home. Road and Cranberry Beach Road. original Fresnel lens is on display up in the Local motel options include Chateau observation room. Westport, the Pacific Motel and RV Park, “Life’s Better at the Beach” Places to Eat & Drink the Westport Inn, the Breakers Boutique For more information, please Inn and the Westport Marina Cottages, visit Westport’s informative and Westport has many restaurants that receive former home to the Westport “Dock of the engaging tourism site, http://www. top ratings from travel resources like Trip Bay” Blues Festival for several years. experiencewestport.com Advisor and Travelocity, such as the Blue Buoy for breakfast, Aloha Alabama BBQ Fishing & Surfing for Kailua pork, Blackbeard’s Brewery Westport is home to a destination charter for craft beers, Little Richard’s House of fishing community with over eight Donuts, Merino’s Seafood for fresh caught charter fishing companies registered fish and El Rancho for Mexican. with the Westport-Grayland Chamber of Blackbeard’s Brewery and the Cranberry Commerce. Road Winery & Bog Water Brewing Many charter fishermen take guests out for Company have diverse wine, beer and deep sea fishing for salmon, halibut and food menu, and the Hearty Galley and albacore tuna. Westwind restaurants for breakfasts. The region also is home to an active Once our state leaders lift the restrictions surfing community with easy beach access required by the COVID-19 pandemic, at Midway Beach Road, Grayland Beach local night spots like the Knotty Pine and

10 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society In Memoriam: A Personal Look Back at 2020 Remembering artists, extended blues and arts family members we lost last year.

By Eric Steiner Bill Withers Joseph Shabalala (Ladysmith Black Billy Jo Shaver Mambazo) In assembling this list for the February Bob Newman (“The JP Patches Show”) Justin Townes Earle issue, just like last year, I thought about Bobby Lewis K.T. Oslin the blues artists and extended arts family Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil) Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) members we lost in 2020. Bonnie Pointer () Kenny Rogers This list is not comprehensive; instead, it’s Bruce Williamson (The Temptations) Lee Konitz a rather personal reflection of performers, Bucky Pizzarelli Leslie West (Mountain) critics and others who have contributed to Chad Stuart (Chad & Jeremy) Little Richard our broader music community. Charley Pride Lyle Mays (Pat Metheny Group) I had always wanted to have a cup of coffee Charlie Brown (KJR-FM, KUBE-FM) Lynn Shelton (Seattle Filmmaker) with critic Stanley Crouch and argue with Charlie Baty (“Little Charlie”) him about his opinions on Ishmael Reed’s Charlie Daniels Emannuel N’Djoke’ “Manu” Dibango work at The Village Voice, ask Clark Weber Clark Weber (WLS-AM) Mark Stone (Van Halen) about his time at WLS-AM when I was Dave Munden (The Tremeloes) Marty Grebb () growing up, and thank Chicago Bears Derek Lawrence (Producer) Matthew Seligman (The ) Gayle Sayers and Brian Piccolo for their Diane di Prima (Beat Poet) Mike Kirkland (The Brothers Four) autographs when I was 10 on Chicago’s far Eddie Van Halen Moon Martin (“Bad Case of Lovin’ You) South Side. Ellis Marsalis,Jr. Neil Peart Emitt Rhodes Nora Michaels My first rock and roll concert was at the Ennio Morricone (“The Hateful Eight”) Overton Berry Chicago Stadium to see and the Florian Schneider (Kraftwerk) Pat O’Day (KJR-AM) Silver Bullet Band as a teenager, and each Frank Bey Paul English () other time I’ve seen the band play as adult, Fred Willard (“This is Spinal Tap”) Pete Carr (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) I’ve alwavys marveled at Alto Reed’s sax. Freddy Cole Pete Way (UFO) I also noticed that two members of Toots Gale Sayers (#40, The Chicago Bears) Peter Green and the Maytals passed away this year, Gloria Dobbins (“Please Mr. Postman”) Phyllis McGuire (The McGuire Sisters) Toots Hibbert and Hux Brown. () Ricky Valance (“Tell Laura”) recruited Hux to play a distinctive, upbeat Hal Ketchum Ronald Bell (Kook & The Gang) lead guitar on “Mother and Child Reunion.” Hamilton Bohannon Salome Bey Closer to home, I’ll miss Overton Berry’s Helen Reddy Spencer Davis (Spencer Davis Group) music (and special thanks to Dean Jacobsen Henry Gray Stanley Crouch for introducing Overton’s music to me) and Henry Grimes Steve Farmer (The Amboy Dukes) I’ll miss blues chanteuse Nora Michaels Hux Brown (Toots & The Maytals) Steve Holland (Molly Hatchet) (and I just wish I could have seen her show Ian Mitchell (Bay City Rollers) Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons) of Edith Piaf songs). Ian Whitcomb Tommy Hancock (The Flatlanders) Ivy Bauer (Seattle Promoter) Tony Hooper () In memoriam… Jack Sherman () Tony Lee (Fremont Public Association) Al Rex ( & His Comets) Jason Slater (Queensryche) Toots Hibbert (Toots & The Maytals) Alto Reed (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Jerry Jeff Walker Trini Lopez Band) Jim Tucker (The Turtles) Wade Hickham Barbara Martin (The Supremes) Joe Diffie Walter Lure (The Heartbreakers) Barney Ales (Motown Records) Rep. John Lewis (“Good Trouble”) Wayne Fontana (The Mindbenders) Betty Wright Willie K (Mahalo) Bill Gates, Sr. Johnny Nash (King Crimson, R.E.M.) Jorge Santana (Malo) Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 11 Nation Loses Two in the Music Industry “It’s solely a matter of your choice of perspective. I see these times as times of opportunity...” By Brinda Fuller Willis, PhD (Jackson Advocate Contributor, Reprinted Courtesy of the Author) Remembering Charley Pride 1971-1972, and the winner of four Grammy Awards. He sold approximately 70 million Our King of , Charley Frank records on the RCA label, out-selling Elvis Pride made his transition on December 12, Presley. On November 11, 2020, 34-year- 2020 from complications with COVID-19 old Jimmie Allen, a rising African American in Dallas, Texas. country music star, introduced Pride as he He was born March 18, 1934 in Sledge, was the first Black recipient of the Willie Mississippi on the 40-acre farm – which Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award at he later owned – where he grew up as an the Country Music Award ceremonies at 11-member sharecropping family. In 2003, the Music City Center Convention Hall in 33 miles of Highway 3 – from Sledge to Nashville, which was his final major public Tutwiler – was named the Charley Pride performance. Highway. Pride started out leaving home at age Charley Pride was the first Black superstar 16-years-old to pursue a baseball career. in the country music field with 52 Top 10 He played for a few years in the old Negro country hits, 29 chart toppers, and more Leagues in the 1950s. Pride told NPR that than 12 songs that crossed over to the pop baseball was his way out of the cotton fields music charts. His most famous crossover of Sledge, Mississippi. Charley was a big hits were “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” and fan of and dreamed as a “Is Anybody Going to San Antone” during teenager of following Robinson into the his career. Additionally, Pride was inducted Major Leagues. He had tryouts with the into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Angels and the New York Mets The Author (Left) and Charley Pride (Right) with 2000 and became a member of the Grand but was sidelined with injuries. Later on, music fan. (Photo Courtesy of the Author) Ole Opry on May 1, 1993. In 1977, Charley Charley became part owner of the Texas became the 2nd Black man, after DeFord Rangers baseball team often singing the where he worked in a smelting plant and Bailey (1927-1941), to appear on the Grand National Anthem before the Ranger games. played on the plant’s baseball team. Ole Opry. (Darius Carlos Rucker is only the In 1956, he married Rozene Cohran from In 1962, Charley was encouraged to try 3rd Black man to become a member of the Memphis, who would become Charley’s life his hand at music by country music stars {2013}). partner and manager of the business aspects Red Foley and Red Sovine before leaving He was also the winner of the Country of his career. He left the Army in 1958 and baseball. Foley and Sovine helped Pride Music Association’s Entertainer of the played briefly with the Pioneer Baseball to get to Nashville, where he met Cowboy Year and Top Male Vocalist of the Year in League. Life led him to Helena, Montana, Jack Clement, a music producer who had

12 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society worked with Sun Records’ stall of music Memorial Ceremony to be held at a later family, friends, and fans. giants, such as Elvis Presley, , date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for Joseph had only just begun to pick up the and Roy Orbison. , a RCA donations to The Pride Scholarship at Jesuit blues mantle to carry on his father’s legacy artist, heard Pride and got him signed with College Preparatory School, St. Phillips a few years ago in 2018. Like his brothers the label before he told them that Charley School and Community Center, any local “Mud” and “Big Bill” Morganfield, Joseph was Black. food bank, or the charity of your choice. was already equipped with solid guitar Charley and Rozene left Montana and As part of a special tribute announced skills. He stepped out as a vocalist that moved to Dallas, Texas, where he became an by CMT, the “CMT Remembers Charley mirrored his brothers and father’s persona important real estate and banking investor. Pride” special aired on Saturday, December in recent years. From the age of 9 years Eventually, they bought a home and set up a 19th (12 PM ET/11 AM CT). old, Joseph lived with his father in their booking agency and management company Westmont, , home. Surrounded by in Dallas, where the couple raised their world-renowned blues icons and celebrated three children – Dion, Kraig, and Angela. Chicago bluesmen that frequented the His first attempt in country music was a Westmont homeplace for social gatherings. single, “The Snakes Crawl at Night”, that did Joseph was often witness to impromptu jam not do very well, but his 3rd attempt, “Just sessions that penetrated his ears, laying the Between Me and You”, scored a Top 10 spot groundwork for his later profession. and Grammy nominations that set him on Prior to the start of his musical career, the road to superstardom. Pride also made Joseph was immersed in the world of sports his mark in the gospel music world, winning with creditable aspirations of playing on a Gospel Music Performance Grammy for the professional level. He was a basketball his 1974 song “Let Me Live”. standout on the courts during his formative Charley Pride had a long list of hit songs, but years as a teenager and young adult. the top five are: Joseph traveled to Mississippi to place 1. “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” his feet on the Delta soil that birthed his 2. “Is Anybody Going to San Antone” father and to reconcile a relationship 3. “All I Have to Offer Is Me” with his father’s music that could only 4. “Just Between Me and You” be accomplished in the land that is the 5. “The Snakes Crawl at Night” “Birthplace of the Blues”. In 2018, Joseph and other members of his extended Meridian, Glen Allan, and Rolling Fork, Charley Pride was known as a powerful Screenshot from Celebration of Life Program, Mississippi family accepted an invitation to singer and an astute businessman with Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield an easy-going disposition. In August be the guests of Dr. Rolando Herts, Director (Courtesy of Kevin Johnson, of the Delta Culture & Learning Center. His 2018, Charley was given a star on the (Screenshot by Eric Steiner) Walk of Fame at the Mississippi Arts & cousin, Keith Johnson, the great nephew Entertainment Experience (The MAX) of Muddy Waters, who is also known Remembering Joseph “Mojo” as the “Prince of the Delta Blues”, at the Museum in Meridian, Mississippi. Linda Morganfield Walker and Charlotte Lucille Gray, the International Conference on the Blues that granddaughter of the late bluesman Chick Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield, the youngest was held in Cleveland, Mississippi on the Willis, were among the fans who were in son of blues icon Muddy Waters, made his campus of Delta State University. During attendance when the Charley Pride star was transition December 12, 2020 at the age of the conference, Joseph discussed his father’s unveiled. 56-years-old. influence on him as a child, professional , and his impact on blues and rock Joseph Morganfield was born on April 12, Charley Pride’s family and close friends held music worldwide. a private wake and memorial in Dallas with 1964 in Chicago. The aspiring bluesman future plans for a public Celebration of Life passed away suddenly to the dismay of his After the formal programmed events at the International Conference on the Blues,

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 13 Honoring Charley Pride & Mojo Morganfield (Continued from page 13)

Joseph graciously performed on the steps of Larry “Mud” Morganfield, world-renowned the Bolivar County Courthouse, presenting bluesman and oldest Morganfield brother of the music of Muddy Waters and many of Joseph said, “Me and Joseph grew up in the his own tunes. streets of Chicago, making our own way Joseph and his cousin Keith Johnson in many ways living the blues as dad was closed out the courthouse concert singing, often touring. “You Got My Mojo Working”, a signature Joseph and me learned a lot of the same Muddy Waters song that may have provided blues, separately because of the age Joseph with his blues handle – “Mojo” difference, but [it] came out on the other Morganfield. side with a passion for the music that we Recently, Joseph made a decision to formally lived. We were both late bloomers in the make his mark in the blues music industry blues music industry…this blues music is a signing with the Delmark Records label feeling that you can’t away from, it’s in in early 2020 with intent of completing a the genes and it has to come out. full CD in 2021. Earlier this year, Joseph “Me and Jo Jo, as I called him, became very released an EP – “Good To Be King” – that close later in life because we had similar immediately soared to the top of the blues experiences. I really like that new tune of charts and was backed by several celebrated his – ‘Good To Be King’. It’s a good solid Chicago bluesmen, collectively called the blues song. I felt he had put the right touch Mannish Boyz Blues Band – a fitting name on it; it was good stuff. I was proud to be tax-deductible to pay tribute to a Muddy Waters’ titled song included in his recent wedding ceremony. “Mannish Boy.” I’m sad now, but God knows best.” contributions are In a special quote, Joseph explained how Services for the late Joseph “Mojo” always in tune he felt about his famous father and how he Morganfield were held on December 16, acquired his passion for the blues. 2020 at the West Suburban Funeral Home Entitled “Embrace Your Passion,” it reads, in Westmont, Illinois. Contribute to this “I uncovered my passion for music during The family has requested that donations be the years spent with my dad, going to made to the Muddy Waters Mojo Museum important fund today! rehearsals, gigs, and then performing on (the original Muddy Waters homestead), Contact us at treasurer@ stage. From that point on, the blues has located at 4339 S. Lake Park Ave., Chicago, been in my heart.” Illinois 60653. Visit www. mojomuseum. wablues.org. In an exclusive with the Jackson Advocate, com to purchase memorabilia, make donations, and to offer condolences.

14 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 15 Learning From History or Repeating It 2020... a year that was? By Kirk Anderson

2020 started as so many had before it. An Working from home. estimated 1 million revelers stood shoulder Essential workers. to shoulder in Times Square at Broadway in Schools closed. New York City. 100 million across the US No income. and up to 1 billion around the world would No information. watch the ball drop. I’m thinking of leaving No effective plan. the past year behind and dream about the Seven million new unemployment claims possibilities and adventures to be had in in one week. 2021. It’s gotta be better than 2020. George Floyd: “I can’t breathe.” Around the globe, family, friends and Black Lives Matter. strangers gathered in homes, bars, clubs, Defund the police, reallocate the funds. theatres, restaurants, sporting venues and US military against its citizens. streets pressed together interacting as Hospitals overrun. humans need to do. Few knew what was Refrigerated morgue trailers. coming. Medical workers strained; they become community who care about the music and heroes. the musicians. Their art affects you… and, Those that did… had no idea of its depth. No toilet paper. in turn, you put your support into action. So, to cover in the space of this article the COVID hair. In the inky night of the horrific history of avalanche of heartache that was 2020, I Empty streets. 2020, you are bright comets that ascend in could only write word sentences or phrase Food insecurity. the sky and burst into the color and texture sentences. Tiger King. of uplifting fireworks. Again, with limited What day is it? room for this article, I’ll use the word I ask you to stop as you read through each TikTok. and phrase sentences again as I recount of these observations and take a second to Zoom to work. the local and national happenings that remember… so we can learn and let go. Zoom to interact with family & friends. helped us get through 2020. Read what has happened to help the musicians and the Uncontrolled brush fires across Australia Zoom to say final good-byes. music community hold onto the seed of and the Western US. NBA & its Bubble. hope until the time when the tree of music Future of sports. Kobe and Gigi Bryant. can again grow. An election year in the USA. Tom Hanks. Wuhan, China. Home delivery. Please take a second to remember… or South Korea, Italy and the USA. $2 trillion stimulus. check out the archive for the Bluesletter WHO Remote learning. issues online from 2020 & help as you can CDC Isolation. where inspiration takes you. Wars in Armenia and Ethiopia. Pfizer. Washington Blues Society Musicians Relief Flatten the curve. Moderna. Fund. Operation Warp Speed. PPE. Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program Dr. Anthony Fauci. Seasons Performance Hall. Mask-up. I’m listening to Lady A’s Live in New Orleans CD to uplift me against this article. Social distancing. South Hudson Music Project. Gets worse before it gets better. To you Bluesletter readers: I don’t have any The Blues Foundation. more specific as to who I am talking about. March 12th: Concerts cancelled. I am from the South, but I am blessed to be Clubs closed. In the Bluesletter: “Whom to Hire & in the Pacific Northwest. I found a blues

16 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society Get in Touch,” “Where the Music is Happening,” “Blues on the Radio (and online),” “Musicians & Artists Lost to the Corona Virus,” “COVID-19 Blues Musicians Emergency Relief Fund.” Pre- or post-concert interviews. Festival and club updates. Local bands streaming from their home CD reviews. bars or even their homes. How to help venues. Local mash-up cover performances such Updates on Coronavirus Resources. as “M-M-M-My Corona.” Supporting other regional Blues Possible future of music? Associations. Blues Bashes on hold… Blues Strict adherence to CDC guidelines. Bashes go virtual. Reservations. Silent Stages. Staggered arrival. Blues Sisters. Personal temperature checks. Keep Calm. Health questionnaires. Virtual Blues Music Awards. Changing local/state regulations. Opportunity Rising. Pre-recorded performances with multi- Cautious reopening. camera pro shots and chats. Music4Life. Virtual reality concerts. Virtual Snohomish Blues Invasion. Locally recorded and live performances The Royal Room. streamed with donations through Venmo Seattle’s Nectar Lounge. and Paypal. Finding effective lobbyists and advocacy Drive-in shows. SUPPORT THE Socially distanced concerts with 6 foot groups such as Save Our Stages WASHINGTON BLUES pods such as the series of shows at 10 acre representing us in government. SOCIETY BY SHOPPING private farm in Connecticut called South AT AMAZON SMILE. Farms. As of December 31, 2020, 84.5 million Use our unique link: Minor league baseball park concerts in Ft. COVID-19 cases diagnosed. 1.8 million deaths worldwide. smile.com.amazon/ch/ Worth, Texas. 94-3093057 175 person concerts at Red Rocks in Colorado. Shutter 2020. Amazon will donate 0.5% Live for a few… streamed for many… of the price of all eligible sponsor-paid, donation driven. smile.amazon.com purchases to 450 people at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. the Washington Blues Society. Professional videography and multiple camera angles.

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 17 Our Monthly Blues Bash Has Gone Virtual! Celebrate the blues virtually with the Coyote Kings with Tiphony Dames in February By Rick J. Bowen

The monthly Washington Blues Society Blues Bash has gone virtual to Keep the Blues Alive. The February Blues Bash will air from south Eastern Washington and features the award-winning quartet from Walla Walla, the Coyote Kings with Tiphony Dames. The Blues Bash will be broadcast online Tuesday February 9th at 7 PM PDT. FB Page link: https://www.facebook. com/robin.barrett3 or join the watch party at https://www.facebook.com/ WashingtonBluesSociety Since 2006, the Coyote Kings have been recording, performing and winning awards, collecting rave reviews, and playing to enthusiastic audiences and devoted fans. With seven albums released, and more on Washington where Robin first saw Tiph the way, “That little old band from Walla and heard her sing. Walla” has established themselves as a Tiph began doing festivals and blues events presence in the Pacific Northwest and with the Coyote Kings in the summer of beyond. 2015. Since then, her stellar performing has In 2014, the band was reborn as Robin helped the Coyote Kings wow audiences Barrett and the Kings with Robin’s writing, show after show. Tiphony received the singing and blistering guitar work fronting 2016, ‘17, & ‘18 Empire Awards for Best the band, and Kit Kuhlman and GT Female Blues Performer from the Inland Townsend laying down the groove on bass Empire Blues Society and has now been and drums. The group received the 2014 placed in that blues society’s Hall of Fame. Empire Award from the Inland Empire The 2017 release Tiphony Dames with Blues Society for Best Blues Band and Coyote Kings hit #18 on the Roots Music Robin Barrett received the Empire Award Report’s national blues-rock chart with the for Best Blues Guitarist. Following their single “Down Around the River” hitting the 2013 Empire Award winning fourth album, Top 40 in all genres in the spring of 2017. Nasty Habits & Dirty Little Secrets, the The Coyote Kings’ 7th album, Rocket, was Kings’ album Howl also won the Empire release in March of 2019 on Underworld Award in 2015 for Best Blues CD. Records, debuting at #12 on the Roots Tiphony Dames was born and raised in Music Report’s blues rock chart and spent Harlem, New York. As a child, she loved 15 weeks in the top 50. The group is dancing and singing in church. Tiph sang working on a new all blues album of fan at The Apollo Theater when she was only favorites slated for release later this year. Top: Kit Kuhlman, Tiphony Dames, 10 years old. As a young adult, she moved More info at: http://coyotekings.com Robin Barrett & GT Townsend upstate and attended Skidmore College Above: Tipohny Dames & Robin Barrett in Saratoga Springs. After receiving her (Photos by Jeri Goodwin-Akari) bachelor’s degree, she moved to Richland,

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February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 19 Blues You Can Use: CD Reviews Please support artists featured in the Bluesletter! Joe Lewis Band to lead the fellows through a blazing year full of challenges, Skylar Rogers and Up Next instrumental “Twang a Doodle Boom her band of brothers, The Blue Diamonds, (Self-Released) Boom.” Up Next from the Joe Lewis Band met those obstacles with fire and kept should prove be another fine tool in their breathing life into this project, one they mission that may open doors as well as should be proud of her for years to come. The line between blues and gospel, hearts and minds. Rick J. Bowen. Rick J Bowen has always been thin as they are both considered the source of all modern music. Skylar Rogers Shemekia Copeland While the choice to play and Fire Breather Uncivil Wars sing words of praise is not a new thing, (Self-Released) (Alligator Records) Sister Rosetta Thorpe pioneered the genre in the early 1950s, but to push it into an emerging genre is a bold choice for an Chicago born vocalist Skylar Rogers Shemekia Copeland’s follow-up to 2018’s artist. Contemporary Christian music has followed the successful blueprint America’s Child convenes many Music City been growing in the marketplace since created nearly a century ago by Ma A-list artists, Mississippi blues sensation the late 60s, and now encompasses every Rainey, arguably the original queen of Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and guitar major category in music and yet it has the blues, by gathering together great legend Duane Eddy (“Peter Gunn” and not formally recognized contemporary original material and a team of the top- many, many others). Uncivil Wars offers Christian blues artists. Joe Lewis and his notch players as her backing band as she 12 songs that reflect COVID-19 realities as power trio are trailblazers who began 2020 barnstormed around the country spreading well as comment on our national discourse by representing the Lake of the Ozarks her vision of the blues. In the two years since the release of 2018’s America’s Child. Blues Society at the International Blues since her debut EP, Rogers has dubbed Many of the songs are imbued subtly with Challenge in Memphis. Then, the band her ensemble of musicians “The Blue a hopeful look forward (despite the sad embarked on recording a fourth album Diamonds” and gave the sound she creates story behind the title tune, the reality titled Up Next, enlisting super producer with them the moniker “Soul Rockin’ of “Apple Pie & A .45” and a song from Kevin Shirley to mix the album and having Blues.” Her new album, Fire Breather, neighborhoods Checker Cab, Uber or the album mastered by the legendary features 10 new songs that reflect her life Lyft would touch, “Walk Before I Ride.” A Bob Ludwig. The rambunctious spirit growing up in some of Chicago’s toughest “dream team”of roots and blues artists join of the album and its words of positivity neighborhoods and the influence of the Shemekia at Nashville’s Butcher Shoppe studios, including Jerry Douglas and Sam and praise strive to blur the line between music that flows across the region from St. Bush on dobro and mandolin, Lex Price on Saturday night and Sunday morning. The Louis to Memphis over to Nashville and drums, and Pete Abbott on drums. Jason session opens with a chimney guitar that back up to the Windy City. Rogers gives Isbell’s searing guitar kicks off the opening leads us into the unconventional love an account of how the obstinate part of “Clotilda’s On Fire,” which belongs in every song “I Like It,“ with words of continue her character leads to losing a lover on the junior high school Zoom classroom. Will devotion set to a Funky groove. Lewis album opener, “Hardheaded Woman,” and Kimbrough and “Kingfish” launch “Money continues to give praise for his beloved on then Skylar and the band seek redemption Makes You Ugly” with raucous and churning the soul vaccination “Hot Lovin Mama,” in the city of the blues on the driving track riffs worthy of the Glimmer Twins, and doing his best James Brown. Lewis spells “Back To Memphis.” Rogers boldly spells the CD transitions nicely to a second line out his devotion as a seeker on the dynamic out how she is willing to labor for love honoring the memory of Dr. John on “Dirty “Do Your Work In Me” and then delivers a on the organ driven funk blast “Work.” A Saint.” Memphis legend Steve Cropper adds touching tribute to a dearly departed sister southern rock guitar riff and sassy vocals some tasty guitar on “In the Dark,” and I on the emotional ballad “Broken Angel of propel the album’s first single “Like Father hope that Shemekia’s cover of her father’s the Delta.” The second half of the session Like Daughter,“ and I like its radio ready “Love Song” crosses over into country begins with the account of the night Lewis style. The title track is a cautionary tale radio. Uncivil Wars is an exceptionally good discovered his calling while listening to a based on the classic idiom of no fury being CD from the blueswoman crowned “Queen real blues man at a local juke joint on the like that of a woman scorned (and that of the Blues” at the 2011 Chicago Blues edgy “Do Drop Inn,” and then he proceeds may or may not be autobiographical). In a Festival. Eric Steiner

20 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society Celebrating Memories of Highway 99! An innovative way to honor the memory of Seattle’s Highway 99 Blues Club & help youth By Ed Maloney (Compiled by Rick J. Bowen and Eric Steiner from e-mail exchanges from Ed).

Happy New Year Blues fans! Well, I can’t believe that it has been two years since we rocked the stage for the last time, down at the ol’ Highway 99 Blues Club in Seattle. It has been great staying in touch with so many of you over these last couple of years. Steve was going through some old club archives and shared this cool 15th year anniversary tee shirt design with me. He had originally designed this to be a gift tee, for our staff from us for the anniversary. Well, as you know, we wound up closing on that anniversary and the shirts were never printed. After about two seconds of talking about it, Steve and I decided that it was time to check in on all of you fine Highway folks and share this design with you. So, for a limited time only, we are going to offer Despite the temporary closure of their Editor’s Note: I ordered my hoodie you this commemorative 15th anniversary headquarters at Seattle Center they are within minutes of receiving Ed’s update. hoodie sweatshirt. keeping the future of music alive right I encourage Bluesletter readers to order here in our town. They have created their their own to support Seattle’s Vera Project, We have been keeping in touch with many of own TV show, raised close to $100,000 to an innovative way that our community our friends in the Seattle music community save their DIY scene and bolster black-led supports youth arts. I also look forward to and beyond. cultural spaces. the arts and music programming at Blue Everyone’s up against their own set of Proceeds from our 15th anniversary Velvet Studios (thanks to Ed Maloney). difficulty during this time, but it has been sweatshirt sales will go toward the real exciting being a part of this new wave Vera Project’s “Last Call for the Kids” of creativity. I have been working on my fundraising campaign, check them out new project, Blue Velvet Studios, a creative here. Theveraproject.org. music & art space and virtual venue. Yes, I’ll be bringing you the Blues, among other The remainder of all proceeds will be going familiar forms of music and art. toward creating music and art here at Blue Velvet Studios. So, keep an eye out on your email and social media posts next month. I’m very excited This sweatshirt was initially available to share all of the details about my next big through January 28th. The limited run is journey down the road of music and art, as being printed and shipped to order, with 7 - well as how you can get in on the action. 10 day shipping from the time of your order. Get ‘em while you can!! Speaking of music and art, Steve and I were always big supporters of youth artists, Ed Maloney, Proprietor locally and from the touring circuit. It is no wonder that we have found ourselves very Highway 99 Blues Club impressed with the strides that the Vera While they last: https://desteenation.com/highway-99- Project has made this year. blues-club-xv-years/

February 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 J 44th Street Blues Band 206.714.5180 or C.D. Woodbury Band 425.502.1917 Jack Cook & Phantoms of Soul 206.517.5294 206.775.2762 CC Adams Band 360.395.8540 James Howard 206.250.7494 Charles White Revue 425.327.0018 James King & the Southsiders 206.715.6511 A Charlie Butts & The Filtertips 509.325.3016 Janie Cribbs & the T.Rust Band 360.331.6485 A.H.L. 206.935.4592 Charlie Saibel 360.357.8553 JD Hobson 206.235.3234 Al Earick Band 253.278.0330 Chester Dennis Jones 253.797.8937 Jeff Boutiea & the Blues Choo Train425.345.5399  Albritten McClain & Bridge of Souls 206.650.8254 Chris Egar Band 360.770.7929 Jeff “Drummerboy” Hayes206.909.6366  Alice Stuart & the Formerlys 360.753.8949 Chris Lord 425.334.5053 Jeff & The Jet City Fliers206.818.0701  AlleyKatz 425.273.4172 Chris Stevens’ Surf Monkeys 206.236.0412 Jeff Menteer and The Beaten Path425.280.7392  ALTAI BAND [email protected], Coyote Blues 360.420.2535 Jeremy Serwer 520.275.9444 [email protected] Craig Parrish/Margaret Wilder Band 360.380.2250 Jesse Weston 425.610.0933 Andrew Norsworthy [email protected] Crooked Mile Blues Band 425.238.8548 Jill Newman Band 206.390.2623 Andy Koch’s Badd Dog Blues (formerly Badd Dog Curtis Hammond Band 206.696.6134 James Brunner 509.457.0762 Blues Society) 360.739.6397 Cyndi Moring and Lucile Street 206.849.8471 Jim Caroompas (Rumpus) 925.212.7760 Annette Taborn 206.306.3398 Jim McLaughlin 425.737.4277 Annieville Blues 206.994.9413 D Jim Nardo Blues Band 360.779.4300 Author Unknown 206.355.5952 Daddy Treetops 206.601.1769 Jimmy Free’s Friends 206.546.3733 Joe Blue & the Roof Shakers 425.766.7253 B Dan & the Dynos 206.225.9684 Dana Lupinacci Band 206.860.4961 Joe Cook Blues Band 206.547.1772 Baby Gramps Trio 425.483.2835 Dave Albert 425.269-3665 Joe Guimond 509.423.0032 Back Porch Blues 425.299.0468 David Hudson / Satellite 4 253.630.5276 Joel Astley 206.214.7977 Backwoods Still 425.330.0702 Dennis “Juxtamuse” Hacker 509.264.7879 John “Scooch” Cugno’s Delta 88 Revival 360.352.3735 Badd Dog Blues Society 360.733.7464 Dick Powell Band 425.742.4108 John “Greyhound” Maxwell 415.302.8450 Bay Street Blues Band 360.731.1975 Doug McGrew 206.679.2655 John Stephan Band 206.244.0498 B.E.S.T. Band 206.817.1663 Doug Skoog 253.921.7506 John Stephanus 206.459.3278 Bill Brown & The Kingbees 206.276.6600 Dudley Taft 513.713.6800 Billy Barner 253.884.6308 JP Hennessy 425.273.4932 Billy Shew Band 253.514.3637 E Julia Francis & the Secrets of Soul 206.618.4919 Black River Blues 206.396.1563 Julie Duke Band 206.459.0860 El Colonel 360.293.7931 Blackjack Kerouac 206.697.8428 Junkyard Jane 253.238.7908 Elliott Bay Blues Band 206.300.6802 Blackstone Players 425.327.0018 Ellis Carter 206.935.3188 Blue 55 206.216.0554 K Eric Madis & Blue Madness 206.362 8331 Blue Healers 206.940.9128 K. G. Jackson & The Shakers 360.896.4175 Blues on Tap 206.618.6210 F Keith Nordquist 253.639.3206 Blues Playground 425.359.3755 Keith Scott 773.213.3239 Fat Cat 425.487.6139 Blues Redemption 253.884.6308 Kenny James Miller Band 406.253.7439 Filé Gumbo 425.788.2776 Blues Sheriff206.979.0666 Kevin & Casey Sutton 314.479.0752 Blues To Do Monthly 206.328.0662 G Kid Quagmire 206.412.8212 Blues with Benefits 206.459.3278 Kim Archer Band 253.298.5961 Bobby Holland & The Breadline 425.681.5644 Gary Frazier 206.851.1169 Kim Field & The Mighty Titans of Tone Boneyard Preachers 206.755.0766 or 206.547.1772 Greg Roberts 206.473.0659 206.295.8306 Bobby Patterson Band 509.216.0944 Groove Tramps 720.232.9664 Kimball Conant & The Fugitives 206.938.6096 Brian Butler Band 206.361.9625 Gunnar Roads 360.828.1210 Kosta Panidis (Kosta la Vista) 509.991.7623 Brian Hurst 360.708.1653 Brian Lee & The Orbiters 206.390.2408 H L Bruce Govan 206.817.1663 Hambone Blues Band 360.458.5659 Lady “A” & The Baby Blues Funk Band 425.518.9100 Bruce Koenigsberg / Fabulous Roof Shakers Hambone Wilson 360.739.7740 Larry Hill 206.696.1789 425.766.7253 Heather & the Nearly Homeless Blues Band Leanne Trevalyan 253.238.7908 Bruce Ransom 206.618.6210 425.576.5673 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 Hungry Dogs 425.299.6435 Little Bill & the Bluenotes 425.774.7503

22 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society Lori Hardman Band 425.218.5341 Ron Hendee 425.280.3994 V Lucille Street [email protected] Roxlide 360.881.0003 Virginia Klemens Band 206.632.6130 Russ Kammerer 206.551.0152 M Rusty Williams 206.282.0877 W Maia Santell & House Blend 253.983.7071 Mark A. Noftsger 425.238.3664 S West Coast Women’s Blues Revue 206.940.2589 Mark Hurwitz & Gin Creek 206.588.1924 Sammy Eubanks 509.879.0340 Willie B Blues Band 206.451.9060 Mark Riley 206.313.7849 Scott E. Lind 206.789.8002 Willie & The Whips 206.781.0444 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 & Dangerfields253.203.8267 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 Band406.570-2303 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 Nicely425.239.3876  or The Naughty Blokes 360.393.9619 425.359.3755 The Rece Jay Band 253.350.9137 Randy Norris & The Full Degree 425.239.3876 The RooTsters (Acoustic Duo) 206.890.6176 SUPPORT THE Randy Oxford Band 253.973.9024 The Soulful 88s/Billy Spaulding 206.310.4153 WASHINGTON BLUES Raven Humphres 425.308.3752 The Spinoffs/Dawnzella Gearhart206.  718.1591 SOCIETY BY SHOPPING Red House 425.377.8097 The Wired Band 206.852.3412 AT AMAZON SMILE. Reggie Miles 360.793.9577 The Wulf Tones 206.367.6186 or 206.604.2829 Reji Marc (206) 486-0386 Tim Hall Band 253.857.8652 Use our unique link: Richard Allen & The Experience Tim Turner Band 206.271.5384 smile.com.amazon/ch/ 206.369.8114 Tommy Wall 206.914.9413 94-3093057 Richard Evans 206.799.4856 Town Hall Brawl 206.940.9128 Right Hand Drive 206.496.2419 Two Scoops Combo 206.933.9566 Amazon will donate 0.5% RJ Knapp & Honey Robin Band 206.612.9145 Two Trains Runnin’ 206.225.9684 of the price of all eligible Robert Baker 425.870.7683 smile.amazon.com purchases to Robert Patterson 509.869.0350 U the Washington Blues Society. Robert and Randolph Duo 509.216.0944 Unbound 425.231.0565 Rod Cook & Toast 206.878.7910 Roger Rogers Band 206.255.6427

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 23 Blues Jams, Open Mic Listings (once we reopen) Jam hosts listed and Open mics are either blues-friendly or full band-friendly. SUNDAY Band Jam 5-9pm Jam 8-11pm Zola, Spokane: Perfect Mess, 8:30pm Darrell’s Tavern, Shoreline: Open Mic 8:30-11pm 192 Brewing, Kenmore: 192 Blues Jam w/ The Groove Tramps 3-7pm (all ages, times vary on Dragon Gate, Des Moines: Open Jam 9-11pm Seahawk games) TUESDAY Egan’s Ballard Jam House, Seattle: Open mic after show 9:30-11pm, $10 cover Anchor Pub, Everett: Open Jam (2nd Sunday) Bean &Vine, Everett: Open Mic 6-9pm Filling Station, Kingston: Open Mic 7pm All Ages, 2-5pm All Ages Jazz Jam (3rd & 4th Sundays) Royal Esquire Club, Seattle: Sea Town All-Stars styles & instruments welcome Blue Moon Tavern, Everett: Jam w/the Moon Dogs 8-10pm Grumpy D’s Coffee House, Seattle: Open Mic 630- 7-10pm Antique Sandwich Co. Tacoma: Open Mic 7-10pm 9pm Blue Note Restaurant & Lounge, Lakewood: Open Dave’s of Milton: Blues & Beyond Jam w/ Jerry Miller George’s, Kirkland: Heather B’s Open Mic/Jam Mic hosted by Jam Goody Bagg Band, 6-9 PM Trio 7-10pm 7-9pm Captain Jacks, Sumner: Open Mic hosted by Lady Dawson’s Bar & Grill, Tacoma: Open Mic w/Leanne Hi-Fidelity Lounge, Bremerton: Open Mic 8pm Carter & The Gents 7pm Trevalyan or Billy Stoops (alternating Tuesdays), 8pm Hopvine Pub, Seattle: Open Mic 8pm Cheap Shots, Spokane Valley: Voodoo Church Jam J Saloon Seattle: Open Mic 8:30pm (1st & 6pm 3rd Tuesdays) Iron Horse, Coeur d’Alene, ID: Jess’ Jam 8pm Collectors Choice, Snohomish: Acoustic Open Mic Elmer’s Pub, Burien: Jam w/Billy Shew 7-11pm Jazzbones, Tacoma: Live It Out Loud All Ages Jam hosted by Patrick Thayer & the Reclamation Project 6-930pm (3rd Wednesday) 6-10pm Engel’s Pub, Edmonds: Jam Night w/Dano Mac 8-11pm Living Room Coffee, Marysville: Open Mic 6-9pm Club Crow, Cashmere: Jam Session 7-10pm (1st J & M Cafe, Seattle: Blues Jam 9-11pm Madison Ave Pub, Everett: Unbound Blues Jam Sunday) 730-11pm North End Social Club, Tacoma: Open Mic w/Kim Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Cafe, Muk Cafe, Langley: Open Mic 7pm Seattle: Buzzard Blues Open Jam hosted by Kenny Archer 8pm Mandell 7-9pm (1st Sunday All Ages) OLY Underground, Olympia: Open Mic 8-11pm Nauti Mermaid, Port Orchard: Open Mic 7-11pm Darrell’s Tavern, Shoreline: Jazz Jam 7-10pm Oxford Saloon, Snohomish: Acoustic Open Mic Nickerson Street Saloon, Seattle: Open Mic 9pm- 12am Open Jam (Last Wednesday) Dawson’s, Tacoma: Tim Hall Band Jam 7-11pm Jam, All Ages 7-10pm Paragon, Seattle: Open Mic 9P-12am Old Triangle, Seattle: w/Jeff Hass Open Mic & Jam El Sarape Cantina, Shelton: Open Band Jam 4-8pm 8-11pm (3rd Sunday) Pogacha, Issaquah: Jam Hosted by Doug McGrew. 8pm 21+ Rhythm & Rye, Olympia: Open Mic hosted by Scott Finaughty’s, Snoqualmie Ridge: Tommy Wall’s Lesman 8-11pm Wicked Blues Jam 7-11pm Poppe’s 360 Neighborhood Pub, Bellingham: Open Skylark Café, West Seattle: Open Mic 8-11pm Peabo’s Bar & Grill, Mill Creek: Peace N Love Jam w/ Mic Night w/Brian Hillman 6:30-9pm Tommy Cook, Eric Rice & Scotty Harris 7-10pm Seamonster Lounge, Seattle: Open Mic w/Emily Stoneway Cafe, Seattle: Acoustic Open Mic, 7-10pm Odd Otter Brewing, Tacoma: Open Mic w/Stephanie McVicker, 8-10pm and Joe Doria presents 10- Tony V’s Garage, Everett: Open Mic 9-11pm Anne Johnson 7-10pm 11:30pm The Tin Hat, Kennewick – Open Mic & Jam w/ O’Malley’s Lounge, Olympia: Blues Jam w/ The Skylark, W Seattle: Jazz Open Mic w/Top Tier Mondo Ray Band 7-11pm Pleasure Hounds 6-9pm Rhythm Section 8pm The Royal Bear, Auburn: Sunday Unloaded Jam Stewart’s, Snohomish: Tuesday Jam night w/the THURSDAY Shortcuts 8pm Session 6-10pm Anchor Pub, Everett: Open Mic 9-11pm All Ages Stoneway Cafe, Seattle: Acoustic Open Mic, 7-10pm Bolo’s, Spokane Valley: Inland Empire Blues Society Slippery , Poulsbo: Monthly All Ages Open Mic MONDAY Blues Boogie (Second Thursday) 6:30-10:30pm 7pm Bridgepress Cellars, Spokane: All Genre Jam Capitol Cider, Seattle: Cider Sessions, Monday Night Tim’s Tavern, Seattle: Open Mic 7pm Jam 9-11:59pm 7-10pm Tweede’s Café, North Bend: Open Mic 6:30-9:30pm Eichardt’s Sandpoint, ID: Truck Mills Jam, 7pm The Cedar Stump, Arlington: Open Jam w/The Ben Moore’s, Olympia: Open Mic 7pm Emerald of Siam, Richland: Open Mic/Band Usual Suspects 7pm Showcase hosted by Barefoot Randy/Dirty River The Cherry Bomb, Port Angeles: Blues Jam w/Big Al Dawson’s, Tacoma: Blues Jam w/Billy Shew 7:30- Entertainment 8pm (all-ages until 10:45pm) & the Gang 7-10pm 11pm Mac’s Triangle Pub, Seattle: 8-10pm Dave’s of Milton: Open Jam w/ Power Cell 8-11pm Nectar Lounge, Seattle: Mo Jam Mondays 9 -11pm WEDNESDAY Drunky Two Shoes BBQ: White Center: Uptown All- Dawson’s, Tacoma: Music Mania Jam 7-11pm 192 Brewing Company, Kenmore: Open Mic Stars Jam 730-11pm The Swiss, Tacoma: Open Mic Hosted by Chuck Gay 7-10pm Gordon & Purdy’s Pub, Sumner: Open Blues Jam 7-10pm Bethel Saloon, Port Orchard: Open Mic 8pm 7-11pm Red Dog Saloon, Maple Valley: Jam w/Scotty FM & Black Dog Arts Cafe, Snoqualmie: All Ages Open Jacksons Sports Bar & Clubhouse, Yakima: Open the Broadcasters 7pm Mic 7pm Jam 8-11pm Riverside Pub, Wenatchee: North Central WA Blues Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle: Open Mic 8-11pm JB Bungalow, Kirkland: HeatherB Blues’s Open Mic/ Jam 8-11pm Jam 7-10pm (2nd & 4th Mondays) Bub’s Pub Sports Bar & Grill, Centralia: Hosted by The Mill, Milton: Open Mic w/Walker Sherman Smokin’ Blues Band & Mark Dodson, 7-10pm Loco Billy’s Wild Moon Saloon, Stanwood: Tightwad Thursday Jam 7-10pm Collectors Choice Restaurant, Snohomish: Blues The Mint, Victoria B.C: Open Mic w/Pete & Mo Jam w/Usual Suspects 8-11pm Luther’s Table, Renton: Open Mic 7pm The Village Taphouse & Grill, Marysville: Jam Night Couth Buzzard Cafe, Seattle: Open Mic at 7:30- Oxford Saloon, Snohomish: Haunting Rock Jam w/ Scotty Harris & Tommy Cook 7- 10pm 10pm 730-11pm Wee Blu Inn Again Bar & Grill, Bremerton: Tim Hall Dawson’s, Tacoma: Linda Myers Wicked Wednesday Port Gardner Bay Winery, Everett: Open Mic 6:30-

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9:30pm Dragon Gate, Des Moines: Open Jam 9-11pm Purdy’s Public House, Sumner: Blues Jam w/Brian Dreadknott Brewery, Monroe: Open Mic 7-10pm Oliver & Glen Hummel 7pm Eagles Hall, Abbotsford, BC: Fraser Valley Blues Get on the List! Rhythm & Rye, Olympia: Olympia Jazz Jam hosted Society Jam hosted by James Thorhaug & Friends, by Tarik Bentlemsani 7pm Rolling Log, Issaquah: Open Jam hosted by Doug Kana Winery, Yakima: Open Mic 7pm To add, update or McGrew, 8P-12am Soul Food Coffee House & Fair Trade Emporium: San Juan island Brewing Co, Friday Harbor: Open Jazz Jam 7pm (Last Friday). change your band Mic 6-8pm Twin Dragon, Duvall: Open Jam hosted by Doug Slippery Pig Brewery, Poulsbo: Blues & Brews Jam McGrew 8pm-12am listing, jam session or Night w/Thys Wallwork (All Ages) 7-11pm Urban Timber Coffee House, Sumner: Open Mic Stewarts, Snohomish: Open Jam w/Pole Cat & Co. 6:30-11pm venue listing, please 7-1130pm Wicked Cider, Kennewick: Wicked Jamz/Open Mic Stoneway Cafe, Seattle: Acoustic Open Mic 7-10pm (Every Other Friday) 6-10pm visit our self-service The Dam Bar, Port Angeles: Open Mic calendar online at The Loft Pub, Victoria B.C: Open Jam 7pm SATURDAY The Village Inn Pub, Bellingham: Jam w/Jimmy D Café Zippy’s, Everett: Victory Music Open Mic 5:30- www.wablues.org. 8-11pm 8:30pm All Ages (1st Saturday) Uncle Sam’s Bar & Grill, Spanaway: Blues Jam w/ SoulFood Coffee House & Fair Trade Emporium, Jerry Miller Band 7-10pm Redmond: Open Mic (First Saturday) 6-11:30pm Tab’s Bar & Grill, Kenmore: Open Mic (Third This service is free and FRIDAY Saturday) 8pm-Midnight La Copa Café, Seattle: Victory Music Open Mic 6:30- updated online and in 9pm, All Ages DUE TO COVID-19, PLEASE CONTACT THE the print Bluesletter! The Living Room Coffee, Marysville: Student Jazz VENUE TO SEE IF THE BLUES JAM OR Jam 6:30-9:30pm All Ages (Last Friday) Urban Timber Coffee, Sumner: Open Mic 6:30- OPEN MIC WILL BE HELD 10pm All Ages

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 25 Where the Music Will Happen (once we reopen!) Please note: Our online venue listings at www.wablues.org are our most current and up-to-date listings. To add/change venues, email [email protected] SEATTLE Salmon Bay Eagles Doyle’s Pub, Tacoma OLYMPIC PENINSULA Slaughter County Brewing 206.783.7791 253.272.7468 Co., Port Orchard Downtown Seattle, Ballard, Bremerton, Pt Orchard, Gig Seamonster Lounge Elmer’s Pub, Burien 360.329.2340 U-District Lake Forest Park & Harbor, Kingston, Poulsbo, 206..992.1120 206.439.1007 Slippery Pig Brewery - West Seattle Sequim & Shelton Skylark Cafe & Club Emerald Queen Casino, Poulsbo 360.394-1686 206.935.2111 Tacoma, 253.594.7777 Swim Deck, Pt Orchard Bad Albert’s Tap and Grill Bethel Saloon, Pt Orchard Slim’s Last Chance Saloon Forrey’s Forza, Lacey 360.443.6220 206.789.2000 206.762-7900 360.876.6621 360.338.0925 The Dam Bar, Pt Angeles Bainbridge Brewing Stone Way Café’ 206. Brass Karaken Pub, Poulsbo Jazzbones, Tacoma 360.452.9880 Alehouse 206. 317.6986 420.4435 360.626-1042 253.396.9169 Treehouse Café, Bainbridge Barboza 206.709-9442 The Alley 206.937.1110 Brother Don’s, Bremerton Jeremy’s Restaurant & Island 206.842.2814 Ballard Elks Lodge 206. The Crocodile 206.441.4618 360.377.8442 Market, 360. 748.4417 Up Town Pub, Pt Townsend 784-0827 Casey’s Bar & Grill, Belfair The High Dive 206.632.0212 Johnny’s Dock, Tacoma 360.344.2505 Bastille Cafe & Bar 360.275.6929 The Moore 206.682.1414 253.627.3186 Red Bicycle Bistro, Vashon 206.453.5014 Cellar Door, Port Townsend Island 206.463.5959 The Ould Triangle Junction Sports Bar, Grand Blue Moon (206) 675-9116 360.385.6959 206.706.7798 Mound, 360.273.7586 C & P Coffee Co.206.933.3125 Cherry Bomb, Port Angeles The Paramount Louie G’s, Fife, 253.926.9700 EAST SIDE Café Racer 206.523-5282 360.797.1638 206. 682.1414 Lucky Eagle Casino, Bellevue, Bothell, Duvall, Capitol Cider 206.397-3564 Clear Water Casino, The Royal Room Rochester, 800.720.1788 Issaquah, Kirkland & Café’ Solstice 206.675-0850 Suquamish 206. 906.9920 McMenamins Elks Temple, Woodinville Central Saloon 206.622-0209 360.598.8700 The Tractor Tavern Tacoma: (253) 300-8777 206.789.3599 Disco Bay Detour, Discovery Clockout Lounge Muckleshoot Casino, 206.402.6322 Bay, 360.379.6898 Bake’s Place, Bellevue The Door Theater and Auburn, 800.804.4944 Connor Byrne Pub 206. Musicquarium Filling Station - Kingston 425.454.2776 Nikki’s Lounge, Covington Beaumont Cellars, 784-3640 (206) 838.4333 360.297-7732 253.981.3612 Woodinville Columbia City Theater The Sunset Tavern Little Creek Casino, Shelton Nisqually Red Wind Casino, 425.482.6349 206.722-3009 206.784-4880 800.667.7711 Olympia, 866.946.2444 Cypress Lounge & Wine Bar, Darrell’s Tavern 206.542-6688 The Showbox 206.628-3151 7 Cedars Casino, Sequim Odd Otter Brewing Co. The Westin Bellevue Dog House Bar & Grill The Watershed 206.729.7433 360.683.7777 206.453.5996 Tacoma 253.327.1650 425.638.1000 Third Place Books Halftime Sports Saloon, Gig Old General Store Steak Central Club, Kirkland Double J Saloon Lake City 206.366.3333 Harbor 253.853.1456 206.257.4804 House, Roy, 253.459.2124 425.827.0808 Thirteen Coins 206.682.2513 The Hi-Fidelity Lounge, Drunky Two Shoes BBQ Oly Underground, Olympia Bremerton 360.627-9752 Crossroads Center, Bellevue Tim’s Tavern 206.789-9005 206.556.2134 360.352.7343 Hot Java Cafe, Bremerton 425.402.9600 Town Hall 206.652-4255 Egan’s Ballard Jam House Rhythm & Rye, Olympia 360.813-1958 Grazie, Bothell 206.789.1621 Vera Project 206.956-8372 360.705.0760 Manchester Pub, Pt Orchard 425.402.9600 East Lake Zoo Tavern 206. Whisky West 206.556.2134 Riverside Golf Club, Chehalis 360.871.2205 Horseshoe Saloon, 329-3977 Vito’s 206.397-4053 360.748.8182 Manette Saloon, Bremerton Woodinville, 425.488.2888 Easy Monkey Tap House 206. White Center Eagles Royal Bear, Algona 360.792-0801 Kirkland Performance Center 420-1326 206.248.1400 253.222.0926 McCloud’s Grill House, 425.893.9900 El Corazon 206.262-0482 Silver Dollar Pub, Spanaway Bremerton 360.373-3093 192 Brewing, Kenmore Fiddler’s Inn SOUTH PUGET SOUND 253.531.4469 Morso, Gig Harbor 425.424.2337 206.206.525.0752 The Hub - Tacoma Auburn, Tacoma, Olympia, 253.530.3463 Mt Si Pub, North Bend Grumpy D’s Coffee House Chehalis, Algona, Spanaway 253-687-4606 Next Door Gastropub, Pt 425.831.6155 206.783.4039 and Renton The Mill, Milton Angeles, 360.504.2613 Northshore Performing Arts Café Seattle 253-831-4936 Old Town Pub, Silverdale Center, Bothell 206.204-2233 Auburn Eagles 253. 833.2298 The Spar, Tacoma 360.473.9111 425.984.2471 J&M Café 206.402-6654 253.627.8215 Capitol Theater 360.754-6670 The Point Casino, Kingston Northwest Cellars, Kirkland Jazz Alley 206.441-9729 The Swiss, Tacoma Charlie’s Bar and Grill, 360.297.0070 425.825.9463 Lagunitas Taphouse Olympia 360.786-8181 253.572.2821 Pour House, Port Townsend Sky River Brewing, Redmond 206.784.2230 Uncle Sam’s, Spanaway Dave’s of Milton 360.379.5586 425.242.3815 Latona Pub 206.525.2238 253.926.8707 253.507.7808 Red Dog Saloon, Pt. Orchard Smoke & Shine, Kirkland Little Red Hen 206.522-1168 Dawson’s, Tacoma Yella Beak Saloon, Enumclaw 360.876.1018 425.968.8206 Nectar (206) 632-2020 253.476.1421 360.825.5500 Silverdale Beach Hotel, Snoqualmie Casino, Neptune Theater Delancey’s on 3rd, Renton 360.698.1000 Snoqualmie 425.888.1234 206.682.1414 206.412-9516 Sirens Pub, Pt Townsend Soul Food Coffee House, Neumos (206) 709-9442 Destination Harley 360.379.1100 Redmond 425.881.5309 Owl and Thistle 206.621.7777 Davidson, Fife 253.922.3700

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Heart of Anacortes, 425.422.8826 EASTERN Zola, Spokane Chateau Ste. Michelle Anacortes 360.293.3515 Vintage Cafe, Everett 509.624.2416 Winery, Woodinville Loco Billy’s Wild Moon 425-252.8224 WASHINGTON 425.488.1133 Saloon 425.737.5144 Wild Buffalo, Bellingham Arbor Crest Winery, Spokane IDAHO The Black Dog, Snoqualmie Longhorn Saloon, Edison 360.392.8447 509.927.9463 Bobbi’s Bar, Plummer 425.831.3647 360.766.6330 13th Ave Pub, Lynnwood At Michele’s, Richland 208.686.1677 The Den Coffee Shop, 425.742.7871 Lucky 13 Saloon, Marysville 509.946.9559 Bucer’s Coffeehouse Pub, Bothell 425.892.8954 360.925.6056 Moscow 208.596.0887 The Lime, Kirkland Barlows, Liberty Lake Lynnwood Eagles 509.924.1446 Coeur d’Alene Casino, 425.827.3336 CENTRAL 425.776.8075 Barrister Winery, Spokane Worley 800.523.2464 Twin Dragon Sports Bar, Main Street Bar & Grill, WASHINGTON 509.465.3591 Eichart’s, Sandpoint Duvall 425.788.5519 Ferndale, 360.312.9162 Rosyln, Cashmere, Yakima, Big Foot Pub, Spokane 208.263.4005 Village Wines, Woodinville McIntyre Hall, Mt Vernon Kennewick, Chelan, Manson 509.467.9638 Idaho Pour Authority, Sand 425.485.3536 Point 208.597.7096 360.416.7727ext.2 & Wenatchee Bing Crosby Theater, Vino Bella, Issaquah Iron Horse, Coeur D’Alene, Mirkwood Public House, Spokane 509.227.7638 425.391.1424 208.667.7314 Arlington, 360.403.9020 AntoLin Cellars, Yakima Bigfoot Pub, Spokane Wild Rover, Kirkland John’s Alley Tavern, Moscow Mt Baker Theater, 509.961.8370 509.467.9638 425.822.8940 208.883.7662 Bellingham 360.734.6080 Branding Iron, Kennewick Bolo’s Bar & Grill Kamiah Hotel Bar, Kamiah North City Bistro, Shoreline 509.586.9292 509.891.8995 208.935.0545 NORTH SOUND 206.365.4447 Brewminatti, Prosser Boomers Classic Rock Bar & Arlington, Shoreline, Mount Oak Harbor Tavern 509. 786.2269 Templin’s Resort, Post Falls, Grill, Spokane Valley 208.773.1611 Vernon, Everett, & Sultan 360.675.9919 Brews & Cues, Yakima 509.368.9847 The 219 Lounge, Sandpoint, Old Edison Inn, Bow 509.453.9713 Bridge Press Cellars 208.263.9934 Anelia’s Kitchen & Stage, La 360.766.6266 Brick Saloon, Roslyn Spokane, 509.838.7815 The Moose Lounge, Coeur Conner 360.399.1805 Peabo’s, Mill Creek 509.649.2643 Chaps Restaurant Spokane d’Alene 208.664.7901 Angel of the Winds Casino, 425.337.3007 Café Mela, Wenatchee 509.624.4182 Whiskey Jacques, Ketchum, Arlington 360.474.9740 Pt Gardener Bay Winery, 509.888.0374 Chateau Rive, Spokane 208.726.5297 Big Lake Bar & Grill, Mt Everett, 425.339.0293 Campbell’s Resort, Lake 509.795.2030 Vernon 360.422.6411 Rockfish Grill, Anacortes Chelan, 509.682.4250 Dan & Jo’s Bar, Valley MONTANA Big Rock Cafe & Grocery, Mt 360.588.1720 Club Crow, Cashmere 509.937.4040 Vernon 360.424.7872 Rocko’s, Everett 509.782.3001 House of Soul, Spokane Machinery Row, Great Falls, 406.452.5462 Borealis on Aurora 425.374.8039 Deepwater Amphitheater at 509.598.8793 Skagit Valley Casino, Bow The Murray Bar, Livingston, 206.629.5744 Mill Bay Casino, Manson Jackson Street Bar, Spokane 406 222-6433 360.724.0205 Boundary Bay Brewery, 509.687.6911 509.315.8497 Scotty’s Steakhouse, The Anchor Pub, Everett Bellingham 360.647.5593 Der Hinterhof, Leavenworth MAX at Mirabeau Hotel, Kalispell, 406.257.8188 Bubba’s Roadhouse, Sultan 425.374.2580 509.548.5250 Spokane Valley 360.793.3950 The Madison Pub, Everett Emerald of Siam, Richland 509.924.9000 DUE TO COVID-19 PLEASE Byrnes Performing Arts 425.348.7402 509.946.9328 Methow Valley Cider House CONTACT THE VENUE TO SEE Center, Arlington The Oxford Saloon, Gilbert Cellars, Yakima 509.946.9559 IF IT IS OPEN! 360.618.6321 Snohomish 360.243.3060 509.249.9049 Mootsy’s Spokane CCR Sports & Entertainment The Repp, Snohomish Hop Nation Brewing, Yakima 509.838.1570 360.568.1277 360.568.3928 509.367.6552 Red Lion Dam Bar, Spokane Cabin Tavern, Bellingham Tulalip Casino, Tulalip Icicle Brewing, Leavenworth (Summer Series) 360.733.9685 888.272.1111 509.548.2739 509.326.8000 Café Zippy, Everett The Rumor Mill, Friday Kana Winery, Yakima Red Room Lounge Spokane 425.303.0474 Harbor 360.378.5555 509.453.6611 509.838.7613 Conway Pub, Conway The Shakedown, Bellingham Main Street Studios, Walla Rico’s Pub Pullman 360.445.4733 360.778.1067 Walla 509.520.6451 509.332.6566 Eagle Haven Winery, Sedro The Village Taphouse & Grill, Old School House Brewery, The Bartlett, Spokane Woolley 360.856.6248 Marysville 360.659.2305 Winthrop 509.996.3183 509.747.2174 Easy Monkey Tap House Tony V’s Garage, Everett Riverside Pub, Wenatchee The Big Dipper, Spokane 206.420.1326 425.374.3567 509.888.9993 509.863.8101 Engels Pub, Edmonds Urban City Coffee, Seasons Performance Hall, The Dacres Walla Walla Mountlake Terrace 425.778.2900 Yakima 509.453.1888 509.430.9069 425.776.1273 Emory’s on Silver Lake, Whiskey River Bar, Richland The Hop, Spokane Useless Bay Coffee, Langley Everett 425.337.7772 509.943.1971 509.368.4077 360.221.4515 Everett Theater, Everett The Vogue, Chelan The Shop, Spokane Varsity Inn, Burlington 425.258.6766 509.888.5282 360.755.0165 509.534.1647 Grinders Hot Sands, Veterans of Foreign Wars Yakima Sports Center Viking Tavern, Spokane Shoreline, 206.542.0627 Post #2100, Everett 509.453.4647 509.315.4547

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 27 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 and http://kser.org Sir Mike’s Blues Hour 9PM http://radiosidney.ca KYOZ-FM Blues Therapy Radio, Spokane. (repeated Saturdays) Host: Biggdaddy Ray. 6PM PST http://radio. securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/KYOZ/ FRIDAY 95.7 FM Spokane 6PM 104.5 FM Walla Walla 7PM 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. programs/ Host: Barney Burke 8 PM PST. 91.9 FM & https:// KEXP-FM Preachin’ the Blues, Seattle. Host: .org/ Johnny Horn. 9 AM PST at www.kexp.org KNKX-FM All Blues, Tacoma. Host: John Kessler. SATURDAY 6PM to Midnight PST. 88.5 FM & https://www. .org/term/blues NWCZ Radio Black N Blues, Tacoma, WA. Host: Lady A 3-5PM. Online at http://www.nwczradio. KSER-FM Beale Street Caravan, Everett, WA: Hosts com/ Kevin Cubbins and Pat Mitchell-Worley. 10 AM KSER-FM Juke Joint, Everett, WA. Host: Ron Taffi, 90.7 FM and www..org 1PM PST. 90.7 FM & http://kser.org NWCZ Radio The Gumbo & Gospel Show, Tacoma, KNKX-FM All Blues, Tacoma, WA. Host: John BRITISH COLUMBIA WA. Host: Lady A. 10 AM PST. Online at www. Kessler. 6PM to Midnight PST. 88.5 FM and https:// CFBX 92.5 FM, Kamloops nwczradio.com/ www.knkx.org/term/blues https://thex.ca/programming/ KYRS FM Workin’ Woman Blues, Spokane, WA KSER-FM Audio Indigo, Everett, WA. Host: Robyn CFRO 102.7 FM, Vancouver Host: Jukebox Jennie, 6 P.M. on Online radio K. 7PM PST. 90.7 FM & http://kser.org https://www.coopradio.org/content/blues-dark KSER-FM Blues Odyssey, Everett, WA. Host: Leslie MONDAY Fleury. 9PM PST. 90.7 and http://kser.org/ Salt Spring Island Internet Radio Sir Mike’s Blues Hour 9PM, http://radiosidney.ca https://www.saltspring-island.com/salt- The Blues Adventure with Java 7 to 8 PM, http:// springisland-radio.html voiceofvashon.org/the-blues-adventure-with-java (repeated from Thursday) CFUV 101.9 FM, Victoria Mojo Mike’s Blues Revue 8-10PM, KVSH 101.9 FM KMRE-FM Lady A’s The Blues Boss: Blues & Soul, http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?page_id=7075 or at www.voiceofvashon.org Bellingham, WA. Host: Lady A. 7-9PM 102.3 FM and www.kmre.og CHLY 101.7 FM Nanaimo TUESDAY OREGON https://spinitron.com/CHLY/show/13538/Blues- KAOS-FM Tuesday Blues, Olympia, WA. Host: Before-Breakfast Various Hosts. 6:00-8:00 PM PST. 89.3 PM and KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland https://kboo.fm/ CJLY 93.5FM Nelson https://www.kaosradio.org KBVR 88.7 FM, Corvallis http://www. https://www.kootenaycoopradio.com/makeroom- orangemedianetwork.com/kbvr_fm/ for-the-blues/ WEDNESDAY KBZY 1490 AM, Salem https://kbzy.com/ CJSF 90.1FM Burnaby programs/ KPTZ-FM Blues Journey, Pt Townsend. Host: Taylor http://www.rockinbluesshow.com/lue Clark, 8-10 PM PST. 91.9 FM and https://kptz.org/ KEOL 91.7 FM, La Grande KBCS-FM Living the Blues, Bellevue.Hosts: Oneda https://www.eou.edu/keol/dj-blog/the-big- Harris, Sean Patrick , Winona Hollins- three/ Hauge 9-11PM. 91.3 FM and https://www.kbcs.fm/ KGON 92.3 FM, Portland https://kgon.radio.com/ KCHW-FM Dirt Road Blues, Chewelah, WA. Host: shows/show-schedule KINK 101.9 FM, Portland https://www.kink.fm/ Doug McQuain 102.7PM & www.kchw.org KLCC 89.7 FM, Eugene https://www.klcc.org/ KEXP-FM The Roadhouse, Seattle, WA. Host: Greg programs/blues-power Vandy 6-9 PM PST. 90.3 FM and www.kexp.org KMHD 89.1 FM, Gresham https://www.opb.org/ KAPY-FM Beale Street Caravan, Duvall, WA. Hosts: kmhd/schedule/ Kevin Cubbins and Pat Mitchell-Worley, 7-8 PM PST 104.9 FM & http://valley1049.org/ KMSW 92.7 FM The Dalles http://www.kmswrocks. com/ KAPY-FM Wednesday Nite Blues, Duvall, WA: Host: Kevin Crutchfield 8-9 PM PST. 104.9 FM & http:// “Squrls Blues Review” Friday 8PM –12AM valley1049.org/ KMUN 91.9 FM, Astoria https://spinitron.com/ KMUN THURSDAY KPOV 106.7 FM, Bend https://kpov.org/about- the-blues, & https://kpsu.org/kpsuschedule/ KMRE-FM Blues Land, Bellingham. Host: Leo KRVM 91.9 FM, Eugene Schumaker 7-9 PM. 102.3 FM & https://www.kmre. org https://krvm.org/ Breakfast with the Blues KSER-FM Clancy’s Bar & Grill, Everett. . Host: KSMF 89.1 FM, Ashland https://www.ijpr.org/ Clancy Dunigan, 8:30 PM PST. Online at 90.7 FM post/jpr-broadcast-centernew-chapter

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BLUESMEMBERSHIP BASH PREVIEW FORM February 2021 Calendar Streaming Music Online Compiled by Rick J. Bowen. For the most up-to-date listings:. https://wablues.org/events/ or www.facebook.com/WashingtonBluesSociety/events

FEB 1 FEB 6 Cary Morin Duo 6PM https://www. am https://www.ladyababyblues. facebook.com/CaryMorinBlues com/ https://www.facebook.com/ Monday Sessions 7PM https://www. Mark Hummel Harpin by The Sea LadyABluesDiva/ facebook.com/FiddlersInn/ Workshop 10 am https:// FEB 11 Lisa Mann 2PM https://www. Lloyd Jones/Muddy Rudder Down www.harpinbythesea.com facebook.com/lisamannmusic Ben Rice 7PM https://www.facebook. Home Music Hour 7 PM Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM Leah Tussing 5PM https://www. com/ben.rice.12 https://www.facebook.com/ Muddy Rudder Down Home Music facebook.com/leahtussingmusic groups/1131976880487340/ Hour https://www.facebook.com/ Stephanie Anne Johnson 7PM www. groups/1131976880487340 FEB 12 facebook.com/musicsaj Cary Morin Duo 6PM https://www. FEB 17 Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM facebook.com/CaryMorinBlues Sammy Eubanks Quarantine Muddy Rudder Down Home Music Schmorantine 6PM https://www. FEB 2 Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www. Hour https://www.facebook.com/ facebook.com/sammyeubanksmusic jazzclubsnw.org/live.html groups/1131976880487340 Lady A Presents: Moments in Black Artichoke Acoustic Blues Virtual Jam Westerlies Fest 7PM https://www. Duffy Bishop 4PM https://www. History “Food for the Souls 11:00 7PM https://www.facebook.com/ youtube.com/thewesterlies facebook.com/DuffyBishoPMusic/ am https://www.ladyababyblues. artichoke.music com/ https://www.facebook.com/ Stacy Jones Band 6PM www. LadyABluesDiva/ FEB 7 facebook.com/stacyjonesband FEB 18. Rory Block 1:30 PM https://www. Texas Honey Sunday w/ Ally Venable Gator Boy’s Juke Joint 630 PM Zoom roryblock.com/ & guests 12PM https://www. link: https://tinyurl.com/y43wum9k Lady A Presents: Moments in Black Lisa Mann 2PM https://www. facebook.com/AllyVenableBand/ Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www. History Food for the Souls 11:00 am https://www.ladyababyblues. facebook.com/lisamannmusic Joel Astley Art & Music 6PM https:// jazzclubsnw.org/live.html com/ https://www.facebook.com/ Leah Tussing 5PM https://www. www.facebook.com/joel.astley Cabin Fever Fridays with Lyle LadyABluesDiva/ facebook.com/leahtussingmusic Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree 7PM Ronglien 730 PM https://www. Ben Rice 7PM https://www.facebook. Mindi Abair Wine + Music 5PM https://www.facebook.com/ facebook.com/lyle.ronglien com/ben.rice.12 https://www.facebook.com/ peabossundayjamboree/ PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https:// MindiAbair/ Westerlies Fest 7PM https://www. FEB 13 pdxjazz.com/festival/ youtube.com/thewesterlies FEB 3 Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM Muddy Rudder Down Home Music FEB 19 Sammy Eubanks Quarantine FEB 8 Hour https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1131976880487340 Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM Schmorantine 6PM https://www. Monday Sessions 7PM https://www. Muddy Rudder Down Home Music facebook.com/sammyeubanksmusic facebook.com/FiddlersInn/ Victor L. Wooten: The Healing Power and Humanity in Music 6PM https:// Hour https://www.facebook.com/ Lloyd Jones/ Muddy Rudder Down townhallseattle.org/ groups/1131976880487340 FEB 4 Home Music Hour 7 PM Duffy Bishop 4PM https://www. https://www.facebook.com/ Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www. Ben Rice 7PM https://www.facebook. facebook.com/DuffyBishoPMusic/ groups/1131976880487340/ jazzclubsnw.org/live.html com/ben.rice.12 Stacy Jones Band 6PM facebook. Stephanie Anne Johnson 7PM www. Westerlies Fest 7PM https://www. com/stacyjonesband facebook.com/musicsaj FEB 14 youtube.com/thewesterlies Gator Boy’s Juke Joint 630 PM Zoom Joel Astley Art & Music 6PM https:// link: https://tinyurl.com/y43wum9k FEB 9 www.facebook.com/joel.astley FEB 5 Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www. Lady A Presents: Moments in Black Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree 7PM Matt Andersen 4 PM https:// jazzclubsnw.org/live.html History “Food for the Souls 11:00 https://www.facebook.com/ bruceguthro.com/ Cabin Fever Fridays with Lyle am https://www.ladyababyblues. peabossundayjamboree/ Duffy Bishop 4PM https://www. Ronglien 730 PM https://www. com/ https://www.facebook.com/ Andrew Mathews 7PM https://www. facebook.com/lyle.ronglien facebook.com/DuffyBishoPMusic/ LadyABluesDiva/ facebook.com/ PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https:// Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM NorthwestTalentSpotlight Lisa Mann 2PM https://www. pdxjazz.com/festival/ Muddy Rudder Down Home Music facebook.com/lisamannmusic Hour https://www.facebook.com/ Leah Tussing 5PM https://www. groups/1131976880487340 FEB 15 facebook.com/leahtussingmusic FEB 20 Stacy Jones Band 6PM www. Monday Sessions 7PM https://www. Mindi Abair Wine + Music 5PM Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM facebook.com/stacyjonesband facebook.com/FiddlersInn/ https://www.facebook.com/ Muddy Rudder Down Home Music Lloyd Jones/ Muddy Rudder Down Gator Boy’s Juke Joint 630 PM Zoom MindiAbair Hour https://www.facebook.com/ link: https://tinyurl.com/y43wum9k Home Music Hour 7 PM groups/1131976880487340 Washington Blues Society Blues Bash https://www.facebook.com/ Cabin Fever Fridays with Lyle Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www. featuring The Coyote Kings with groups/1131976880487340/ Ronglien 730 PM https://www. Tiphony 7PM https://www.facebook. jazzclubsnw.org/live.html Stephanie Anne Johnson 7PM facebook.com/lyle.ronglien com/robin.barrett3 PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https:// facebook.com/musicsaj Westerlies Fest 7PM https://www. pdxjazz.com/festival/ youtube.com/thewesterlies FEB 10 Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www. FEB 16 Sammy Eubanks live Quarantine jazzclubsnw.org/live.html Lady A Presents: Moments in Black Schmorantine 6PM https://www. History “Food for the Souls 11:00 facebook.com/sammyeubanksmusic Continued on page 30

February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 29 February Festival Previews The 2021 PDX Jazz Festival & Seattle’s Jackson Street Jazz Walk Go Digital! Compiled by Rick J. Bowen

The 2021 PDX Jazz Festival, February 18- Simpson,” a showing of Herb Alpert Is…,” songwriter/producer, Eugenie Jones, and 27, 2021 the Teodross Avery Quartet’s “Harlem through the generous sponsorship of The opening night celebration features Stories: The Music of Thelonious Monk” Vulcan, Inc., Langston Hughes Performing the Pink Martini Cabaret with the group’s featuring George Colligan, Marcus Shelby, Arts Institute, and many other community founder and pianist, Thomas Lauderdale, and Christopher Brown.” Plus, Marcus partners, this event features a diverse array and longtime vocalist, China Forbes. Shelby Quartet brings “Black Music of jazz, blues, and alternative artists, hosted Other festival performances include and Freedom” featuring Tiffany Austin, by businesses located along the Central Harold López-Nussa “Live from Havana” Darrell Grant, and Carlton Jackson* District’s historic Jackson Street in Seattle. and Judith Hill. The PDX Jazz Festival and and Wayne Horvitz’s “The Royal We.*” The 2021 virtual festival runs February th th the Hollywood Theatre present Buster (*=Portland Premiere). Get more info 27 and 28 features the Delvon Lamar Williams: Bass to Infinity, Saeeda Wright, and tickets https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ Organ Trio, Eugenie Jones, Alex Dugdale Alonzo Chadwick and Arietta Ward, The Jackson Street Jazz Walk, February 27 Fade Quintet, Tumbao, David Deacon and the PDX Jazz All-Star Pandemic Big & 28 Trio, Rafael Tranquilino Trio, Darrius Band. Brian Jackson features “The Gil- Willrich Trio, with guest vocalists Jimmie The Jackson Street Jazz WalkHerrod, Natale Leah and Mercedes Nicole. Scott Heron and Brian Jackson Songbook commemorates the fabled musical legacy featuring Greater Kind,” the world Proceeds benefit the Central Senior Center of Seattle’s Jackson Street through this Meal delivery outreach. Tune in online on premiere of “The American Refrain: community-wide music, art, community, Jazz and Modern Music featuring Noah Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ action live music event. Produced by singer/ JacksonStreetJazzWalk February 2021 Calendar (Continued) FEB 21 facebook.com/MindiAbair/ tinyurl.com/y43wum9k PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www.jazzclubsnw. Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree 7PM Cary Morin Duo 6PM https://www.facebook.com/ org/live.html https://www.facebook.com/ CaryMorinBlues Cabin Fever Fridays with Lyle Ronglien 730 PM peabossundayjamboree/ https://www.facebook.com/lyle.ronglien Joel Astley Art & Music 6PM https://www. PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ facebook.com/joel.astley FEB 24 PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ Sammy Eubanks Quarantine Schmorantine 6PM https://www.facebook.com/sammyeubanksmusic FEB 27 FEB 22 PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM Muddy Rudder Down Home Music Hour https://www.facebook. Monday Sessions 7PM https://www.facebook.com/ FEB 25 com/groups/1131976880487340 FiddlersInn/ Jazz Clubs NW live 7PM https://www.jazzclubsnw. Lloyd Jones/ Muddy Rudder Down Home Music Lady A Presents: Moments in Black History “Food for org/live.html the Souls 11:00 am https://www.ladyababyblues. Hour 7 PM https://www.facebook.com/ PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ groups/1131976880487340/ com/ https://www.facebook.com/LadyABluesDiva/ Stephanie Anne Johnson 7PM www.facebook. Ben Rice 7PM https://www.facebook.com/ben. com/musicsaj rice.12 FEB 28 PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ PDX Jazz Festival 8PM https://pdxjazz.com/festival/ Joel Astley Art & Music 6PM https:// www.facebook.com/joel.astley FEB 23 FEB 26 Peabo’s Sunday Jamboree 7PM https:// www.facebook.com/ Lady A Presents: Moments in Black History “Food for Sing Along with Steve Kerin 4PM Muddy Rudder peabossundayjamboree/ the Souls 11:00 am https://www.ladyababyblues. Down Home Music Hour https://www.facebook. com/ https://www.facebook.com/LadyABluesDiva/ com/groups/1131976880487340 *for up to date info go to https://wablues. Lisa Mann 2PM https://www.facebook.com/ Duffy Bishop 4PM https://www.facebook.com/ org/events/ or www.faceook.com/ lisamannmusic DuffyBishoPMusic/ WashingtonBluesSociety/events* Leah Tussing 5PM https://www.facebook.com/ Stacy Jones Band 6PM www.facebook.com/ Please send event info to vicepres@ leahtussingmusic stacyjonesband wablues.org Mindi Abair Wine + Music 5PM https://www. Gator Boy’s Juke Joint 630 PM Zoom link: https://

30 February 2021 BLUESLETTER Washington Blues Society 2021 Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues “BB Awards” Voting Ballot

All voting ballots must be received at the Washington Blues Society PO Box, by a Board member, or online, no later than Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Please note: All voting ballots must be received (and not postmarked on March 9, 2021). Please vote for one nominee in each category by circling the name of the nominee. MARK DUFRESNE PAUL GREEN BLUES VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE - BLUES GRAPHIC SOLO/DUO BLUES ACT MALE VOCALIST AWARD HARMONICA AWARD Winthrop R&B Virtual Festival Chris Eger Poster 2020 Joel Astley Stacy Jones Rod Cook 2020 Mt Baker Virtual Poster Sean Denton Mitch Pumpian Cory Vincent Cory Vincent Joel Astley Sheri Roberts-Greimes BLUES DJ Robin Kay BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST BLUES PIANO/KEYBOARD BLUES PERFORMER John Kessler Lady A Jimmy Holden Stacy Jones Leslie Fleury Stacy Jones Jesse Weston Joel Astley Sheri Roberts-Greimes Sheri Roberts Greimes Lady A KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE AWARD ELECTRIC BLUES GUITAR ACOUSTIC BLUES GUITAR BLUES SONGWRITER Rocky Nelson Rafael Tranquilino Cory Vincent Joel Astley Lady A Jeff Menteer Brian Butler Stacy Jones Winthrop Music Association Dave Miller Chris Eger Lady A LIFETIME A SLIDE BLUES GUITAR BLUES INSTRUMENTALIST – OTHER WASHINGTON BLUES ACHEIVEMENT AWARD Eric Rice Angelo Ortiz RECORDING Stacy Jones Rod Cook Leanne Trevalyan Mad Bojo Jimmy Holden Nick Vigarino Mike Marinig CD Woodbury: World’s Gone Tracy Arrington Jeff Menteer Crazy BEST VIRTUAL NEW T-Town Aces: Grit City HALL OF FAME BLUES BASS BLUES ACT (INDIVIDUAL) Polly O’Keary High Note Group BLUES CLUB Jimmy Holden Tom Jones Joe Cook Blues Band Madison Ave Pub Scotty Harris Rob Baker Nick Mardon Trio Engels Pub Polly O’Keary Tim Scott Peabo’s Bar & Grill Scotty Harris BEST VIRTUAL Nectar Lounge VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE BLUES Jones Family Christmas CHRIS LEIGHTON BLUES BAND BLUES WRITER Winthrop R&B Festival DRUMMER AWARD Stacy Jones Band Rick J Bowen Snohomish Blues Invasion Rick J Bowen High Note Group Rocky Nelson Tommy Cook Chris Eger Band Polly O’Keary BLUES JAM Don Montana Red House Madison Ave Pub – Unbound John Oliver III BLUES PHOTOGRAPH Blues Jam BEST VIRTUAL Ben Hunter October 2020 Peabo’s Peace & Love Jam BLUES HORN PERFORMANCE LITTLE Bluesletter cover (Photo by Randy Oxford BILL & THE BLUE NOTES Steve Korn) TRADITIONAL BLUES ACT Mike Marinig Dan Hill photo of Cook, Joe Cook Blues Band Jacob Yansen Engelhart & Feist in Jan SSBA High Note Group Newsletter Jay Thomas Rod Cook Toast Jef Jaisun Montage Jan 2020 Bluesletter

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