Bluesletter April 2014

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In Tis Issue...
Letter from President Tony Frederickson
Congratulations to the Winthrop R & B Festival!
(Photo Courtesy of Peter Dammann)
April Blues Bash Performer Leanne Trevalyan!
(Photo Courtesy of Leanne Trevalyan)
Happy 75th Birthday Lil Bill
(Photo by Blues Boss)
March Blues Bash Review 14
Membership Form 15
2015 IBC Application Form 16
2015 IBC Instructions 17
Letter from the Editor 18
Blues Society Talent Guide 19
Letter from the President 2
On the Cover 3
Offcers and Directors 6
April Blues Bash Preview 7
Scotty Harris: A New Muse 10
CD Reviews 12
Blues Society Calendar 20
Blues Radio Guide 22
Blues Jam Guide 23
Blues Jam Preview 24
Winthrop Festival Awards 26
May Blues Bash 26
Hi Blues Fans,

Well another month has come and gone and was
it a busy one. Festival season kicked off and we
had a blast in Walla Walla at the Walla Walla Gui-
tar Festival. This was a great way to start off our
many road trips this year to support live music
and assist with these events. The Blues Bash was
another delightful time and the house rocked with
Seth Freeman and the Randy Oxford Band. Our
monthly board meeting was a power packed busy
one with a lot of business conducted for many up-
coming events. And tons of live gigs around town
and throughout the surrounding areas! So much to
do and so little time.
Im happy to announce that our new membership
software has been ordered and hopefully will ar-
rive soon. I ask for your continued patience as it
will take a few months to load all the membership
data and learn all of the ins and outs of the new
program, but Im sure Michelle Burge, our Mem-
bership Director, will tackle this task with her al-
ways effcient and timely abilities. The card print-
er is being sourced and will follow soon. I know
many members will be happy and appreciate the
new membership cards and all of the features we
plan on adding as we get familiar with this new
technology.
The website is continuing to develop and grow
and well this is a time consuming task it is mov-
ing forward. Please pat Ed Andrea on the back and
thank him for all of the hours he has put in and all
the hard work getting all the different facets of our
website to function together. We owe a lot to him
for getting this ball rolling and are grateful for his
ongoing work.
The IBC entry forms have been out for a month
and are also in this issue and bands and solo/duos
are starting to enter. Please help spread the word
and encourage your favorite bands and solo/duos
to enter. Once again we will be holding Semi-Fi-
nals across the state and opening this opportunity
up for all in the Pacifc Northwest area.
I am so happy to announce that Untapped is go-
ing to happen this year and will feature a fantastic
line up as always. Thanks Dave Nichols for your
continuing hard working pulling this great event
together. Blues Fans get your tickets soon as this
is sure to sell out quickly. Also, Spring Sunbanks
is coming up and there is still room over at the
resort. Billy Stoops has put together a power
packed four days and as is the norm, we will be
having a ton of fun there. Start making your plans
now and call the Sunbanks offce get your spot
now!
Now for a little house keeping! The fnal ballot for
the Best in the Blues, the BBs, is in this issue as
well as last months issue. So it is time to sit down
and get your votes marked and the ballots sent or
handed in to a WBS Board Member so they count
in the fnal totals. The ballots need to be post-
marked by May 13th or handed in to a Washington
Blues Society Board Member by that date! Please
use the last page of your Bluesletter so we know
that you are a dues current member (The mailing
address label attached to the back of page verifes
this for us). This is one of the many perks of be-
ing a member of the Washington Blues Society,
the right to nominate and vote in our annual Best
in the Blues awards. Please exercise this privilege
and cast your vote, this is one time your vote re-
ally can make a difference. There is still time to
join and vote if you are not a dues current member.
Just come to our second Tuesday Blues Bash at the
Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline or e-mail me
at president@wablues.org and I will send you the
correct form and a ballot.
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Celebrating 25 Years of Blues
1989 - 2014
April 2014 Bluesletter
Vol. XXIV, Number IV
Publisher Washington Blues Society
Editor Eric Steiner (editor@wablues.org)
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2014 Pinetop Scholarship 27
Looking Forward 27
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The Beat Goes On: Little Bill 30
2014 BB Award Voting Ballot 31
April Blues Bash Performer Patti Allen!
(Photo by Ricki Peto)
On the Cover: Scotty Harris
(Photo by Blues Boss)
I realize that I have been snapping photos
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is bound to turnout. Live music photography
has become my hobby. And if this hobby pro-
vides a tiny contribution to the local blues mu-
sic scene then Im glad. (Now, if I could just
control the house lighting!).
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MONSTER ROAD FEATURING PATTI ALLEN AND LEANNE TREVALYAN
April Blues Bash Preview
Electric Act: Monster Road Featuring Patti
Allen (Photo by Ricki Peto)
This month, Patti Allen and Monster Road will
play the electric set at the April Blues Bash at
the Red Crane Restaurant at the Washington
Blues Societys free, all-ages monthly concert.
Monster Road features some of the regions fnest
musicians; this band was Kathi McDonalds band
for decades.
As an entertainer, Patti Allen is a Northwest
favorite. She has performed nationally and
internationally with such jazz and blues greats
as B.B. King, Lou Rawls, and Hubert Sumlin
to name a few. She says, however, the most fun
she has ever had was with The Seattle Women of
Rhythm and Blues.

Pattis distinctive musical range and hot moves
explain her rare talent of keeping the audience on
its feet and begging for more. Her contribution to
music has been rewarded with numerous regional
awards such as: 1996 First Female inducted into
the Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame; 2000
and 2002-Vocalist of the Year; 2001--First Female
to receive The Joe Johansen Memorial Award for
Excellence; First female vocalist to receive the
Lifetime Achievement Award 2001 and 2004.
Patti is known for her infectious humor and her
ability to entertain any audience. Her heart is in her
music. She shows a selfess contribution to music
education in the schools, and her unwavering
commitment for our childrens future. (See news
article, 2000 on Patti bringing blues to students.)
Solo/Acoustic Act: Leanne Trevalyan (Photo
Courtesy of Leanne Trevalyan)
Her voice reminds me of the smoothness, texture
and taste of sweet honey as it drips from a spoon
onto a fresh biscuit. quotes Roy Brown for Victory
Review. Leanne has a sultry, alto voice capable
of rendering both bluesy and country tunes with
bare-boned honesty. writes Les Reynolds, Indie
Music Review.
Founding member of the swampabilly blues
band Junkyard Jane, Leanne Trevalyan has been
a fxture in the Pacifc Northwest music scene for
over two decades, residing in the South Sound
where she received the Tacoma Summy Award
for Blueswoman of the Year. The band, which
shes been performing and touring with for over
seventeen years, has released seven critically
acclaimed CDs of all original roots music, along
with Leannes four solo projects that are more
rooted in the acoustic rock, singer/songwriter vein.
Im fortunate to be a part of a popular, award-
winning group and still maintain my individuality
as a solo artist. she says, Its the best of both
worlds to be able to groove as part of an ensemble
or get back to basics with just a single voice and
one lone guitar.
Born in Baltimore, and raised on the Gulf coast
of Florida, Trevalyans professional career began
in the Tampa Bay area where she cut her teeth in
a harmony-based, acoustic trio. Seeking higher
ground, Leanne journeyed to the Rocky Mountains
of Colorado where she played ski resorts and
nightclubs, and was the grand prize winner at the
Boulder Acoustic Music and Songwriting Festival.
In the early 90s, the songstress moved to the
Northwest and racked up no less than four
Washington Best of the Blues Award (BB Award)
nominations each for Best Songwriter and Best
Female Vocalist. A decade later, the band moved
to the Americana friendly city of Louisville,
Kentucky in an effort to broaden their fan base
and expand touring horizons. In 2007 Trevalyan
moved back to the Northwest once again.
One of my most memorable shows ever was in
2006 at a speakeasy in a tiny town in Kentucky
called Monterey. Although Id been playing
professionally for decades, I only had handful of
solo performances under my belt, so I was really
nervous. There were less than twenty people in the
place (a full house!) at like, fve bucks a head. This
was a dry county so people would go in the back
and pour their libations in a coffee cup. Skot, a
heavily tattooed and pierced fsh-outta-water guy
who booked the room had been playing my new
CD in the weeks prior on poker night. Everybody
knew the words to all of my songs including an a
cappella tune that I never do live. The mayor, who
was a fddle player, showed up and jammed with
me. It wasnt the most lucrative, or well-attended
show of my career, but one that Ill always
remember. Shortly thereafter I wrote a song called
The Mayor of Monterey.
From roots rock bands to folk trios to bluesy
combos, she has melded her many infuences
with her songwriting. Through it all, Leanne
Trevalyans acoustic roots have and always will
remain a constant part of her music.
She uses her voice to absolute perfection as she
paints her vocal pictures the lyrics requireand
the result is that it works perfectly. Roy Brown,
Victory Review
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Scotty Harris - An Artist with a New Muse
By Rick J. Bowen (Photo by The Blues Boss)
Scotty Harris is a well-respected member of the
northwest music community who has been known
as the frst call saxophonist in the area for nearly
twenty years. He has won multiple WBS Best
of the Blues awards, has played with a virtual
whos who of bands and recording artists, and
has traveled the world with his horn. A year ago
Harris quietly retired his saxophone for good and
dedicated himself full time to playing bass. I got to
sit down with him to talk about this life change and
the new direction he is taking his career.
Rick J Bowen: Scotty Harris-- the man, the legend.
Thanks for taking the time to talk to me. Lets talk
about your history a bit. You grew up in Maine.
What is your home town?
Scotty Harris: My home town is Turner, Maine. I
also spent a lot of time in Leeds, Maine.
RJB: You went to the University of Maine?
SH: I went to the university for a minute, I was one
of those guys.
RJB: For a minute?
SH: I went there and took my studies seriously
my frst year, and then I started doing gigs with
professors. My band was hiring those guys: I am
playing with these boys at night, and then paying
to take classes from them during the day. It didnt
seem right to me, I was working to pay these guys
to teach me to do what Im already doing. So
second year I took it less seriously. During that
time I was running around with my best friend,
Andrew Cloutier. I met him when I was nineteen
and we were in our frst band together. We toured
all over the east coast.
RJB: What was the name of the band?
SH: The Up Setters. It was a great band. We
became best friends and lived together until he
moved to Seattle in May of 1993. He trusted me
with his dog when he left. Six months later he calls
me up: hey man, got ya a plane ticket, want to
fy you out for a little vacation. Bring your horn
and come out. So I brought my horn and a bag of
clothes and I never went back, literally thats all
I had for a long time. It was in the early nineties
and Seattle was blowing up, and Pioneer Square
was crazy!
RJB: Same time I moved here- I remember it well-
twenty years ago.
SH: I cant believe its been that long. Ive got a
long history in this scene and whats been going
on. I got to play with everybody that was around
and we all talk about: Isaac Scott, Kimball Conant
and his brother David- he was so great. Henry
Cooper, Jamie Sheets and Eric Rice were on the
scene.
RJB: Lets do a quick recap of the bands you have
been in.
SH: I started off with Mark Whitman in Sweet
Talking Jones. The Voodoo Roosters. Next I took
on a residency with the Tony Coleman Band. I
was the horn section leader and quasi tour manger.
I love that guy. I did time in the Red Hot Blues
Sisters and then Lissa and I started Bassic Sax and
Double Scotts on the Rocks. I also did a bunch
of recording and worked with Little Bill, Nick
Vigarino and Craig Terrell.

RJB: Oh yeah, the NFL star. And then came Lee
Oskar.
SH: I joined on with Lee in 2004 and acted as his
musical director and liaison.
RJB: When did you start playing bass?
SH: I bought a bass in 2002 and we added it
to Bassic Sax. That was the beginning of me
realizing there is a whole other life out there for
me. I always wanted to play bass and I realized Id
only get serious if I went out and bought one. We
were an instrumental duo and friends would say
Lissa should be singing, so she started to sing jazz
standards and Id play bass.
On sax I played with everybody I could, but it
wasnt making me happy, even though I thought
it was what my whole life was about. I wanted to
be doing studio work, and live work, and be in
everybodys band. I accomplished all that, but at
the end of the day it wasnt making me happy at
all.
My mind is capable of doing so much more music
than just being a soloist. Id ask Lissa if I could
tag along on her learning process of learning music
for a show. So I got advice from her on how to do
things and I would help in transcribing. Through
that process I learned I love playing bass, but then
we would go do a show and I would hand 99%
of it over to her and Id be just standing there. It
was ok, because if Im gonna hand over the bass
to anyone its gonna be Lissa frst, but it got to the
point where I said man, I want to do this. Not
to be a selfsh brat, but I wanted to play the bass.
(Both laugh)
RJB: Did you do both for a while?
SH: I did entertain that notion that I could do both,
but I realized that I didnt have the level of skill on
bass that I had on sax and to get where I wanted to
be on bass, something had to give.
RJB: You got to a crossroads.
SH: The bass was always taking a back seat. I also
realized that I was never going to get the call as a
bass player and no one would take me seriously
as long as I still had this stature as Scotty Harris,
Seattle saxophone player.
Not that I didnt enjoy the journey. Not many
people in their lives get to accomplish what Ive
done. I am so grateful for that, but it just wasnt all
I wanted to do. As I got better at bass the notion
kept eating away at me and I didnt know why I
was so mad all the time. It was messing up my
life. A lot of times I couldnt wait for the gig to be
over. I didnt want to play another damn note on
saxophone. I hated it. I had to go through a hernia
thing and realized the sax is hurting me. The fnal
straw was when I was sick in bed and laying there
I realized I dont want to play sax no more,
how crazy is that? But the minute I admitted it,
I started feeling better. I had a career and had to
keep working so it was a tough transition. But I
knew if I focus enough, I could push through the
wall and make it work.
RJB: Is it harder to get work and make a living
playing bass than playing saxophone?
SH: Yes. You cant just sit in as a bass player. You
cant go do a show without rehearsing. On sax I
can sit in and blow over top of anybodys stuff.
But on bass, you have to know what youre doing:
be a member of the band and know the songs, you
cant fuff. The bass is such an integral part of the
music. The work is steadier as a bass player but
often doesnt pay as much. But for the record,
economics never entered into my decision.
RJB: People must ask that often.
SH: Yeah. They say oh, Scotty stopped playing
horn; it must be a money thing. Not at all. It came
down to the answer people dont want to hear.
RJB: You got to your limit with the instrument.
SH: Exactly. You know, did I get to my full
potential on saxophone? No. Was I as good as I
could have been? No. Did I reach my ceiling? No.
But I was not interested in the journey any longer.
Now I feel like Im sixteen years old again and
playing music for the frst time.
RJB: Thats a real gift. You got a second chance
at music.
SH: Are you kidding me, I got a second chance
at life, man.
RJB: Its one of the gifts of all art. You can fnd
a new avenue to pursue and be renewed. Like
Picasso doing sculpture instead of painting.
SH: Like Coltrane switching to Soprano. People
hated it and he said, I dont care what you think,
Im doing this for me.
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RJB: Thats the journey you stepped
onto, going from saxophone icon and frst
call guy to newbie bass player.
SH: Thats why I wanted to talk about it
so people understand. Im a passionate
person so you can imagine it made me a
little crazy. People would be shaking their
heads in sorrow like I died. (Both laugh)
I know; but not only am I not dead; I am
more alive now than ever. If you want a
real show come on out and see me with
Dirty Rice or Cory Wilds or Devlin
James. Thats the real (expletive deleted).
RJB: Can I quote you on that?
SH: The bass has changed my life for
the unbelievably better. It brings out the
very best in me, period. My life struggled
for two seconds because of money when
I quit Double Scotts, Bassic Sax, Lee
Oskar and Craig Terrell all in the same
year. I said ok guys, Im not kidding,
Im done. Craig Terrell offered me lots
of work; I said no. Thats how serious I
am. Im gonna be great on that instrument
now. I need time on bass. Its like I
removed the net then jumped. But you
know, I few. I never doubted it would
happen. Even with how hard it is to play
bass, and all the stuff you mess up like
wrong notes and not going to the bridge--
which I never struggled with on sax, cause
you can cover it up. As a bass player the
frst time you make a mistake and get the
Look, you feel about one millimeter tall.
I got amazingly humbled and my stature
just went poof. My whole body of friends
and the WBS and everybody didnt know
how to talk about it, and neither did I. But
now the tides have turned, and I realize
that I want to be friends with all my
friends again and clear the air, and its ok
to talk about it. Hey everybody: this isnt
the death of one of your musicians, this
is the development of one of your artists.
Thats my gig, my personal journey, and
the choices I have made.
Tinsley Ellis
Midnight Blue
(Heartfxer Music )
Hot on the heels of his acclaimed 2013 all
instrumental record Get It, Tinsley Ellis is back
with another set of scorching blues rock guitar
tracks on Midnight Blue. The ten new songs show
how Ellis is a master of tone as he uses familiar
themes to explore the depths of his guitar playing,
vocal abilities and lyrical expression. An obvious
student of the blues Ellis delivers a classic lovers
lament on the opening track If The River Keeps
Rising, with its thundering Levee Breaks groove,
followed by the Smokestack lightning styled two
beat Mouth Turned Dry. He then gives us the
core theme of the album as he declares we must
Surrender To Love, revealing that he is also a
student of the human heart. Ellis continues his
celebration of love as drummer Lynn Williams rolls
out the second line beat for Its Not Funny, as he
extols the virtues of his gal and then serenades her
with some greasy slide guitar. Kevin McKendree
does the heavy lifting on the piano ballad See
No Harm, with Ellis offering furtive guitar stabs
between his pleading vocals. Using a funky R&B
groove as his platform Ellis delivers a sermon on
the worlds cynicism during Peace and Love,
reminding us that those virtues are hard won
commodities. We can easily forgive Ellis for the
80s retreads of Beck and ZZ top during Harder
to Find and Thats My Story, because his great
tone and conviction see him through the efforts.
The album closes with the show stopping minor
blues Kiss of Death, featuring artfully spacious
instrumentation and near perfect guitar solos. Like
a master painter Tinsley Ellis carefully chose his
palette to be hues of Midnight Blue for this fne
canvas of blues, rock and soul. Rick J. Bowen
Rod Melancon
Parish Lines
(Medina River Records)
Bursting forth with a sound salvaged from the
cutting room foor of a long lost session of the
million dollar quartet at Sun Studios, Parish Lines
from Rod Melancon isnt retro its the real deal.
Hailing from South Louisiana, as documented
on the fery honky-tonk track bearing that name,
Melancon delivers vocal skills full of authenticity
and back country pride. The ten strong songs cover
the gamut of roots rock, country and hillbilly soul,
and tell us tales of a small town America that we
wish still existed beyond our nostalgia. Kicking off
with the Romeo and Juliette tribute Duck festival
Queen, set in Shreveport and told in brilliant prose
over shimmering guitars and an urgent beat. The
hyped up rave on Marella,packs a slow burning
punch as Melancon builds up the momentum
with a low baritone delivery against jagged verb
soaked guitars. Testing the limits of sentimentality
Melancon recounts his wasted youth and nights
spent at The Curve Lounge, and a then creates
a delta version of Dock of the Bay with the six
eight ballad Dreamer. You can smell the burning
rubber of the Eddie Cochran licks from guitarist
and producer Brian Whelan on the rambunctious
Mad Talkin Man, and straight ahead rock n roller
Wanna Go for a Ride. Melancon then jumps up a
few decades as he channels Springsteen for another
examination of mill town dreams for Cushing
Avenue, and chilling tale of a soldiers return
home from war on the edgy Different Man.
The album closes with the autobiographical third
person tone poem Feathers, the satire a perfect
mix of Cash and Dylan. Rod Melancon turned his
efforts fully to music after failing to get a break
as an actor and with his sophomore album Parrish
Lines we get to savor the spoils of his Hollywood
defeat.
Emerald Caro
The Shocking Miss Emerald
(Grandmono Records)
The style and sound of the 15-tracks on The
Shocking Miss Emerald harkens back to classic
big-band American jazz of the late 1930s and
1940s. On the cover, Miss Emeralds decked
out for a night out complete with classic French
millinery in a classic dress that would be right at
home in Coco Chanels atelier. Caro Emerald is a
Dutch multi-platinum artist that tours throughout
Europe and I am glad her latest CD has North
American distribution. The interior photos
reinforce the decidedly European vibe especially
the black and white shots of Paris at night. The CD
deftly blends traditional big band sounds and song
themes with electronica dance beats, the crackle
of 33rpm sound effects and turntable scratches
inspired by hip-hop. As the big band-fueled Miss
Emerald Into segues into One Day, I enjoyed
the way this chanteuse has reimagined jazz. Tell
Me How Long, The Maestro, Tangled Up
and Pack Up the Louie feature signature 20th
century early big band instruments like a jaunty
clarinet backed by a full horn section. On Liquid
Lunch, arguably one of the most creative songs
ever written about a hangover for the big band
format, Miss Emerald compares the mattress on the
morning after to a voyage on an ocean liner. Songs
like Excuse My French and Black Valentine
recalls lush and elegant flm scores of the 1940s
from legendary Max Steiner (no relation to this
writer, unfortunately). References to the Agha
Khan, Houdini and the Kaiser evoke the Old World
and the turn of the last century, but overall, this
throwback of a CD moves big band-infuenced
jazz forward in new and innovative ways. Fans of
the big band sound will enjoy The Shocking Miss
Emerald as would devotees of the music behind
old-school burlesque (an art reinvented by Dita
Von Teese and acts like Stripped Screw at Seattles
Highway 99 Blues Club). Caro Emeralds website
has a treasure trove of video and audio, including
links to a free acoustic EP. Eric Steiner
Eddie Cotton
Here I Come
(DeChamp Records)
On his third album Here I Come Mississippi born
Eddie Cotton Jr. is out to prove everything is up
to date on the delta. Guitarist singer songwriter
Cotton performs with fre, snap and sass on the ten
original tracks backed by Myron Bennett (bass),
Samuel Scott, Jr. (drums) who hit each groove
with calculated precision. Produced by Grady
Champion for his DeChamp records, the 2010
IBC winner also makes a guest appearance adding
his legendary harmonica skills to two tracks. The
album opens with the title track that fnds Cotton
channeling B.B King and Al Green as he ministers
to the heart declaring Sometimes in a fght, you
know you get knocked down, but when the dust
clears, Ill still be around, here I come. Cotton
then delivers an authentic slow blues plea for
mercy A Womans Love, stretching his dynamic
vocal and guitar skills. The jumpin shuffe Pay
to Play is a feisty double entendre on the fckle
nature of love and the music business. All of his
gospel music expertise shines through on the raise
your hands ballad Friend to the End, with Sam
Brady stepping out from the engineer booth to
add luscious Hammond B3 to the chorus. Cotton
then digs into the funk for the fnger popping Get
Your Own, and slow burning My Boo, before
hitting a back porch two beat Leave Love Alone,
with Champion joining the tent revival. Cotton
plays the saucy jack as he recounts a lovers lusty
conversation during the loose shuffe Back In A
Bit. Preaching the virtues of love again Cotton
lifts to form of People Get Ready, for his own
message of deliverance on No Love Back. The
fnal track is a classic Chicago shuffe Berry So
Black, with Cotton paying homage to his beloved
blues and all those who labor to spread its gospel.
Rick J. Bowen
Chris Bergson Band
Live at Jazz Standard
(2 Shirts Records)
New Yorker Chris Bergson has a mountain of
talent with his tight guitar, a smoky baritone
that instantly recalls David Clayton Thomas and
refective songwriting skills, but he is also smart
enough to know its hard to stand alone. For his
seventh release, Bergson assembled a band of
special guests and feature players and recorded live
over two nights at the Jazz Standard in Manhattan.
The 15 song set is a mix of modern blues, funk and
blue eyed soul, delivered the way it is meant to be,
in front of an attentive crowd in a hot club. The
band hits it hard opening with the soul blues tale
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of a traveling man. On Greyhound Station,
Bergson addresses the crowd thank you kind
people for all your advice, before ripping into
a solo bolstered by ferce drumming from Tony
Leone. He then gives way to the a three piece horn
section on the old school funk track Mr. Jackson
including a fun solo from baritone saxophonist
Ian Hendrickson-Smith. Special guest, Ellis
Hooks trade barbs with Bergson on The Only
One, giving the tune a total Sam and Dave feel.
Bergeson then transforms the Tennessee Williams
poem Heavenly Grass, into a delta blues hymn
with his Gibson hummingbird. Craig Dreyer
displays his skills on the Wurlitzer during the
loose grooving 61st & 1st, Bergson then takes
a solo turn on slide guitar for Bluemner, before
slipping into the tender soul ballad Chloes Song,
offering a fne palette cleanser in the middle of
the set. Everyone shines as Bergson whips out
the Steve Cropper licks during the instrumental
Baby, I Love You. Do not be fooled by the title,
Christmas Time in Bethlehem PA, is a gritty
urban soul burner with a soaring trumpet solo from
Freddie Hendrix and Tower of Power like horn
arrangement from Jay Collins. The album closes
out with refections on life in NYC, during The
Bungler, and Gowanus Heights. Live at Jazz
Standard shows that a songwriter with skills like
Chris Bergson can use classic forms to express his
refections of our modern times. Rick J. Bowen
Charlie Oxford
(Rock Ridge Music)
Blue-eyed Soul, a not oft-discussed genre
these days is defned as; rhythm and blues and
soul music performed by white artists. Dallas
born and New Orleans educated Charlie Oxford
falls squarely into this category with pride on
his self-titled debut album offering proof of his
pedigree. The collection of eleven songs of love
and self-discovery was produced by Adam Smith
in Nashville who artfully layered a taught rhythm
section, slick horn lines, fat keys, dramatic strings
and gritty guitars under Oxfords boy next door
voice with its southern tinged charm. The opening
track Waiting For, delivers all those ingredients
on a throbbing dance beat while Oxford delivers
a motivational speech to himself and the world
asking, What are you waiting for? as if psyching
himself up for the challenges of the songs to come.
He then takes on the frst challenge of stretching
his vocal rang on the straight forward love song
Drive Me Crazy, mixing in a Sam Cook like
falsetto along with some tasty blues soaked guitar
leads. On the tender You and I, Oxford anchors
himself on acoustic guitar as a swirl of strings, pedal
steel, and piano surrounds his simple message of
triumphant love. He then offers a straight ahead
rocker Disappear, before offering a lovely string
duet intermission that segues into the mysterious
power pop Stranger Than Fiction. Then Oxford
does his best Timberlake on the delightfully corny
R&B Overdose, but he backs it up with some
real second line horn infused funk on Move
In On Me, showing off what he learned during
his time in the crescent city. Smith added layers
of orchestral percussion and string to Oxfords
coming of age melodrama Letting Go, making it
ready for a prime time soap soundtrack. The album
closes with the piano based soul rocker Another
Thing Coming, that spells out the pratfalls of love
with terse horn stabs and a touch of glockenspiel
for a charming retro sound, a ftting tip of the hat to
the beloved 60s sound that inspired Oxford while
growing up in Dallas listening to the local oldies
station - Rick J Bowen
Amy Lynn & The Gunshow
Dont Trip On the Glitter
(Chipsnip Records)
Powerhouse vocalist Amy Lynn Zanetto delivers
all the necessary fnesse, fre and sass to front a
seven piece horn band on a solid set of Memphis
meets Motown meets Broadway rockin soul tunes,
on the groups debut Dont Trip on the Glitter,
but the unsung hero is bari sax man and arranger
Alex Hamlin. Conspicuously missing from this
NYC based ensemble is guitar, instead Hamlin
has artfully crafted charts for the horn section of
himself, Ed RosenBerg on tenor and trumpeter
Jeff Hermanson, that parry taught rhythmic and
melodic changes in a duel to the death with the
muscular rhythm section of drummer Michael
Vincent Ross, bassist Ben Galina and keyboardist
Brian Whitted, who is the brick and mortar that
this house of funk is built on. The album opens
with a cover of the teen mellow drama hit from
The Shangri-Las, Remember Walking in the Sand,
(although unaccredited on the album notes) setting
the stage theatrics to follow. The piano and horns
continue their sparing into the title track a scathing
rebuke of a cheating lover delivered with deadly
conviction by Amy Lynn that ends in a macabre
crescendo. Lynn does turn her girl power rant
down a notch for the groovin R&B track Coming
Up Green, and then moves easily into the ode the
Big Apple, West Village Blues. Hamlin vamps
on his baritone like a rhythm guitarists supporting
Lynn during the intro to the funky Cant Put My
Finger On It. The album takes it up a level by
enlisting the skills of the W 38th St. Strings quartet
to the power ballad Cloud of Smoke. The horn
section digs deeper into their snake dance of
twisting lines during the churning rocker Dirty
Mouth, before hitting staccato pops accenting the
dance hall closer When I Meet You Someday,
a tune that could have could have been a exert
from the stage show of Hairspray. Amy Lynn is
certainly a savvy chanteuse, for she surrounded
herself with the best guns to be found for her quest
of the big city sound. Rick J. Bowen
Steve Dawson
Rattlesnake Cage
(Black Hen Music)
I frst discovered Dawson a few years back, he
was one of the main forces behind the award win-
ning Tribute to the Mississippi Sheiks project, and
I have been very impressed by his talent. Rattle-
snake Cage is one man, four guitars; a Jumbo
Larivee, a Weissenborn, a National Tricone and
a Taylor 12-string, an old microphone with some
history, eleven original songs, and some fngers
and slides. Steve includes a variety of instrumen-
tals featuring intricate fngering, ringing tone and
the impassioned and skillful playing of a master
craftsman. One of my favorite selections is But-
terfy Stunt with deft slide work, picking and
chording. Another is the spry Chunky with its
dancing melody and solid rhythm. Fresh, invit-
ing, melodic, complex, and luminous; Rattlesnake
Cage is an original reading of front porch folk
blues that is enjoyable and engaging. Malcolm
Kennedy
James Armstrong
Guitar Angels
(Cat Food Records)
I am a big fan of James Armstrong and have been
for many years (especially of his live shows).
The opening track on Guitar Angels, Armstrongs
new CD is the humorous Grandmas Got A New
Friend an ode to Grandmothers in a new era I am
sure many listeners will relate to. This is followed
by Healing Time a poignant song of dealing with
the recent passing of his brother, also a guitarist
of note. James reinvents the Eagles hit Take It
To The Limit as a mellow paced blues shuffe
to great effect. The title track speaks to some of
Armstrongs challenges and gives a shout out to
some who helped or inspired him to persevere.
The toe tapper Bank of Love is a Texas shuffe
which displays some of Armstrongs wry wit and
deft skills. While Johnny Copelands Blues Aint
Nothing features some excellent organ work by
George Papageorge behind Armstrongs emotive
vocals and pleading guitar. James Armstrong is the
real deal. Highly recommended. Malcolm Ken-
nedy
Lisa Biales
Belle of the Blues
(Self-Released)
Lisa Biales was a big discovery for me a few years
ago; her vocal abilities are simply stunning. Belle
of the Blues is an appellation Biales richly de-
serves, The B -3 of Randall Bramblett and Taltons
Dobro work set off Lisas soaring mezzo soprano
vocals on the heart ache song Sad, Sad Sunday.
On Graveyard Dead Lisa sings if you ever cheat
or beat on me youre gonna wish you were grave-
yard dead while Talton bends the strings on his
Dobro. The duet with Kight is Memphis Minnies
In My Girlish Days a song Alice Stuart has also
made her own. On Peach Pickin Mama Biales
delivers sage advice as Bergeson lays down vi-
brant harp and Talton puts down another satisfying
solo. On the strutting barn burner Trouble With A
Capital T Tommy and Lisa provide acoustic gui-
tar with Ken Wynn adding some slithering slide all
over Pauls piano. There are few vocalists locally
or nationally I can think of that are even in Biales
caliber. Malcolm Kennedy
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March Blues Madness!
By Rick J Bowen (Photos by Blues Boss)
March madness got kicked off with another
high energy Blues Bash at Club Hollywood.
Washington Blues Society music director Cherrie
Robbins, coordinator of these events, and recent
2014 Best of the Blues awards nominee for
best non festival event, welcomed everyone to
the nights festivities and introduced the featured
artists.
Young blues gunslinger Seth Freeman showed off
his impressive skills for the acoustic set. Freeman
began by coolly sliding into the smooth R&B tune
Put the Blame on Me, on a gorgeous blonde
jumbo Gibson acoustic guitar. Freeman employed
some technology that may be new to blues fans,
using a loop sampler pedal that records a real time
groove pattern, bass line or chords changes and
then plays it back in a continuous loop allowing
him to solo over himself. Freeman then stretched
out his fret board skills and vocal range on the
classic Brook Benton hit Rainy Night in Georgia
before bring out some delta blues on The Woman
I Love, bringing dancers to the parquet foor. The
slow gospel lament Walk with Me, featured a
moaning slide solo and Freeman did a solid cover
of Claptons Old Love, continuing the slinky
R&B grooving as he called up Neal Fallen to
join him on harmonica. Switching over to Dobro
resonator Freeman showed everyone why he has
been getting attention these days. Launching into
the traditional blues Ramblin on My Mind, he
toyed with the strings with childlike joy, teasing
and taunting phrases out of his superb instrument.
He once again employed the looper pedal for solo
sections of the time tested Rollin and Tumblin, a
tune frst recorded by Hambone Willie Newbern
in 1929, dragging the Delta blues classic kicking
and screaming into the twenty frst century. Seth
Freeman recently released two CDs, one an all
acoustic album the other an expansive full band
album and his solo performance showed why this
northwest artist is on the move.
The mid-bash announcements featured frst time
BB award nominees Black River Blues pitching
their upcoming shows at new to the blues venues,
Slims Last Chance Saloon and World of Beers,
encouraging members to attend and show the
owners that blues is a viable genre to book in
their clubs. Jesse James stepped up to speak
about his experience as a recipient of a Passing
the Torch scholarship to the Centrum Blues Week
, encouraging all to attend the march beneft
show and stating that Centrum is a great way to
immerse yourself in blues music.
Northwest icons The Randy Oxford band then
took the Red Crane Restaurant by storm in their
usual fashion presenting a set of super charged
rhythm and blues. The band chose to offer the
Washington Blues Society a unique experience
at this months bash by playing their new album
It Feels Good, in its entirety and album running
order. Kicking off with Trouble, a rousing two
step Mardi gras soul burner penned by vocalist
Jada Amy. The group then rolled into the Santana-
esque Full Moon Rising, sang by Randy Norris,
followed by the melodramatic blues The Loudest
Thing, featuring solos from Norris and Oxford
that match the impassioned vocals from Polly
OKeary. Guitarist Manuel Morais then took the
reins to lead his song When Youre Gone, that
was highlighted by unison melodic runs from the
whole band. Jada then returned as the party was in
full swing to sing lead to the Paul Simon hit One
Trick Pony. The group added some spicy island
fair to the only cover song of the album. The dance
foor remained packed for two more orig The
group saved up some gas for the steaming R&B
tune How Come Youre Never Here, another hot
track written by OKeary.
Before the fnal number, band leader Randy
Oxford took thanked everyone and expressed how
good it feels to play a show at home, and then
introduced the band members acknowledging how
each one had received a nomination for this years
Washington Blues Societys Best of the Blues
awards, and each nomination is an honor richly
deserved.
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WASHINGTON BLUES SOCIETY
2015 International Blues Competition (IBC) Contest
Two Categories: Bands (Three Piece and Larger) and Solo/Duo Acts
CONTESTANT APPLICATION
Please complete this application if you want to compete in the Washington Blues Society contest to send a band or a solo/duo act
to the IBC in Memphis in January of 2015. We are working with the Walla Walla Blues Society (WWBS) and the Inland Empire
Blues Society (IEBS) to hold semi-fnals across the state to make it easier for blues acts to participate. We will hold semi-fnals on:
Sunday, May 11
th
in Kennewick, WA at Ice Harbor Brewery; Sunday, May 25
th
in Spokane, WA at Daleys Cheap Shots; Sunday,
June 8
th
in Anacortes, WA (TBA), Sunday, June 15
th
in Snohomish, WA (TBA), and Sunday, June 22
rd
in Vancouver, WA (TBA).
The fnalists will compete Sunday, August 17
th
at the Taste of Music Festival in Snohomish, WA. If we receive 10+ applicants for
any event, our Board may select applicants via lottery at the May 2014 Board meeting. This form is an initial statement of interest,
and not binding. Judges will evaluate acts using the Blues Foundation score sheet (www.blues.org/ibc/scoring.php).
LOCATION (CIRCLE ONE)
Kennewick (5/11) Spokane (5/25) Anacortes (6/8)
Snohomish (6/15) Vancouver (6/22)
Band or Solo Duo (Circle One)
Contact
Mailing Address
Best Phone
Email
Signature
PARTICIPATION CRITERIA, FEES, AND DEADLINE: Contestants must be a blues act, pay the nonrefundable entry fee,
reside in WA, OR, ID, MT, BC or ALB, and at least one member must belong to (or join) the WBS upon application. (Membership
in the WWBS for acts competing in Kennewick or membership in the IEBS for acts competing in Spokane is required in place
of WBS Membership requirement.) Each winner will be required to perform at a minimum of two fundraisers in 2014 and one
fundraiser in 2015 at no charge. Proceeds from these events and fees, will be deposited into a WBS fund to help defray expenses
for each winning act to and from Memphis, but we cannot guarantee an all expense-paid trip. Band entry fee is $30; solo duo
entry fee is $15. Applications and entry fees must be received no later than Thursday, April 24
th
by a WBS Board member or at:
ATTN: President, IBC Entry
PO Box 70604
Seattle, WA 98127
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Washington Blues Society Sets Local Competitions for
2015 International Blues Challenge
Washington Blues Society Contact:
Tony Frederickson, President (206) 612-6055 president@wablues.org
The Washington Blues Societys local competitions for the 2014 International Blues Challenge in Memphis have been set! Its
time for bands and solo/duo acts to make their plans to compete. One band and one solo/duo act will represent the Washington
Blues Society (WBS) in Memphis at the worlds largest gathering of blues musicians on January 20
th
through the 24
th
of 2015
on Memphis fabled Beale Street.
We are working with the Walla Walla Blues Society (WWBS) and the Inland Empire Blues Society (IEBS) to hold semi-
fnals across the state to make it easier for blues acts to participate. We will hold semi-fnal competitions on Friday, May 11
th

in Kennewick, WA at Ice Harbor Brewery, on Sunday, May 25
th
in Spokane, WA at Daleys Cheap Shots, on Sunday, June 8
th

in Anacortes, WA (TBA), on Sunday, June 15
th
in Snohomish, WA at the (TBA), and on Sunday, June 22
rd
in Vancouver, WA
(TBA). The fnalists will compete on Sunday, August 17
th
at the Taste of Music Festival in historic downtown Snohomish, WA.
If we receive more than 10 applicants for either event, our Board may select applicants via a lottery at the May 2014 Board
meeting.
Each competition will follow the rules of the Blues Foundation. Each set will be limited to 25 minutes, and each competitor will
be allowed one 15-minute set change. Any blues act that in resides in WA, OR, ID, MT, BC or ALB, may enter, and the act must
include at least one who is a member of the WBS. Membership can be established at IBC entry, using the membership form in
the WBS Bluesletter or online at www.wablues.org. Please note: membership in WWBS for acts competing in Kennewick or
membership in IEBS for acts competing in Spokane is required in place of the WBS membership requirement.
The contest entry application may be downloaded from www.wablues.org in the March or April edition of the WBS Bluesletter,
or the Inland Empires Blues Notes, and must include the non-refundable entry fee, which pays for the backline and a PA
system. Each winner will be required to perform at a minimum of two fundraisers in 2014 and one fundraiser in 2015 at no
charge. Proceeds from these events and fees, will be deposited into a WBS fund to help defray expenses to get each winning
act to and from Memphis, but we cannot guarantee an all expense-paid trip. Band entry fee is $30; solo duo entry fee is $15.
Applications and entry fees must be received no later than Thursday, April 24
th
.
All proceeds will help with expenses for Memphis. The WBS will help winners in fundraising, but cannot guarantee that
all expenses for Memphis will be covered. Judges will evaluate each act using the Blues Foundation scoring criteria (www.
blues.org/ibc/scoring/php) and rules (www. blues.org/ibc/rules.php). Acts may not be affliated the WBS Board or act upon
application. IBC rules also prohibit any act from competing three consecutive years at the IBC www.blues.org/ibc/rules.php.
Application is an initial statement of interest and not a binding agreement between the applicant and the WBS. Make your plans
to enter now! Applications and entry fees must be received no later than Thursday, April 24
th
.
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Letter from the Editor
We have had some suggestions for improving the
process and the categories and we always appreciate
and take them under consideration. Please continue
to let us know your ideas and suggestions as we are
the Stewards of your Blues Society and want to con-
tinue to create and build a the Society that all of our
members are proud of and that those who are not
members will want to join!
Lastly, many of you have heard that Fat James has
suffered a health challenge and is in recovery. He is
a private man, but would love to hear from you and
appreciates your love and support. Please feel free
to make posts and share pictures, prayers and other
support on our Facebook page.
We have folks up in Bellingham who will share
these with James as he works through his recovery.
If you want to send a card or other such more per-
sonal message please send it to Fat James c/o Wash-
ington Blues Society PO Box 70604, Seattle, WA.
98127. We will make sure James gets them so he
can enjoy them.
There will be many fundraisers and if you can please
go and support James at these events as he will have
expenses that are not covered by insurance or if you
want to channel some support for James through or
Musicians Relief Fund please mail it in at the above
address and make sure to add a footnote that this is
for Fat James and we will get it to him. These dona-
tions through the Musicians Relief Fund are tax de-
ductible and we will send you an acknowledgement.
Thanks and see you out at a show!
Tony Frederickson, President
Letter from the President (Continued from Page 2)
Welcome to the April Bluesletter. I usually offer
up an April Fools column in this space, but this
month, I just want to acknowledge recent contribu-
tors that have added substantively to the content
of this magazine. Last month, Chris Pyle wrote
about the importance of preparation as musicians
prepare to work in the studio, and Tim Suther-
lands art work for the newest Randy Oxford CD
was captured by Liz Caraway. Tim also provided
some frst-class editing help, and Best of the Blues
Award-winning musicians Polly OKeary, a jour-
nalist by trade, brought boogie-woogie piano man
Arthur Migliazza back to these pages.
This month, Rick Bowen takes us behind the
scenes with the CD Woodbury Band as they re-
corded their DVD at the REC Room in Everett
and Randy Oxford honors Little Bill in prepara-
tion for his 75th birthday party this month. Rick
also recently sat down with award-winning musi-
cian Scotty Harris, and the Blues Boss captured
Scotty in action at the Highway 99 Blues Club
for this months cover photo. I learned a lot about
Scottys latest musical transition from sax to bass,
and this interview is one of the most insightful in-
terviews that have been in the Bluesletter for quite
some time. We also introduce a new jam at the
Stationhouse Restaurant in La Conner, courtesy of
jam host Craig Adams, and CD reviews are back
thanks to the usual review suspects in Malcolm
Kennedy and Rick Bowen.
For aspiring blues musicians, we have information
on the Pinetop Perkins Foundation youth scholar-
ships thanks to former Blues Foundation Board
member and go-to mentor and manager Dr. Pat
Morgan to legendary bluesmen like Willie Big
Eyes Smith and Pinetop Perkins. The deadline
for young people to apply for a scholarship is April
15, 2014 the same date that most adults fle their
federal tax returns. While our own Passing the
Torch educational initiative also raises funds to
provide new opportunities for student musicians,
I think its important to learn more about national
resources available through organizations like the
Pinetop Perkins Foundation.
I also wanted to use this space to remind Blueslet-
ter readers and Washington Blues Society mem-
bers that the blues society just like our peer affli-
ates with the Blues Foundation in Memphis is an
all-volunteer nonproft organization. We have no
paid staff; in fact, we follow traditions set by other
arts organizations that depend on volunteers to fur-
ther our mission that is focused on nurturing, pre-
serving and promoting blues music as an art form
in Washington State. We also encourage readers
and members to donate to the Blues Foundation
and to volunteer, depending on time, resources and
capacity, at events like the Blues Music Awards
or the International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
Each of these signature Blues Foundation events
provides exceptional networking opportunities for
musicians and fans alike. For musicians, it may
provide opportunities to deduct certain expenses
depending on earned income and for-proft tax
status.
Speaking of taxes and I offer the following as a
suggestion because I am not a qualifed tax expert
I have learned that the Internal Revenue Code
may allow certain performing artists the ability
to deduct certain expenses if artists meet certain
income criteria. The tax deduction for certain
job-related expenses is found in Internal Revenue
Code Section 62, Qualifed Performing Artist:
Internal Revenue Code Section 62(b). While the
fne print and minutiae of tax regulations and tax
policy might be diffcult to digest, I think its worth
exploring - especially for musicians who may be
eligible to beneft from these deductions.
I know that construction and the Bertha blues
have somewhat limited access to parking nearby,
but I encourage Bluesletter readers to support
downtown Seattles blues club. As of press time,
the Highway 99 Blues Club April line-up includ-
ing nationally-touring artists Band Courtbouillon
(a Cajun supergroup) and legendary bluesman
Guitar Shorty, plus the Pacifc Northwests own
Bump Kitchen and Danelle Hayes with Brandon
Willis.
Eagle-eyed readers (and nominees) pointed out a
couple of mistakes I made on the Best of the Blues
(BB Awards) nomination ballot on page 31. Ive
added the names of the artists behind the Blues
Image category in this issue. I encourage mem-
bers to circle their nominees and submit their bal-
lots no later than the May Blues Bash on the sec-
ond Tuesday of next month. We purposefully put
the ballot on page 31 to verify membership with
the mailing label on the back page. If youre a new
member not yet in our members database, please
turn in your completed ballot to a Board member.
Until next month, go see some live blues. Ill close
with a quote from my friend Rod Dranfeld, the
President of the White Rock Blues Society. Please
tell your friends, because if no one knows, no one
goes. Whether thats to a blues jam, to a concert
featuring nationaly-touring artists or a corner tav-
ern that just happens to have live blues, please let
your friends know that the blues is very much alive
and well in the Evergreen State.
Eric Steiner, Editor, Washington Blues Society
Bluesletter
Former Member, Blues Foundation Board of Di-
rectors (2010-2013)
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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
Gin Creek (206) 588-1924
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
Hot Wired Rhythm Band (206) 790-9935
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
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 / Fabulous Roof Shakers
(425) 766-7253
Kolvane (503) 804-7966
Lady A & the Baby Blues Funk Band (425)
518-9100
Brian Lee Trio (206) 390-2408
Scott E. Lind (206) 789-8002
Little Bill & the Bluenotes (425) 774-7503
Dana Lupinacci Band (206) 860-4961
Eric Madis & Blue Madness
(206) 362 8331
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
RJ Knapp & Honey Robin Band
(206) 612-9145
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
$cratch Daddy (425) 210-1925
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
Steve Bailey & The Blue Flames (206) 779-7466
Steve Cooley & Dangerfelds
(253)-203-8267
Stickshift Annie Eastwood (206) 522-4935
Alice Stuart & the Formerlys
(360) 753-8949
Richard Sysinger (206) 412-8212
Annette Taborn (206) 679-4113
Tahoma Tones (253)851-6559
Ten Second Tom (509) 954-4101
Tone Kings (425) 698-5841
Leanne Trevalyan (253)238-7908
Tim Turner Band (206) 271-5384
Two Scoops Combo (206) 933-9566
Unbound (425) 212-7608
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
Please send updates to editor@wablues.org
by the 5th of the month - well do our best to
update your listing!
Washington Blues Society April 2014 Talent Guide
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Washington Blues Society April 2014 Calendar
Note: Please confrm 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.

Tuesday, April 1
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Lydia Pense &
Cold Blood & 7:30PM
Feedback Lounge, Seattle Eric Two Scoops
Moore 7:30 PM
Bakes Place, Bellevue The Gotz Lowe Duo
6PM
Feedback Lounge, Seattle Blues To Do Live w/
Seth Freeman 8PM
Wednesday, April 2
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Lydia Pense &
Cold Blood 7:30PM
The Triple Door, Seattle -Tommy Castro & the
Painkillers 7:30PM
The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle Dirty
Rice 9PM
6PM
Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James
Bernhard 7PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Lone State 8PM
The Central, Kirkland - Motown Cowboys
8:30PM
Waterwheel Lounge, Ballard - Annie Eastwood,
Larry Hill & Tom Brighton w/Bill Chism 7PM
Pike Place Bar & Grill, Seattle -John
Stephan Band 6PM
Madison Avenue Pub, Everett - Tim Turner Band
7PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Drummerboy
w/Billy Stoops & Rich Layton 8PM
Thursday, April 3
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - David Sanborn
Trio 7:30PM
6PM
Bad Alberts, Ballard - Annie Eastwood, Larry
Hill & Tom Brighton w/Bill Chism 5:30PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle - Brian Lee &
the Orbiters 8PM
Friday, April 4
North City Bistro, Shoreline - Rod Cook/Little
Bill Englehart duo 8:30PM
Trio 7:30PM & 9:30PM
6PM
Vino Bella, Issaquah A Cedar Suede 7:30PM
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park - The Mark
Whitman Band 7:30PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Fat Tones 9PM
Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek - Annie Eastwood w/
Bill Chism 7PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle - The Band
Courtbouillon 8PM
Saturday, April 5
*Gray Sky Blues Festival, Tacoma*___
The Swiss Cody Rentas Band 1PM / Brian Lee
& the Orbiters 2:30PM / Arthur Migliazza 4PM /
Cee Cee James 6PM
The Harmon Brewery Fistful of Dollars 12PM
/ Mark Riley Trio 1PM / Maia Santell & House
Blend 2:15PM / Jack Gaffney 3:30PM / Nolan
Garrett 4:15PM
Stonegate (upstairs) Steve Cooley & the
Dangerfelds 8:30PM
Stonegate (downstairs/all ages) - live bands
provided by Puget Sound Music for Youth
Association 8:30PM
Old VFW Hall, Vashon Island - Michele
DAmour & the Love Dealers, Chasing Oz 7PM
The Paradise Tavern, Monroe - Gin Creek 9PM
The Conway Muse, Conway - Tommy Castro &
the Painkillers 8PM
Trio 7:30PM & 9:30PM
B Sharp Coffee House, Tacoma -Forest Beutel
Show 8PM
Columbia City Theater, Seattle Baby Gramps
8:30PM
The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle Jelly
Rollers 9PM
Bakes Place, Bellevue DoctorfunK 7PM &
9:45PM
Vino Bella, Issaquah Ventura Highway
Revisited 7:30PM
Bernhard 7PM
Destination Harley, Fife - The Mark Whitman
Band 12PM
Salmon Bay Eagles, Seattle Blues to Beneft the
Brave w/Fat James & Fatback, Mark Whitman,
David Brewer, Raven Humphres, Sean Denton &
Big Ears, and the Cindy Lang Band
Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Shortcutz 9PM
Poggie Tavern, Seattle - Tim Turner Band 9PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Bump Kitchen
8PM
Sunday, April 6
Johnnys Dock, Tacoma - Little Bill Trio 5PM
Trio 7:30PM
The Edison Inn, Bow - Chris Eger Band 5:30PM
Bakes Place, Bellevue The Josephine Howell
Quartet 7PM
The Central, Kirkland - Black Velvet 4 8:30PM
Monday, April 7
The Triple Door, Seattle - Little Bills 75th
Birthday Tribute Show 7:30PM
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Morgan James
7:30PM
The Blue Moon, Seattle, Antoinette &
MotherSponge 11PM
88 Keys, Seattle - Blues To Do Live w/Sammy
Eubanks 7PM
Tuesday, April 8
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Martin Taylor
7:30PM
6PM
Seth Freeman 8PM
Red Crane, Shoreline: Second Tuesday Blues
Bash of the Washington Blues Society: Leanne
Trevalyan (acoustic) and Monster Road Featuring
Patti Allen (electric), 7 PM, all ages, no cover!
Wednesday, April 9
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Martin Taylor
7:30PM
6PM
Bernhard 7PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Nick Vigarino Meantown
Blues 8PM
The Central, Kirkland - Funk E3 8:30PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle The Butchs
Take On Getting Married 8PM
Thursday, April 10
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Lalah Hathaway
& Rubben Studdard 7PM
B Sharp Coffee House, Tacoma - The Lowest
Pair & The Dead Pigeons 8PM
The Triple Door, Seattle - Cedric Watson & Sidi
Tour 7:30PM
6PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle James King &
the Southsiders 8PM
Friday, April 11
6PM / Rod Cook & Toast 9PM
& Rubben Studdard 7:30PM 9:30PM
Salmon Bay Eagles, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8PM
Hales Palladium, Seattle - The Moisture Festival
w/Baby Gramps 7:30PM & 10:30PM
The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle Billy
Brandt 9PM
Vino Bella, Issaquah Lady A & Baby Blues
Funk Band 7:30PM
White Center Eagles, Seattle - The Mark
Whitman Band 9PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Highway 9 9PM
Crossroads, Bellevue Little Bill & the Blue
Notes 7PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Nearly Dan
8PM
Saturday, April 12
Destination Harley-Davidson, Fife Little Bill
Trio 12PM
The Conway Muse, Conway - Boneyard
Preachers 8PM
& Rubben Studdard 7:30PM 9:30PM
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The Spar, Tacoma - Maia Santell & House Blend
8PM
The Edison Inn, Bow - Stacy Jones Band 8:30PM
B Sharp Coffee House, Tacoma - Leanne
Trevalyan 8PM
Bakes Place, Bellevue Kalimba 7PM &
9:45PM
Vino Bella, Issaquah Butch Harrison & Good
Company 7:30PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Guy Johnson Band 9PM
The Scotch & Vine, Des Moines - Brian Lee Trio
7PM
13 Coins, SeaTac - Tim Turner Band 8:30PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle - Guitar Shorty
8PM
Sunday, April 13
The Central, Kirkland Little Bill Trio 8:30PM
& Rubben Studdard 7:30PM
Bakes Place, Bellevue The Rat Pack 7PM
The Conway Muse, Conway - Seth Freeman
Band 6PM
Monday, April 14
88 Keys, Seattle - Blues To Do Live 7PM
Tuesday, April 15
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Fatoumata
Diawara 7:30PM
Feedback Lounge Eric Two Scoops Moore
7:30 PM
6PM
Seth Freeman 8PM
Wednesday, April 16
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Fatoumata
Diawara 7:30PM
6PM
Bernhard 7PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Mary Mcpage & the
Assassins 8PM
The Central, Kirkland - Jim Basnight 8:30PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Dirty Rice
8PM
Thursday, April 17
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Rick Braun and
Richard Elliot 7:30PM & 9:30PM
6PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Danelle Hayes
w/Brandon Willis 8PM
Friday, April 18
Vino Bella, Issaquah The British Beats w/Rod
Cook 7:30PM
6PM / Little Bill & the Blue Notes 9PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Dirty Rice Band 9PM
Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek - Annie Eastwood w/
Bill Chism 7PM
Draft Choice Sports Bar & Grill, Auburn - Tim
Turner Band 8PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle DoctorfunK
8PM
Saturday, April 19
Destination Harley, Fife - Annie Eastwood w/
Kimball, the Fugitives & Kid Quagmire 12PM
Salmon Bay Eagles, Seattle - Gin Creek 9:00PM
The Conway Muse, Conway - Randy Oxford
Band 8PM
The Public House Grill, Port Townsend - Joe
Louis Walker 8:30PM
B Sharp Coffee House, Tacoma - The Boneyard
Preachers 8PM
The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle The
Cody Rentas Band 9PM
Vino Bella, Issaquah The Beat Project 7:30PM
Bernhard 7PM
Destination Harley, Silverdale - The Mark
Whitman Band 12PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Marlin James Band
9PM
The Conway Muse, Conway - Jill Newman 8PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Women Who
Rockabilly 8PM
Sunday, April 20
The Edison Inn, Bow The Ron Bailey Band w/
Rod Cook 5:30PM
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Rick Braun &
Richard Elliot 7:30PM
The Central, Kirkland Nick Vigarino 8:30PM
Monday, April 21
Kent Senior Center, Kent - Norm Bellas 11AM
Mr. Villa, Seattle - Annie Eastwood, Kimball
Conant, Larry Hill - Fugitives Trio 7PM
Swiss Tavern, Tacoma - Gin Creek 8PM
88 Keys, Seattle - Blues To Do Live w/Seth
Freeman 7PM
Tuesday, April 22
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Orequesta
Aragn 7:30PM
6PM
Seth Freeman 8PM
Wednesday, April 23
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Orequesta
Aragn 7:30PM
6PM
Bernhard 7PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Tim Turner Band
8PM
The Central, Kirkland - Blues Bentley 8:30PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Little Ray &
the Uppercuts 8PM
Thursday, April 24
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Regina Carter
7:30PM
B Sharp Coffee House, Tacoma - Lucas Smiraldo
7PM
6PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Monster Road
w/Patti Allen 8PM
Friday, April 25
7:30PM & 9:30PM
6PM / Butch Harrison & Good Company 9PM
Vino Bella, Issaquah Seatown Rhythm & Blues
7:30PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - The CD Woodbury Band
9PM
The Conway Muse, Conway - Michael Thomas
8PM
CCs Lounge, Burien - Tim Turner Band 8PM
Dawsons Bar & Grill, Tacoma Little Bill & the
Blue Notes
The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle JD
Hobson 8:30PM
Saturday, April 26
*North Bend Blues Walk, North Bend*__
North Bend Theatre Rod Cook &
Toast 6PM / Kim Field and the Mighty Titans of
Tone 9PM
Emerald City Smoothie Son Jack Jr & Michael
Wilde 6PM
Boxleys The Boneyard Preachers 6PM / Mark
DuFresne Band 9PM
Valley Center Stage - Elnah Jordan Band 6PM /
Polly OKeary and the Rhythm Method 9PM
Sno Valley Moose Lodge Seatown Rhythm &
Blues 7PMPioneer Coffee Nick Vigarino 7PM
Birches Habitat Eric Madis 7PM
Twedes - Seth Freeman & Paul Green 7PM
Euro Caf Brian Butler 7PM
Georges Bakery Mia Vermillion 7PM
Mt Si Art Supply Red House 7PM
Replicator Graphics Orville Johnson 7PM
Scotts Dairy Freeze Brian Lee 7PM
Pour House CD Woodbury Band 8PM
Chaplins John Stephan Band 8PM
Chang Thai Eric Two Scoops Moore 8PM
7:30PM & 9:30PM
Crossroads Bellevue, Bellevue - Maia Santell &
House Blend 7PM
The Birk, Birkenfeld OR - Stacy Jones Band
8PM
White Horse Saloon, Arlington Randy Norris &
Jeff Nicely 8PM
Bakes Place, Bellevue Ventura Highway
Revisited 7PM & 9:45PM
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Sundays
Dawsons, Tacoma: Tim Hall Band, 7pm
Conway Muse: Gary Bs Church of the Blues, 6-10pm
Raging River: Tommy Wall
Silver Dollar: Big Nasty, 8pm
Stationhosue, La Conner: CC Adams, 4-8 PM
Two Twelve, on Central Kirkland: HeatherBBlues, 7pm
PLEASE HELP US KEEP OUR 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. Please email volunteer director Rhea Rolfe:
volunteers@wablues.org if you are interested!
Tuesdays
Barrel Tavern: hosted by Doug McGrew, 8pm
Elmers Burien: hosted by Billy Shew
Engels Pub, Edmonds: Open Mic with Lou Echeverri, 8 PM
Pacifc Rim Marysville Best Western: Mike Wright & the Blue Sharks, 7 - 11pm
907 Bar and Grill Snohomish Sean Denton & Richard Williams 8 PM
Summit Pub: Tim Hall & the Realtimes, 7:30pm
Uncle Turms, Tacoma: Blenis, Ely Band, 7:30pm
Wild Bufalo, Bellingham: hosted by Rick Baunach, 6:30 - 9:30pm
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 Pacifc
TUESDAY
KAOS 89.3FM Olympia: Blues On Rye 1:00PM - 3:00PM
www.kaos.evergreen.edu - DJ, Val Vaughn
WEDNESDAY
KEXP 90.3FM Seattle: Te Roadhouse 6:00PM to 9:00PM
www.kexp.org - DJ, Greg Vandy
KSVR 91.7FM Mount Vernon / KSVU 91.9FM Hamilton - Te 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 Te 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
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: Te 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 Ten 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 Terapy 7:00PM - 9:00PM
www.kwcwradio.tumblr.com - DJ, Biggdaddy Ray Hansen and
Armand Te Doctor Parada
KSER 90.7FM Everett: Te Juke Joint 1:00PM - 3:00PM
www.kser.org - DJ, Jon Noe
Blues on the
Radio Dial
PLEASE SEND ANY RADIO UPDATES TO
CALENDAR@WABLUES.ORG
Blues Jams
Mondays
Cafe Mela, Wenatchee, 7pm (frst Monday of the month)
88 Keys, Pioneer Square: Blues on Tap, 8pm
JRs Hideway: Malcolm Clark, 8pm
Norms Place, Everett: hosted by the Stanwoodys, 7:30 PM
Opal Lounge, South Tacoma Way: Tim Hall, 8pm
Ten Below: hosted by Underground Blues Jam, every 1st Monday of the
month, Wenatchee
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Central & Eastern
BBQ & Blues Clarkston (509) 758-1227
Breadline Caf Omak (509) 826-5836
Club Crow Cashmere (509) 782-3001
CrossRoads Steakhouse Walla Walla (509) 522-1200
Ice Harbor Brewing Co - Kennewick (509) 582-5340
Lakeys Grill Pullman (509) 332-6622
Main Street Tavern Omak (509) 826-2247
Peters Inn Packwood (360) 494-4000
Pine Springs Resort - Goldendate (509-773-4434
Rams Ripple Moses Lake (509) 765-3942
Rattlesnake Brewery Richland (509) 783-5747
Red Lion Hotel Wenatchee (Tomasz Cibicki 509-669-8200)
Tumwater Inn Restaurant and Lounge Leavenworth (509) 548-4232
Seattle
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
Grinders (206) 542-0627
Highliner Pub (206) 283-2233
Highway 99 Club (206) 382-2171
J & M Cafe (206) 467-2666
Lock & Keel (206) 781-8023
Maple Leaf Grill (206) 523-8449
Mr. Villa (206) 517-5660
New Orleans (206) 622-2563
Paragon (206) 283-4548
Pike Place Bar and Grill (206) 624-1365
Te Rimrock Steak House (206) 362-7979
Salmon Bay Eagles (206) 783-7791
St. Clouds (206) 726-1522
Tird Place Commons, Lake Forest Park (206) 366-3333
Triangle Tavern (206) 763.0714
Tractor Tavern (206) 789-3599
Triple Door (206) 838-4333
North End
(Lynnwood, Everett, Edmonds, etc.):
Bubbas Roadhouse Sultan, (360) 793-3950
Canoes Cabaret Tulalip (888) 272-1111
Te 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
South Sound
Tacoma, Burien, Federal Way, etc
Al Lago, Lake Tapps (253) 863-8636
2 Wheel Blues Club Tacoma
Barnacles Restaurant, Des Moines (206) 878-5000
Te Barrel Burien (206) 246-5488
CCs Lounge, Burien (206) 242-0977
Capitol Teater/Olympia Film Society (360) 754-3635
Cascade Tavern Vancouver (360) 254-0749
Charlies Olympia (360) 786-8181
Clif 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
(Te) 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
Te Pony Keg - Kent (253) 395-8022
Riverside Pub, Sumner (253) 863-8369
Silver Dollar Pub Spanaway (253) 531-4469
Te Spar Tacoma (253) 627-8215
Te 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
North Sound
Bellingham, Anacortes, Whidbey Island, etc
China Beach Langley (360) 530-8888
Just Moes Sedro Woolley (360) 855-2997
LaConner Tavern LaConner (360) 466-9932
Little Roadside Tavern Everson (360) 592-5107
Old Edison Inn Edison (360) 766-6266
Rockfsh Grill Anacortes (360) 588-1720
Stump Bar & Grill Arlington (360) 653-6774
Watertown Pub Anacortes (360) 293-3587
Wild Bufalo Bellingham (360) 312-3684
Viking Bar and Grill Stanwood (360) 629-9285
Eastside
Bellevue, Kirkland, etc.
Bakes Place - Bellevue (425) 454-2776
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
RockinM BBQ, Golf Range & Lounge - Everett (425.438.2843)
Time Out Sports Bar Kirkland (425) 822-8511
Top Shelf Broiler & Tervelli Lounge - Kirkland (206) 239-8431
Vino Bella Issaquah (425) 391-1424
Wild Vine Bistro, Bothell (425) 877-1334
Wilde Rover Kirkland (425) 822-8940
Valhalla Bar & Grill, Kirkland (425) 827 3336
Yuppie Tavern - Kirkland (425) 814-5200
Peninsula

Clearwater Casino Suquamish (360) 598-6889
Destiny Seafood & Grill Port Angeles (360) 452-4665
Halfime 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
Wednesdays
Charlies Olympia: Blues Attitude
Damans Pub, 8 PM
Dogghouse Tavern, Mt. Vernon Alan: Hatley Trio, 7pm
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
4/2: Tim Turner
4/9: Rafael Tranquilino and Leah Tussing
4/16: Chris Eger
4/23: Randy Norris
4/30: Jef Menteer
Oxford Saloon, Snohomish: Oxford School of Jam hosted by Rick J Bowen, Teri
Anne Wilson and Robert Baker for 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
Ould Triangle Pub: hosted by Jef Hass, Open Mic Blues Jam, 9pm
Thursdays
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
Jimmy Jacks: School of Jam hosted by Rick Bowen,
Teri Wilson, Robert Baker, All ages, Everett 730 -1130
OCallahans: Tim Hall, 7pm
Oxford Saloon: Jam Night w/ Tommy Cook Trio
Fridays
New Orleans Restaurant: All Star Jam, hosted by Leslie
Stardrums Milton & Lady Keys, 7pm
(1st & 3rd Fridays)
Venue Guide
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By Craig Adams (Photo Courtesy of CC Adams)
The CC Adams and Friends Jam on Sundays at
The Stationhouse Restaurant is an open jam for
musicians and singers primarily at an advanced or
pro level.
Players often come from Whatcom, Skagit or
Snohomish counties and all are welcome. The trip
to La Conner for the day can be fun, and capping
it off with dinner, a drink and the jam makes the
day perfect.
Supporting tomorrows musicians is important,
too. So, if you play well and want some
experience doing it in front of people, this can be
your opportunity. Its a low key event and meant
to be fun without intimidation. You can set up and
play along to the host band or do your own show
if you are up to it.
A four piece host group kicks things off for a set at
4 PM and different musicians are rotated through
every week as host band. We usually end around
8 PM, and are excited to welcome Bluesletter
readers to the CC Adams and Friends Jam at the
Stationhouse Restaurant.
Babette Gundersen and Mary Ellen Lykins
alternate every other week fronting vocals which
is a real treat. Mary Ellen sings in the CC Adams
Band and Babette has joined CC Adams on many
projects.
With La Conners storied maritime tradition, its
a great place for soggy sailors to stop, warm up,
relax and listen to some great music as well.
The Stationhouse Restaurant is full service bar and
restaurant which has a good size menu. They make
one of the best pizzas around and other favorites
include fsh and chips and oysters. If you are in La
Conner for the weekend, the morning cinnamon
rolls are huge! Please join us on Sundays The
Stationhouse Restaurant Sunday Jam at 315
Morris Avenue in La Conner.
(Editors Note: We would like to run blues jam
previews to better inform Bluesletter readers
about opportunities to jam throughout Washington
State. Please send a short description of no more
than 500 words to editor@wablues.org by the 5th
of the month for consideration in an upcoming
Bluesletter).
Blues Jam Preview: The Stationhouse Sunday Jam in La Conner
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Vino Bella, Issaquah Shaggy Sweet 7:30PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Dogtones 9PM
CCs Lounge, Burien - Tim Turner Band 8PM
Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Michael
Shrieves Spellbinder 8PM
Sunday, April 27
Tulip Festival Street Fair, Mount Vernon Blues
County Sheriff 1PM
7:30PM
The Triple Door, Seattle Lady A Sunday Night
Gospel 6PM
Bakes Place, Bellevue Tillers Folly 7PM
China Harbor, Seattle - Dance w/Brian Lee & the
Orbiters 7PM (lesson) 8PM (dance)
The Central, Kirkland - John Stephan Band
8:30PM
The Spar, Tacoma Little Bill & the Blue Notes
7PM
Monday, April 28
88 Keys, Seattle - Blues To Do Live 7PM
Tuesday, April 29
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Fred Hersch Trio
7:30PM
6PM
Seth Freeman 8PM
Wednesday, April 30
Dimitrious Jazz Alley, Seattle - Fred Hersch Trio
7:30PM
6PM
Bernhard 7PM
Engels Pub, Edmonds - Richard Allen The
Louisiana Experience 8PM
Sons Of Norway, Ballard - Annie Eastwood, Larry
Hill & Brighton w/Bill Chism PM
Pike Place Bar & Grill, Seattle -John
Stephan Band 6PM
The Central, Kirkland - Full Degree 8:30PM
ATTENTION MUSIC PEOPLE!
If you would like to add your music schedule to
our calendar, please send in your information
by the 10
th
of the month to wbscalendar@
yahoo.com in the following format: (Please,
very important! No bold or ALL CAPS)
Date - Venue, City - Band Name Time
Calendar -
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Winthrop R&B Festival Wins
WFEA Summit Awards!
By Peter Damman, Treasurer, Board of Directors, Winthrop Music Association
On March 18, 2014 at the Washington Festivals and Events Association annual conference in Olym-
pia, Winthrop R&B Festival and its director Erika Olsen took frst place in the Association's Summit
Awards in the Social Media Campaign category, beating submissions by such big, well-funded events
as Bumbershoot, Sea Fair, and the Seattle Boat Show.
In the Summit Awards competition, which recognizes festivals for excellence in marketing efforts,
Winthrop also won:
Second place for Poster
Third place for Event Photography
Third place for Website
Second place for T-Shirt, and
Second place for Overall Media (TV / radio) Campaign.
Only Bumbershoot won more Summit Awards than Winthrop. An impressive sweep for this festival
in the Methow.
(Photo of Erika Olsen coutesy of Peter Damman, who is looking on wearing his trademark baseball
cap! Congratulations to the all-volunteer Winthrop Music Association for well-deserved recogni-
tion).
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Pinetop Perkins Foundation Announces New Scholarships for Workshop
Youth at the 2014 Workshop Experience
The Fifth Annual Master Class Workshop
Experience will be held June 18-20, 2014
The Pinetop Perkins Foundations annual summer
workshops will take place from June 18-20, 2014
at the Hopson Plantation and Shack Up Inn in
Clarksdale, Mississippi. The workshops are open
to both adults and youth; the Foundation provides
scholarships to youths ages 12 to 20. This year,
two Ann Rabson Memorial Scholarships are
offered in piano or guitar. Pinetop Foundations
new sponsor, Bandzoogle, is also offering free
webhosting and design for three months for all
scholarship winners. The scholarship form is on
the foundations web site and the deadline is April
15, 2014.
The Pinetop Perkins Workshop Experience is
offered to intermediate and advanced adults and
youth in guitar, harmonica and piano. Legendary
blues man Bob Margolin returns to lead the guitar
workshop, assisted by Austin Young. Boogie-
woogie master Daryl Davis heads up the piano
workshops along with BMA nominee Clay
Swafford, and KBA winner Gary Allegretto
returns to lead the harmonica workshop.
The workshop experience takes place on the
grounds of the historic Hopson Plantation and
Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale -- the cradle of the
blues in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. The
workshops encompass a total delta experience,
which begins with a BBQ meet and greet on
Tuesday June 17 at the Hopson Commissary. Also
included are nightly jams, a reception at the Delta
Blues Museum, and a fnal show featuring all
workshop participants at Ground Zero Blues Club
co-owned by Morgan Freeman and Clarksdale
Mayor Bill Luckett.
Links
www.pinetopperkinsfoundation.org
http://bandzoogle.com/
http://bobmargolin.com/
www.austinyoungband.com/
www.daryldavis.com/
www.hopsonplantation.com/
www.clayswafford.com
www.clayswafford.com/
www.shackupinn.com
www.shackupinn.com/
www.garyallegretto.com/
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CD Woodbury Band Live at the Rec Room:
The Story Behind the DVD
By Rick J. Bowen (Photos by Brownfoto)
Upon their return from Memphis, where they
not only made it to the fnals in the International
Blues Challenge in the best self-produced CD
category, but also were named the Kings of Beale
Street, the CD Woodbury Band hosted a DVD
taping show on February 1
st
, surrounded by 40
of their closest friends and most devoted fans, in
the intimate confnes of Butter Sounds Rec Room
studios in Everett.
After thanking all for attending, CD Woodbury
recognized the production crew and extra gear
on stage, acknowledged that the show had a few
starts and stops, and pulled back the curtain to
provide a glimpse into what it takes to launch such
a production. But make no mistake, there were no
studio tricks or lip syncing involved. This high-
powered club band came to the Rec Room loaded
for bear and ready to play, just like they did on
Beale Street in Memphis.
Starting the set with a fan favorite, the Neville
Brothers bayou boogie Yellow Moon, piano man
Chris Kliemann and CD traded solos that sizzled.
The multiple Washington Blues Society Best of
the Blues (BB Awards) award-winning guitarist
then introduced his own tune These Blues Keep
Me Here.
CD followed that song up with a jumping cover
of Freddie Kings Pack It Up. Introducing
the bands popular song Mean Jenny (which has
received strong airplay). CD turned to saxman
Mike Marinig, who co-wrote the tune about his
ex wife, and verifed that the story was, in fact,
true. The band added another cover to the set:
the island-spiced R&B ballad Can I Change My
Mind?
One of the other amazing things about this group is
how they showcase the skills of each band member
by trading solos around lead vocals. Throughout
blues history, many blues greats have showcased
individual band members in just the same way:
both John Mayall and Muddy Waters let their
sidemen shine and contribute their considerable
skills to the live set. The CD Woodbury Band did
just that at Butter Sounds Rec Room in Everett.
CD put it this way: I like to get a break from the
mic now and then., before he introduced Mike
Marinig, who sang his heavy boogie tune Been
So Long, and then drummer Don Montana took
his turn during Burn the Bridge.
CD then then explained how the deep blues original
song Pawn Shop is one of my favorite songs, not
just because I wrote it. The band then launched
into the soul-stirring number that features precise
melodic lines played in unison on guitar, ssx and
keys. The band ended the frst half of the set
playing the title track to their acclaimed album
Monday Night with its signature second line
drum intro followed by a decidedly funky bass
line from Mike Fish, and an energized break down
sax and drum duel between Mike Marinig and Don
Montana before its joyous end.
After a short break, the band returned to the
stage for a more laid-back second half, having
conquered the jitters that many musicians face
when recording in front of the camera. Highway
Man and Spoonful,, featuring a hypnotic fute
solo from Marinig, were among the mix of a fun
cover songs and fan favorites. CD let his self-
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his self-deprecating humor shine throughout the set as
he announced This is the point in the night when the
band gets to make fun of me, before killing it on the
fun loving tune from Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows
Too Much BBQ.
No concert flm would be complete without the
obligatory drum solo and Montana gave his best Bo
Diddley beat stylings during Come Back Baby. CD
then dedicated an oft-requested song to a local boy
before the bands reinvention of Hey Joe, (which was
Jimi Hendrixs frst radio hit). The fnal number of the
night was another steaming jump blues that featured each
musician, done in a traditional revue style, with a mini-
solo for a fnal climax.
CD then gave special thanks to videographer Ron Beatty
and his flm crew and sound tech Chip Butters, and
announced that all who attended that they would receive
a special limited edition copy of the DVD.
Despite the occasional technical glitch, and the
musicians initial adjustment to performing not only
before a live audience but also before a multi-camera
video shoot, the evening that captured the CD Woodbury
Band Live at the Rec Room was a resounding success.
Cascade Blues Association
Futurewise Barn Dance
The Hive Recording Studio
Inland Empire Blues Society
Jazz Alley
Jeff & The Jet City Flyers
Madison Avenue Pub Unbound Blues Jam
Mighty Monday Washington Blues Series
Miles From Chicago
Moon Daddy
North Bend Blues Walk
Oxford Entertainment
Rally at the Border Blues Festival
Salmon Bay Eagles
School of Jam
South Sound Blues Association
Steve Bailey and the Blue Flames
Stickshift Annie with
Kimball and the Fugitives
Walla Walla Blues Society
The Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival
Special Thanks to Our April Advertisers!
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By Randy Oxford (Photo by Blues Boss)
It's been 5 years since the release of the BB award
winning CD, BIG BLUES FOR LITTE BILL. It
was a Tribute CD featuring dozens of NW Musi-
cians to honor the Music of Little Bill and his 70th
Birthday.
The project was also meant to bring awareness to
and raise funds for the Dystonia Foundation. Dys-
tonia is a condition that Bill's son Tony Engelhart
continues to battle. On Monday April 7th, this CD
will be re-released as a Tribute to Little Bill's 75th
Birthday.
With more than $9,000.00 raised so far, proceeds
from the re-release of this CD will continue to help
with research for a cure.
It would be impossible to fully pay tribute in one
night to a man who has been in the Music Business
for close to 60 years. It would also be very diffcult
to include all of the musicians who were a part of
the Little Bill Tribute CD, however there will be at
least 15 of these Musicians performing at this very
special concert.
These Musicians will once again come together as
they did 5 years ago and perform their version of
a Little Bill song plus one of their own. Little Bill
himself will have some things to say through his
Music as well.
In one night on one stage you will catch the likes
of Patti Allen, Dick Powell, Heather Rayburn, Bil-
ly Stapleton, Leanne Trevalyan, Bill Barner, Rod
Cook, Jada Amy, Mark Whitman, Billy Stoops,
Howard Hooper, Jeffrey Beals, Chris Leighton,
Randy Oxford, The Little Bill Trio and Little Bill
& the Bluenotes !
Even if you already purchased this CD when it was
frst released, here is your chance to give a copy
to someone as a gift while continuing to support
Dystonia research.
Come on out and be a part of NW Music history.
There will be plenty of BIG BLUES FOR LITTLE
BILL, a NW legend who against all odds, has
reached the age of 75 with almost 60 years on
stage.
THE BEAT GOES ON.
CONCERT PREVIEW: THE BEAT GOES ON
A 75TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO LITTLE BILL ENGELHART
MONDAY APRIL 7TH, 7:30 pm THE TRIPLE DOOR, SEATTLE
www.tripledoor.net
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Mark Dufresne Blues Male Vocalist:
Chris Eger
CD Woodbury
Randy Norris
Steve Peterson
Sammy Eubanks
Blues Female Vocalist:
Jada Amy
Stacy Jones
Stickshift Annie
Electric Blues Guitar:
CD Woodbury
Jeff Menteer
Manuel Morais
Slide Blues Guitar:
Mark Riley
Scott E Lind
Kimball Conant
Blues Bass:
Polly OKeary
Robert Baker
Tom Jones
Mike Fish
Hank Yanda
Chris Leighton Drums:
Rick Bowen
Russ Kamerer
John Rockwell
Angelo Ortiz
Rick Jacobson
Blues Horn:
Mike Marinig
Jim King
Randy Oxford
Paul Green Harmonica:
Stacy Jones
Jim King
Jim McLaughlin
Piano & Keyboards:
Arthur Migliazza
Frank Hotrod Holman
Chris Kleiman
Acoustic Blues Guitar:
Randy Norris
Rod Cook
Eric Madis
Ryan LaPlante
Blues Act:
Stacy Jones Band
Brian Lee & the Orbiters
Blues Playground
Little Bill and the Blues Notes Traditional
Blues Act:
Brian Lee & the Orbiters
The WIRED! Band
Boneyard Preachers
Solo/Duo Act:
Norris & Nicely
Sweet Danny Ray & Rafael Tranquilino
Son Jack Jr & Michael Wilde
New Blues Band:
Blues on Tap
Black River Blues
Alley Kattz
Jesse James & the Mob
Blues Performer:
Stacy Jones
Lady A
Jim King
Blues Songwriter:
CD Woodbury
Brian Lee5
Stacy Jones
Blues Recording:
Monday Night by CD Woodbury
In Orbit by Brian Lee & the Orbiters
It Feels Good by Randy Oxford
Blues Club:
Highway 99 Blues Club
Engels
Jazz Bones
Wild Hare
Blues Writer:
Rick Bowen
Eric Steiner
Malcolm Kennedy
Amy Sassenberg
Blues Image:
Jones Family Christmas Poster
(Designed by Jon Paul Jones)
Mt Baker Catfsh Poster
(Designed by Stephen Perringer)
Patti Allen Bluesletter
(Photo by Tom Hunnewell)
Graphic Artist:
Dennis Hacker
John Paul Jones
Stephen Perringer
Blues DJ:
Jonathan Oogie Richards
Janice Gage
Clancy Dunnigan
Keeping the Blues Alive:
Paul Quilty & Willow Stone
Dennis Zab Zyvolski
Stacy Jones
Lifetime Achievement:
Mark Riley
Jim McLaughlim
Scott E Lind
Hall of Fame:
Jim McLauglin
Mark Riley
Scott E Lind
Billy Stoops
Hall of Fame Band
Junkyard Jane
The WIRED! Band
Alice Stuart & the Formerlys
Non-Festival Blues Event:
Ravens Jam for Cans
Blues Bash at the Red Crane
Jones Family Christmas
Blues Festival:
Mt Baker
Freedom Fest
Sunbanks
Open Blues Jam:
Madison Pub
Raging River
Wed Oxford School of Jam
Mark Your Calendars!
Save the Date!
The BB Awards will be held on Sunday,
June 29
th
at the Kirkland Performing
Arts Center. All nomination ballots
are due by the May Blues Bash on the
13th.
2014 Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues (BB Awards) Nominees
Non-Proft
U.S. Postage Paid
Seattle, WA
Permit No. 5617
P.O. Box 70604
Seattle, WA 98127
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