With all that going on, hard to believe there’s room for anything new, but there is. If you’re up for a drive to the valley, to Chilliwack, then take

note. Bozzinis in Chilliwack welcomes well known & amiable ne month down for 2013 O Canadian musician, singer, , music & we’ll soon find out how producer, and actor . Linden is many more weeks of there on Fri Feb 1st. Linden, who is currently winter we’ll have once juggling a number of projects coaches actors the groundhog pops his portraying musicians on the TV series head out of his burrow. “Nashville” & can often be spotted performing Fortunately our winter on the show. He is, of course, known as one hasn’t been all that bad third of folk trio Blackie & the Rodeo Kings. compared to other parts of Canada. Time now to One of review what’s already on the calendar this ’s month & a lot of it is south of the border.  st rd well known Thurs Jan 31 thru Sun Feb 3 finds Dr. Harmonica John & His Brand New Band dispensing players Dave musical remedies at Jazz Alley in Seattle  “Hurricane” Musical hijinks are on tap when Rick Estrin & Hoerl has a the Nightcats play Highway 99 on Sat Feb nd little side 2 in Seattle  Seth Walker opens for the project Wood Brothers at The Crocodile in Seattle th keeping him on Sat Feb 9  Jazz Alley welcomes busy these days when he’s not touring with his diva for 2 nights, Tues Feb other group, The Twisters. Dave keeps busy 12th & Weds Feb 13th  Also in Seattle on th performing with other local musicians under the Weds Feb 13 the North Allstars moniker Hurricane & the Hooligans picking up with Lightnin’ Malcolm are at The Tractor occasional gigs here & there. You can catch Tavern  Bluesman Eric Bibb & Habib Koite this fun & entertaining group as they kick off the will perform at The Triple Door in Seattle on month of February with a Fri Feb 1st gig at the Tues Feb 19th, then at Kay Meek Centre in st Heritage Grill on Columbia in downtown New West Van on Thurs Feb 21  New Orleans Westminster. Music Legend Aaron Neville is booked at Nordstrom Recital Hall in Seattle on Tues Meanwhile over in Feb 19th & Weds Feb 20th, then at Mt. Baker rd West Vancouver, the Theatre in Bellingham on Sat Feb 23  Kay Meek Centre Jazz Alley hosts the Bay area’s Tower of st th welcomes a Blues Power from Thurs Feb 21 to Sun Feb 24 Explosion that will  A blast from the past, Eric Burdon & the feature top Western Animals are at The Skagit in Bow WA on Fri Canadian Bluesman Feb 22nd & Sat Feb 23rd  Highway 99 has rd David Gogo, plus Karen Lovely on Sat Feb 23  wiz & rising star David “Boxcar” Gates. It promises singer Robben Ford hits The Triple Door on th to be a great evening with Gogo’s Blues-Rock Weds Feb 27  Lastly Dave Alvin & the infused guitar & vocals on many of his Guilty Ones & Marshall Crenshaw are at The th originals, plus Gates’ own acoustic-ragtime- FanClub in Vancouver on Weds Feb 28  delta inspired tunes. 1 Now in his 87th year and soon to Let’s head back down be 88 later this year, the to Vancouver’s RIO reigning “King of the Theatre for a moment. Blues”, B.B. King brings his incredible This East Broadway band of veteran and seasoned Blues just off Commercial musicians to the Farquar Auditorium in Drive venue will Victoria on Weds Feb 6th. This could be your present what’s being chance to see a man whom Rolling Stone billed as Om Suite ranks as #3 on its list of the top 100 guitarists. Ohm, which just happens to be the title of the latest CD release by Canadian Bluesman Let’s head back to the Harry Manx. Harry will be appearing at the Heritage Grill in New West for RIO along with Clayton Dooley on Sat Mar a moment. They’ll welcome 16th. The new CD is the first to feature Harry’s newly minted Maple Blues “Bollywood style electric slide techniques. Award Winner for Best New Sure sounds intriguing, as the man is a Artist Steve Kozak and the consummate musician, especially on the 20 West Coast All Stars for an evening of Blues string Mohan Veena. standards, some Steve Kozak originals, & tunes from his latest CD. They’re there on Sat Been quite some time since Feb 9th. They’re also there again on Fri Mar this incredibly talented lady 8th. While you’re there be sure to pick up has visited the Pacific Steve’s latest CD “Lookin’ At Lucky” which Northwest. Santa Cruz includes Steve’s special guest James Harman. California’s Sista Monica and her band return to the Great News! We’ve got Emerald City on Fri Mar another Vancouver gig to 22nd when they will grace tell you about. We the stage of the Highway 99 mentioned them earlier. Blues Club for the very first time with Blues, The Wood Brothers & Seth Walker will play Gospel, & Soul! With almost a dozen CD’s this The Rio Theatre on East Broadway, just off lady’s huge voice delivers all three as she Commercial Drive, on Sun Feb 10th. The sings, croons, shouts, & belts out some of the Wood Brothers, Chris & Oliver, both have a sweetest songs this side of heaven. The pretty good pedigree in the world of music. Sista’s voice, stage presence, & personality Oliver at one time played second guitar in the ranks her up there with some of the greats like Tinsley Ellis Band, and Chris is a founding Ruth Brown, , Katie Webster, & member of Medeski, Martin, & Wood. Seth Etta James, all of whom have sadly passed on. Walker, who is based out of Austin, is a rising talent with a whole lotta soul and has opened If you’re a fan of Funk, then for such icons as , BB King, Robert you’ll want to see one of the Cray, Aaron Neville, and the late Ray Charles. great purveyors of the genre, music legends George Clinton & He’s an IBC Winner & a Parliament Funkadelic will be longtime regular guitarist with making a rare appearance in the James Harman Band, so Seattle at the ShowBox at you know he’s good. Actually The Market across from Pike he’s very good. Nathan Place on Sat Mar 23rd. In addition to touring James and the Rhythm extensively, George, who coined the phrase Scratchers, Nathan’s own “Free Your Mind, And Your Ass Will Follow”, is band, return to Highway 99 in Seattle in early currently busy fighting publishers & record March. Not to be missed if you can swing it, companies to regain control over some of his they’re on the bill for Sat Mar 2nd. past music on four of his classic albums. 2 Moving into the month Black Hen Music at of April we’ve just The Electric Owl series learned that Arkansas welcomes none other based Bluesman than John Hammond Jimmy Thackery & the Jr. The Blues Legend Drivers will be back in will join Steve Dawson Seattle. They are and the “Black Hen” slated to perform on what we call a “school House Band for what night” at Highway 99. That’s Thurs Apr 4th. promises to be a So if you’re a fan, suggest you get tickets now. rousing evening of Delta inspired Blues on Sun If you ever saw the May 12th. Tickets on documentary “Standing in sale now via the North Shore Credit Union The Shadows of Motown” Performing Arts Theatre website. Click this link about The Fabulous Funk https://tickets.capilanou.ca/TheatreManager/1/ Brothers, then you’ll online recognize what a great coup this is for Jazz Alley in Seattle. I remind you of Joan Osborne’s performance of two great Motown hits “(Love Is) Like a Heat Wave”, and “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted” in that film. I mention this because Joan Osbourne, along with none other than The Holmes Brothers will be doing something like 7 shows He’s considered by many as one of the still over 4 days. They are there from Thurs Apr living founding fathers of the British Blues th st 18 to Sun Apr 21 . Joan’s latest CD “Bring scene, although he’s been living in Southern It On Home” has been nominated for a California for a number of decades now. Grammy in the Best Blues Album category. Bluesman and bandleader John Mayall & the th Those awards will take place on Feb 10 . Bluesbreakers will be returning to Jazz Alley

in Seattle for a 4 night run from Thurs May 30th to Sun June 2nd. Mayall always surrounds himself with top notch musicians, and this is your chance to catch them in a nice intimate venue rather than in a large theatre or on a festival stage.

This was just announced. Blues Legend Taj Mahal, and Blues diva Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Shemekia Copeland have added another date Seattle will be presenting to their string of gigs in the Pacific Northwest some East Bay grease and BC. They’ve now added Victoria to their when the Bay area’s Lydia tour with a Tues Apr 30th date scheduled for Pense & Cold Blood the Farquar Auditorium in BC’s capital city. perform over 4 nights from This is in addition to previously announced Thurs Mar 7th to Sun Mar 10th. If you saw dates that include this fabulous double blues their hot funk & soul filled appearance at The bill on Weds Apr 24th at the Edmonds Centre Yale a few years back then you know that Ms. for the Arts in Edmonds WA, and Thurs Apr Pense still has the vocal chops and Cold Blood 25th at the Chan Centre at UBC in Vancouver. is still in tip top musical shape.

3 Normally painkillers Festival season isn’t are required following too far off. The 26th some sort of surgery, Annual Winthrop right? Well you can Blues Festival is set by-pass the surgery, for Fri July 19th to because Tommy Sun July 21st. Some Castro and the of the acts already Painkillers will be delivering just the right lined up for this year’s festival include Texas medicine & dosage of great rockin’ roadhouse Blues Legend , plus Otis style Blues when they hit Highway 99 in Taylor, Marquise Knox, Rosie Ledet & the Seattle on Fri Mar 15th. This is Castro’s Zydeco Playboys, and Too Slim & the stripped down band (no horns) that has added Taildraggers. More to be announced soon. a whole new dynamic to ’s musical repertoire. Original TCB bassist Randy A couple of news items of McDonald is back in the band. They’ve got a note! One of the Blues new release out too, a 45 RPM record. Yes genre’s great Blues vinyl! It’s limited release and it’s on Alligator pianists and a co-founder Records featuring two new songs, “Greedy” & member of Saffire The and “That’s All I Got”. Hopefully they’ll have Uppity Blues Women, Ann copies available at this Highway 99 shows. Rabson, passed away this past Weds January 30th in Here’s one more March Fredericksburg West Virginia following a long show that’s been added battle with cancer. She was 67. Ann recorded to Highway 99’s 8 albums with Saffire & 4 solo albums over her calendar. The Lloyd lengthy career. Rabson struck a chord with Jones Struggle is on fans all over the world with her rollicking bluesy the bill for Sat Mar 30th. honky-tonk piano and take no guff attitude. A This funky, soulful very good guitarist from her early teens, she Portland guitar player with the whiskey soaked didn’t start playing piano until she was thirty vocals has shared the stage & performed with five. No strangers to Vancouver, Saffire the many greats including , Robert Uppity Blues Women played The Yale, as well Cray, Dr. John, , John Hammond, as the East Vancouver Cultural Centre. Those who were there will recall their great farewell Etta James, B.B. King, Taj Mahal, , th & Junior Wells. Always a club favorite, Jones performance at The Yale on June 7 , 2009. delivers a great Memphis groove vis-à-vis his great songs & smokin’ guitar playing. One more health item! Bluesman Jimmie Vaughan suffered a heart attack just over a rd Here’s yet another one week ago, on Jan 23 . The 61 year old was that’s also just been gearing up for a show in India. He announced. It’s been a had an angioplasty & stent placement following few years since they were the incident & has been advised by his cardiologist to rest at home for a month. last here, but we are very pleased to tell you that The Holmes Brothers hew, that’s quite a lot of activity! will return to Vancouver. They’re booked into W the FanClub on Weds Apr 17th. Joan Makes me happy & hope it does the Osborne won’t be with them for that date. It same for you. We’ll see if it’ll be just may be a scheduling thing for her. On the plus as busy when we’re back next month with your March newsletter. side, that just means more of the fabulous

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