Washington Blues Society

August 2013

Bluesletter

Featured Articles
The 2013 BB Awards Chester Dennis Jones, Bluesman The Monday Night Interview with The CD Woodbury Band CD Reviews ... and more!
On the Cover: Jim McLaughlin at the 2013 BB Awards (Photo by Laddy Kite)

In This Issue
Letter from the President 2 On the Cover 3 Advertising Rates and Street Team 6 Another View from the Blues Cruise! 11 Interview: The CD Woodbury Band 13 The July Blues Bash 14 Membership Form 15 CD Reviews 16 Talent Guide 19 Calendar 20 Blues on the Radio Dial 22 Blues Jam Sessions 22 Blues Venue Guide 23 2013 BB Awards 24 Chester Dennis Jones, Bluesman 26 Bothell Blues Festival Preview 27 Taste of Music Returns to Snohomish 28 Stacy Jones Band Live in Chicago! 30 2013 BB Awards Listings 31

Weve Got the Monday Night Interview On With the CD Woodbury Band!

President

Letter from the

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Hi Blues Fans, Regular Bluesletter readers will notice a difference in this months publication. Ive temporarily returned to producing the August issue as our regular editor, Jesse Phillips, was double-booked this past month. So, this month, instead of having different letters from the Editor or President, this joint letter will introduce this issue to you. I will close this welcome letter with a preview of feature articles that are in the works for September issue, too. We have another take on the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise from Bluesletter newcomer Walla Walla Wendy Fekkers and an interview with several members of the CD Woodbury Band. Bob Horn reviews the July Blues Bash, and while The Blues Boss was playing blues ambassador to British bluesman Ian Siegel, I filled in behind the camera to capture Johnny Brewer and R.J. Knapp and Honey Robin at the Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline. Weve got 13 CD reviews in this issue, and Amy Sassenberg and Laddy Kite return to these pages with a review and photos of the 2013 Best of the Blues Awards at the Kirkland Performance Arts Center on June 22nd. Looking ahead, Malcolm Yard Dog Kennedy previews the Bothell Blues Festival, and Washington Blues Society Vice President and Merchandise Director Tony Frederickson and I worked together on a preview of this years Taste of Music in Snohomish. The Taste includes our 2013 International Blues Challenge local competition, and at the end of the day, well know who will represent the Washington Blues Society in Memphis at the 2014 International Blues Competition on Beale Street. This summer, the Stacy Jones Band played in the Chicago Women in the Blues Festival, and weve included a short summary of that show alongside pictures of the band playing at the Windy City Blues Society stage at the Chicago Blues Festival. Next month, well introduce a new blues record label called Otter Blues, have a review of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival from Bob Horn, and an article describing each of the Washington Blues Society volunteer positions and suggested skill sets for each. As an all-volunteer nonprofit affiliate with the Blues Foundation in Memphis, we depend on volunteers to staff festivals, contribute editorial and artistic content to the Bluesletter, and entertain members and non-members at our monthly Blues Bashes at the Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline on the second Tuesday of each month. Until next month, please tell your friends about the many opportunities to see live blues in our blues community. To quote my friend Rod Dranfield of the White Rock Blues Society in British Columbia: if no one knows, no one goes. Eric Steiner, President (and Acting Editor for August 2013), Washington Blues Society

Celebrating 23 Years of Blues

August 2013 Bluesletter
Vol. XXV, Number VIII
Publisher Editor Please note: Secretary Calendar Advertising Printer Washington Blues Society Jesse Phillips (editor@wablues.org) Eric Steiner assembled this months Bluesletter - any criticims, please send to president@wablues.org. Mary McPage Maridel Fliss (mflissm@aol.com) Malcolm Kennedy (advertising@wablues.org) Pacific Publishing Company www.pacificpublishingcompany.com
Amy Sassenberg, Malcolm Kennedy, Rick Bowen, Robert Horn and Eric Steiner Laddy Kite, Eric Steiner, The CD Woodbury Band, The Stacy Jones Band, Dave Garrett

1989 - 2013

On the Cover: Jim McLaughlin at the 2013 BB Awards - Photo by Laddy Kite
Laddy Kite is a long time blues enthusiast who attends monthly Washington Blues Society Blues

Contributing Writers: Contributing Photographers:

Bashes and blues festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest. Hes also a frequent contributor tothe Bluesletter. A fter 33 years as a photojournalist at KING 5 TV in Seattle, Laddy Kite has retired. I learned a lot about his career in a farewell video produced by his friends on YouTube. The video was made by his coworkers, and we see some of the on air talent, like newsman Dennis Bounds, in lighthearted moments. Ill never look at the Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band vinyl album cover art the same way again! Now that Mr. Kite has retired from a day job that has taken him all over the world (hes filmed and videoed presidents, deliveries of new Boeing aircraft, meetings of heads of state and the 1984 Papal Visit), I hope hell volunteer more for the Washington Blues Society. If you watch that YouTube tribute video closely, youll see Laddy sporting a Nothing Could be Lackin' When You're Out Cadillacin' t shirt promoting legendary the Pacific Northwest rock band Jr. Cadillac. Eric Steiner

Cover Photo: Jim McLaughlin at the 2013 BB Awards by Laddy Kite

The Bluesletter welcomes stories and photos from WBS members! Features, columns and reviews are due by the 5th of each month in the following formats: plain text or Microsoft Word. Graphics must be in high-res 300 dpi .pdf, jpg, or .tiff formats. We encourage submissions. If a submitter intends to retain the rights to material (e.g., photos, videos, lyrics, textual matter) submitted for publication in the Bluesletter, or the WaBlues.org website, he or she must so state at the time of submission; otherwise, submitters rights to the material will be transferred to WBS, upon publication. We reserve the right to edit all content. The Bluesletter is the official monthly publication of the Washington Blues Society. The WBS is not responsible for the views and opinions expressed in The Bluesletter by any individual. WBS 2013 The Washington Blues Society is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to promote, preserve, and advance the culture and tradition of blues music as an art form. Annual membership is $25 for individuals, $35 for couples, and $40 for overseas memberships. The Washington Blues Society is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization and donations are tax-deductible. The Washington Blues Society is affiliated with The Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.

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2013 Street Team Tim & Michelle Burge blueslover206@comcast.net Rev. Deb Engelhardt deb@revdeb.com Malcolm Kennedy & Joy Kelly advertising@wablues.org Lloyd Peterson freesprt@televar.com Dan Wilson allstarguitar@centurytel.net Cherie Robbins cherieerobins@gmail.com Stephen J. Lefebvre s.j.lefebvre@gmail.com Cindy Dyer cindalucy@hotmail.com Marcia Jackson Carolyn & Dean Jacobsen cjacobsen@rockisland.com Rock Khan rocknafghanistan@gmail.com Liz Caraway lizcares@juno.com Special Thanks The Sheriff Adhost Phil Chesnut Maridel Fliss webmaster@wablues.org www.adhost.com philustr8r@gmail.com calendar@wablues.org

THANK YOU FOR READING THE BLUESLETTER AND SUPPORTING LIVE BLUES IN THE EVERGREEN STATE!

ATTENTION BLUES MUSICIANS: WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR LATEST CD REVIEWED IN THE BLUESLETTER? GOT A BLUES CD FOR US?
Need help in getting the word about your music? Wed like to help. While we cannot predict when or if a review will land in the pages of the Bluesletter, wed like to encourage musicians to consider the Washington Blues Society a resource. If you would like your CD reviewed by one of our reviewers, please send two copies (one for the reviewer and one for our monthly CD giveaways at the Blues Bash) to the following address: Washington Blues Society ATTN: CD Reviews PO Box 70604 Seattle, WA 98027

August 2013 Blues Bash Tuesday, August 13th Red Crane Restaurant 16716 Aurora Ave North Shoreline, WA 98133 (206) 546-4444 Acoustic: Keith Scott Electric: The Ben Rice Band

Looking forward to future Bluesletters: Next month, well be looking for a few good volunteers, and include reviews of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, theWinthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival, and introduce the Otter Blues record label. In October, well celebrate an important milestone with Lee Oskar, report on the Mount Baker Rhythm and Blues Festival, and preview this years Blues Blast Awards at Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago Thank you for reading the Bluesletter! Looking forward to future Bluesletters: Next month, well be looking for a few good volunteers, and include reviews of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, theWinthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival, and introduce the Otter Blues record label. In October, well celebrate an important milestone with Lee Oskar, report on the Mount Baker Rhythm and Blues Festival, and preview this years Blues Blast Awards at Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago.Thank you for reading the Bluesletter!

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Another View from the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise! from Walla Walla Wendy Fekkers
The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise is an experience that is a must for everyone! The Washington Blues Society holds an annual fundraising raffle, and the grand prize is a cabin for two on the Legendary Rhythm and Blue Cruise. Well learn wholl be cruising when Washington Blues Society President Eric Steiner and Vice President Tony Frederickson draw the winning ticket at this months Taste of Music event in Snohomish after the International Blues Challenge finals on Sunday, August 18th! There are 100 prizes in all, and the other top prizes include an MP3 player as well as tickets to blues festivals and blues clubs in the Evergreen State. In my Bluesletter debut, I wanted to share my enthusiasm for the blues cruise with Bluesletter readers and begin by listing a few comments from fellow blue cruisers: After the first cruise, one can now die happy, cause theyve had about the best this world is going to offer Its a life changing Experience that you cant describe, just have to live it Its like taking a drink of the blues from a fire hose Blues 24/7, so much to see & do its hard to choose, so you just keep coming back! Its like meeting the family you were meant to be in forever Ive just been on the best holiday with 1800 of my best friends The excitement of it all . . . it doesnt diminish even after your 8th cruise. You see bands that you have never seen live and find new ones too love. Can you dream of anything better than seven days of sun, fun, blues music 24/7, 28 of the best blues musicians, exotic places to visit and being among fellow blues lovers? I have been to many festivals that are over the top, but there is no experience that compares to the blues cruise. No worries, responsibilities, or problems other than deciding what acts to catch and delectable food to eat. Had I not been dancing to such fabulous music the whole time, I would have put 10 or more pounds on as I ate at all hours of the day and night. . . . . I am still drooling every time I think about the delectable assortment of food. The party starts from the moment the plane land and does not end until you get back on the plane. If this is your first time, make sure to take the pre-party in as it is a great way to get acquainted, or reunited, with your blues family. Being a first-timer, I did the pre-party and meet so many people who were happy to invite me into their group, tell stories of their past cruise experiences, give information on the must dos, introduce you to other bluesers, and share a lot of laughter. Once on board, the music is going, drinks are handed out and the bon-voyage party is a happening place . To sea the ship goes and now its time to find my cabin. I have to admit, I was totally overwhelmed with the size of this ship. There are so many stages to catch different acts and so many things to do. Everyone is willing to help you get around and more times than not, invite you along to join in the group fun. I made so many friends just wandering around. The excitement among my new founded blues friends only grew and the fun climaxed upon announcing I was a virgin! Yep, virgin (cruiser, that is..). I had several very anxious blues fans who wanted to devirginize me. There are many stories that are best left on the ship, but let me assure you: you will just have to have the experience yourself. It was the best virgin party I ever had thanks to my friends, old and new. I even got a personal virgin party the last night on the cruise that made sure I ended my cruising adventure with lots of laughter (thanks to Washington Blues Society Vice President Tony Frederickson). The lineup of musicians is stellar, all styles of blues. You not only get to see these fabulous musicians perform live, you get to know them personally. The musicians are among the crowd, admiring fellow musicians as well as the fans. It is truly one big happy family whether this is your first time or return cruiser. Now imagine 28 of the best musicians and their bands performing on stage every day of the cruise, about 70 performances. The pro-jam starts about midnight outside by the pool, with all the musicians playing together, creating sound that is unimaginable. Inside, the Piano Bar and Ocean Bar is going as well into the early morning with musicians stopping through to join in a set or two. It was amazing to watch the different generations bringing their skill and sound to create some wowmusic. Then, the jammin after hours. You would find a few musicians just not ready to hit the hay and start playing and some of the cruisers would bring out their instruments, next thing you know you have cruisers and musicians knocking out some music- totally unorganized until all hours of the morning. There is a lot of laughter and entertainment to take in that you dont want to stop. Sleep a few hours, get up and do it again. I believe I turned into the joker with a permanent smile on my face. I was on such a high that I never noticed the sleep deprivation until the end of the cruise. There was so much more, but I want to leave some surprises for you to learn about yourself. Each night, there is a theme party aboard ship, and you can choose to dress up a lot or a little. Of course, the more some people drink . . . . the braver or crazier they get (but we all have the most fun we could possibly imagine). Costumes galore of every kind, little or small and everyone is acting the part they are dressed like. It is a hoot! The ship has a contest where you go on stage, if you choose, and get to show off your runway attire. The last night there is a huge award ceremony to honor those participants. But wait, the party is not only on board the ship, its also at the ports with beach parties at these exotic places. Imagine sandy beaches, clear sunny skies, where the water is bath warm and a brilliant blue. It is a scene out of the Frankie Vall beach party episodes. The musicians bring their music to the beach; dancing, drinking, snorkeling, swimming, boating, or taking an excursion is some of the things you can do. The music never stops and it is funny to see other cruise ships at port with all their passengers hanging off one side of their deck listening and watching us party to the best blues music around. Our Our Ship Kicks Assbanner is fully displayed and we are totally envied. The Legendary Rhythm Blues Cruise was a surprise for me in many ways and a trip of a lifetime. Blues festivals are fantastic but a blues cruise is over the top- the ultimate experience that is worth a life time of memories and lasting friendships. Seven days of saturated and exotic blues- more than a years worth packed into a single experience. Friendships creating cherished memories that will keep you laughing for years to come. You will absolutely leave wanting more and make plans to go on another blues cruise. If blues music rocks you to the core, speaks to your soul and you thrive for more . . .make it happen, find the resources, cause nothing compares to a blues cruise. My advice would be: a) Be Bold with Blues!, b) Make Time Now!, and c) Find the Funds! They call me the wanderer but lost I am not. I found my way upon the blues cruise. Verandah, Promenade, Leto deck, all these places filled with sounds of music. I am a dancing fool, up all hours of the night, hanging out with my blues family- that is what life is about. Laughs, love and living life to the fullest! On the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise!

-------------------------------------Jazz Alley August 2013 Calendar!

August 2 4 John Pizzarelli Quartet with Special Guest Bucky Pizzarelli Guitar legends blend pop, jazz, and swing, setting the standard for stylish modern jazz August 6 7 Nicholas Payton trumpeter extrordinaire August 8 11 Monty Alexander, John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton: Reunion in Seattle August 13 14 FM 91.3 Welcomes The Cookers August 15 18 Stanley Clarke Band August 20 25 Lee Ritenour (guitar), Larry Goldings (Hammond B3) and Peter Erskine (drums) August 27-28 Marcia Ball

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The Monday Night Interview...

By Rick J Bowen
Five veteran Northwest musicians united in 2009 to form the CD Woodbury Band. They won the Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues or BB Award for Best New Band in 2010 and released a live album later that year. CD won his second BB award for Best Electric Guitarist in 2011 and the band just released their first studio album titled Monday Night, which made its way to the #1 spot on the Roots Radio Chart for Washignton State and is charting nationally. I met with three of the guys: CD Woodbury, Mike Marinig and Mike Fish to get the lowdown on the band first-hand. Rick J Bowen: So here we are at your rehearsal space. At Dons place, was the album title tune Monday Night, was written about this place. Mike Marnig: Its the band room, thats what we call it. It was a pottery room and a barn. Mike Fish: Actually had no walls at one time. CD: The thing is every band I worked in before these guys the rehearsals were kind of spare. In the first month with this band I did more rehearsals than my entire three year stint with Mark DeFrense. The band rehearsal is our poker night; we get together and do our thing every Monday. It s what makes this a band not just five guys who get together to play music and happen to know the same songs. MF: Chris and I had been doing this since way before Tim Casey and the Blues Cats. Monday night is the night we get together and play. Our Families grew up around Monday night being band night; everything we do revolves around Monday night. We just kept the tradition going. CD: They get generally annoyed if someone cant make Monday night unless it is for a very good reason. Its set in stone. Now I did not write the song, the band wrote the song, they put my name because I put some tinkles on there. One of the things that motivates what I do is poverty. I had an opportunity to take a job in Portland and moved down there but we kept the band together, and we rehearsed and did shows on weekends. I was gone six months but they kept meeting on Monday nights, recording ideas and writing songs. So Monday Night was the first song they wrote while I was gone. MM: Really it was Montana, he had that drum beat, and Fish had a bass line that he worked up to go with it. MF: That second line groove, so I jumped in. CD: We had all just seen Maceo Parker at Jazz Alley and that inspired the funk. MM: Chris walked in to rehearsal threw in his keyboard lines, he is influential on all our songwriting hell say this is what I hear here, so do this, and then do this right here. We are all open to any ideas someone will bring in, so we end up with a cumulative result. CD did write the harmony lines to my sax line. CD: Thats why we had to name the album Monday Night, although it did cause some confusion for people when we announced we are releasing our album Monday Night, people would ask So ok then the show is Monday night? no the show is Saturday night and the album will be out Tuesday. What? I thought you said Monday night? Yes that is the album, it will be out Tuesday. RB: Sort of like whos on First? ALL: Exactly! RB: So the core of this band came from the Tim Casey Band. CD: Yeah we should get to the formation of the band. Those guys (Chris Kliemann, Don Montana, and Mike Fish) played with Tim Casey for thirteen years, and then he retired. I had played for Mark Dufresne and with Polly OKeary and the Rhythm Method. MF: When Tim retired I didnt want to lose the core of the band. We stayed together and tried a few other people up front. Chris and I have been playing together since 1975, we met Don in 1997, its approaching forty years weve been playing together. We get along so well we did not want to go separate ways. CD: We played together the first time at a garage jam party, had a good time. MF: Id had just enough beers to be bold so I walked up to CD after, and said man you need your own band! he just looked at me and said oh god, well I am staring something but cant talk about it yet. So we invited him over for a Monday night. CD: It was synchronicity. You know I dearly loved the time I spent working with the Mark Dufresne band, but I always felt something wasnt working, and I came to realize it was me. I wasnt the right guy for that gig. Especially after seeing Tim Lerch with that band now. Wow. Anyway So I was looking for something else and I did a night subbing with Polly OKeary and she had laryngitis so I had to sing lead all night long, and it felt really good and pushed me to lead again. I wanted her and Tommy Cook to back me but they went on to join Too Slim. And so forces conspired to push me to this band. MF: He came over that first Monday night and we started playing at seven oclock and the next thing we knew it was ten, whoa! What we have to go home now? We had so much fun he came back the next week, and is was great but we thought oh no this has got to be a fluke. So he came back the next week, it was still great, and so we started getting songs down. CD: Im known for being hard on rhythm sections. I throw some hard stuff at these guys. I cant play all the songs that every other working band does. Ive heard the same songs hundreds of times and its never as good as or better than the original version. So if I cant do it my way I wont do it.

The CD Woodbury Band

Thats why it makes it hard to get gigs some times because people say well so and so did Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn last week why dont you? I just say well we dont do that and thats why were not them. I dont mean to be derogatory; I want to do this style of music, but my way. RB: Kudos to you guys for putting out a new studio album with all original material, that isnt done in the blues world; usually people add cover songs. CD: Right, it isnt done in the blues world but it is everywhere else. Hadnt the material been that strong the album would be different. A lot of people wanted us to record our version of Hey Joe, so we recorded it. Then when we listened to all the songs the weakest one were the covers, so we said well its gonna be all our stuff. 48 minutes is not a long record but its ten original song and we are really proud of what weve done. You are expected in the blues world to be a stylist and a performer more than a song writer, and thats ok, some people have made big careers out of that. I think we are great combination of good instrumentalists and good songwriters so I hope people will respond to that. I think its the only way we as a band can make it, is by doing something different. RB: Let talk more about the songs. Blues Keeps Me right Here, is a classic Chicago shuffle. CD: I wanted a stock shuffle on that one. People would tell me you do shuffles in F better than anyone else, so I wrote a shuffle in F. I took some of the tricks from other songs I do like Further on up the road, and put them together. Lyrically I heard this Maria Muldaur songThe Blues Go Walking, she was talking about getting up and waking with the blues, I was like no man if you the real blues youre not getting up, youre gonna sit right here. RB: Tell us the story behind Mean Jenny. CD: That is a very RL Burnside, deep blues swampy thing, and Mike had a story to go with it. MM: To qualify, it is a true story, but not in a bad way. Jenny is the mother of my children. Who is a good women or I wouldnt have married her. She is from Louisiana and had a very rough upbringing. Jenny when she was young as a defense mechanism would use mean words, she and her cousin as little kids would play mean mommy, imitating their own mothers, she was dubbed the meanest girl at Vidalia High School. Some of it was abusive and some is fun to make fun of. To clarify: She never did make an alligator cry, she hasnt skinned anybody alive and made a boat out of their hide, yet, but the rest of it is al based on true stories. RB: Has she heard the song? MM: Yes shes ok with it. She received an autographed copy of the album, and its getting airplay and getting popular. It is the most downloaded song on Amazon so they have it as a ring tone as well. You can have Mean Jenny, as a ringtone on your phone.

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RB: Speaking of true stories, what about Pawn Shop? CD: Oh yeah that a true story and it has repeated itself a few times. Poverty is a great motivator. I wanted to get myself a 335 as a get serious blues machine. I had a credit card and so I got one. But I noticed all the great blues players had Telecasters, which is crazy because it is the most primitive instrument out there, just short of hammering a wire on a stick of wood. But I found one for $600 and got that too. So after a while I had this expensive guitar that I never touched and this cheap one I kept playing and playing. It got to the point where I got in trouble was out of work and had to sell off stuff. You get rid of stuff when you need to eat. I didnt want to sell the 335, but I took $1000 for a loan. RB: Real stories make for great songwriting, especially in the blues. CD: Definitely; and pawn shops are a blues thing. The world is moving on from a lot of old time things but the pawn shops are still there. If you aint got no credit you can still go to the pawn shop. And definitely a true story I had to get rid of that guitar. RB: The tune Ring A Ding Ding, must have been inspired by all the years the guys spent with Tim Casey. CD: That and Ive done a lot of jump blues too and I needed a stock jive to show off what these guys strengths are. That was probably written in a day, it took longer to rehearse than record. MM: We kept writing and re-writing the intro line. What

he came up with is so great, a line that recognizes all the chords and sound so cool at the same time and we do it with the three of us at the same time like a horn section. CD: I love writing horn section stuff. MM: We do a horn section with guitar, sax and keyboard. It works really well and is one of the defining sounds of the band. RB: I was gonna say that and you beat me to it. RB what is the Sau Bau Blues about? CD: That about a sandwich. Have you ever been to Grinders? You know we did Built For Comfort on the last album so you couldnt have a CD Woodbury band album without one song about food. Yes Mitch that was plug - we want another gig at Grinders in Shoreline! RB: How was your experience with Kickstarter? CD: I am delighted to be in world that has Kickstarter and Indie Go Go. It was interesting for us because blues fans are not typically cutting edge following the internet types of folks. We were out there in a bit of a frontier and introduced people to what Kickstarter is, and it took a while for them to get it. Its not a straight charity drive or going to a money man. Because Kickstarter exists anyone with a creative idea can get help. We are very fortunate to have all these people believe in us. It was a small group only 70 backers but the average was $100 typically its only $10 to $35. People really put in a lot to help us reach our goal. And several people outside the

band helped promote our campaign. RB: What is next for the CD Woodbury Band? CD: We have overwhelmed by the amount of airplay weve been getting off the record, which is really cool. Its awesome having a really good publicist and what we need to do now is find management. We have a world class band and we have me as a kindergarten level booking agent. We have made ourselves a business and got ourselves in order to be a national act. We have been working material for another album. It took a year to finish this one, so we are working on the next one already so it can be out in another year. We will for sure head back into the REC Room studios with Chip Butters. Some real magic happened there.

The CD Woodbury Band

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The August 2013 Blues Bash

at the Red Crane

By Robert Horn, Photos by Eric Steiner

While much of the country did not know it is tropical season in the Pacific Northwest - warm and sunny but also very green - diehard blues fans here know there is an indoor blues event and come out of the sun to hear music indoors. The July Blues Bash featured Johnny Brewer from the Bellingham area as the opening act. The second act was R.J. Knapp and Honey Robin: both acts were impressive and represented different positive qualities of the blues scene in the area. I usually see Johnny Brewer at the late night jams at the Mt Baker Blues Festival. He is one of the key elements that makes many there want to stay up til three oclock in the morning, or however long he is on stage with Fat James. He is a high energy guy, so playing acoustic guitar sitting in a chair without a full band in back of him showed the softer side of Johnny at the Blues Bash He started with an instrumental. The second song was a T-Bone Shuffle, and he could not help but sing. He has always had a good sense of rhythm, and while I assume he has great reasons to be in the north end of the state I cant help but wonder what kind of music career hed have if he was living in the best hotbeds of the music industry. His guitar playing was flawless on this and the other songs that followed. Among the songs that followed were Just A Little Bit, Mary Had a Little Lamb (as the Stevie Ray Vaughn song met the soft slow controlled Johnny Brewer). Yes, I know, this is the first time someone printed something saying soft slow controlled Johnny Brewer, in the Washington Blues Society Bluesletetter, but you would have to have been there. Speaking of Stevie Ray Vaughn, he also did Cold Shot as well as some things he created without Stevie Ray. It was fun to watch and see this act. I hope he is in Seattle more often. After just coming back from the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland and hearing that bands should formally apply to get in to that festival, I hope that Johnny Brewer, Fat James, and others with their toes almost going over the Canadian border get to play down there. Tony and another attractive Vanna of the month handed out CDs in a raffle. I dont know if they called my ticket number or not, because I was distracted by someone who I thought looked far more interesting than Tony on that Red Crane stage. The announcements before the next band included an update from Zab at Salmon Bay Eagles, and a new blues record label in the Seattle area. A blues record label in the area is great news and I hope to see a lot of great music coming out of their studios. There is great blues talent here and getting that music onto discs as well as on the air would be wonderful . R.J. Knapp and Honey Robin put on a show and in the last few months they have showed that they are serious about having an impact in this area. They have a CD out that rival the quality of the music coming from much more well-known bands. They put on a great show at the BBs and at The Pony Keg in the International Blues Competition. This band combines some blues classics with some

originals and like many good bands, you dont always know which are which. As I listened to the lyric They call it the blues, and I dont care what you say! I assumed it came from the heart and of R.J. Knapp in the middle of an argument where he was defending the blues under machine gun fire and not backing down. The vocals, guitar, drums, and bass all sounded good for their entire performance. Honey Robin sounded great on songs like I Just Want to Make Love to You and Muddy Waters would have approved of her singing of his classic. They brought up Seattle blues promoter Southside Johnny, and told of his successful battle against cancer before he blew the audience away on the harmonica. From Downhome Blues to originals like the No-Tell Motel, they were impressive. Having a sore knee myself I appreciated their song with the refrain, mind writes checks the body cant cash while getting on the dance floor to dance to it. They mixed the tempos from fast to slow and back to fast, which makes dancing fun to get out to where they are playing and get on the dance floor. I will be there, too, until I get a heart attack sometime between now and the time I am 374 years old. The July Blues Bash was another fun way to experience live blues courtesy of the Washington Blues Society. Please mark your calendars and save the date: the second Tuesday of every month, the Washington Blues Society will return to the Red Crane Restaurant.

Making his Blues Bash Debut as a Solo Artist: Johnny Brewer!

Continuing a Washington Blues Society Blues Bash Tradition: Posing In Front of Marilyn Monroes Classic Cadillac!

RJ Knapp & Honey Robin with Special Guest Southside Johnny

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Blues CD Reviews!
New Blues that you can Use
Big Pete Choice Cuts Delta Groove Music Big Pete van der Pluijim features a whos who of blues luminaries on his 2011 Delta Groove debut Choice Cuts with Alex Schultz on lead and rhythm guitar with additional guitarists Kirk Fletcher, John Marx, Kid Ramos, Shawn Pittman, Rusty Zinn and Mojo Mark on various selections. Willie J. Campbell plays bass, and the always inspired Jimi Bott is on drums throughout alongside Rob Rio on piano. Johnny Dyer sings on one track and Kim Wilson and Al Blake add blues harp to one each while Big Pete handles the vocals and blues harp on the rest. Paul Oscher adds melodica and Malcolm Lukens B-3 to one track each. The thirteen tracks on Choice Cuts are all top notch covers with tunes from Jimmy Rogers, Slim Harpo, Lester Butler, William Clarke, Wolf, Dixon, Little Walter and more. Big Pete opens up with Lester Butlers Driftin displaying his tough blues harp skills, cool tone and strong vocals. Kirk Fletcher provides icy lead licks to Just To Be With You a Roth Bernard cut that Muddy did back in 1956. Big Pete and Fletcher play solos at the same time giving a cool layered sound. Al Blake plays harp on Otis Big Smoky Smothers I Got My Eyes On You Mojo Mark is on rhythm and Alex takes a laid back solo on this mellow paced shuffle. Howlin Wolfs Rockin Daddy features Kid Ramos on dirty reverb and echo laced guitar and plenty of greasy blues harp from Big Pete.. Choice Cuts is aptly titled as there isnt a bad cut to be found in fact I would have titled it Prime Cuts. Very highly recommended. Malcolm Kennedy Hard Garden Extended Play #1 Hard Garden Music Two time International Blues Challenge semi-finalist and award winning duo Son Jack Jr and Michael Wilde have teamed up with veteran jazz/funk musician Garrett Williams to form new music project called Hard Garden. The concept behind Hard Garden is to bring forward all thats appealing about the blues and modernize it by infusing it with elements of EDM, electronic dance music: imagine a mash up of Fat Boy Slim, North Mississippi All-stars, Stone Foxes and RL Burnside. The 3 song EP, Extended Play #1, features the country blues slide guitar and everyman vocals of Son Jack Jr. alongside the rough and tumble harp playing of Michael Wilde layered in a dance hall blend of loops, samples and freestyle funk from mixmaster Garret Williams. Boom, right out the gate, the groove just kills love, love, love, it - can you say Achtung Baby of the blues? The opening track Dangerous, with its electro-boogaloo beat and grinding riff is a party time call out from the leader of the pack. The second track, Showtime, pays tribute to the Godfather of Soul and all the disciples of funk, and then it blasts off with a hot horn section on its way to an interstellar get-down. The thumping Papas in the Juke Joint rounds out the three-song collection with a prophetic tale of hard living delivered with some devilish slide guitar. Stellar production values deliver three carefully-crafted tracks that will give the listener little gems to discover anew with each listen. Lets hope this is just the tip of iceberg, and the full album from Hard Garden will just go and go and go even further down this road. Rick J Bowen

Carolyn Wonderland Peace Meal Bismeaux Records Carolyn Wonderlands Miss Understood on Bismeaux Records got my attention in 2008, so when I saw she had a recent release I had to hear it. Well, I will tell you the wait for Peace Meal was worth it. This Austin fireball can belt them out, or sing them sweet and sultry, and she has guitar chops to spare. The dozen tracks are an even split of covers and originals. She opens the disc with Janis Joplins What Good Can Drinkin Do and yes her vocals do have a slight echo of Janis; but Wonderland clearly lives in her own voice. I particularly enjoyed the original St Marks with its smooth keyboard driven melody and Carolyns vocals shifting between smooth and blues shouter. Another standout is the Robert Johnson/Elmore James classic Dust My Broom with Wonderland laying down the goods on lap steel and her emotive vocals are a perfect fit. The cover of Samuel Smiths I Can Tell has FM breakout written all over it; that she isnt already a top drawing star baffles me, and this song alone is worth getting Peace Meal. The sweet Usurper has swirling droning guitars layered over keys and a pulsing rhythm. Dylans Meet Me In The Morning sends chills down my spine and Muddys Two Trains rips, with an Allman Brothers southern rock thing going on. This one would be a show stopper at shows for sure. Carolyn closes Peace Meal out with a mellow acoustic singer/ songwriter cut Shine On playing mandolin and singing with a country bent backed by producer Larry Campbell on acoustic guitar. Carolyn Wonderland is the real deal and Peace Meal deserves to get a lot of attention. Highly recommended. Malcolm Kennedy

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David Maxwell Blues in Other Colors Blue Duchess/Shining Stone Records As the album title Blues In Other Colors clearly implies this release is not intended to be straight up blues; but a mixture of world music with a touch of blues. While many world music releases contain music from one region, culture or country, Blues In Other Colors is much, much more than that. David Maxwell is an in-demand touring and session piano man known for his virtuosity, feel and experience and has many nominations for either a Blues Music Award or a W.C. Handy Award in the keyboards category. String magician Harry Manx adds a Mohan Vina, a guitar/sitar hybrid to the CD, too. Jerry Leake who provides Indian and West African percussion on the balafon, a West African relative to the marimba with the keys over calabash resonators. There is a wide array of Turkish, Moroccan and other North African instruments, including the Turkish Ney, a seven holed flute; the Oud, a pear shaped stringed instrument similar to a lute and the Moroccan Raita, an eight holed double reed instrument that could be a distant relative of the oboe along with congas, guitar, electric and acoustic double bass, and a regular drum kit as well on various tracks. David includes regular band members Troy Gonyea on guitar (Kim Wilson, Jerry Portnoy, James Harman) and Marty Ballou on double bass. The 13 all instrumental, original tracks provide an interesting array of sounds. I particularly enjoyed Big Sky, Heart of Darkness, and the aptly-titled Rollin On, with Manx on slide guitar, Rosenthal on drums, Paul Kochanski on electric bass and Andy Plaisted on congas and Maxwell pounding out the rhythm on piano. . The track I found to be the bluesiest is Just the Blues with Troy on acoustic guitar and David on blues piano. Blues In Other Colors is an adventurous journey well worth the taking, pushing musical boundaries in every direction. Malcolm Kennedy Dudley Taft Deep Deep Blue American Blues Artists Group Records Guitar slinger/singer Dudley Tafts highly-anticipated Deep Deep Blue is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Left For Dead. When I first wrote about that earlier CD, I said that it was more ZZ Top meets Soundgarden than it is Jimmy Reed meets Bukka White. Well, this years CD was worth the wait, and Dudley again shows off his talents as a song writer, singer and guitarist. Dudley does interesting things with Lou Reeds Sally Cant Dance and Dylans Meet Me In The Morning completely rearranging them and putting his own stamp on them. Folks will recognize a few of the names in the band like John Kessler producer and bass player, Chris Leighton one of three drummers utilized and Eric Robert on keyboards. The slow burning title track is radio ready and really stands out from this exceptional set; every time I listen to it I like it a little more and right now it is my favorite selection on Deep Deep Blue. Dudley amps things up for the rockers Satisfy You and Bandit Queen, on the latter displaying some serious deftness on his axe. Dudley closes out Deep Deep Blue with the bluesy Shanks Akimbo once again proving that he is the real deal. On Deep Deep Blue Dudley Taft has stepped to the next level and this release could easily take him from playing clubs and bars to playing arenas and head lining festivals around the world. Very highly recommended. Malcolm Kennedy

Erwin Helfer Erwin Helfer Way The Sirens Records Erwin Helfers sixth release on The Sirens Records, Erwin Helfer Way, is a celebration of boogie-woogie piano by one of Chicagos masters of the keyboard. Erwins musical mentors have included the legendary Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Speckled Red, and Jimmy Papa Yancey and his wife, Mama Yancey. In fact, Erwin is considered by many to be one of the last remaining links to the Yancey family and its Chicago blues traditions. Erwins catalogue on the Highland Park-based label includes the 2003 W.C. Handy-nominated solo release Im Not Hungry But I Like To Eat - Blues!, and many of his guests over the years represent a whos who of Chicago blues piano, including Willie Mabon, Blind John Davis and Detroit Junior. The new CD continues a career that has spanned four decades in Chicago blues, and Erwin Helfer Way includes new interpretations of songs from the great American blues songbook through the hands of an artist who has played with giants who have shaped blues history. While two of my favorite cuts from Erwin Helfer Way are the classic Chicken Shack and Sweet Georgia Brown, I especially enjoyed E & C Boogie where Erwin Helfer and long-time collaborator and Sirens labelmate Barrelhouse Chuck join forces on keyboards. In addition Barrelhouse Chuck, Erwins ensemble on this CD includes a line-up of accomplished local sidemen. Hes got Chaka Khans John Brumbach, Blues Brother Band vet Lou Marini, and Junior Wells alum Skinny Williams on saxophones, and William Bugs Cochran, from Yoko Noges Japanesque (arguably one of Chicagos most diverse blues experiences) on drums. For me, the CD is a joy to experience from start to finish, but Im biased. Im partial to old-school Chicago blues piano, and I particularly enjoy Take My Hand Precious Lord, The Fives, and The Preacher. Its no accident that the title of the CD and the cover graphic look like an official City of Chicago street sign. In 2006, the city renamed part of Magnolia Street Erwin Helfer Way in recognition of his contributions to Chicagos music community as a teacher, mentor and performer. Erwin Helfer Way is a must for fans of boogie-woogie blues piano. Eric Steiner Editors Note: This review was submitted in a slightly longer format to ChicagoBluesGuide.com, and the Bluesletter is grateful to the ChicagoBluesGuide.com for this reprint opportunity.

Andy T-Nick Nixon Band (feat. Anson Funderburgh) Drink Drank Drunk Delta Groove Music Andy T and Nick Nixon have been hiding way under the radar; but with their new 2013 Delta Groove Drink, Drank, Drunk that is likely going to be changing quickly. Andy Talamantez had worked in several Southern California bands when he was hired by Smokey Wilson in 1996. He then toured with Guitar Shorty for five years starting in 1998. During his time on the road with Shorty he met Anson Funderburgh who produced this project, and plays guitar on four of the dozen selections. As with so many other blues singers James Nick Nixon started off singing in church, then after high school he even performed opera. Nick had several bands, including one with Billy Cox on bass and another that was signed with Chess Records releasing a single. Nixon went on to a thirty-five year career teaching music for the Nashville Department of Parks and Recreation and in the process was awarded a Keeping the Blues Alive for Education by the Blues Foundation. Nixons vocals are soulful with plenty of grit and a little growl and Andys guitar lines have some sting and a touch of swagger. Ron Jones sax adds punctuation and groove to eight tracks with the occasional solo added in for good measure. Pianist Christian Dozzler plays on 10 of the tracks adding accordion as well to a pair including Have You Seen My Monkey giving it a little Cajun flair and as Nick plainly states the monkeys not for sale. Andy T also contributes a tasty riffing solo. The slow burning Life Is Too Short stands tall and Andy Ts subdued solo is tight while Nicks vocals smolder, threatening to burst into flame. Brian Hash Brown Calways blues harp plays the perfect foil to Ansons guitar on Nixons You Look So Good. Andy, Nick and company close things out with a rousing take on Ray Charles Ive Got A Woman which again features bubbly accordion and piano by Dozzler. There is plenty to like on Drink, Drank, Drunk and I highly recommend you take a hearty sip from this double shot of seasoned top shelf fare. Malcolm Kennedy

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Rory Block Avalon Stony Plain Records Rory Block continues her excellent Mentor Series playing tribute to Mississippi John Hurt (other mentors in the series are Rev. Gary Davis, Son House and Mississippi Fred McDowell and arguably starting with her tribute to the legacy of Robert Johnson.) Rory has accumulated numerous BMA nominations and Awards over her career including both Acoustic Album and Acoustic Artist and with Avalon she continues to bring heartfelt and inspired covers and original contributions. Playing songs written by and/or from the repertoire of John Hurt, Block breaths new life into these blues classics like Candy Man, Frankie & Albert and Stagolee the later possibly being the most covered pre-war blues song with almost as many spellings as versions. As with the previous editions in Rorys mentor series she gets deep inside of the music and the artist exploring the subtle nuances that are at the core of the originals. The title track is a precious gem and the slide work and picking on Frankie & Albert, which Rory sites as her favorite Hurt song, is sensational and Rorys vocals soar with nearly spoken passages to high pitch notes. When I hear Rory singing and playing Got The Blues Cant Be Satisfied I can easily imagine Alice Stuart covering it as well. Avalon is one of those rare releases where I could easily write something about every song and the hardest part of the review is selecting the few to expound on. It goes without saying that Rorys take on Stagolee is superlative and another personal favorite is Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor. For fans of traditional acoustic blues Rory Blocks Avalon is an absolute must have release and to all other blues and folk music fans I very highly recommend this fabulous treasure of American music. Malcolm Kennedy The Shufflejunkies (feat. Roger Hurricane Wilson) Live at the Amelia Island Blues Festival Blue Storm Records Amelia Island is just off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida and is host to at least six major annual festivals including ones for shrimp, cars, film, chamber music, jazz and, of course blues. The Shufflejunkies are an Atlant-a based blues and classic rock trio and on this live release from the 2011 festival they feature special guest veteran guitarist and producer Roger Hurricane Wilson. The Shufflejunkies are known for their high energy live sets and Live at the Amelia Island Blues Festival with special guest Roger Hurricane Wilson is a testament to this. All but one of the seven tracks are covers, opening with Robert Johnsons Dust My Broom, a slide romp extravaganza to which Wilson and the Shufflejunkies added some unique personal touches. Sonny Boy Williamson IIs Checkin On My Baby is a shuffle with bristling guitars, and my favorite cut, Willie Dixons Third Degree, is done slow with moaning slide guitar and searing leads. The tour de force is James Petersons (Lucky Petersons father) Dont Let the Devil Ride the title track from his 1995 nationally-recognized album that includes a rippin 10-minute extended guitar solo. At times, the vocals are a little stiff; but the guitar playing more than makes up for it. The Shufflejunkies Live at the Amelia Island Blues Festival is a fun ride that fans of rocking blues guitar will enjoy. Malcolm Kennedy Paul Gabriel Whats The Chance Blue Duchess/Shining Stone Records Producer Duke Robillard, also plays guitar on 9 of the 13 tracks featured on Paul Gabriels Shining Stone

Records debut Whats The Chance and the Roomful of Blues Horns of Rich Lataille-Alto, Tenor sax; Doug Woolverton-trumpet and Mark Earley-tenor, bari sax add their world renowned touch to five cuts with Rich and Mark on additional pair. Even with that blues star power I found the disc to uneven. There are some high marks to be sure; but it is not what I anticipated. Paul wrote all; but two of the tracks and one of those is by his bass player Billy Bileca. Whats The Chance opens with the lively swing of Old Time Ball showcasing the exquisite guitar tone and punctuated by the superb horns. This is easily my favorite selection and if some of the CDs low points featured more tunes like this it would really hit the mark. The Texas shuffle of Ride, Ride, Ride is also solid and Larry Buzzy Fallstroms piano playing ads spark and drive to the tuff engine room of Bileca on bass and Nick Longo on drums. Another standout track is All Time Gone which features Buzzy on B-3 and Rich and Marks tenor saxs. The jazzy blues instrumental C.M.C written by Bileca features the satisfying piano playing of guest Bruce Bears is also quite agreeable. Much of the rest strays away from blues into the realms of soft rock, 1970s pop/ soul and jazz that just didnt do much for me. The song titled Roomful of Blues is inexplicably barley a blues song and features none of the jumping swing elements the band of said name is so well known for which given the players involved was anticipated if not hinted at. Malcolm Kennedy Frank Bang & the Secret Stash Double Dare Blue Hoss If loud stomping rocking blues is your forte than look no further the new release by slashing slide master Frank Bang & the Secret Stash. Frank knows how to amp it up; but more importantly he also knows how to be subtle and leave space so his music is never an overbearing barrage. In fact about half the tracks are mellower fare. The opening title track informs you that Frank means business and Burnin Up In The Wind to which Russ Green adds some crack blues harp, lets you know he is no one trick pony. Frank Bang Blinkal worked his way up from a part time job as a doorman at Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago, to after hours jams with friend Wayne Baker Brooks to a five year stint in Buddys band traveling the world supporting acts like the Stones, Plant, BB and Santana to name a few. Frank shows another side playing acoustic Dobro and lap steel on Wonder Woman a song of many layers that also features Greens expert harp and deserves serious major FM radio air time. Frank shows some of his Austin roots on This Is What Its All About giving it a touch of twang. Frank closes things out on Dobro with the pleasant groove of Matties Girl. With the release of Double Dare I expect we will be hearing much more from Frank Bang & the Secret Stash in the future. Malcolm Kennedy Pam Taylor Band Hot Mess Pam Taylor Music The 2012 debut release by the Pam Taylor Band features ten tracks nine of which are originals. Pam had grown up with music, living in a small town in South Carolina, first learning piano, At 18 her father Mike (who plays sax in her band) gave her a Washburn acoustic guitar and she taught herself to play. From the opening bars of Smile Again you can tell that the band is in tight form and Pam can seriously belt them out too. The title track prominently features Mikes sax and is a song about poor choices made. Pams sultry vocals on Its So Easy

caught my attention and again Mikes sax stands strong along side guitarist Ryan Phillips biting lead solo. I first heard this track on Blues Debut web streaming audio and was very impressed and am no less impressed now. The radio ready Not The Only One certainly deserves major attention. The slow things down for the stand out and get down and dirty for the serious burner Next Time You Think of Cheating. Pam displays some serious chops and strong vocals. They stay in a slow groove for the lone cover song, Id Rather Go Blind a favorite of mine delivered here with class and reverence with the sax solo, guitar solo and vocals all standing out. Hot Mess is jam packed with great tunes, just when I thought I had a favorite track along came the next one; check out I Aint The One a catchy beat, cool sax and slashing guitar behind powerhouse vocals. (This is another track introduced to me on Blues Debut.) They close things out with the mellow paced blues All I Got Left in which Pam sings sometimes youve got to learn the hard way/all Ive got left is the blues. I dont just recommend Hot Mess I am flat out telling you to go get a copy right away. This is a superior debut from an artist I expect to hear a lot more from in the very near future, I am talking major label, major festivals and serious awards here folks because the Pam Taylor Band is the real deal. Malcolm Kennedy Buddy Guy Rhythm & Blues RCA In the tone, depth and greasy howl of Buddy Guys guitar you can hear all those who he influenced: Clapton, Vaughn, Moore, Bonamasa, Beck, and Hendrix.and more. At seventy six his voice is unwavering and his energy is palpable so it is no surprise he chose to release a new double album titled Rhythm & Blues. The eighteen new songs and three inspired covers could easily serve as the soundtrack to his autobiography When I Left Home: My Story, as he reminisces on his lifes adventures and takes us on a musical travelogue thru his more than fifty years of playing the blues. The Rhythm disc features more modern rhythm and blues-styled tracks with deep grooves. Kid Rock trades barbs with Guy on the Junior Wells 1960 classic Messin With The Kid. Critics will may scoff at this, but Buddy Guy has certainly earned the right to play this song anyway he chooses. The country tinged One Day Away with Keith Urban, has a sweet sentimentality to it. The Muscle Shoals horns add fuel to hat Youre Gonna Do About Me, a rousing duet with Beth Hart. Guy rounds out the disc with a playful reading of Guitar Slims Well I Done Got Over It the gritty blues The Devils Daughter, and the seriously spooky Whiskey Ghost. Disc two The Blues, kicks off with a geography lesson from Guy on Meet Me In Chicago, acting as a tour guide pointing out the highlights of his beloved city of the blues. Reese Wynans plays some fabulous barrel house piano on the classic shuffle Too Damn Bad. Aerosmiths Steven Tyler, Steve Perry and Brad Whitford join Mr. Guy for a ripping slow blues Evil Twin. The highlight of the disc has to be when Gary Clark, Jr. joins Guy on Blues Dont Care. Marking the moment when the blues torch is passed on to a worthy representative of the next generation. The album was produced by the Grammy winning producer Tom Hambridge who plays the drums and wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album. He assembled two basic all-star sets of musicians as the backing Band. The first consists of David Grissom (guitar), Reese Wynans, (B3), and Michael Rhodes (bass). The second set consists of Rob McNeely (guitar), Kevin McKendree, (B3), and Tommy MacDonald (bass). Hambridge and Guy will no doubt be looking at multiple award nominations for their efforts. Rick J. Bowen

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Richard Allen,Louisiana Experience/Trio (206) 369-8114 AlleyKattz (425) 273-4172 Annieville Blues (206) 994-9413 Author Unknown (206) 355-5952 Baby Gramps Trio (425) 483-2835 BackGround Noise (425) 931-8084 Back Porch Blues (425) 299-0468 Badd Dog Blues Society (360) 733-7464 Billy Barner (253) 884-6308 Bay Street Blues Band (360) 731-1975 Norm Bellas & the Funkstars (206) 722-6551 Black River Blues (206) 396-1563 Blackstone Players (425) 327-0018 Blues Attitude (360) 701-6490 Blue 55 (206) 216-0554 Blue Healers (206) 440-7867 Blues To Do Monthly (206) 328-0662 Blues Playground (425) 359-3755 Blues Redemption http://www.bluesredemption.com (The) Blues Sheriff (206) 979-0666 Blues to Burn (253) 945-7441 Boneyard Preachers (206) 755-0766/ 206-547-1772 Bill Brown & the Kingbees 206-276-6600 Bump Kitchen (253) 223-4333, (360) 259-1545 Brian Butler Band (206) 361-9625 Charlie Butts & the Filtertips (509) 325-3016 Ellis Carter - 206-935-3188 Malcolm Clark Band (253) 853-7749 Colonel (360) 293-7931 Kimball Conant & the Fugitives (206) 938-6096 Jack Cook & Phantoms of Soul (206) 517-5294 Rod Cook & Toast (206) 878-7910 James Curley Cooke (253)945-7441 Cooke & Green (253) 945-7441 Coyote Blues (360) 420-2535 John Scooch Cugnos Delta 88 Revival (360) 352-3735 Crossroads Band (206) 935-8985 Daddy Treetops (206) 601-1769 Sean Denton Band (425)387-0620 Double Cookin (253) 945-7441 Double Scotts on the Rocks (206) 418-1180 Julie Duke Band 206-459-0860 Al Earick Band (253) 278-0330 Sammy Eubanks (509) 879-0340 Richard Evans (206) 799-4856 Fat Cat (425) 487-6139 Fat Tones (509) 869-0350 Kim Field & the Mighty Titans of Tone (206) 295-8306 Gary Frazier (206) 851-1169 Free Reign Blues Band (425) 823-3561 Fil Gumbo (425) 788-2776 Nicole Fournier & Her 3 Lb Universe (253) 576-7600 Jimmy Frees Friends (206) 546-3733 Charlene Grant & the Love Doctors (206) 763-5074 Paul Green (206)795-3694 Dennis Juxtamuse Hacker (425) 512-8111 Heather & the Nearly Homeless Blues Band (425)576-5673 Tim Hall Band (253) 857-8652 Curtis Hammond Band (206) 696-6134) Ryan Harder (253) 226-1230 Scotty Harris & Lissa Ramaglia/Bassic Sax(206) 418-1180 Terry Hartness (425) 931-5755 Ron Hendee (425) 280-3994 JD Hobson (206) 235-3234 Hot Rod Blues Revue (206)790-9934 Bobby Holland & the Breadline (425)681-5644 James Howard band (206) 250-7494 David Hudson / Satellite 4 (253) 630-5276 Raven Humphres (425) 308-3752 Hungry Dogs (425) 299-6435 Brian Hurst (360) 708-1653 K. G. Jackson & the Shakers (360) 896-4175 Jeff & the Jet City Fliers (206) 469-0363 Junkyard Jane (253) 238-7908 Stacy Jones Band (206) 992-3285 Chester Dennis Jones (253)-797-8937

Washington Blues Society Talent Guide

Harry The Man Joynes (360) 871-4438 James King & the Southsiders (206) 715-6511 Virginia Klemens / Jerry Lee Davidson (206) 632-6130 Mick Knight (206) 373-1681 Bruce Koenigsberg / the Fabulous Roof Shakers (425) 766-7253 Kolvane (503) 804-7966 Lady A & the Baby Blues Funk Band (425) 518-9100 Brian Lee & the Orbiters www.brianleeorbiters.com Brian Lee Trio (206) 390-2408 Scott E. Lind (206) 789-8002 Little Bill & the Bluenotes (425) 774-7503 Loose Gravel & the Quarry (253) 927-1212 Dana Lupinacci Band (206) 860-4961 Eric Madis & Blue Madness (206) 362 8331 Bill Mattocks Band (206) 601-2615 Albritten McClain & Bridge of Souls (206) 650-8254 Brian Jelly Belly McGhee (253) 777-5972 Doug McGrew (206) 679-2655 Mary McPage Band (206) 850-4849 Miles from Chicago (206) 440-8016 Reggie Miles (360) 793-9577 Michal Miller Band (253) 222-2538 Rob Moitoza / House of Reprehensibles (206) 768-2820 Moon Daddy Band (425) 923-9081 Jim Nardos Boogie Train Blues Band (360) 779-4300 Keith Nordquist (253) 639-3206 Randy Norris & The Full Degree (425) 239-3876 Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely (425) 239-3876/(425) 359-3755 Randy Oxford Band (253) 973-9024 Robert Patterson (509) 869-0350 Dick Powell Band (425) 742-4108 Bruce Ransom (206) 618-6210 Red Hot Blues Sisters (206) 940-2589 Mark Riley (206) 313-7849 Gunnar Roads (360) 828-1210 Greg Roberts (206) 473-0659 Roger Rogers Band (206) 255-6427 Roxlide (360) 881-0003 Maia Santell & House Blend (253) 983-7071 Sciaticats Band (206) 246-3105 Shadow Creek Project (360) 826-4068 Tim Sherman Band (206) 547-1772 Billy Shew Band (253) 514-3637 Doug Skoog (253) 921-7506 Smoke N Blues Allstars (253) 620-5737 Smokin Js (425) 746-8186 Son Jack Jr. (425) 591-3034 Soulshaker Blues Band (360) 4171145 Star Drums & Lady Keys (206) 522-2779 John Stephan Band (206) 244-0498 Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys (206) 236-0412 Stickshift Annie Eastwood (206) 522-4935 Alice Stuart & the Formerlys (360) 753-8949 Richard Sysinger (206) 412-8212 Annette Taborn (206) 679-4113 Dudley Taft (206)795-6509 Tahoma Tones (253)851-6559 Ten Second Tom (509) 954-4101 Tone Kings (425) 698-5841 Too Slim & the Taildraggers (425) 891-4487 Leanne Trevalyan (253)238-7908 Tim Turner Band (206) 271-5384 T-Town Aces (206)935-8985 Two Scoops Combo (206) 933-9566 Unbound (425) 258-4477 Uncle Ted Barton (253) 627-0420 Nick Vigarinos Meantown Blues (360) 387-0374 Tommy Wall (206) 914-9413 Mike Wright & the Blue Sharks (360) 652-0699 / (425) 327-0944 Charles White Revue (425) 327-0018 Mark Whitman Band (206) 697-7739 Michael Wilde (425) 672-3206 / (206) 200-3363 Rusty Williams (206) 282-0877 Hambone Wilson (360) 739-7740 C.D. Woodbury (425) 502-1917 Beth Wulff Band (206) 367-6186, (206) 604-2829 19

August Blues Calendar!

August 1 - Thursday Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops Moore & Hank Witherspoon, Noon Highway 99: Brian Lee & the Orbiters, New CD Release!8pm Jazz Alley: Bill Evans Soulgrass New Orleans: Selbred/Jackson Salmon Bay Eagles: Cory McDaniels & the Gone Johnson Review August 2 - Friday Anacortes Arts Festival: Mia Vermillion, 1:30pm Cap Sante Summer Concert Series, Anacortes, Seaferers Park: the Mark Whitman band, 7pm Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek: Annie Eastwood w/ guitarist Bill Chism, 7pm Highway 99: Dudley Taft New Orleans: Ham Carson Quintet Oxford Saloon, Snohomish, Gin Creek Repp, Snohomish: Nick Vigarino,8p 13 Moons at the Swinomish Resort & Casino, Anacortes: Mia Vermillion, 6pm August 3 - Saturday Backyard Blues Bash, Goldendale WA: Stacy Jones Band, 6pm Coolidge McClain Park, Silverton, OR: Bill Rhoades & Whit Draper, 2:30pm Highway 99: Mark DuFresne Band Johnnys Dock, Tacoma: Steve Cooley & the Dangerfields, 5pm Oxford, Snohomish: Nick Vigarino Proctor Arts Fest, Tacoma, Chalet Bowl Stage: Kimball & the Fugitives w/Stickshift Annie, 1pm Sno-River Rock Festival, Duvall, Alice Stuart & the Formerlys Swedish Culture Center, Seattle, Dance w/Brian Lee & the Orbiters, 7:30pm 13 Moons at the Swinomish Resort & Casino, Anacortes: Mia Vermillion, 6pm Two Twelve On Central, Kirkland: Annie Eastwood w/ guitarist Bill Chism, 8pm University Place St. Fair, University Place, Steve Cooley & the Dangerfields, 12 noon August 4 - Sunday Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes: Brian Lee & the Orbiters, 11:30am DB Cooper Music Festival, Medicine Creek Winery, Olympia: $20 all day/$15 Blues 7:30 PM: Clay Swafford and Billy Flynn, Mudcat opens Mt. Baker Blues Festival: John Stephan Band, 11:30 am Shoreline Custom Car Show: Stacy Jones Band, 12pm Red Dog, Port Orchard, Steve Cooley & the Dangerfields, Blues Jam, 7pm August 5 - Monday 88 Keys, Pioneer Square, Blues To Do TV: jam

August 6 Tuesday New Orleans: Holotradband, 7pm August 7 - Wednesday 88 Keys: Blues on Tap, 8pm Highway 99: Drummerboy w/Polly OKeary & CD Woodbury New Orleans: Legacy Quartet Pike Pl. Bar & Grill, John Stephan Band, 6pm Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last Few Good Men, 7:30pm Skagit County Fair, Mount Vernon: Mia Vermillion, 2:45pm Waterwheel Lounge, Ballard: Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill and Tom Brighton w/guitarist Bill Chism, 7pm August 8 - Thursday Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops Moore & Hank Witherspoon, Noon Conway Muse, Conway: Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely, 8:30pm New Orleans: Ham Carson Quintet Madison Park: Two Scoops Combo, 6pm Salmon Bay Eagles: Basic Blues - Rod Cook & Alice Stewart August 9 - Friday Central, Kent, Alice Stuart & the Formerlys Central Market, Shoreline, Gin Creek: 6pm Crossroads Center, Bellevue: Eric Madis & Blue Madness, 7pm Highway 99: Lloyd Jones & the Struggle Jazzbones ,Tacoma: The Fat Tones, 8pm Match Coffee & Wine, Duvall: Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill - Fugitives Trio, 7:30pm Salmon Bay Eagles: Blue 55 August 10 - Saturday Conway Tavern: Nick Vigarino Highway 99: L.A. based the 44s with special guest James King & the Southsiders Island Park Blues Festival, Springfield OR: Bill Rhoades & the Party Kings, 6:30pm Left Foot Boogie Dance at Sons of Norway, Bothell: Stickshift Annie w/Kimball & the Fugitives & Brian Kent, 8:30pm Madison Ave Pub, Everett: Guitar Get-Together II w/James Howard, Ryan LaPlante & Mark Riley, 8pm NW Harley-Davidson, Lacey: Alice Stuart & the Formerlys, noon Triple Door: Jr. Cadillac s 43rd Anniversary w/ special guest Freddie Dennis August 11 - Sunday Peace Concert, Magnuson Park, Alice Stuart & the Formerlys, 4pm Red Dog, Port Orchard, Steve Cooley & the Dangerfields, Blues Jam, 7pm August 12 - Monday 88 Keys, Pioneer Square, Blues To Do TV: New Orleans: New Orleans Quintet August 13 - Tuesday Red Crane Restaurant, Shoreline: WBS Blues Bash! 7 PM August 14 - Wednesday 88 Keys: Blues on Tap, 8pm Highway 99: High and Lonesome New Orleans: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox, 8pm Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last Few Good

Men, 7:30pm August 15 - Thursday Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops Moore & Hank Witherspoon, Noon City Hall Saloon, Cumberland, Steve Cooley & the Dangerfields, 6pm Highway 99: Hot Rod Holman Blues New Orleans: Ham Carson Quintet Salmon Bay Eagles: the Mark Whitman Band August 16 - Friday Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek: Annie Eastwood w/ guitarist Bill Chism, 7pm Highway 99: Lisa Mann & her really good band Ilwaco Blues & Seafood Festival Ilwaco, WA: The Heartbreakers featuring Lady A, 8:30pm Repp, Snohomish: Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely, 6:30pm Sliders, Carnation: Eric Madis & Blue Madness, 7:30pm Taste of Music / WBS IBC Finals, Snohomish: Blues Playground Tulas: Dave Peck Trio August 17 - Saturday Highway 99: Karen Lovely Jokum Fest, Seattle: Eric Madis & Friends, 8pm Kalama Blues Festival, Kalama WA: Bill Rhoades & the Party Kings Pilchuck River Blues Festival, Granite Falls: Tim Turner - 3pm, Mark Whitman -3:45, Nick Vigarino 7pm Salmon Bay Eagles: Chris Stevens Scotch and Vine, Des Moines: Brian Lee Trio, 8pm Snoqualmie Rail Road Days: Stacy Jones Band, 3:30pm Tulas: Dave Peck Trio August 18 - Sunday Immanuel Presbyterian Blues Vespers, Tacoma, HAPPY BIRTHDAY REV. DAVE Rev. Daves birthday vespers with Jimmy Vivino, the Mark Riley Trio and others. 5pm Red Dog, Port Orchard, Steve Cooley & the Dangerfields, Blues Jam, 7pm Triple Door: Coco Montoyo WBS Taste of Music/IBC Finals, Snohomish: Brian Lee & the Orbiters, Time TBA August 19 - Monday 88 Keys, Blues To Do TV: Mr. Villa, Lake City: Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill - Fugitives Trio, 7pm August 20 - Tuesday New Orleans: Holotradband, 7pm August 21 - Wednesday 88 Keys: Blues on Tap, 8pm Highway 99: Dirty Rice New Orleans: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox, 8pm Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last Few Good Men, 7:30pm August 22 - Thursday Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops Moore & Hank Witherspoon, Noon Highway 99: Monster Road Madison Park Summer Concert Series Seattle, Gin Creek: 6pm New Orleans: Ham Carson Quintet Salmon Bay Eagles: Safar Blues Style Terrace Park, Arlington: Blues Playground, 6:30pm

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August 23 - Friday Highway 99: Studebaker John & the Hawks Jazzbones, Tacoma, Brian Lee & the Orbiters, 7:30pm MoonFest at Lake Leland, Quilcene, Alice Stuart & the Formerlys, 6pm Washington Sips, La Conner: Mia Vermillion, 7:30pm YWCA Benefit, Seattle: Lady A, 1pm August 24 - Saturday Blues for Boobs, Deming Christmas Tree Farm: Nick Vigarino, 8:30pm Crossroads, Bellevue, Alice Stuart & the Formerlys, 7pm Highway 99: Hot Wired Rhythm band Poverty bay Blues & Brews Festival, Des Moines: Stacy Jones Band, 2pm Two Rivers Casino, Davenport, WA: the Fat Tones, 6pm Central, Kirkland: Nick Vigarino, 8:30pm New Orleans: Gin Creek Red Dog, Port Orchard, Steve Cooley & the Dangerfields, Blues Jam, 7pm August 26 - Monday 88 Keys, Blues To Do TV: New Orleans: New Orleans Quintet August 27 - Tuesday New Orleans: Holotradband, 7pm August 28 - Wednesday 88 Keys: Blues on Tap, Triple Door: Lisa Marie Presley Highway 99: Little Ray & the Uppercuts New Orleans: Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox, 8pm Pike Place Bar & Grill at the Market: Annie Eastwood w/Kimball & the Fugitives, 6pm Royal Lounge, Olympia: Alice & the Last Few Good Men, 7:30pm Sylvester Park, Olympia: Blues County Sheriff, 7 pm August 29 - Thursday Amys On the Bay, Port Orchard, Alice Stuart, 8pm Burien Farmers Market: Eric Two Scoops Moore & Hank Witherspoon, Noon Highway 99: Charles Mack band New Orleans: Ham Carson Quintet Salmon Bay Eagles: Star Drums & Lady Keys August 30 - Friday Highway 99: Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble Laurelthirst, Portland, Alice Stuart, 6pm Vino Bella, Issaquah: Lady A & the Baby Blues funk Band, 7:30pm Wild Vine Bistro, Bothell: Mia Vermillion & Kevin Sutton, 8pm August 31 - Saturday Bothell Blues Festival: Stacy Jones Band, 2pm Destination Harley, Fife: the Mark Whitman band Duffs Garage, Portland, OR: Bill Rhoades & the Party Kings Highway 99: Kalimba H2O, Anacortes: Blues Playground, 7 pm

August 31 - Saturday - Continued Magnusun Park, on Sandpoint way: Blues for Food Fest in support of Seattles Giving Garden Network, Featuring: 12:00 - Kenova w/ Billy Stoops, Nick Vigarino & Hambone Wilson, 1:30 - T- Town Aces w/ Steve Bailey & Tom Boyle, 3:00 - Polly OKeary & the Rhythm Method w/ Seattle Slim,4:30 - Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble from Southern Louisiana 6:00 - The Delgado Brothers live from East LA, 7:30 - Fat James & Fatback Port Gardner Bay Winery, Everett: Mia Vermillion, 7pm September 1 - Sunday Freedom Fest, Ebey Island: Nick Vigarino, 3:30pm September 2 - Monday 88 Keys, Blues To Do TV: September 3 - Tuesday New Orleans: New Orleans Quintet September 4 - Wednesday 88 Keys: Blues on Tap, 8pm

Festival Preview: The Leavenworth Blues Festival!

The Leavenworth Blues Festival is back for a second helping of outstanding Blues, Soul, Funk and Fun! On September 13th and 14th, 2013 in downtown Leavenworth is the place to be. Finish up your summer of Blues with a weekend in the mountains. This festival is limited to the first 2,000 tickets sold, and has expanded to a two day format over last years first Leavenworth Blues Festival! More bands, more beers, more food, more good times! Now a 21 and older event as well! Friday: The Julie Duke Band, Junk Belly, and The 44s. Saturday: Nolan Garrett, Tuck Foster and the Mossrites, Tommy Hogan Band, Sammy Eubanks, The Randy Oxford Band. More information: www.leavenworthblues.com or http:// leavenworthblues.eventbrite.com/

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Blues on the Radio Dial

MONDAY KSVR 91.7FM Mount Vernon / KSVU 91.9FM Hamilton Blues in the Night (automated) 2:00 AM 5:00 AM Monday through Friday www.ksvr.org DJ, Janice Clevin Gage KUGS 89.3FM Bellingham: Highway 61 8:00AM - 10:00AM as.wwu.edu/kugs/ - DJ, Chalkie McStevenson Mighty Mouth Blues on NWCZ Radio - www.nwczradio.com Monday 8:00-11:00PM Pacific TUESDAY KAOS 89.3FM Olympia: Blues On Rye 1:00PM - 3:00PM www.kaos.evergreen.edu - DJ, Val Vaughn WEDNESDAY KEXP 90.3FM Seattle: The Roadhouse 6:00PM to 9:00PM www.kexp.org - DJ, Greg Vandy KSVR 91.7FM Mount Vernon / KSVU 91.9FM Hamilton - The Blues Note with Janice 8:00PM - 10:00PM www.ksvr.org - DJ, Janice Cleven Gage KSVR 91.7FM Mount Vernon / KSVU 91.9FM Hamilton - Lesters Blues Tour 10:00PM -Midnight www.ksvr.org - DJ, Les Anderson THURSDAY KSER 90.7FM Everett: Clancys Bar and Grill 8:30PM - 10:30PM www.kser.org - DJ, Clancy Dunigan FRIDAY KEXP 90.3FM Seattle: Shake The Shack 6:00PM - 9:00PM www.kexp.org - DJ, Leon Berman SATURDAY KAOS 89.3FM Olympia: Blues For Breakfast 8:00AM - 10:00AM www.kaos.evergreen.edu - DJ, Jerry Drummond KPLU 88.5FM Tacoma: All Blues 6:00PM - 12:00AM www.kplu.org - DJ, John Kessler KSER 90.7FM Everett: Audio Indigo 7:00PM - 9:00 PM www.kser.org - DJ, Robin K PLEASE SEND ANY RADIO UPDATES TO CALENDAR@WABLUES.ORG KBCS 91.3 FM Bellevue College: Living the Blues 8:00 PM 10 PM www.kbcs.fm DJ Kevin Henry, Kevin Morris, Oneda Harris, Winona Hollins-Huage KPBX 91.1FM Spokane: Backwater Blues Hour 10:00PM - 11:00PM www.kpbx.org - DJ, Frank Delaney KPBX 91.1FM Spokane: Beal Street Caravan 11PM-12AM www.kpbx.org - DJ, Pat Mitchell KZPH 106.7FM Wenatachee: The Blues 11:00PM - 12:00AM www.therock1067.com - DJ, Dave Keefe KSER 90.7FM Everett: Blues Odessey 9:00PM - 11:00PM www.kser.org - DJ, Leslie Fleury SUNDAY KBCS 91.3FM Bellevue: Beal St. Caravan 5:00AM 6:00AM www.kbcs.fm KEXP 90.3 Seattle: Preaching the Blues 9:00AM - NOON www.kexp.org DJ, Johnny Horn KUGS 89.3 FM Bellingham: Exposure NOON 2PM www.kugs.org KYRS 92.3 FM Spokane: Blues Now and Then 6:00PM - 8:00 PM www.kyrs.org - DJs Patrick Henry and Jumpin Jerry KPLU 88.5FM Tacoma: All Blues 6:00PM - 12:00AM www.kplu.org - DJ, John Kessler KWCW 90.5FM Walla Walla: Blues Therapy 7:00PM - 9:00PM www.kwcwradio.tumblr.com - DJ, Biggdaddy Ray Hansen and Armand The Doctor Parada KSER 90.7FM Everett: The Juke Joint 1:00PM - 3:00PM www.kser.org - DJ, Jon Noe

Mondays

Washington Blues Society

Sundays

Blues Jams

Caffe Mela, Wenatchee, 7pm (first Mon. of the month) 88 Keys, Pioneer Square: Star Drums & Lady Keys host Blue Monday Jam, 8pm JRs Hideway: Malcolm Clark, 8pm Opal Lounge, South Tacoma Way: Tim Hall, 8pm Oxford Saloon: All ages open jam, 7 - 11pm Ten Below: hosted by Underground Blues Jam, every 1st Monday of the month, Wenatchee

Alki Tavern: Jam hosted by Manuel Morais Dawsons, Tacoma: Tim Hall Band, 7pm Castles, Sedro Wolley: Gary Bs Church of the Blues, 6-10pm Eastlake Zoo Tavern: Eastlake Zoo Social Club & Jam featuring the Seattle Houserockers, 7pm Pony Keg, Kent: Rafael Tranquilino Jam Raging River: Tommy Wall Silver Dollar: Big Nasty, 8pm Two Twelve, Kirkland: hosted by HeatherBBlues, 7pm

Tuesdays

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Barrel Tavern: hosted by Doug McGrew, 8pm Dawsons, Tacoma: hosted by Shelley & Jho, 8pm Elmer, Burien: hosted by Billy Shew Engels Pub, Edmonds: Jam Session with Lou & Don, 8pm J & M Cafe Jam: Pacific Rim Marysville Best Western: Mike Wright & the Blue Sharks, 7 - 11pm Snohomish Spirits & Sports: Sean Denton & friends Summit Pub: Tim Hall & the Realtimes, 7:30pm Uncle Thurms, Tacoma: Blenis, Ely Band, 7:30pm Wild Buffalo, Bellingham: hosted by Rick Baunach, 6:30 - 9:30pm

Venue Guide
Seattle
Clearwater Casino Suquamish (360) 598-6889 Destiny Seafood & Grill Port Angeles (360) 452-4665 Halftime Saloon Gig Harbor (253) 853-1456 Junction Tavern Port Angeles (360) 452-9880 Little Creek Casino Shelton (360) 427-7711 Seven Cedars Casino Sequim (360) 683-7777 Sirens Port Townsend (360) 379-1100 Upstage Port Townsend (360) 385-2216

Washington Blues Society

Peninsula

Al Lago, Lake Tapps (253) 863-8636 2 Wheel Blues Club Tacoma Barnacles Restaurant, Des Moines (206) 878-5000 The Barrel Burien (206) 246-5488

Tacoma, Burien, Federal Way, etc

South Sound

CCs Lounge, Burien (206) 242-0977

Blarney Stone Pub and Restaurant (206) 448-8439 China Harbor Restaurant (206) 286-1688 Dimitrious Jazz Alley (206) 441-9729 x210 EMP Liquid Lounge (206) 770-2777 EMP Sky Church (206) 770-2777 Fiddlers Inn (206) 525-0752 Bellingham, Anacortes, Whidbey Island, etc Grinders (206) 542-0627 China Beach Langley (360) 530-8888 Highliner Pub (206) 283-2233 Just Moes Sedro Woolley (360) 855-2997 Highway 99 Club (206) 382-2171 LaConner Tavern LaConner (360) 466-9932 J & M Cafe (206) 467-2666 Little Roadside Tavern Everson (360) 592-5107 Lock & Keel (206) 781-8023 Old Edison Inn Edison (360) 766-6266 Maple Leaf Grill (206) 523-8449 Rockfish Grill Anacortes (360) 588-1720 Mr. Villa (206) 517-5660 Stump Bar & Grill Arlington (360) 653-6774 New Orleans (206) 622-2563 Watertown Pub Anacortes (360) 293-3587 Paragon (206) 283-4548 Wild Buffalo Bellingham (360) 312-3684 Pike Place Bar and Grill (206) 624-1365 Viking Bar and Grill Stanwood (360) 629-9285 The Rimrock Steak House (206) 362-7979 Salmon Bay Eagles (206) 783-7791 St. Clouds (206) 726-1522 Third Place Commons, Lake Forest Park (206) 366-3333 Triangle Tavern (206) 763.0714 Bellevue, Kirkland, etc. Tractor Tavern (206) 789-3599 Bakes Place - Bellevue (425) 454-2776 Triple Door (206) 838-4333 Central Club Kirkland (425) 827-8808 Crossroads Shopping Center Bellevue (425) 644-1111 Damans Pub Redmond Forecasters Woodinville (425) 483-3212 Raging River Caf & Club Fall City (425) 222-6669 BBQ & Blues Clarkston (509) 758-1227 RockinM BBQ, Golf Range & Lounge - Everett (425.438.2843) Breadline Caf Omak (509) 826-5836 Time Out Sports Bar Kirkland (425) 822-8511 Club Crow Cashmere (509) 782-3001 Top Shelf Broiler & Tervelli Lounge - Kirkland (206) 239-8431 CrossRoads Steakhouse Walla Walla (509) 522-1200 Vino Bella Issaquah (425) 391-1424 Ice Harbor Brewing Co - Kennewick (509) 582-5340 Wild Vine Bistro, Bothell (425) 877-1334 Lakeys Grill Pullman (509) 332-6622 Wilde Rover Kirkland (425) 822-8940 Main Street Tavern Omak (509) 826-2247 Valhalla Bar & Grill, Kirkland (425) 827 3336 Peters Inn Packwood (360) 494-4000 Yuppie Tavern - Kirkland (425) 814-5200 Pine Springs Resort - Goldendate (509-773-4434 Rams Ripple Moses Lake (509) 765-3942 Rattlesnake Brewery Richland (509) 783-5747

North Sound

Capitol Theater/Olympia Film Society (360) 754-3635 Cascade Tavern Vancouver (360) 254-0749 Charlies Olympia (360) 786-8181 Cliff House Restaurant Tacoma (253) 927-0400 Destination Harley Davidson Fife (253) 922-3700 Blues Vespers at Immanuel Presbyterian (253) 627-8371 Jazzbones in Tacoma (253) 396-9169 (The) Junction Sports Bar, Centralia (360) 273-7586 Lighthouse Des Moines (206) 824-4863 Maggie OTooles Lakewood (253) 584-3278 Magnolia Caf Poulsbo (360) 697-1447 Mint Alehouse Enumclaw (360) 825-8361 Pats Bar & Grill Kent (253) 852-7287rr Pick & Shovel Wilkeson (360) 829-6574 The Pony Keg - Kent (253) 395-8022 Riverside Pub, Sumner (253) 863-8369 Silver Dollar Pub Spanaway (253) 531-4469 The Spar Tacoma (253) 627-8215 The Swiss Tacoma (253) 572-2821 Tugboat Annies Olympia (360) 943-1850 Uncle Sams Bar & Grill - Spanaway (253) 507-7808 Wurlitzer Manor Gig Harbor (253) 858-1749

Eastside

Central & Eastern

Anchor Pub Everett (425) 252-2288 Balefire Everett (425) 374-7248 Bubbas Roadhouse Sultan, (360) 793-3950 Canoes Cabaret Tulalip (888) 272-1111 The Conway Muse in Conway (360) 445-3000 Demetris Woodstone Taverna, Edmonds (425) 744-9999 Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse Mukilteo (425) 355-4488 Engels Pub Edmonds (425) 778-2900 Historic Spar Tree Granite Falls (360) 691-6888 Madison Pub - Everett (425) 348-7402 Mardinis Snohomish (360) 568-8080 Mirkwood & Shire Caf Arlington (360) 403-9020 North Sound:Star Bar, Anacortes (360) 299-2120 ( Prohibition Grille, Everett (425) 258-6100 Stanwood Hotel & Saloon Stanwood (360) 629-2888 Stewarts Snohomish (360) 568-4684 Timberline Caf Granite Falls (360) 691-7011 Traceys Place Everett (425) 259-0811 Wicked Rack BBQ Everett (425) 334-3800

(Lynnwood, Everett, Edmonds, etc.):

North End

Red Lion Hotel Wenatchee (Tomasz Cibicki 509-669-8200)

Tumwater Inn Restaurant and Lounge Leavenworth (509) 548-4232

Wednesdays

Thursdays

Charlies Olympia: Blues Attitude Damans Pub, 8 PM Dogghouse Tavern, Mt. Vernon Alan: Hatley Trio, 7pm Eddies Trackside Bar & Grill, Monroe: every 1st & 3rd Wed., 8pm 88 Keys, Pioneer Square: Blues on Tap, 8pm Half Time Saloon: Billy Shew & Billy Barner Locker Room, White Center: Michael Johnson & Lynn Sorensen, 8-12pm Madison Pub, Everett: hosted by Unbound w/special guests 7:30pm August 7 - Billy Reed & Cory McDaniel August 14 - Hawaiian Night w/ Justin Dean & Michelle Taylor August 21 - Jimmy Drounette August 28 - Eric Scott Oxford Saloon, Snohomish: hosted by Rick J Bowen, Rob Baker, Scott Lind, All Ages Open Jam 7-11pm Salmon Bay Eagles: Broomdust presents Blues of the Past jam (1st Wed.), 8pm Yuppie Tavern, Kirkland (Totem Lake), HeatherBBlues Acoustic jam, 8pm

Bad Alberts: Invitational w/Annieville Blues Barrel Tavern: hosted by Tim Turner, 8pm Club Flight Nightclub: w/Cory Wilde, 9pm Conway Pub Dawsons, Tacoma: Billy Shew, 8 pm Aug. 22 - Brian Lee Eddies Trackside, Monroe: Tommy Cook, Patrick McDanel & Teri Anne Wilson, 8:30pm OCallahans: Tim Hall, 7pm Oxford Saloon: Jam Night w/ CD Woodbury, Don Montana, & Mike Fish Top Shelf (formerly Olive You), Kirkland: hosted by Chester Dennis, 8pm - Aug. 15 - Brian Lee New Orleans Restaurant: All Star Jam, hosted by Leslie Stardrums Milton & Lady Keys 7pm-1st/3rd Fri.

Fridays

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The 2013 Washington Blues Society BB Awards - Congratulations to All!

Story by Amy Sassenberg/Photos by Laddy Kite The Washington Blues Society celebrated their Annual Best of the Blues Awards in Kirkland on June 22nd. It was a stellar show with standout performances by some of the top blues acts in the state, including the soulful Curtis Hammond Band, the high-energy WIRED! Band, and Best New Blues Band winner, the Hot Wired Rhythm Band. The Washington Blues Society is known for its unflinching support and celebration of local blues artists and the annual awards extravaganza, widely referred to as The BBs, and this years awards show did not disappoint. Though a smaller crowd than in recent years (owing partly to a rare sunny summer afternoon in the Northwest), the new venue at the Kirkland Performance Center provided everyone with the best seat in the house. Surprises, tributes and emotional moments were in abundance. Producers, artists and fans alike spoke with reverence about the special quality of music and sense of community found throughout the state, from Bellingham south to Vancouver and east to Spokane. Blues Festival Volunteer Bruce Rhodes summarized it nicely, No matter the venue, the BB Awards are the annual climax of musical effort by the Northwest's top blues entertainers. We are so privileged to have them and we honor them by attending every year. Mark Riley, a frequent nominee, was showered with four awards for every category he was nominated in, including Best Electric Blues Guitar and Best Slide Blues Guitar. When asked how he felt about earning such accolades, Riley responded with a shrug and his wry sense of humor. They did it, he said referring to the folks who nominated and voted for him. I didnt do anything. They did it. Maverick blues DJ Jonathan Oogie Richards was honored with the award for Best Blues DJ. Although Richards admits feeling slightly uncomfortable every time he accepts an awardand hes won three years in a row he says he does love winning. Its thrilling to know people appreciate what we do especially since were not a traditional radio show. Richards and his beloved crew, including co-host Sweet Danny Ray, made the radical departure from the standard blues radio show to the internet-based Mighty Mouth Blues on NWCZradio.com. The show is well-known for supporting and showcasing only independent blues artists, many of them from the Northwest. After 20 years on the radio, Richards is happy to be the first internet show recognized by the WBS and gives high marks to everyone he works with. I dont do this on my own. The show can be heard on Monday nights from 8-11 PST. The standout performance of the night, according to Richards, photographer Rocky Allen, and almost everyone who was asked, was The WIRED! Band with guest performers Jim McLaughlin on harp and Mike Marinig on sax. Theyre just a class act, said Allen. Kevin Sutton roamed the stage, and then plopped down right before the front row, singing loud enough for all to hear despite the absence of a microphone. The band had some solid sounds and fun choreography, which drew much attention and applause from the crowd. Richards says they had the hottest performance of the day. They nailed it! Other highlights included classic blues artists Little Bill & the Blue Notes being inducted into the Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame along with James Curley Cooke. Frank Hot Rod Holman took Best Blues Piano and Nick Vigarino was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in addition to receiving the Solo/Duo Blues Act for Nick Vigarinos Back Porch Stomp. Lloyd Peterson graciously accepted the award for the Mt. Baker Blues Festival as the Best Blues Festival. In fact all the festival nominees received much applause, including Jim McLaughlins Freedom Fest, which he throws in September in his own backyard in Everett. Jim said he thought it was funny and fun to be nominated, but said, I think it was right that Lloyd won it. There were also non-musicians recognized for their outstanding artistry and contributions to the local blues scene, including Photographer Blues Boss for Best Blues Image with his Kathi McDonald Bluesletter Cover and Best Blues Graphic Artist Dennis Hacker, who regularly attends blues shows and creates art on the spot, inspired by the music. Jim McLaughlin, who accepted the Paul Green Award for Best Blues Harmonica was sporting a colorful shirt that had been Hacked. Hacker can be found some Wednesday nights at The Madison Pub in Everett, which won for Best Blues Jam, facilitated by Paul Quilty and Willow Stone. The Wednesday following the awards saw a big celebration with regular players and fans including drummers Dave McCabe and Richard Sabol, guitarist AEK, harmonica player McLaughlin, and newest Portland transplant, bass player Al Hooten. The Highway 99 Blues Club on Seattles waterfront was also recognized as Best Blues Club, as many of these award-winning players can be found gracing that stage on any given night. The Randy Oxford Band has played that stage often, and for good reason. Three BB Awards went to individual band members. Jada Amy won for Best Female Blues Vocalist and recent bass player Farko Dosumov took home the Best Blues Bass Player award. Richard Sabol won the Chris Leighton Best Blues Drummer award, and he also won the hearts of many in the audience with his touching acceptance speech. Sabol arrived on stage to rollicking applause wearing sunglasses and cracking jokes, but eventually turned serious. He acknowledged from the stage that for him this year held some great highs and some horrible lows, but that this was definitely one of the highs. I was kind of shocked at how it affected me, he said later. Im usually never one to shun the spotlight or anything. Its kind of amazing how your name gets called and you go up to accept an award, and how raw that felt. How it moved me. That rawness seemed to create an electricity in the room and moved a few to tears. Fellow drummer nominee Rick Bowen was honored as Best Blues Writer. Editor and DJ Ted Todd from the Inland Empire Blues Society made a long drive and also made some heartfelt remarks and good-naturedly repre-

sented the eastern part of the state. He also accepted the award won by Sammy Eubanks for the Mark DuFresne Best Male Vocalist. The show wrapped up with a moving slide presentation produced by Rocky Allen that honored bluesmen and blues women who had passed on since last years BB Awards. Blue Note guitarist Billy Stapleton played a hauntingly beautiful version of Amazing Grace as we saw slides of performers honored in memoriam. Washington Blues Society President Eric Steiner and Vice President Tony Frederickson, along with first-time Music Directors (and Best Blues DJ Nominee) Janice Cleven Gage and Cherie Robbins, put on a well-paced, entertaining show and are already talking about next year.

Jim McLaughlin (Photo by Laddy Kite) For a complete list of 2013 Best of the Blues Awards Recipients, Please See Page 31 of This Months Bluesletter! Congratulations to each nominee and recipient.

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Clockwise: James King, Suz Sims, Brian Lee Nick Vigarino Curtis Hammond and James King

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Introducing: Chester Dennis Jones, Bluesman.

By Malcolm Kennedy
Id like to introduce you to a friend of mine. Chester Dennis Jones hosts a Thursday night jam at Kirklands Top Shelf Broiler, and hes played a number of local festivals and competed in local International Blues Competitions for the South Sound Blues Association and the Washington Blues Society. In fact I first met Chester at a jam in Lynnwood and was bowled over. It was also the first time I saw Randy Oxford and Ron Hendee jam together, man that was a night. With his Fender Stratocaster in hand, and his signature black hat, Chester has commanding stage presence with chops to spare. Chester grew up outside Brunswick, New Jersey, the home of Rutgers University. He got his first guitar, a Japanese copy, when he was 16 or 17 and a friend taught him some basic chords. Back in the day, Cream, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, Santana and Jimi Hendrix were making names for themselves and all were influences; but Chester was drawn immediately to the tone and feeling of BB King and Albert King and he remains inspired by these two Kings of the blues guitar. In July of 1970, just after high school graduation, a friend suggested the Strat (and the rest is history, or as his web site says: Chester has been playing guitar a long time. Chester likes to play his music on the edgy side: not planned-out down to the very last note. He doesnt want to copy somebody else, even when he is covering their song. He enjoys playing slow burners and especially songs in minor keys. Several selections Chester enjoys and a couple that frequently are included in his sets are Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, The Thrill Is Gone, Time Is Tight, and Born Under A Bad Sign. When I asked him if he could play with anyone, his answer surprised me: Well, not a guitar player. I would go with a drummer or bass player. The late Donald Duck Dunn came instantly to mind, and our conversation wandered about potential dinner guests or drinking buddies. Chet said that hed enjoy having dinner with Booker T. Jones, and he would enjoy having a beer with inventor, statesman and diplomat Benjamin Franklin. He would also enjoy playing with Booker T. - although Albert made Bad Sign famous, Booker T. wrote it. Chet is a very interesting man, an engaging and intelligent conversationalist and has wonderful stories to tell. Something you probably dont know about Chester: he is shy using a microphone when not singing, and hes relatively shy with self-promotion. He may not be the best at promoting himself, or telling the crowd at a jam or a Washington Blues Society Blues Bash about his next gig; but that doesnt slow down his fleet fingers one bit as he makes that Strat howl and sing.

Man At Work: Chester Dennis Jones, Bluesman.

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FESTIVAL PREVIEW:

2013 Bothell Blues Festival!

Thats right folks: there is an annual blues festival right in our own backyard in Bothell later this month! This excellent local event will begin on Saturday, August 31st at 11:00 AM and go to 8:00 PM at the Country Village Shops at 23718 Bothell-Everett Highway during Labor Day Weekend. Tickets are $17, and the Bothell Blues Festival features a star-studded line-up of local talent. I suspect that most Bluesletter readers might have heard of The WIRED! Band! and the Stacy Jones Band, based on each acts considerable number of Washington Blues Society BB Awards nominations and awards each has received. . In addition to The WIRED! Band and the Stacy Jones Band, the Bothell Blues Festival includes guitarist extraordinaire Chester Dennis Jones, the Piedmont blues stylings of Eric Freeman Blues, and the rocking blues outfit that features dueling lead guitars and three vocalists, Palmer Junction. What would a blues festival be without a beer garden and barbeque? Well we wont have to ponder that since Diamond-level sponsor Carolina Smoke BBQ will host a food booth with pulled pork, beef brisket and ribs. The festival also features Bothells own Foggy Noggin Brewerys beer and the Open Road Winerys wine in the beer and wine garden sponsored by the Help Our Woods nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving open spaces in Bothell. Other festival food vendors include the Village Bean, which features family-focused healthful food choices like sandwiches, wraps, espresso, kids meals. For those with special dietary needs, the menu also includes gluten free and dairy free selections. The 2013 Bothell Blues Festival promises to offer five great bands, cold beverages and good food, and your festival wristband also provides shoppers with discounts at many of the Country Village shops. This is an outstanding opportunity to close out the summer of 2013!

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Taste of Music Returns to Snohomish!

The 2013 Taste of Music returns to historic downtown Snohomish for a sixth year with the outdoor main stage at 105 Cedar Avenue. This new location offers open access to the beer and wine garden, allowing for more opportunities to mix, mingle and dance over prior years. and is still charting. Kevin recently also signed a nonexclusive contract with Piedmont Talent and is currently being booked across the country. As of press time, the Taste of Music has arranged special hotel rates for Taste of Music Attendees at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites at 131 128th Street SW in Everett only eight miles from downtown Snohomish. Visit www.historicdowntownsnohomish.org/taste-of-music. asp and get the special $99 rates for King Bed rooms August 16th through the 18th by using the special group code TMF. This year, there will be a number of popular food and arts and crafts vendors,and were also pleased that our BBQ partners for our Monday Night Mighty Mouth Blues at the Port Gardner Winery, The BBQ Schacht, will join us at the Taste of Music. The following is the line-up for the main stage from Friday August 16th through Sunday, August 16 18th. The weekend culminates in the 2013 Washington Blues Society International Blues Challenge final competition, and the winner of the solo/duo and band competitions will represent the Washington Blues Society at the 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. The Washington Blues Society will also draw raffle tickets for the top ten prizes of its 2013 raffle. The grand prize for this years Washington Blues Society raffle is a ocean view cabin for two aboard the Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Other top prizes include camping and admission for two at Spring Sunbanks 2014, camping and admission for two at the Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival in 2014 camping and admission for two at the award-winning Mount Baker Rhythm and Blues Festival in 2014, and camping and admission for two at the UnTapped Blues and Brews Festival in Kennewick next year. We also have two separate eight gigabyte MP3 players to raffle off, two gift certificates to the Highway 99 Blues Club in Seattle, and 50 nationally-released new blues CDs. Raffle tickets are $20 each and are available from Washington Blues Society Board members or our merchandise booth at blues festivals or our monthly blues bashes at Shorelines Red Crane Restaurant atop the Club Hollywood casino. Stay tuned to the Taste of Musics website for up-to-date information on live music at indoor blues venues. Friday, August 16 CD Woodbury Band The CD Woodbury Band is a local band making their first foray into the national music scene this year. They have released a new CD Monday Night the first of June and hired Betsie Brown/Blind Raccoon as their publicity firm. As of press time, this new CD is currently #1 in almost every Washington and Pacific Northwest radio airplay charts for Blues, Electric Guitar, etc and charting at #37 on the national Blues airplay chart. Kevin Selfe & The Tornadoes Kevin and his band hail from Portland, Oregon, and are breaking into the national blues scene with their newest CD release Long Walk Home. He and his band are among the newest artists on the Delta Groove Record label and this CD also charted very highly on its release Sammy Eubanks Sammy and his band tour nationally and have several corporate sponsors. He has released four CDs and is one of the most highly booked Pacific Northwest artists working today. He and his band cross over from Blues to Country seamlessly and are popular across multiple genres of music. This year he represented the State of Washington and the Washington Blues Society in Memphis at the International Blues Challenge. Saturday, August 17 Shoot Jake This young band hail from Yakima, WA and formed in 2010. A power trio that crosses multiple genres from Rock, Soul, Blues to Funk. They play with high energy and always get the crowd going. The have recently recorded and released their first CD, a self titled disc (Shoot Jake) that has received airplay on radio station throughout the Pacific Northwest and have built a loyal following here in the Seattle/Tacoma area. Dana Osborn & 3 Miles High A local four piece band led by the multi-talented Dana Osborn. Dana has played and toured with a ton of Seattle based bands and is a prolific songwriter with dozens of original songs and has released two CDs of original music. His 3 Miles High band features an amazing electronic violin/keyboard sideman and solid back line with very talented bass and drums musicians. This group plays across genres and is extremely versatile. Expect high energy soft rock, jazz, pop classic with original arrangements of classics from the 60s, 70s and 80s, with several original of Danas original songs thrown in. Karen Lovely This talented woman burst onto the national music scene in 2010 with her second place finish at the International Blues Challenge. She was quickly signed by Piedmont Talent and has toured throughout the US and across Europe. She and her band have released two CDs still receive airplay today and are currently working on her third CD. She has been nominated for multiple BMAs and Blues Blast awards and been acknowledged multiple times by the Cascade Blues Association with seven different Muddy awards. Recently Karen has been crossing over into the Jazz genre and is receiving much highly praising critical acclaim. Her set will be a combination of original Blues and Jazz songs mixed in with several 40s and 50s Jazz standards. Michael Shrieves Spellbinder Michael Shrieve was the original drummer for Carlos Santana and the youngest musician to perform at Woodstock. He has worked with and recorded with a whos who of musical talent and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. His newest project is Spellbinder, which consists of some of Seattles finest musicians. They play an amazing blend of fusion that features overtones of rock and jazz. Bump Kitchen The Pacific Northwests premier Funk and Soul band. They are coming back this year to the Taste of Music as the Tastes only carry over act from last year 2012. They always deliver a high energy show that gets the audience up out of their seats and onto the dance floor.

With a strong foundation laid by a powerful backline, solid guitar, keyboard and horn work by some of the Northwests best musicians fronted by the dynamic Tony Harper. Sunday, August 18, 2013 The Washington Blues Society hosts the 2013 International Blues Competition on Sunday, August 18, 2013, and each of the performers have competed at local blues competitions in Spokane, Kennewick, Anacortes or Kent to land on this line-up. Each performance is judged by experienced blues judges, and they use judging criteria developed by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. The winners of the solo/duo and band categories will represent the Washington Blues Society at the 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Road Dawg Duo, Fall City and Tacoma, WA. Wide Willie Washburn, Lynnwood, WA. Blues Playground, Stanwood/Arlington, WA. Tuck Foster and the Mossrites, Yakima, WA. Vaughn Jensen Band, Richland, WA. Bobby Lindstrom, Bend. OR Bakin Phat, Spokane, WA. Blue Mud, Everett, WA. CD Woodbury Band, Lynnwood, WA. James King & The Southsiders, Maple Valley, WA. Brian Lee & The Orbiters, Seattle, WA. James Howard Band, Seattle, WA. ------------------------------------------------------------------

August 2013 Blues Bash Tuesday, August 13th Red Crane Restaurant 16716 Aurora Ave North Shoreline, WA 98133 (206) 546-4444 Acoustic: Keith Scott Electric: The Ben Rice Band

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THE WESTPORT BLUES FESTIVAL - WHERE THE BLUES MEET THE BEACH! TOP BLUES ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL HIT THE STAGE AND KEEP THE PARTY GOING! WWW.WESTPORTBLUES.COM

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The Stacy Jones Band got the chance to visit the Windy City this June during the Chicago Blues Festival when Stacy received a special invitation to perform in the Chicago Women in the Blues Festival from host Joan Gand. This mini-festival began in 2011 at Reggies on South State Street, and is held in conjunction with the famed Chicago Blues Festival. The showcase featured the top female blues talent in Chicagoland, including :Hollie Thee Maxwell, Demetria Taylor, Liz Mandeville, Ellen Miller and the fantastic Blue Road house band led by keyboardist Joan Gand and her husband, guitarist Gary Gand. A special award was given that night to Cookie Taylor for the Koko Taylor Celebrity Aid Foundation and a certificate of honor for Kokos mission to mentor young girls and women who want to sing and play the blues. Stacy Jones was the only artist not based in Chicagoland featured at the event, and her set was highlighted in the middle of the show. She performed a three song set along with her rhythm section of Tom Jones and Rick J Bowen. Stacy acknowledged fellow songwriter Gaye Adegbalola before singing her Blues is in the House, and shared her experience of meeting Koko Taylor before honoring her memory with a strong cover of 29 Ways. After the nearly four hour show of fabulous over the top show-womanship, all the ladies were asked to join Blue Road for the finale; a rousing and memorable version of the Taylors classic Wang Dang Doodle. As with any cross country trip this one was not without its pratfalls and surprises. The group booked a pick up gig at Sylvies lounge for the night they arrived in Chicago, but unfortunately Toms bass guitar did not make the flight from Seattle. Thanks to the heroic cab driving of one Mr. T; who bent many of the Illinois traffic laws, and the great staff at the Chicago Music Exchange for staying open late, a rental bass was procured in time for the show. Stacy Jones Band guitarist Jeff Menteer wasnt able to make the trip, so the band tagged Bill Whitehead to fill in, and he did a fine job filling Jeffs big shoes. Bill along with bassist Paul Streff represented the Windy City Blues Society at the 2013 International Blues Challenge in the solo/duo category in Memphis. Stacy and Rick got to jam with the duo a few times on Beale Street during the weeklong event. They were scheduled to perform during the Chicago Blues Festival on the Windy City Stage along with a drummer who had to cancel at the last minute so the duo tapped Rick Bowen to join them. The trio closed out the festival with an hour long set in Grant Park, then asked Stacy Jones to join in for the final number and blew the roof off with Got My Mojo Workin.

The Stacy Jones Band - Live in Chicago!

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Congratulations to the 2013 Winners of the Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues Awards Kirkland Performing Arts Center June 22, 2013
Blues Writer: Rick Bowen Blues Image: Kathi McDonald Bluesletter Cover by Blues Boss Blues Graphic Artist: Dennis Hacker Blues DJ: Jonathan Oogie Richards Blues Club: The Highway 99 Blues Club Open Blues Jam: Madison Pub Unbound Blues Jam Blues Songwriter: Eric Two Scoops Moore Washington Blues Recording: Washington Blues, The WIRED! Band Non-Festival Blues Event: Jam for Cans Blues Festival: Mount Baker Rhythm and Blues Festival Electric Blues Guitar: Mark Riley Slide Blues Guitar: Mark Riley Acoustic Blues Guitar: Mark Riley Blues Bass: Farko Dosumov Chris Leighton Blues Drummer Award: Richard Sabol Blues Piano/Keyboard : Frank Hot Rod Holman Mark Dufresne Male Vocalist Award: Sammy Eubanks Blues Female Vocalist: Jada Amy Blues Horn: James King Paul Green Blues Harmonica Award: Jim McLaughlin New Blues Band: Hot Wired Rhythm Band Solo/Duo Blues Act: Nick Vigarinos Back Porch Stomp Blues Act: The WIRED! Band Little Bill and the Blue Notes Traditional Blues Act: Brian Lee & the Orbiters Blue to the Bone Award: Mark Riley Blue to the Bone Award: Maridel Fliss Blues Performer: Kevin Sutton Keeping the Blues Alive Award: Steve Sarkowsky Lifetime Achievement Award: Nick Vigarino Blues Hall of Fame: James Curley Cooke Congratulations Little Bill & the Blue Notes! Little Bill and the Blues Notes was inducted to the Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame, and the Traditional Blues Award was renamed the Little Bill and the Blue Notes Traditional Blues Award in their honor

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