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On the Cover: Tim Too Slim Langford and Nick Vigarino at the Highway 99 Blues Club Photo by Laddy Kite
In This Issue...
Letter from the President Blues Society Officers & Directors Blues Bash Preview Inland Empire Blues Awards BB Award Nomination Guide Honoring Ted Brown
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Thanks to our Advertisers! Ravens Jam for Cans Preview Embodied Singing Blues Bash Review Membership Form Blues CD Reviews
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Blues Talent Guide Tips for Musicians Board Nomination Ballot Blues Calendar Blues Radio/Jam Listings Highway 99 Blues Club Feature
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1989 - 2013
Blues on the Road Honoring John Bear Milner Cascade Blues Association News South Sound Blues Association News BB Award Nomination Ballot
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Contributing Writers:
Eric Steiner, J Henderson, Suzanne Swanson, Robert Horn, Malcolm Kennedy, Rick Bowen, John Kriss, Suzie Chrysler
Contributing Photographers: Cristinia Arrigoni, Laddy Kite, Dan Hill, The Blues Boss, Eric Steiner, Michael Bruce, Deborah Conway
On the Cover...
Photographer Laddy Kite is a long-time blues enthusiast who attends monthly Washington Blues Society Blues Bashes and blues festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest. Hes also a frequent contributor to the Bluesletter and he captured Tim Too Slim Langford and Nick Vigarino at the Highway 99 Blues Club for our November cover photo.
Cover Photo: Tim Too Slim Langford and Nick Vigarino at Seattles Award-winning Highway 99 Blues Club
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Nov. 14th at Highway 99 - Show starts at 6:00 = 10 cans or $10.00 donation at the door
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Everyone is in for a real treat for the November Washington Blues Society Blues Bash in the Red Crane Restaurant above Club Hollywood in Shoreline, Washington. A special double electric set featuring local favorites Brian Lee and the Orbiters, and from Los Angeles: veteran guitar man Peter Anderson. Each act is supporting new albums that feature out of this world guitar playing, superb songwriting and musicianship. Heres a brief introduction to what will be another memorable evening of music at the Blues Bash. Pete Anderson is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning Producer and groundbreaking guitarist, who melds blues and country to forge a style all his own. Known as a pioneer in the roots-rock genre and an early champion of the Americana movement, he had a hand in introducing the world to artists such as Michelle Shocked, Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Rosie Flores and perhaps most famously, his musical partner of 20 years, Dwight Yoakam. Pete is also a renowned bandleader who has played over 3,000 live shows in upwards of 15 countries around the world and has appeared on Saturday Night Live, David Letterman, and The Tonight Show (19 times since 1986). Pete has released seven critically acclaimed solo records on his own label Little Dog Records. More info at: www. peteanderson.com/ Brian Lee & the Orbiters are based in Seattle, Washington, and are one of the premier bands on the Northwest blues scene. The group was honored in 2013 with the Best of the Blues award by the Washington Blues Society for Traditional Blues Act. In 2012, Brian & the Orbiters Identity Theft album received the award for Best Recording, and Brian received the award for Blues Songwriter. Brian Lee has lead the Orbiters to a prominent position in the Northwest blues scene based on their engaging and energetic delivery, top-flight musicianship, and great repertoire of original tunes and gems from the blues tradition. More info at: www.brianleeorbiters.com/ As always the monthly blues bash is a free all ages event open to Washington Blues Society members and the public. Please join the fun on Novmeber 12th beginning at 7:00 PM.
Top Right: Pete Anderson Bottom Right: Brian Lee & the Orbiters. From left to right: Steve Yonck (guitar), Russ Kammerer (drums), Hank Yanda (bass), and Brian Lee (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica and keyboards)
The 19th Annual Empire Awards: Celebrating the Blues with the Inland Empire Blues Society in Spokane!
Courtesy of the Inland Empire Blues Society November is lookin good in the Inland Empire Blues Society. On Thursday, the 14th of November is our 19th Annual Empire Awards, and weve got the oft-nominated band Rampage opening the show at 7pm. At 8pm, well begin the awards, with Washington Blues Society Vice-President Tony Frederickson as our Master of Ceremonies. At 9pm, well have our headline band, James King and the Southsiders tear it up for a couple of hours. Our usual location, the Spokane Valley Eagles, 16801 E Sprague Ave, Spokane Valley, has food, a large dance floor, great service, and plenty of free parking. Admission is dirt cheap: just $15.00 for general admission, and $13.00 for card carrying blues society members. 1. Best Writer for Inside Blues 8. Best Female Blues Vocalist: 15. Best New Blues Band or Artist (2 years or Craig Heimbigner Michelle Mush Morgan (The Coyote less) Kay Randleman Kings) Anita Royce & the High Rollers Anita Royce Anita Royce (Anita Royce & the High The Sidemen Rollers) Jesse Weston Trio 2. Best Blues Radio Program: Patrice Thompson-Rose (Hoodoo Udu) Blues Therapy (KWCW, Walla Walla) 16. Best Blues Band Bakin Phat Fridays Blues Show (83.5 Moscow, ID.) 9. Best Male Blues Vocalist: Blowtorch Blues (online) Dave Allen (Bakin Phat) Kenny James Miller Band Robb Boatsman (Rampage) Rampage 3. Best Blues Drummer: Ray Roberson (Roberson, BZ & Flores) Ken Danielson (Bakin Phat) 17. Best Blues Album (N.W. Region) Luther Hughes (Charlie Butts & the Filter 10. Best Blues Guitarist: Live & Alive @ the Rec Room (Tuck Foster & the Mossrites) Tips) Robb Boatsman (Rampage) Dennis Higgins (Bakin Phat) Nasty Habits & Dirty Little Secrets (The Mark Miller (Kenny James Miller Band) Ken Sederdahl (Kenny James Miller Band) Coyote Kings) 4. Best Blues Bassist: Pan Fried Blues (Bakin Phat) Mark Cornett (Kenny James Miller Band) 11. Best Blues Slide Guitar: 18. Best Blues Event (Non-Festival) Randolph Knowles (Rampage) Neil Elwell (Laffin Bones) Pat Potter (Bakin Phat) Ray Roberson (Roberson, BZ & Flores) Acoustic Blues @ Eagles October 2012 Ben Rose (Hoodoo Udu) IEBS Empire Awards November 2012 Gary Yeoman Benefit August 2012 5. Best Blues Instrumentalist (Other) Charlie Butts (saxophone, Charlie Butts & 12. Best Female Blues Performer 19. Best Blues Festival the Filter Tips) Sara Brown (Sara Brown Band) Seth Marshalek (saxophone, The Sidemen) Michelle Mush Morgan (The Coyote Bronze Blues & Brews (Joseph, Oregon) Ben Rose (lap steel, Hoodoo Udu) Kings) Rock Cut Blues Festival (Orient, Anita Royce (Anita Royce & the High Washington) 6. Best Blues Keyboardist: Rollers) Wallace Blues Festival (Wallace, Idaho) Steve Carver (Big Mumbo Blues Band) 13. Best Male Blues Performer 20. Best Blues Club/Venue James Lorentz (Anita Royce & the High Robb Boatsman (Rampage) Bobbis Bar (Plummer, ID.) Rollers) Jesse Weston (Jesse Weston Trio) Ray Roberson (Roberson, BZ & Flores) Spokane Valley Eagles (Spokane Valley) Gary Yeoman (Voodoo Church) Viking Tavern (Spokane) 7. Best Blues Harmonica: 14. Best Acoustic Blues Act 21. Keeping the Blues Alive (an individual who Dave Allen (Bakin Phat) Jeff Aker Tuck Foster (Tuck Foster & the Mossrites) has displayed exceptional achievements or Jesse Kunz (The Fur Traders) Robb Boatsman involvement with the blues) Pat Coast Al Blum Craig Heimbigner Anita Royce
1996 Bobby Blue Bland & John Lee Hooker 1997 John Mayall 1998 Little Bill Engelhart & Luther Allison
1999 Dick Powell & Buddy Guy 2000 Isaac Scott & Taj Mahal 2001 Patti Allen 2002 Dave Conant 2003 Rich Dangel
2004 Patti Allen 2005 Randy Oxford/Mark Whitman 2006 Tommy Morgan 2007 Fat James Grosvenor 2008 Alice Stuart
2009 Kirk KT Tuttle 2010 Lee Oskar 2011 Charles White 2012 Tim Too Slim Langford 2013 Nick Vigarino
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Ted Brown Founder of Old Town Blues Festival (Photo by Dan Hill) Ted Brown (Robert T. Brown Jr.) 61, passed away on September 25, 2013. Ted was a driving force in the Tacoma blues community. Ted founded the Oil Town Blues Festival and Sunday Blues Night at the Spar Tavern. May his bright star always shine down on Old Town Tacoma. A Celebration of Life was held at Immanuel Presbyterian Church on Sunday, October 13th. This special Blues Vespers for Ted was SRO as you would expect. Blues CDs Reviewed in This Issue... Cyril Neville Magic Honey (Ruf Records) Honey Island Swamp Band Cane Sugar (Louisiana Red Hot Records) RB Stone Loosen Up (Middle Mountain Music) Curtis Salgado Soul Shot (Alligator Records) Robert Cray Band Nothing But Love (Provogue) The James Hunter Six Minute By Minute (Go Records) Magic Slim & the Teardrops Bad Boy (Blind Pig Records) Brother Dege How to Kill a Horse (Golar Wash Labs records/Psyouthern) Pete Anderson Birds Above Guitarland (Little Dog Records) Shawn Holt & The Teardrops Daddy Told Me (Blind Pig Records)
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THE EXPERIENCE : HOW???? Examples of expressive effects: Crescendo/Descendo Lets all do it Using the 3 Ratios Tremolo square chain Vibrato rolling hills More examples of expressive effects: Name some effects that you use How do we decide what, when, how to use these vocal effects? Exercise: Speak it like you mean it! Example Demonstration Stubborn Love - spoken Sing it the same way Example Demonstration Stubborn Love sung As it is sung lets write down identified Dynamics and Expression How many will you find? RESEARCH For more information, please consider visiting sites like the following: www.becomesingers.com breathing, Mixed voice, scatting,
Ravens 13th Annual Jam for Cans A Benefit Show for Northwest Harvest at the Highway 99 Blues Club on November 14th
!On November 14th, 25 of the Northwests most talented musicians will help fight the cause for hunger on November 14th at Highway 99 Blues Club. This year there is an overwhelming demand to help fill Northwest Harvest Food Bank. With the rise and demand for food and a drop in donations, there is a 12% increase statewide for food from last year. Families are having to make choices between food, fuel or utilities. Washington state has ranked the eighth in the nation for the worst hunger problem. So this years 13th annual Jam for Cans show is more important than ever. The musicians of the Northwest are well known for their generous spirit, and they welcome the opportunity to use their music to benefit this event. By donating their time and talent to help fill the Northwest Harvest food bank. This years show will also feature special performances by David Brewer, Son Jack Jr. Fat James, Annieville Blues, Stan Eike, Scotty Lind, Billy Reed, Steve Sarkowsky, Pattie Mey, Howard Hooper, Jeff Beals, Brian Butler, Alan Iverson, Michael Wilde, Rocky Rossi, Mark Davies, Marty Vadalabene, Ron Hendee, David Chapman, Dave Payne, Trever Cutler, and John Lee (among others). One hundred percent of the proceeds and food donations collected during the show will benefit Northwest Harvest, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing hunger in Washington State. The Highway 99 Blues Club is located at 1414 Alaska Way across from the Seattle Aquarium tel:206-382-2171 Doors open for the Jam for Cans at 5:00 pm,. show will start at 6:00 Admission is $10.00 or 10 cans of non-perishable food.. The Northwest Harvest truck will be parked out front of the Highway 99 Blues Club and drive by donations are also welcome. Please come by the Highway 99 Blues Club on November 14th to share in an evening of music, raffles, fun and support the Jam for Cans effort to help eliminate hunger in our state.
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Arlington Performing Arts Center Bobby Lindstrom Brian Lee & the Orbiters Cascade Blues Association Curtis Hammond Band Inland Empire Blues Society Jazz Alley Jeff & the Jet City Flyers Jim Allchin Juxtamuse Lisa Mann and Her Really Good Band Lloyd Jones The Madison Pub/Unbound Jam Miles from Chicago Moon Daddy Band Salmon Bay Eagles South Sound Blues Association Stickshift Annie with Kimball & The Fugitives Walla Walla Blues Society
Jam For Cans Preview Photos by The Blues Boss From Top Left Clockwise: Fat James, Raven, David Brewer, Son Jack Jr., Brian Butler, Annieville Blues
Christmas time. Get it as a gift to yourself or someone else or both. After free CDs were given to a number of people in the crowd (yes the raffle is free) and a few announcements were read, an electric and electrifying band took over. The Snake Oil Elixir Blues Band is good enough to provide its healing medicine on any stage in the country. Three guys that sing well would be one reason to catch their act. The rhythm section deserves a lot of praise too and I will tell a little about them here as well. Many are blown away by the guitar playing in this band. Between Rod Cook and Mark Riley there is not a guitar category they have not won BB Awards in. Sometimes their guitars harmonize in ways that would make vocalists in a choir jealous. Other times one plays lead guitar while singing, (like Rod singing his original song I Aint the Fool I Used to Be, or Mark singing and playing lead on the Robert Johnson classic, Kind Hearted Woman Blues.) Some other times either one of them makes mouths drop open watching a slide guitar flurry of brilliance or a soulful crying guitar speaking to the heart. These guys are great as the lead guitarist of any band but when they play together in one band you dont see a battle, you see a symphony of world class quality. Why dont both of those guitar players have a few Grammys? Beats the hell out of me. Rod Cook and Mark Riley sang great on October 8th but so did their bass player Jon Bayless. As Jon sang the Stevie Ray Vaughn classic, Cold Shot Bluesboss walked by and said to me the best singer nobody knows about. Actually some do know about him but The Grammy nominating committee has not made their awareness of him known yet. He is good.
On drums for this band is a guy that I think may be the favorite drummer of Dave Brown and Blues Vespers in Tacoma. Often when I have been at Blues Vespers Marty Vadalabene has been the drummer. On October 8th 2013 there were some moments when his drumming was what got the Oooos and Ahhhhs from the audience. This is another drummer to think about while filling out a BB Nomination ballot. There are no weak links in this band. I hope to see them on big time stages like The Waterfront Blues Festival. Mark and Rod have been there before but I hope this whole band is someday there. Mark and Rod were in a slide guitar act with Big Monty Amundson and Henry Cooper and while they are among the best slide guitar players in the area, these are also among the great acoustic and great electric guitar players in the Pacific Northwest. They put on one of the best shows of the year at the October Bluesbash of the Washington Blues Society.
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features New Orleans bluesmen John Mooney on guitar and drummer Eric Bolivar on an authentic zydeco dance hall number. The band invited harmonica great Mickey Raphael to help them paint the proper honky tonk landscape simply titled Pills, with the line Ive got time to talk it over, over whisky weed and wine, and all I do is think of you and hang my head and cry, words that Willie Nelson could have penned himself. Honey Island then parade down to the Ninth Ward with Dirty Dozen Brass Band founder Kirk Joseph and his Sousaphone in tow for the track Never Saw it Comin paying tribute to Professor Longhair. Honey Island Swamp Band has given us a taste of southern hospitality that is indeed sweet as Cane Sugar. Rick J. Bowen RB Stone Loosen Up (Middle Mountain Music) Veteran bluesman RB Stone cashes in all his chips and is going for broke with his new album Loosen Up by joining forces with Grammy winning producer, songwriter and drummer Tom Hambridge. Together with a group of crack studio musicians the duo have created a commercial rocking blues album of radio friendly tracks featuring hard driving drums and gritty guitars, exploiting familiar blues and country themes of hard luck in trouble with a tongue in cheek flair. The ten tracks cover all the bases beginning with a southern honky-tonk rocker High Horse to the whipping post style jam Long Gone Lonesome Blues, a gospel ballad God Heals You When You Cry, and a Texas boogie for the title track that features a Pretty Woman/ Lucille styled guitar riff. Things really bust loose on the rabble rousing Texas Drunk Tank Blues, as Stone trades scorching harmonica leads with guitarist Robert Britt until the driving beat crashed into the wall on the third turn. The album rumbles through a few more well known forms until hitting a stride with the closing barn burner Harley Heart, that turns into a sprint match between Stone on Cigar Box Guitar and Hambridge on drums. It is easy to forgive Stone and Co. for using some common lyrical platitudes on a record that sounds this good. Rick J. Bowen Curtis Salgado Soul Shot (Alligator Records) Curtis Salgado is no stranger to blues fans of the Pacific Northwest having spent time plying his trade early in his career in the region including in early line-ups of the Robert Cray Band prior to a stint in Roomful of Blues before venturing out on a
On his new album of soulful blues rock and funk, Magic Honey, Cyril Neville is joined by several other brothers from New Orleans and Ruf records featuring Neville Brothers band mates Cranston Clements on tasty guitar, and Mean Willie Green on pile driving drums. Special guests include the legendary Allen Toussaint on piano and Dr. John on organ, as well as Walter Trout and Mike Zito. The percussionist, vocalist and youngest of the Neville Brothers has never been afraid to tackle social and spiritual issues as well as heavy grooves and at 64 why should Cyril hold back now. Kicking off with the slinky title track paying homage to all southern funky blues, then giving us a bit of history lesson on Dr. Johns Swamp Funk. The heavy hitting begins with the Gales Brothers blues rocker Somethings Got a Hold On Me. Mike Zito collaborated with Neville for two scalding social rebukes: the stomping Still Going Down Today, and the heavy blues Money and Oil. Neville dives into Paul Butterfields You Can Run But You Cant Hide, and Warren Haynes Invisible, both delivered with muscular funk. Walter Trout delivers a gritty groove for Running Water, a familiar sounding sermon of funk that could have easily been found on a Neville Brothers record. The southern ensemble takes on the Great White North and tears through the Rush classic Working Man, hitting it with fire adding a sing along chorus to spice up the end of this iconic anthem. Rick J. Bowen. Honey Island Swamp Band Cane Sugar (Louisiana Red Hot Records) The Honey Island Swamp Band from New Orleans have an all encompassing sound of blues, roots, country and soul that has been described as Bayou Americana, on their third album Sugar Cane. The 12-song collection begins by referencing the Muscle Shoals sound on the opening track Change My Ways, injecting a funky groove with hot horns and soulful vocals. Aaron Wilkinson channels Leon Russell for the swamping, Black and Blue, and Chris Mule does his best Lowell George for the Little Feat- esque One Shot.The whole group gets together on some sweet harmony vocals to accompany the lush string tones on the Appalachian sing along Miss What I Got. Many of the songs feature classic southern and religious colloquialisms in the titles, lyrics and chorus hooks such as the bluegrass and brass band infected Cast The First Stone, and the Allman Brothers styled tale of redemption Prodigal Son. The spicy second line fueled Johnny Come Home,
solo career. Curtis has garnered a number of BMA nominations and Awards including 2013 BMAs for BB King Entertainer of the Year, Soul Blues Male Artist, Soul Blues Album for Soul Shot as well as a nomination for Song of the Year for She Didnt Cut Me Loose, three out of four, not too shabby. Curtis band is a whos who with Larry Fulcher on bass, Mike Finnigan on organ, Tony Braunagel on drums, Jim Pugh on piano, and many special guests. The CD features four originals and covers of songs by George Clinton, Johnny Guitar Watson, Bobby Womack, Otis Redding and more. Salgado opens strongly with the old school soul of Womacks What You Gonna Do? I enjoyed the bouncy best of Clintons Getting To Know You and the BMA nominated She Didnt Cut Me Loose. The ballad Let Me Make Love To You gets the Al Green treatment, while Otis Reddings Love Man has shades of James Brown. My favorite track is Curtis He Played His Harmonica with the lyrics about girls came from blocks around, just to hear his righteous sound/ He was as bad as Al Capone on the Windy City saxophone. Its clear to me why Soul Shot has received all the accolades; it shows why Curtis Salgado is considered by many as one of the best in the business. - Malcolm Kennedy. Robert Cray Band Nothing But Love (Provogue) The Robert Cray Band is Cray on vocals and guitar, Richard Cousins on bass, Jim Pugh on keyboards and Tony Braunagel on drums. Nothing But Love opens with the break-up song penned by Cousins and Hendrix Ackle Wont Be Coming Home featuring Crays signature vocals, crying guitars and solid rhythm. Pughs Ill Always Remember You is given the Bobby Blue Bland treatment replete with the horns of Ron Dziubla and Thornberg. Robert wrote that he tried to stay true to the original version of Bobby Parker Jrs Blues Get Off Of My Shoulder so that people still recognize it. Curtis Salgado covered this song on his debut Curtis Salgado & the Stilettos giving it a very bold treatment which makes an interesting comparison. My favorite song is Im Done Crying with Roberts ringing guitar and a string section with Cray singing Im done crying/Ive got no more tears/you cant hurt me anymore/ at least I know where I stand. It is a song about the recession, homes and jobs lost in which a man is left with little intact but his dignity. The limited edition deluxe version is a fabulous package with posed and candid photos, an essay by Henry Yates on the making of the album. and track by track notes on each song by Robert. I have been a big fan of Robert Cray since his days of playing at the Fabulous Rainbow, the Jolly Roger and other local
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haunts and Nothing But Love exemplifies all the reasons why. - Malcolm Kennedy The James Hunter Six Minute By Minute (Go Records) British soul and R&B singer James Hunter spent time earlier in his career as a back-up singer touring with Van Morrison since then his band has been a supporting act for Morrison, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Willie Nelson, Chris Isaak, Boz Scaggs and more. Hunters 2006 debut album People Gonna Talk earned a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. A cut (Dont Do Me No Favors) from his highly acclaimed 2008 followup The Hard Way found its way onto the 2009 compilation album Live at KEXP Vol. 5. The James Hunter Sixs highly anticipated new CD features 12 originals with Hunter on vocals and guitar, Jason Wilson on double bass, Jonathan Lee on drums, Kyle Koehler on organ, Andrew Kingston on piano, Damien Hand on tenor sax and flute and Lee Badau on baritone sax. Minute By Minute opens with the vintage R&B sounds of Chicken Switch with James putting a little rasp into his vocals singing when the going gets rough and youve had enough/hit the chicken switch. The title track is Curtis Salgado style soul featuring the horn section. The fluttering sax and emotive vocals make Heartbreak one of the standout cuts. The light, upbeat 1960s style soul of One Way Love belies the songs message of betrayal. Other standout cuts include the reggae-tinged Let The Monkey Ride, as in the one on his back, and Nothing I Wouldnt Do which has an infectious beat and fun horn accents and guitar solo. Minute By Minute is a soulful blast from the past time warp that I found very enjoyable. Malcolm Kennedy
meets Freddie King style. Magic Slim doesnt turn over any new stones on Bad Boy he just plays them like he always did with feeling from deep, deep inside, besides would you really want him to do otherwise? A few years back I had the honor of introducing Magic Slim at the Highway 99 Blues Club and I can tell you he was one of the great ones and will be missed. - Malcolm Kennedy Brother Dege How to Kill a Horse (Golar Wash Labs records/Psyouthern) Brother Dege, aka. Dege Leg recorded his tenth album, How to Kill a Horse, in an empty warehouse in Lafayette, LA. Listening to the CD, you begin to smell the smoky residue, taste the grit and feel the hot wind that blows through the broken windows as you are transported to the lonely locale that inspired these artful tomes and desperate dirges. Dege delivers each with a gravelly Everyman voice remarkable in its presence of authentic pain as he strains to release each phrase. Dege uses Dobro resonator masterfully to evoke a heart wrenching wail throughout. Accompanied by sparse boot stomping percussion, organ and bass, leaving plenty of space for each note to ring out. The Black Sea, thunders in with a swamp grass ramble and a chorus inviting us to get set free. Dege then mixes Delta slide and a modern drum loop with great effect for The Darker Side of Me. The title track feels like a lost Civil War hymn from Stephen Foster that Dege has unearthed to light. Quentin Terantino chose one of Deges tunes for the Django Unchained soundtrack much like Judgment Day, and the expansive instrumental track O dark 30. Dege gets quite authentic with the solo back porch stomp Poor Momma Child, You will swear you have heard the exotic mournful tones of The Last Man out of Babylon, as the backing track to some action movie somewhere. Many more film makers will no doubt be tagging Brother Dege to license his music, as each of his songs so vividly paint a picture in the listeners minds eye. Rick J. Bowen Pete Anderson Birds Above Guitarland (Little Dog Records) Surprisingly Birds Above Guitarland, the new album from veteran axeman Pete Anderson is not a completely guitar centric record. The collection of 11 new songs focus on Anderson as a vocalist by surrounding him with a large horn infused ensemble in a classic R&B setting reminiscent of Ray Charles or B.B King. But make no mistake Anderson , best known for his tenure with Dwight Yoakam, gives us plenty of tasty guitar throughout. Written and recorded at Andersons The Nest; a state of art facility he built at his home in Glendale and co-produced with his long time keyboardist Michael Murphy. The big horn arrangements were done by Lee Thornburg and are artfully woven into the CD, beginning with the opening track
Outta The Fire, and its loping forties dance hall swing, and the James Brown styled funk 36 Hour Day. Anderson does some sad and lonely crooning on the country tinged blues TalkinBout Lonely, and Dona Oxford rips some barrelhouse piano on the jump blues Talkin My Baby Down. Anderson doesnt hold back contempt for Wall Street on the Latin soul fueled Big Money. The broke down zydeco swing Empty Everything, is a too close to home blues for baby boomers with Empty Nest syndrome. The retro spy movie instrumental Red Sunset Blues, with its super reverb guitar strains is bookended by two versions of the East L.A tango Rock In My Shoes. The first version with Anderson on vocals and the second a bonus track featuring some seductive vocals from Delaney and Bonnie scion Bekka Bramlett; a real treat for the listener to hear how each twist and turn both sides of the story. Rick J. Bowen Shawn Holt & The Teardrops Daddy Told Me (Blind Pig Records) Like father, like son. Think of Carey Bell and his sons. Think of Elmore James and Muddy Waters and their sons who have made their own way in the blues. Now add Magic Slim (Morris Holt) and his son to that list. Shawn Holt is following in his late fathers footsteps and Magic Slim would have added his signature And You Know Dat! shout to his sons Blind Pig Records debut, the same label Magic Slim released 10 records on over nearly a quarter-century. Holt leads The Teardrops through 12 songs rooted in Chicago blues, honoring his fathers memory by covering Magic Slim originals Please Dont Dog Me and Buddy Buddy Friend, and a longtime favorite: Get Your Business Straight.Holts guitar playing and vocals are less gritty than his dads, but each serves the song in a basic, no-frills way. I would have liked to have heard a harmonica or a slide guitar every now and again, but Daddy Told Me is a good example of crisply-recorded traditional and contemporary Chicago blues. Holts originals show that hes an adept songwriter. Hopefully he will continue to mix it up with songs like Hold You Again and You Done Me Wrong. While his vocals are pretty steady on the CD, youve got to like the way he reaches for just a little bit more on You Done Me Wrong. Tear Drop veteran John Primer sings and plays on Jimmy Reeds Before You Accuse Me and Buddy Buddy Friend, adding a nice touch to the CD. On Daddy Told Me, Shawn Holt doesnt break new ground or blaze new trails; instead, he shows us that Magic Slims considerable gifts live on through his son on an excellent debut CD. Eric Steiner
Magic Slim & the Teardrops Bad Boy (Blind Pig Records) Bad Boy turned out to be Magic Slims final release as he passed away at the age of 75 in a Philadelphia hospital this past February. Slim, aka Morris Holt, was awarded the Blues Foundations Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Male Artist posthumously in May 2013. The 12 cuts include three originals, and Slim puts his Magic stamp on covers like the title cut, Eddie Taylors Bad Boy. Magic pumps out straight-up Chicago style blues, and although his voice has some wear and tear, it fits the material well and his fingers were as fleet as ever. I particularly enjoyed the original blues shuffle Sunrise Blues with his signature guitar strumming runs. Another fun track is Roy Browns Hard Luck Blues, which is just a low down dirty blues. Few blues men could pull off Muddy Waters Champagne and Reefer; but Slim paid his dues and then some. The familiar refrain of Matchbox Blues rings true from Slims guitar as he makes the song his own. Slim closes out Bad Boy with a lively instrumental Country Joyride in a Slim
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Tips to Show You are a Professional Musician: Or, What to do to be taken seriously and make more money in this industry.
By Suzanne Swanson Editors Note: We are running Ms. Swansons article in its entirety to ensure that her suggestions are in one article and in one place. What is about to be shared here are simple, easy to follow steps to assist all musicians. Whether you are a single, or a band, there are certain aspects in our industry that never change. Nothing new is shared here. What I have complied comes from my years of observations judging at the International Blues Challenge, held in Memphis every year, managing bands, holding an agents license, as well as filming thousands of music acts over the course of my life. Having cut my first single when I was fourteen and more or less growing up in this business, I have a certain perspective. Not all of what is given here may apply to you. The bottom line, for me, is that I would really like to give some basic ideas that I honestly hope will generate more income for musician and, in some cases, a different way to polish your act so you get more gigs. In no particular order, here are the suggestions. Do not be afraid to appear successful. Go see and hear popular acts in your area. You will find their production refined and as a unit, not individuals. They engage the audience, do not look at their feet, chew gum, and look as if they wish they were anywhere else. They work the crowd. When you take the stage do not wander in separately, take your instrument, and play a few riffs. That wastes the benefit of surprise. Do your sound check beforehand, enter quietly and together. Count the song in, hitting the lights at the same time, and be prepared to begin showing high energy thus making audience conversations stop. It gives a dynamic first impression that lasts. It is a given that you cannot control stages when you are travelling place to place. It is recommended that you invest in a black backdrop, making what lights are there far more effective. It can be very distracting to an audience to play in front of glass or gaming panels. You want to be the centre of attention. If you carry your own gear, make sure you notice the condition they are in. If your speaker bins or horns look tired and worn, repair them or replace them. If you have props to hold your gear up cover them with black cloth. Speaking of gear, make sure your personal instruments are in good repair. Make sure all connections are secure and soldered correctly. There is nothing worse than to have an amp, monitor, or peddles malfunction when you least expect it. If you carry a lighting system with you, have everything in A-1 condition. For a non-LED system, make sure the gels are clean or new, the PAR cans dents should be knocked out if aluminum. Black cans can be painted should be painted if they are dirty or scratched. Keep the stage as orderly as possible. Stage clothes are important. You do not have to look like an act from Las Vegas show lounges but you do have to look as if there was care and thought put into how you separate yourself from the audience. The clothes do not have to be expensive either, but co-ordinating them with your fellow band mates is important. Color draws attention to you. You do not want to appear to have just fallen out of bed or been out working on vehicles all day even if you have. Dress pants are preferable over jeans any day. The successful blues/gospel/country acts always wear suits and look as if they have already achieved success in their genre. In pacing your set, think about using psychology when writing up your set list to be shared with everyone in the band. Audiences cannot endure music for an hour that is presented at full tilt. Your response will be greatly improved if you begin strong and end strong, using an emotional dip in the middle. It does not matter what style of music you play, it is preferable to have a least most of it danceable. Music is enjoyed in a social setting or event most of the time; give the audience a reason to socialize. A last word, please be positive and up-beat. A smile and looking like you are enjoying what you do does wonders for both band members and the audience. Unfortunately, I was asked to judge a band this past year that I would like to take as an example. The leader/vocalist was dressed in a bright colored suit with matching hat. His energy was infectious, positive, and charming. The sidemen appeared to have just tumbled onto the stage from sleeping on a sidewalk somewhere. They never looked at the leader for direction. They did not seem to care when each of the other members were playing. It was a sad state of affairs as the leader was so good and they were so lacking. If you have been hired to play, or have garnered a position to compete, or even performing a benefit, remember you are being watched and listened to. You do not know who will be in your audience that might be keen on hiring you or even wishing to take you to the next level. Be smart; play and present yourself as if you are performing for royalty. be it president or king.
______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2014 Washington Blues Society Board of Directors Ballot President: _________________________________________ Vice President: _____________________________________ Secretary: _________________________________________ Treasurer: ________________________________________ Bluesletter Editor: _________________________________
Please bring this ballot to our next regularly scheduled Washington Blues Society Blues Bash Tuesday, November 12, 2013 when we will take nominations from members for each of the elected Board positions for 2013. Nominations will be tabulated and a voting ballot will be printed in the December Bluesletter for the election of the 2014 Board of Directors which will be held during our monthly Blues Bash on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at the Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline, Washington.
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(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 and (206) 367-6186, (206) 604-2829
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Note: Please confirm with each venue the start time and price. We also apologize in advance for any errors as we depend on musicians and venues to send in their information and sometimes, changes happen after we go to press. Friday, November 1 Highway 99 Blues Club Left Hand Smoke 8PM Dimitrious Jazz Alley - Gerald Albright 7:30PM & 9:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Boomtown Zola, Spokane The Fat Tones 9PM Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek - Annie Eastwood with guitarist Bill Chism 7PM Saturday, November 2 Highway 99 Blues Club Hot Roddin Romeos, Back Alley Barbers, The Shivering Dennisons & special guest + live burlesque 9PM Dimitrious Jazz Alley - Gerald Albright 7:30PM & 9:30PM Destination Harley, Fife - Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys 12PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - 44th St. Blues Band Amantes, Issaquah The Fabulous Roof Shakers 7:30PM The Repp, Snohomish Kevin Jones 6:30PM Zola, Spokane The Fat Tones 9PM Salmon Bay Eagles- Roy Kay Trio 8PM Two Twelve On Central, Kirkland - Annie Eastwood with guitarist Bill Chism 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM Washington Sips, La Conner Mia Vermillion solo 7:30PM H2O, Anacortes - Richard Allen and the Louisiana Experience 730PM Madison Pub, Everett Harpageddon w/Jim McLaughlin, Paul Green, Jeff Nicely, Brian Lee and Dan OBryant, backed by Kevin Sutton, Paul Quilty and Dave McCabe 7PM Sunday, November 3 Johnnys Dock, Tacoma Little Bill Trio 5:30PM Dimitrious Jazz Alley - Gerald Albright 7:30PM The Central Club, Kirkland The Fabulous Roof Shakers 8:30PM Monday, November 4 Kent Sr Center - Koffee Klatch w/ Norm Bellas 11AM The Swiss, Tacoma - Blues County Sheriff 8PM Tuesday, November 5 Dimitrios Jazz Alley - 91.3 KBCS welcomes Steve Smith and Vital Information 30th Anniversary Tour 7:30PM Kent Sr Center - Bubbles n Blues w/ Norm Bellas 12:30PM Wednesday, November 6 Bakes Place, Bellevue Little Bill Englehart/ Rod Cook duo 7PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Sean Denton Trio, 8pm Dimitrios Jazz Alley - 91.3 KBCS welcomes Steve Smith and Vital Information 30th Anniversary Tour 7:30PM 88 Keys, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8PM Waterwheel Lounge, Ballard - Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill and Tom Brighton with guitarist Bill Chism 7PM Highway 99 Blues Club Drummerboy w/Dean Reichert 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM Pike Place Bar and Grill - John Stephan Band 6PM Thursday, November 7 Salmon Bay Eagles Club, Ballard - Jeff Herzog and The Jet City Fliers 8PM Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Rachelle Ferrell 7:30PM & 9:30PM Salmon Bay Eagles - Jet City Fliers 8PM Highway 99 Blues Club Brian Lee & the Orbiters 8PM Friday, November 8 Quinault Beach Resort & Casino, Ocean Shores The Kim Archer Band w/Rod Cook 8PM Highway 99 Blues Club The Strange Kind w/ Vaudeville Etiquette & Whitney Mounge 8PM Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Rachelle Ferrell 7:30PM & 9:30PM Crossroads Center, Bellevue -Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys 7pm Engels Pub, Edmonds - Scott E. Lind Band Salmon Bay Eagles - Rock for FOSBE (fundraiser) 8PM The Triple Door Leroy Bell & His Only Friends 8PM Match Coffee & Wine, Duvall - Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill Fugitives Trio 7:30PM H2O, Anacortes - Brewgrass w/Davids Drinking Band 9PM Rockfish Grill, Anacortes - Brewgrass w/Betty and the Boy, Davids Drinking Band, Brer Rabbit, The Oly Mountain Boys, more 6PM Saturday, November 9 Der Hinterhof, Leavenworth Backwoods Still Destination Harley, Fife Little Bill Trio 12PM One Eyed Jacks, Everett Mustard Seed w/Suzie Chrysler and four other bands 8PM (benefit) Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Rachelle Ferrell 7:30PM & 9:30PM J&M Cafe, Pioneer Square - Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys 9pm Salmon Bay Eagles Daddy Treetops 8PM Engels Pub, Edmonds : Marlin James Band Dusty Strings, Seattle - Eric Madis Swing Blues Hot Licks Guitar Workshop 10:30AM & 1:30PM Panida Theater, Sandpoint, ID. The Fat Tones 7:30PM Highway 99 Blues Club Doctorfunk 8PM The Triple Door Leroy Bell & His Only Friends 8PM H2O, Anacortes - Brewgrass w/The Oly
Mountain Boys 9PM Rockfish Grill, Anacortes - Brewgrass w/Betty and the Boy, Davids Drinking Band, Brer Rabbit, The Oly Mountain Boys, more 6PM Sunday, November 10 The Central Club, Kirkland: Gin Creek 8 PM Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Rachelle Ferrell 7:30PM Highway 99 Blues Club Jumaane Smith 7PM The Triple Door - Vanessa Carlton w/Michelle Branch and Nelly Furtado 7 & 9:30PM Locol, Seattle Mia Vermillion solo 7:30PM Tuesday, November 12 Red Crane, Shoreline -WBS Blues Bash w/Brian Lee & the Orbiters and Pete Anderson band 7PM Wednesday, November 13 Bakes Place, Bellevue Little Bill Englehart/ Rod Cook duo 7PM 88 Keys, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Whos ur Daddy 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM Highway 99 Blues Club High and Lonesome Band 8PM Rockfish Grill, Anacortes - Savage Jazz 6PM Thursday, November 14 Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Steve Tyrell with special guest Diane Schuur 7:30PM & 9:30PM Starday Tavern, Portland, OR. The Fat Tones 9PM Salmon Bay Eagles- Basic Blues: Dana Luppinacci 8-10PM, Jack Cook & Chris Stevens 10PM 12AM Hwy 99 Blues Club- Ravens 13th Annual Jam for Cans 6PM The Triple Door Musicquarium Smoke & Honey 9PM RockFish Grill, Anacortes - Nick Nikolai 6PM, Jack Cook & Chris Stevens 10PM 12AM Hwy 99 Blues Club- Ravens 13th Annual Jam for Cans 6PM The Triple Door Musicquarium Smoke & Honey 9PM RockFish Grill, Anacortes - Nick Nikolai 6PM Friday, November 15 Rendezvous, Enumclaw Rod Cook solo 7PM Highway 99 Blues Club - Lisa Mann & Her Really Good Band 8PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Guy Johnson Band Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Steve Tyrell with special guest Diane Schuur 7:30PM & 9:30PM Dawsons, Tacoma The Crazy Texas Gypsies 8PM The Lehrer Pub, Portland, OR. The Fat Tones 9PM Tulas, Seattle - Dave Peck Trio w/Jeff Johnson and Eric Eagle 7:30PM Salmon Bay Eagles Teen Rock Night 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek - Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism 7PM
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Saturday, November 16 The Repp, Snohomish Rod Cook solo 6:30PM Highway 99 Blues Club Candye Cane w/Laura Chavez 8PM Bad Alberts Tap and Grill, Ballard - Jeff Herzog and The Jet City Fliers 8PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Mary Mcpage and The Assassins Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Steve Tyrell with special guest Diane Schuur 7:30PM & 9:30PM Destination Harley, Fife - Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys 12PM Sliders, Carnation - Eric Madis & Blue Madness 7:30PM The Waucoma Club, Hood River, OR. The Fat Tones 8:30PM Tulas, Seattle - Dave Peck Trio w/Jeff Johnson and Eric Eagle 7:30PM Salmon Bay Eagles Dream Chasers 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM The Conway Muse - Skagit Songwriters in the Round w/Mia Vermillion 7:30PM H2O, Anacortes - Little Bill and the Bluenotes 730PM Scotch and Vine, Des Moines - Brian Lee Trio, 8PM Sunday, November 17 The Central Club, Kirkland Little Bill Trio 8:30PM Dimitrios Jazz Alley - Steve Tyrell w/Diane Schuur 7:30PM New Orleans Restaurant: Gin Creek * PM The Triple Door Michael Kaeshammer 7:30PM Monday, November 18 Mr. Villa, Lake City/Seattle - Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill Fugitives Trio 7PM Tuesday, November 19 Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Four Freshmen 7:30PM The Triple Door - Rokia Traor 7 & 9:30PM Wednesday, November 20 Bakes Place, Bellevue Little Bill/Rod Cook duo 7PM Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Four Freshmen 7:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Unezman, 8PM Rockfish Grill, Anacortes - Stilly River Band 6PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM Highway 99 Blues Club Dirty Rice 8PM Rockfish Grill, Anacortes - Little Joe Argo 6PM 88 Keys, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8PM Thursday, November 21 Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Four Freshmen 7:30PM & 9:30PM Salmon Bay Eagles-All Stars No Stripes 8PM Highway 99 Blues Club Family Affair Tour w/ Klyntel & the E. Pruit Band 8PM
Friday, November 22 Vino Bella, Issaquah The British Beats w/Rod Cook 7:30PM Columbia City Theater Modern Relics will be appearing w/Ian McFeron&Massy Ferguson Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Taj Mahal Trio 7:30 & 9:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Dirty Rice The Repp, Snohomish - Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely 6:30PM Salmon Bay Eagles - Jim Basnight Trio 8PM Highway 99 Blues Club Mutha Knows Best 8PM The Triple Door The Dusty 45s 7PM & 9:30PM Saturday, November 23 Destination Harley, Fife Little Bill Trio 12PM Highway 99 Blues Club Nick Moss Band 8PM Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Taj Mahal Trio 7:30 & 9:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Dogtones Salmon Bay Eagles - Black River Blues 8PM H20, Anacortes - Billy Roy Danger and the Rectifiers 730PM Sunday, November 24 Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Taj Mahal Trio 7:30 The Triple Door - Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen 7:30PM The Central Club, Kirkland - Brian Lee & the Orbiters 8:30PM Tuesday, November 26 Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Taj Mahal Trio 7:30 Wednesday, November 27 Bakes Place, Bellevue Little Bill/Rod Cook duo 7PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Tim Turner Band, 8PM Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Taj Mahal Trio 7:30PM 88 Keys, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8PM Pike Place Bar & Grill at the Market - Annie Eastwood with Kimball and the Fugitives 6PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM Highway 99 Blues Club Little Ray & the Uppercuts 8PM Rockfish Grill, Anacortes - Fidalgo Swing 6PM Friday, November 29 Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Taj Mahal Trio 7:30 & 9:30PM Feedback Lounge, West Seattle - Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys 9:30pm Engels Pub, Edmonds - Blues Playground 9PM Salmon Bay Eagles - Kamis Karaoke 8PM The Triple Door The Paperboys 8PM Highway 99 Blues Club The Missionary Position 8PM Saturday, November 30 The Repp, Snohomish Billy Stoops The Spar, Tacoma - Maia Santell and House Blend 8PM
Dimitrios Jazz Alley - The Taj Mahal Trio 7:30 & 9:30PM Destination Harley, Fife - Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys 12PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - The CD Woodbury Band 9PM H20, Anacortes - Boneyard Preachers 730PM Salmon Bay Eagles - Kamis Karaoke 8PM The Triple Door Musicquarium Jelly Rollers 9PM The Triple Door The Paperboys 8PM Highway 99 Blues Club Lloyd Jones Struggle 8PM Robin Hood Restaurant & Pub, Uniion Mia Vermillion solo 8:30PM
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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 r eviewed 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
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Blues Jams
Caffe Mela, Wenatchee, 7pm (fi st 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 Ten Below: hosted by Underground Blues Jam, every 1st Monday of the month, Wenatchee
Dawsons, Tacoma: Tim Hall Band, 7pm Castles, Sedro Wolley: Gary Bs Church of the Blues, 6-10pm Raging River: Tommy Wall Silver Dollar: Big Nasty, 8pm Two Twelve, on Central Kirkland: HeatherBBlues, 7pm
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PLEASE HELP US KEEP O UR LISTINGS CURRENT: please send in jam listings to calendar@wablues.org. As of press time, we are looking for a new volunteer who will help compile our calendar, jam guide, band listings, and radio station listings. P lease email volunteer director Rhea Rolfe: volunteers@wablues.org if you are interested!
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 Pacific im Marysville Best Western: Mike Wright & the Blue Sharks, 7 - 11pm 907 Bar and Grill Snohomish Sean Denton & Richard Williams 8 PM Petes in Carnation Bootleggers Jam with Teri Wilson 8PM Summit Pub: Tim Hall & the Realtimes, 7:30pm Uncle Thurms, Tacoma: Blenis, Ely Band, 7:30pm Wild Buff lo, 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
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
South Sound
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 Buff lo 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 Thi d 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 ouse 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
Anchor Pub Everett (425) 252-2288 Balefi e 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
North End
Wednes days
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Charlies Olympia: Blues Attitude Damans Pub, 8 PM Dogghouse Tavern, Mt. Vernon Alan: Hatley Trio, 7pm 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 November 6th - Tim Turner November 13th - Dan OBryant & Rafael Tranquilino November 20th - Andy Badd Dog Koch November 27th: - David Lee Howard PLEASE SEE AD THIS ISSUE FOR MORE! Oxford Saloon, Snohomish: hosted by Rick J Bowen 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 Ould Triangle Pub: hosted by Jeff ass, Open Mic Blues Jam, 9pm
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 OCallahans: Tim Hall, 7pm Oxford Saloon: Jam Night w/ Tommy Cook Trio 8PM
Fr iday s
New Orleans Restaurant: All Star Jam, hosted by Leslie Stardrums Milton & Lady Keys, 7pm (1st & 3rd Fridays)
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commercial properties. Steves experience at the community center led to his being appointed Vice-president of Cornish College of the Arts. Some of the programs he helped develop and sustain were a Music in the Schools program and an artist in residency, where he first came to know professional musicians, the acknowledged masters of their craft. Steve was particularly impressed with Bob Moses, who taught a master class on drum as well as speaking casually with students about the life of a working musician. His example gave Steve heart to try to do something more with his music than jam with friends. Thus began what Steve calls his weird odyssey, when he made himself do what he knew he had to do to become a professional (employed) drummer, which came down to, GET OUT THERE. Never one to really enjoy bars, he pushed himself to go to all the jams in Pioneer Square, making connections with other musicians and joining the one band leads to another culture. He played for singer/songwriter Pamela Cook and Right As Rain and a classic rock production band, called Rudy and the Tube Shakers. Employing 6 musicians, a lighting crew, and a soundman, owner Doug Pratt ran a well organized, entertaining show and treated the band with respect, an example Steve tries to emulate in his club. Steve auditioned for a country band and was hired, although he felt clueless on that style of music, he says. He had to learn fast. The audition was on a Sunday and his first gig with the band was on the next Wednesday. Although he was drowning during that first performance, he survived, learned and continued to work in the band - Mitch Montgomery and the Lost Posse. That led to Steves playing with Stampede Pass, led by Country Dave Harmonson, whom he describes as a brilliant musician, performing on 9 different instruments with other great players backing him. They worked a regular rotation of 5-6 clubs around the state, including the Little Red Hen. The bands High Noon and Lee Anderson & 90 Proof are on Steves country band resume, as well. Steve also drummed for Junkyard Jane for about four months, but left to help his wife of ten years with their first child. At age 43, Steve refocused his love for music, the lessons he had learned as a working musician, and his experience as a businessman and promoter, into a dream of opening a blues club. One of his inspirations was a book of photographs by Birney Imes, called Juke Joint. Steves goal was to create a music venue that was different than any other in Seattle. After 2 years of searching, Steve found a space previously a Godfathers Pizza, before that a club called Captain Cooks - and the Highway 99 Blues Club opened, July 4th, 2004. Continued on next page.
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the City of Seattles response to help businessesaffected by it, Ericspraise and support of this Seattle blues venue is strong. I just hope that the folks behind the scenes of this construction project, and at the City of Seattle and King County,work together to minimally impact the Highway 99 Blues Club - this club is an important cultural resource not only for the Seattle area, but Americas blues community as well. Steve Sarkowsky seemed relatively calm, as he discussed the plan for keeping the Highway 99 Blues Club alive. He has known about the construction project for at least 9 years and has been actively looking for a new site for quite a while. Highway 99 is a brand name, one that has not only garnered a boatload of awards and honors, but has also earned the respect of the artists and their agents. Creating shows at other venues may work to keep the name alive, as in Highway 99 Presents Steve pointed out that Jazz Alley has moved three times and is still Jazz Alley. So, for now, he plans to: - Wait and see what the impact will be once construction starts, while the club is still open at its present location. Will the blues fans (and the tourists) be willing to brave the construction? Potential parking difficulties? - Once the club is forced to leave, focus on maintaining the brand name. Try to maintain relationships with the clubs loyal artists, bands, and patrons. Develop Highway 99 Presents - Check out the landscape. Is there still support? Continue to search out a place to relocate. Brave the intricacies of city ordinances, codes, licenses, and taxes. - Reopen and thrive thats the hope. Change is in the wind, as it always is. A google search revealed one website with more than 1,000 quotes relating to change, but beyond the ones themed on the difficulty, the necessity, the inevitability of change, were the ones that focused on opportunity. The Highway 99 Blues Club that is, the team of people who ARE Highway 99 - has survived and flourished by anticipating changes and embracing them by changing itself, while maintaining itself. It will be of great interest to all of the clubs supporters and fans - and the blues community in general - to see what opportunities change will bring for the Highway 99 Blues Club in the next few months. Tim Sherman at the Highway 99 Blues Club (Photo by Laddy Kite)
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Welcome Back to the Pacific Northwest! Top: Buddy Guy - Above: Nick Moss (Photos by Eric Steiner)
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Please join the Fat Tones at the Tonasket Eagles on Saturday, November 23, 2013, to celebrate the life of John Bear Milner. Doors open at 4:00pm, with dinner at 5:00pm, and music after. 60 years old, John passed away June 7, 2013. Born in Seattle, he lived in Arizona and Chelan in the 70s and 80s, and moved to Leavenworth in 1988. John & Barb married in 1989, and they moved to Tonasket in 2006. John was a blues man. Lived it and loved it. I know you saw him at many festivals over the years, and did you know that Bear was the man who brought the Blues Cousins to the Northwest? Brought them here, got them gigs, loaned them his car! Back in the early 90s, Too Slim told me about this guy in Wenatchee that he called Wenatchee Ted, cause Tim said he looked just like me. A couple years later, when John and I met, we laughed about it and became good friends. At one time, John handled the distribution of the Washington Blues Society newsletters in Central Washington, and he also did the Northwest Blues Festival listing on our Inland Empire Blues Society website. An all around great guy, John Bear Milner will be missed. Come share your memories of John, dance and party with the Fat Tones, offer condolences to Barb, and have yourself a great time. Contact: 509.429.2967. All proceeds will go to his lovely wife Barb.
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Back to Beale Street Blues 2014 International Blues Challenge Fundraiser at Jazzbones in Tacoma on Sunday November 3rd from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM
The South Sound Blues Association presents Back to Beale Street Blues 2014 a fundraiser, concert and dance to help send The Randy Oxford Band (Band Winner) and Arthur Migliazza (Solo/Duo Act) to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee in January of 2014. The fundraiser will be held on Sunday, November 3rd, from 4:00 PM -10:00 PM at Jazzbones at 2803 6TH Avenue in Tacoma. For more information please call the club at (253) 396-9169. Donations are $10 for Blues Society/Association members, $12 for non-members, $8 for active duty military and children under 12 are FREE. The Randy Oxford Band and Arthur Migliazza won this years regional competition, and will represent the South Sound Blues Association at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, January 21-25, 2014. The International Blues Challenge in Memphis is the largest gathering of blues artists in the world. Groups from around the globe are chosen to represent their states and countries. Last year, over a hundred and fifty bands competed on Beale Street. Each contestant performs in front of an international panel of music industry professionals who judge the event www.blues.org/ibc/ *Line-up 4:00 - 4:45 PM Michelle Taylor and the Blues Junkies 5:15- 6:00 PM TBA 6:30- 7:15 PM Blues Redemption 745 8:00 PM Maia Santell and her All-Star Blend 8:15 - 8:45 PM Arthur Migliazza 9:00 - 10:00PM The Randy Oxford Band Please Note: Lineup Subject to Change Without Notice
25th Annual Muddy Awards Thursday, November 7th from 6:30 to 10:00 PM
The Cascade Blues Association will honor regional blues musicians, venues, recordings and events at the 25th Annual Muddy Awards. Through a series of two ballots, Cascade Blues Association members vote for their favorites in twenty-two categories, with approximately 1100 ballots being sent out. One of the premier blues events every year in the Portland area, the Muddy Awards will be held at The Melody Ballroom, 615 SE Alder St., Portland, on Thursday, November 7th. Admission is free for Cascade Blues Association members and only $5.00 for non-members. The event will feature performances by the winners of the Journey To Memphis competition, The Ben Rice Band and solo artist Tevis Hedge Jr, who will represent the Cascade Blues Association in Memphis this coming January at the International Blues Challenge. Following the awards ceremony an All-Star jam of Muddy Award nominees and recipients will take place, led by keyboardist Steve Kerin. Confirmed performers for this jam will include many of the Northwests premier blues musicians: Lloyd Jones, Kevin Selfe, Duffy Bishop, Karen Lovely, Randy Oxford, Lisa Mann, Mary Flower, Mitch Kashmar, Norman Sylvester, Rae Gordon, Vicki Stevens, Sonny Hess, Peter Dammann and many, many more. More information: www.cascadebluesassociation.org
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Mark Dufresne Male Vocalist Award: ____________________________________ Blues Female Vocalist: ____________________________________ Electric Blues Guitar: ____________________________________ Slide Blues Guitar: ____________________________________ Blues Bass: ____________________________________ Chris Leighton Blues Drummer Award: ____________________________________ Blues Horn: ____________________________________ Paul Green Blues Harmonica Award: ____________________________________ Blues Piano / Keyboard: ____________________________________ Acoustic Blues Guitar: ____________________________________ Blues Act: ____________________________________ Traditional Blues Act: ____________________________________ Solo/Duo Blues Act: ____________________________________ New Blues Band: ____________________________________ Blues Performer: ____________________________________
Blues Songwriter: ____________________________________ Washington Blues Recording: ____________________________________ Blues Club: ____________________________________ Blues Writer: ____________________________________ Blues Image: ____________________________________ Blues Graphic Artist: ____________________________________ Blues DJ: ____________________________________ Keeping the Blues Alive Award: ____________________________________ Lifetime Achievement Award: ____________________________________ Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame: ____________________________________ Non-Festival Blues Event: ____________________________________ Blues Festival: ____________________________________ Open Blues Jam: ___________________________________
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