In This Issue...

Jesse James will play our holiday party! (Photo by Eric Steiner))

Pete Anderson: Blues Bash Review Plus Rick Bown Interview This Issue!

Robin K On the Air at KSER-FM (Photo by Suzanna Swanson)

Letter from the President Blues Society Officers & Directors Blues Bash Preview Inland Empire Blues Awards BB Award Nomination Guide Blues Society Happenings

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Interview with Pete Anderson Blues Bash Review Membership Form Blues CD Reviews Thank You to Our Advertisers Passing the Torch/

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Blues Talent Guide Blues Calendar Blues Radio/Jam Listings Mark Hummels Blowout Preview Blues Calendar Blues Radio/Jam Listings

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Letter from the President

Hi Blues Fans! I wanted to close this year by thanking Bluesletter readers, blues musicians, Washington Blues Society members and our all-volunteer Board of Directors for a great ride in my role as president of the Washington Blues Society. At this months Blues Bash, I will run for the position of Bluesletter editor, and as I said from the stage during our nomination process at the Red Crane last month, I fully support Tony Fredericksons candidacy in his first term as president. Well have our membership list updated at this months meeting, so please come and vote for your slate of 2014 officers of the Washington Blues Society. We have two nominations for the position of vice president in Rick Bowen and Al Big Al Owen. Mary McPage was nominated to return as Secretary and Chad Creamer was nominated to return as Treasurer in an acting capacity. I also wanted to reflect on yet another year of change and hit on some of the high points in my blues year, starting with the Keeping the Blues Alive Award luncheon during International Blues Challenge week in Memphis: this year, the Mount Baker Rhythm And Blues Festival in Bellingham received the Keeping the Blues Alive Award in the USA Festival category. I was also pleased that our International Blues Challenge representatives made it to the semi-finals and this is an important milestone for Sammy Eubanks and the Norris and Nicely duo. The South Sound Blues Associations Blues Redemption also advanced to the semi-finals as did Poppa Dawg from the White Rock Blues Society at this years competition. Next year will be an even busier year, beginning wtih Bakin Phat and the Road Dogz Duo representing the Washington Blues Society in Memphis. Ill close my final letter from the president with an attitude of graditude: thank you to each Bluesletter reader and member for memorable years in our society! Until next month, Happy Blues Year! Eric Steiner, President Washington Blues Society Proud Recipient of a 2009 Keeping the Blues Alive Award from the Blues Foundation

Celebrating 23 Years of Blues

December 2013 Bluesletter
Vol. XXV, Number XII
Publisher Acting Editor Secretary Calendar Advertising Printer Washington Blues Society Eric Steiner (president@wablues.org) Mary McPage Janie Walla (thewallas@juno.com) Malcolm Kennedy (advertising@wablues.org) Pacific P blishing Company www.pacifi publishingcompany.com
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Sammy Eubanks will play our holiday party! (Photo by Blues Boss)

Mark Hummels Blowout Preview Blues Society Legends Show Preview Five Questions: Suzanne Swanson Blues on the Road BB Award Nomination Ballot

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Cover Artist: Patti Allen Photographer Tom Hunnewell Photographer Tom Hunnewell is a four-term Washington Blues Soceity Board member in the early 1990s. He founded the Washington Blues Society Blues At The Brewery series, and developed the idea, and ran the initial fundraiser for, Pacific Northwest Blues in the Schools with h JamesCurley Cooke and Robert Sawyer. Tom has photographed over 80 blues festivals and I was awarded the BB Award for best blues image in 2007.

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December Blues Bash Preview

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The December Blues Bash at the Red Crane will once again showcase the diversity of blues talent in the Pacific Northwest with an acoustic set from Ryan La Plante and an electric set from the newly re-formed Polly OKeary and the Rhythm Method. The all-ages monthly Blues Bash will begin at seven oclock at the Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline on Tuesday, December 10th. After several years of honing his craft, Ryan La Plante has become a musicians musician. Armed with a rusty Regal resonator guitar and a voice that can simultaneously raise spirits and crumble a room to the ground, Ryan has become the best kept secret in the Washington blues scene for many years now. Ryan lives in the Everett area and has repeatedly been nominated by the Washington Blues Society for such awards as Best Acoustic Guitarist, Best Vocalist, Best Solo Act, and Best Traditional Act. Polly OKeary, award-winning and world-touring bass player, vocalist and songwriter, is back in the northwest with a new incarnation of Polly OKeary and the Rhythm Method. She was first named Washington Blues Society Female Vocalist of the Year in 2004, and has won it twice more since then. Polly and her drummer and partner Tommy Cook got a chance to take rhythm section duties for northwest legend Too Slim and the Taildraggers, the two toured internationally, covering a great deal of the United States and Canada, as well as Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The duo are joined by Clint Seattle Slim Nonnemaker who made a name for himself as a young blues prodigy in his late teens and early 20s in the Seattle area, playing in several of the states top blues bands, including the Seattle Womenof Rhythm and Blues and The Alley Cats, and for five years in a row was nominated for Best Guitar Player by the WBS. His versatile guitar playing and vast experience made him an immediate and obvious choice to round out the new trio. Look for them to be previewing tracks from their upcoming new album produced by the legendary Conrad Uno at Egg Studios ,Seattle. As always, the second Tuesday Washington Blues Society monthly Blues Bash is a free event for all ages. The Red Crane Restaurant offers special discounts on its diverse Asian menu until 7:00 PM.

P OllY OK EaRY & T HE R HYTHM M ETHOD !

By Rick Bowen

Top Right: Ryan LaPlante (Photo by 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)

2014 Best of the Blues (BB Awards) Nomination Guidelines

The following guidelines were drafted by Malcolm Yard Dog Kennedy with input from the 2013 Board of Directors. These guidelines attempt to clarify questions raised by many blues society members and artists about our annual awards show. We are beginning the nomination process earlier than in years past to ensure that the volunteers behind the scenes have sufficient time to count, count, and re-count nominations submitted by the membership. We need each and every members help to make our 2014 Best of the Blues Awards process and event to be the best ever. Who can nominate? Only current Washington Blues Society members are eligible to nominate artists or other nominees in our annual awards process. Please see your membership card or check the date on your Bluesletter label to make sure your membership is current. Two privileges of Washington Blues Society membership include the right to 1) nominate potential BB Award recipients, and 2) vote for nominees on the final voting ballot. Without your participation the process is broken. To nominate, simply write the name of the Washington artist, nominee, or party in the category on the ballot on page 31 of the November and December 2013 Bluesletters. We encourage members to nominate in as many categories as possible. There is no requirement to fill in each slot; leaving some categories blank will not disqualify your nomination. Your nomination must be on the Bluesletter mailed to you with your mailing label attached. For couples, a copy for the second ballot should be included in a sealed envelope along with the original ballot that has the mailing label attached. This is our societys primary method of verifying membership. You can mail your nomination ballot to the Washington Blues Society post office box, or deliver it to a Board member on or before January 14, 2013 at our Blues Bash. Nomination ballots received after this date will not be counted. Ballots received without the mailing label attached will not be counted unless membership has been verified by the Board of Directors. Only one ballot per member. PLEASE NOTE: Previous recipients of both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Blues Musicians Hall of Fame are ineligible for a second award in those categories. There are also three categories that the Board of Directors has named in honor of artists who have won these awards a number of times. The Male Vocalist, Blues Harmonica, and Blues Drummer awards have been renamed honoring Mark DuFresne, Paul Green, and Chris Leighton. Mark, Paul, and Chris are ineligible for an award in these categories, so please do not waste your vote. Regarding the Best Washington Blues Recording category, the recording must have been released between the eligibility period of November 1st, 2012 and October 31st 2013. This eligibility period aligns with the Blues Foundation Best Self Produced CD competition General Guidelines for Blues Image and Graphic Artist BB Award Categories For nominations in the Blues Image category, please include a description of the image. Prior nominations include Stacy Jones and Honeyboy Edwards, December 2010 Bluesletter on page 17 or Big Rockin Blues cover photo from Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin Daddies CD. For the Graphic Artist category, please also use specific examples, like Denise St. John Jam for Cans T-Shirt and Poster or Unknown Artist, Highway 99 to Highway 61 International Blues Challenge Fundraiser Poster. These examples are old but should give you the idea of the information we are after. What If I Forgot the Name of an Incredible Supporting Player? If you cannot remember the names of nominees in the bass, drum or keyboard categories, ask some of the musicians you know to name several to jog your memory. It is likely they will know the first name the musicians that regularly share the stage with them, but ask them to also name some other players. There is a wealth of talent in Washington and many local blues musician can probably list five to ten performers in each each category that may be worthy of the nomination. We strongly encourage members to consider nominating artists that have played under the radar as there are a great number of players who have not received recognition from Washington Blues Society members. Please also keep this in mind when voting for the other performer categories (e.g., Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, etc). In the festival category, and in fairness to each of the other festivals that occur only once a year, please consider the Spring Sunbanks and Fall Sunbanks as two separate festivals. Please vote for one or the other as they are separate festivals. Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards The Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame began at the first annual BB Awards in 1991, and the first Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded in 1996. Please Note: Traditionally, each of these two awards have been reserved for performers. Nominations for non-performers will not be counted. Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame Members 1991 Isaac Scott 1992 Dick Powell 1993 Little Bill Engelhart 1994 Buck England 1995 Leslie Milton 1996 Patti Allen 1997 Duffy Bishop 1998 Rich Dangel 1999 Charles White & Kathi McDonald 2000 Nick Vigarino/Dave Conant 2001 Mark DuFresne 2002 Randy Oxford 2003 Mark Whitman 2004 Alice Stuart 2005 Dave Conant 2006 Jack Cook 2007 David Brewer 2008 Paul Green 2009 Kirk KT Tuttle 2010 Nick Vigarino, Chris Leighton 2011 LJ Porter 2012 Tin Too Slim Langford 2013 James Curley Cooke

Washington Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

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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BB Award Nomination Guidelines - Continued from Page 10

Keeping the Blues Alive Award The Keeping the Blues Alive award is open to performers and non-performers alike and can be won multiple times. This award is intended to honor the recipient for their achievements above and beyond the call of duty to keep the blues music alive. Examples include a promoter of a benefit, a special show a festival; maybe as a volunteer or a historian, possibly doing work to present and pass the music on to new generations or in other ways sustaining the blues. This award was first given in 1993 and the following list is presented as a reference and as a reminder of the hard work and dedication to this American art form by individuals in your community. Washington Blues Society Keeping the Blues Alive Award Recipients 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Patrick Lynch Cholo Willsin Rod Downing Rikki & Kevin Cates Raven & Sheri Humphres Robert & Carol Sawyer 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Marlee Walker Marlee Walker Ken Page & Frankie Lee Randy Oxford Leslie Fleury Rev. Dave Brown 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Randy Oxford Jeff Hayes & Lloyd Peterson Jimie Jean Tuttle Rhea Rolfe Dennis Blues Boss Dudley Highway 99 Blues Club 2011 Tim & Michelle Burge 2012 Tony Frederickson 2013 Steve Sarkowsky

Washington Blues Society Happenings in December

We have potentially four great blues events this month. On December 3rd, if 64 paying customers reserve tickets for the harmonica documentary at Pacific Place AMC Cinemas in Seattle Pocket Full of Soul we can bring this film back to Seattle a second time. Last February, thanks in part to the great work of our membership director Michele Burge, we filled the room and it was a great time. Please visit www.tugg.com and buy a ticket: if we do not sell 64 seats, we do not have a screening of this acclaimed documentary on the Mississippi Saxophone. On Friday, December 6th, the Arlington Arts Council in partnership with the Washington Blues Society will host the Washingtons Legends of the Blues at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center and on Tuesday, December 10th, our Blues Bash will feature Ryan LaPlante and Polly OKeary and the Rhythm Method at the Red Crane restaurant in Shoreline. This years holiday party will be held on Sunday, December 15th at the Conway Muse and will feature Sammy Eubanks, Nick Vigarino and Jesse James.

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Pete Anderson: A Guitar Players Guitar Player

By Rick J Bowen /Photo by Blues Boss 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 rootsrock 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 recently released his seventh solo record, Birds Over Guitarland, on his own Little Dog Records label. Last month, we had the good fortune to hear Pete at our monthly allages Blues Bash at the Red Crane Restaurant in Shoreline. This month, I have the opportunity to get to the heart of this guitar players guitar player by sharing a conversation that we had while Pete was on tour in Austin, Texas. Rick J Bowen: Thanks for taking the time to talk to us. We are supposed to talk about some guitar stuff and your new album it is your seventh ,tell us about the title Birds Above Guitarland. Pete Anderson: Sure. Birds above guitarland is the new record and it came out September seventeenth and thats what happens when you ask your ten year old daughter to name her fathers record. RJB: Her name is Grace right? I saw her listed in the album credits. PA: Yep, she named it she drew some art work on it and she has a little guest appearance on the end of 36 Hour Day. She was in the vocal booth with me and she was shouting out when I was doing the vocals during the breaks we were dancing and doing the funky popcorn and shouting out like James Brown. Do the popcorn. Ill tell you what, she only ten but she is savvy enough to know that the mic was on and she designed it so she would get on the CD. I had her do some art work for the album, some birds and stuff. I love the title its kind of like one of those old jazz records where it doesnt have anything to do with any of the songs, but it is descriptive in its own strange way. I am a pretty guitar centric musician so its a lot about the guitar. It started with the last record when I decided to start my career as a guitar player artist. Ive been a guitar playing producer for many years and I wanted to change the paradigm from being a producer who played guitar to being a guitar player who produces records. So my main function on a daily basis is to play the guitar. I was turning my day job around. Guitar has always been my passion. All I really want to do is play guitar in front of people. You know there a lot of things that go into that, right, especially if you dont want to do it at the corner of your street and hope people show up. So you gotta make a record, put a band together, and travel, theres a lot of things. But the end result is I get up in front of people and play guitar and for me the hour and half two hours on stage washes away everything else I had to do, that would be something I wouldnt choose to do you like drive a thousand miles and sleep at the motel six, or whatever. RJB: All the glamorous stuff. PA: Yeah exactly the glamorous stuff. I get young guys who want to go on the road, and its like if you cant ride twenty hours in the van and have a couple hours on stage make it worth your while you shouldnt be a musician. All the guys I looked up to that hit the road ,ya know like B.B King and Ray Charles and Freddie King all those cats played night after night at hundred seats clubs all over the country and drove in cars and station wagons. Ive gotta van they only had small cars. Its the life Ive chose. RJB: Back to the album. You are the lead vocalists and guitarist, but the album doesnt feel guitar centric it feels bigger than that with all the horns and keys on it. PA: Well you know the type of guitar player I am and the guys I follow behind are more the Cornell Dupree, james Burton, Steve Cropper, and of course B.B King types. RJB: The album has a very B.B King feel to it. PA: You know surprisingly enough I talk to people and I say play me the record where B.B plays three or four solos in a row. It never happened, they played one chorus and they were done, and it was beautiful. Play me the Muddy Waters record where he lets the harp player go on and on it doesnt happen. The lessons are out there for us to learn if we want to learn them. Im one who thinks that songs come first. I m song-centric. I found out the songs and I found the best key to sing it in. That was one of the big lessons for me with this record. I worked very hard to find the right keys for myself to sing in. Ive worked with some great singers who knew their keys and it was easy to shift the key for me as a player. I found out that for myself, a half step was huge and that keys can be socially relevant to the song and the information I was singing. If there was a message I wanted to get across , I may want to sing it lower in my range and I may have something up tempo and I want to compete with the band so I need to be up higher. All of the psychology of it, that as a producer I didnt know about. I always felt that if I came up with good songs and found the right key that I was good enough of a guitar player to sit down and figure out something really cool to play. This record is an extension of that. Its making the guitar fit in a way that is exciting and fresh. RJB: You feature some other great musicians on your album, some great keyboards and horns tell us about them. PA: The Horns done by Lee Thornburg. He was the trumpet player on the Tonight show a few years back with Kevin Eubanks. Lee has played with Tower of Power and Chicago and everybody. When I started producing records in 1985 whenever I had horns on a record it was Lee Thornburg arranging and playing. Him and I go way way back. My record has a complete open palette for him to be open sonically and be as exploratory as he wanted. There were some complex chords that I was playing on the guitar that he could latch onto some of the intervals. He is so skilled he would say oh is that a flat five thirteen? Oh yeah its beautiful I can do this or that, a real tapestry. Then there was a young girl named Dona Oxford who played a jump swing boogie piano on Talkin My Baby Down, shes been in L.A. for a while, she is from Brooklyn but she lived in Chicago and took lessons from Johnny Johnson towards the end of his life. She terrific at this stuff, when I heard her play I said Ive got to get you to play something on my record. Of course Mike Murphy plays most of the keys and produced the record. Jack Meaby is another guy from upstate New York who has played with a lot of blues guys, he did the whole chitlin circuit I had him play some organ. I had james Cruce play drums on two tracks, he played on the J.J Cale Eric Clapton record Road to Ensenada, and then Herman Mathews and Jeff Sorenson who is in my band played a couple, and Jesper Sorensen from Norway and Jeff Donovan from the Dwight Yokum days. Its a cast of my favorite drummers who give me specific feels. Steve Nelson played upright bass and I played the rest. Oh, and Bekka Bramlett sang on a track. RJB: How did you pull that off shes real hot right now. PA: She sang on my last record, Even Things Up that came out three years ago. Theres only one, twenty four hour blues station in the world B.B. Kings Bluesville on Sirius XM and I had a number two on the charts there. It was Bekka singing my song Still In Love. I said well lets reprise that. I wanted to bring her back so I picked a song that we both sang, not as a duet, I sang a version and she sang one as a bonus track. Ive worked with Bekka off and on over the last fifteen years. She sang on some of Dwights stuff and I worked with her mom. Ive been a big fan of hers, she is a blessed singer, shes one of the best in the world. RJB: Was the record tracked live or more pieced together? PA: Well we track everything live in that the way we do it is; well have drums and Mike will plays keys and Ill play guitar and sing. Well get the feel right, the tempo right, the key, and the arrangement and basically get it all boxed in where we want it to be and where we want the drums, so it has a live

own it? PA: My first guitar was a German made classical guitar .I paid fifty dollars for it. I bought it in Detroit, Michigan in 1964 and I dont still own it. RJB: Next big question. Why did you choose to play guitar? PA: Sometimes things choose you. I dont know that we choose it. When I was a little boy growing it was the popular thing to ask what do you want to be when you grow up? back in the late fifties there wasnt a hell of lot of options. The last thing my parents wanted to hear growing up in Detroit wasI want to be an auto worker. They wanted something better for me. I saw Elvis Presley on television and I thought,man now thats a good job. The symbol of that guitar I saw Elvis holding was the coolest. I loved the sound of the guitar; of course it was Scotty Moore. Really about eight years old I started my quest for guitar. I told my mom I want to learn guitar and she took me to the East Detroit conservatory of music and the guy said your too small to learn guitar, were gonna put you on Hawaiian guitar, then when you get older you can play guitar. It was a scam to get my mothers money, right. They gave me a Gene Autrey Stella with a flip nut that was really high like a Dobro and the guy gave me finger picks and a steel slab not a slide. I played Goodnight Ladies on this guitar for about three weeks on the coffee table. After a while I just put it around my neck and started beating on it. When I was sixteen I said Im gonna get a guitar damn it. I went and got my money out of the bank and walked down to the same place the East Detroit conservatory of music, looked around and saw this gut string guitar. I didnt know shit about them, fortunately it was German made, so I bought that fifty dollar gut string acoustic and a Bob Dylan song book, thats how it all started. RJB: Are you a guitar collector? If so how many do have and what is your favorite? PA: Well you know Ive only bought guitars to play. When I moved from the studio to my home I had to downsize which was ok. I had a lot of guitars from touring with Dwight; you had to have two of everything just because of the nature of touring. All my instruments are tools. RJB: What amps do you use? PA: I have an old black face pre CBS twin with two EVs thats heavier than all get out but a great amp. I have a tone master that Fender made. Ive got two Silvertone fourteen eighty nines with knobs down the side. One vintage black deluxe that is all beefed up with a bigger transformer and 6L6 in it. On tour I have old vintage line Six pods that go into a tube fifty watt stereo per side power amp made by Steve Fryette. So I run the pods into the stereo amplifier and then I go out into two little one twelve cabinets, one wet, one dry, that is what I use on stage. RJB: So the other ones are just used in the studio? PA: Ive been in the digital world so long that its kind of confining with an analog amplifier that I cant alter per key or per song. I hate to turn around every ten seconds and change the amp. RJB: Then that is all the pedals and effects you use are to change the pod sounds? PA: Yeah I dont use effects per se. I can alter the drive and have it drive harder but not get loader. But we play to a click track and I changed my delay times to the click, and I change my reverb. Other than that when the solo comes I just hit it harder. RJB: Hit it harder! Now youre sounding like a drummer. PA: Yeah I dont really have to turn up, just hit it harder and do my thing, you know? RJB: Why do you think guitar players have Gear Acquisition Syndrome? PA: Why? Well I had it because I had sonic necessities that I was chasing, I was chasing Holy Grail. Ive gotta have a sunburst Tele with a rosewood finger board because they sound the best and I searched and searched. Ive gotta have a black face pre CBS twin because they sound the best. So that was my thing and then once I established a guitar and amplifier for me personally I didnt wonder very far. I was only trying to make my stuff sound better and work better. I think its become a boutique industry. And a lot of the boutique guys are making stuff better than the vintage stuff. Acquisition becomes part of that. Im not sure that acquisition is as big to the majority of professional guys. I think it is more tools, I want the best tools. For me it was I want my stuff to sound great. I ve always got my dream of getting this and that set up, but its been a long time since Ive said man I need a 56 Strat. Thats stuff is way in my past. Guitar is a unique instrument. If you really distil it down there are only two instruments in the world that you can accompany yourself on; piano and guitar. Thats it. You cant accompany yourself on the saxophone. Guitar is like playing one handed piano, its very unique that you can get up to speed fairly easy and accompany yourself. You could on piano too but its hard to drag the piano around to parties and out in the field or in your car. Guitar goes anywhere, guitar is a beautiful instrument its a great friend and itll stay your friend forever. Its attractive that way to everybody who wants to play it. Depending on your level of interest you always want to get something that looks better or is better to play or you saw somebody play something and you gotta have it because you think youll sound like them. RJB: The best answer ever. That says it all: Pete Andersons doctoral thesis on the guitar.

feel on this record I wanted to play electric bass, cause the last record had key bass, but the electric bass puts a little more air into the microphones. Then Mike and I will redo the keys and then we brought in some guests and I sat down with the guitars and fixed those, then I went into the booth and did some singing and we had a record. RJB: You make it sound so easy. PA: It should be after this many years but its always got its little surprises for you. RJB: It was all done at the Nest studios is that your own studio In L.A.? PA: I had a studio in Burbank Called the Dog Bone for 10 years. We were leasing the building and nine years into it we said man I wish we would have bought the building. A family owned it and it was going to be difficult to buy. So we said its time to go home. I have a four car garage and we built a hundred thousand dollar studio in the garage, its the best studio Ive ever had its a great work space so now we work from home in the backyard. Weve got a garden with orange trees and lemon trees and my daughters there every day. Weve got our little fortress there in Glendale. RJB: Amazing. That is how the whole industry is now. It is a do it yourself business. You also have your own label. Little Dog Records. PA: Yeah Ive had the label for a long time but it has really been distilled down to a digital download site for my catalog. I dont venture out putting other records out on Little Dog, we are really concentrating into moving to the new world of digital down loads as the product that is pressed up disappears it will be available in digital. Ill always make CDs to sell off the bandstand at least until that disappears. RJB: Its time to get to the guitar questions. Im sure youve heard them all but lets give it a go. PA: Great. Lets give it shot. RJB: What was your first guitar and do you still

November Blues Bash Review

Arthur Migliazza (Above) Story by Robert Horn and Photos by Blues Boss Above: Pete Anderson Trio. Inset: Brian Lee and the Orbiters Even those who arrived 15 minutes early at the large Red Crane Restaurant on Aurora Ave in Seattle had a hard time finding a seat. There was a reason for this. Some of you are tempted to read ahead to one of the last paragraphs to find out why that is, but HEY!! Stop doing that! Come back here and read through this whole article and be a little more patient damn it! The whole night was fantastic. The premier swing dance band in this region is Brian Lee & The Blues Orbiters. They started things off. They performed a great number of original greats and a few from legendary blues giants like Billy Boy Arnold and Jody Williams. Steve Yonck was amazing on Lucky Lu. I always thought Jody Williams wrote that song after using a slide action shotgun and dreaming of guitar riffs at the same time and I think Steve knows what I am writing about. Brian is a great songwriter, vocalist, guitar player, harmonica player, as well as a smiling stage presence at swing dance events. At this event he did a lot of originals like Ninety Nine, Identity Theft and others. He showed off his harmonica playing on Fine Line, and I Wish You Would. He also did some slide guitar and great vocals on several songs. Steve rocked out on a song that at least borders on Rock-a-billy, Texas Hop, and if you like bands with two good guitar players this one is a must. Brian Lee works with one of the most experienced rhythm sections too with Russ Kammerer on drums and Hank Yanda on Bass. After the opening act finished there was a little business to take care of. That included some announcements and a raffle but not just that. There were some nominations for next years WBS Board of Directors. President Eric Steiner nominated Vice President Tony Frederickson for President. Rick Bowen and Al Owen were nominated for Vice President, Chad Creamer was once again nominated for Treasurer but I heard that some were trying to draft Tim Geitner and Paul Krugman but they turned the job down because it is too hard. Eric Steiner got nominated for Editor of The Bluesletter. Mary McPage was nominated for Secretary. There was some humor too: someone thought they were going to be nominated but werent but they are used to being joked with after 15 years of falling for similar jokes. There were so many people there that most did not win free CDs this month. Then a band got on stage that has a band leader with Grammy Awards and 19 appearances on the Tonight Show on his resume. He played with Dwight Yoakam for years and the split between the two was not just the difference between blues and country but Pete Anderson sure does play blues guitar well. He is talked about as a guitar players guitar player and guitar players in the room were having their own conversations about his tone on guitar as well as other topics. It was not just Pete drawing attention but his whole trio. One person who walked up to the stage and then to the back of the room was talking about the keyboards and announced No pedals with other musicians interested in the news. The Pete Anderson Trio put on a great show and the local news stories mentioned that they had only two local shows: one of which was for the Washington Blues Society. They started off with an instrumental and that may make perfect sense since Pete is better known for guitar than vocals. He is also better known for guitar than harmonica but in a TV interview he told the story about growing up in Detroit where his blue collar parents told him he had to have an occupation to fall back on. He told them guitar would be his fall back occupation if harmonica didnt work out and said That didnt go over too well. I guess his parents didnt think guitar and harmonica were mentioned in the job descriptions for tool and die maker or welder. Well it sure went over well on 11/12/13 in Seattle because people really liked the guitar work. Among his songs was Working Class and his roots were shown on that one. In addition to Pete on guitar and vocals Jeff Sorenson was on drums and Mike Murphy was on the keyboards. (Contd on Page 18)

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(Self-Titled) Seth Freeman Band (Soulful Gypsy Records)

Blues CD Reviews
Music, on the Canadian Linus Entertainment independent imprint. Their stock in blues trade features high-energy jump blues, and this CD blasts off with a memorable title track, followed by 10 originals that are consistently well-written and showcase a strong, traditional blues band led by Donnie Mr. Downchild Walsh. The band or its current or former members have garnered an impressive 23 Maple Blues Awards from the Toronto Blues Society, and the band has received three JUNO Award nominations (Canadas Grammy) and one award on 1991s Saturday Night Blues. They have received lifetime accolades from the Windsor/Detroit International Blues Festival, and recognition from the Governor of Tennessee and CBC Radio. This CD follows the path of Downchilds 2009 CD, I Need a Hat, and furthers up-tempo, danceable jump blues music. My favorites on this disc include songs from lead singer lead singer Chuck Jackson and bassist Gary Kendall in addition to the others written by Donnie Downchild Walsh. I thought Id hear an updated version of a classic Guess Who song when I read Jacksons My Missisippi Queen in the song list, but this one is about a rather feisty woman. Rounding out Downchild are sax player Pat Carey, drummer Mike Fitzpatrick, keyboardist Michael Fonfara the band that has been with Donnie for the past 15 years. I hope that many visitors to Torontos storied Yonge Street will appreciate the cover art that features the iconic twin-LP neon sign that graced Sam the Record Mans flagship store for decades. Sadly, the store closed several years ago and that block has been redeveloped. The sign is little more than a memory for record buyers of a certain age, but I am glad Downchild reminds us of an important part of Torontos musical past. - Eric Steiner Geir-Arne Westby Two Releases: Muddy, Me & Mr. McGhee (2006) You Aint Gonna Make a Woman Out of Me (2011) (Self-Released) I discovered Norwegian bluesman Geir-Arne

The next generation of artists is poised to take their place in the pantheon of blues and roots rock, and young lap steel stalwart Seth Freeman is ready to join the ranks. With the release of his first full length self-titled album, Arkansas born Freeman delivers 11 tracks that embrace the future and pay homage to the past with equal measure. The opening track Rollin and Tumblin takes on the classic with the scalding wail of Freemans vaunted lap steel over the top of a raucous modern rock groove from John Seaberg on bass and Adam Hagerman on drums. Rik Nielsen joins in on slide guitar and Rik and Seth trade licks like Allman and Betts. Freeman then shifts gears covering Hayden Sayers soul blues ballad Love Wont let Me Go, with Chris Gulley adding funky Wurlitzer piano to the mix. A fine reading of the Jimmy Smith standard Back At The Chicken Shack, may be Freemans way of telling purists that this young man really can play the blues. Finally, on the fourth track we get to one of Freemans originals: the acoustic campfire love song Good Love, that features some tasty nylon string and dobro solos along with fine harmonica from Clyde Heberling which gives the song the right amount of country sadness. Fellow Arkansas soul brother Lucious Spiller not only agreed to let Freemen cover his smooth neo-soul tune Put the Blame, but joined him on harmony vocals as well. After the down and dirty blues of Red Dress, Freeman launches into the Santana-styled instrumental Aurora. He then hands over the lead vocals to Zach Bramhall for the soulful In the Reins, and his dad Jeff Freeman for the rollicking jump blues Crazy Bout Ya baby. Rick J Bowen Downchild Can You Hear the Music (Linus Entertainment) Ive been a fan of one of North Americas most enduring and long-lived blues bands for a long time, and I am pleased that Torontos Downchild has released its 17th record, Can You Hear the

Westby several years ago through an online search about the Norwegian Blues Union (a collaborative of over 60 member blues clubs). Since then, hes received Crank Your Cred recognition from the International Songwriting Competition, and has built a home studio in his new Swedish home. I particularly liked the concept behind his 2006 release: a sampling of songs from Muddy Waters and Brownie McGee each performed solo and acoustic and the set closes with a fulltilt electric band original, Dont You Love Me Anymore. Westby honors the legacy of Muddy and Brownie with faithful interpretations of You Gonna Miss Me and the obscure Take Sick and Die from Muddys work, and his versions of Brownies So Much Trouble and Death of Blind Boy Fuller show that hes studied and absorbed these American blues legends. The last song on Muddy, Me & Mr. McGhee is a nice preview to Westbys full-band sound. Westbys CD that caught the attention of the International Songwriting Competition is You Aint Gonna Make a Woman Out of Me and it contains seven originals that have roots in rock blues (and two of the songs reminded me of British rockers Mott the Hoople). The CD cover features stark pictures of a festival that Westby played in 2010: the worlds northernmost blues festival, Dark Season Blues, at Longyearben on the island of Svalbard. I particularly liked the title track, Youre Mine, and Right Back to Where I Used to Be as each of these songs reflect strong songwriting and solid rock blues musicianship. Westbys recently performed at the Kristineham and Amal blues festivals in Sweden, and YouTube videos of his performances showcase a confident and seasoned bluesman. - Eric Steiner

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Honoring Members of the Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame

Please join the Washngton Blues Society and the Arlington Arts Council on Friday, December 6th for the Washington s Legends of the Blues Show! Top: Mark Whitman Botom Row: Mike Lynch and Lee Oskar (Photos by Blues Boss)
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Passing the Torch: Washingtons Musical Legacy

By Roy Brown We have a legacy to maintain, you and I. Its our time to take responsibility; no one else is waiting in the wings. For what, you ask? The answer is in a name; more precisely, an impressive list of names such as Ray Charles; The Viceroys; The Whalers; Diane Schuur; Ernestine Anderson; Little Bill Englehart; Jimi Hendrix; Heart; Nirvana; Pearl Jam; so many more, but you get the drift. The Pacific Northwest has either spawned all these musicians of genius or has been their home and career genesis. There are but handfuls of ground in America that have contributed so much music over so much time as has the Pacific Northwest. As many of us read our timeline, showing a future no longer more than our past, what will we leave the world? We float in a sea of music here; its important to virtually everyone. Music, no matter your particular brand, has become a defining life chapter for many of us. These are the reasons, and the questions, that birthed the relatively new Blues Society program, Passing the Torch. We are one of only a very small handful of blues societies in the country with a viable music education program. We are targeting our efforts, making sure that the Pacific Northwest legacy of world class music for, well, for the world, will not end on our watch. For those who do not yet know, Passing the Torch has the rather heady goal of educating the next generation of Washington State musicians. Since we are all about the blues genre, our students will learn about the blues through scholarships to the Centrum Acoustic Blues Week (www.centrum. org). We have a start. We sent three scholarship students in 2012 and four in 2013. We will probably send about the same number in 2014. Our kids: They showed up excited to be at Centrum among musicians from all over the world, musicians of all ages. They were excited about spending the week learning from the best of the handpicked musician / teachers, passing along the tradition of acoustic blues from their years of experience and individual artistic genius. Our scholarship students came to Centrum excited; they left a week later in awe from their jam packed experience (pun intended). I knew we were on the right track when they approached me with humble gratitude for their week at Centrum; I knew we were on the right track when I saw them performing a short few weeks later. You can see them too, at the holiday party in December and the third annual Passing the Torch fundraiser in March. Yes, there is a legacy of world class Pacific Northwest music, and we can make our time, our help, a shining gift to future generations of friends and family, and to our local stages as well as stages throughout the country and the world. We cant get it done by educating a few kids a year for a decade or so. There are hundreds of local blues and jazz musicians that wont be around anymore in another decade. The thirty or forty new musicians are but drops in the bucket compared to those who will leave us. To fill the void we must do more. Will you decide to help to carry on the tradition of music in the Pacific Northwest? If 100 of us gave $100 per year to this project for ten years, 180 scholarship students would have the Centrum experience over the coming decade. And there are a couple thousand of us out here. Our efforts are a good start, but not good enough. Passing the Torch needs both donors and sponsors. We plan on recruiting at least one annual sponsor each year; each one of us can make individual donations. Any amount works. We will be setting up a banking system where, with your permission, we can debit your account in the amount of donation you have pledged. All individuals and businesses will get public recognition in Bluesletter every calendar month in the year of the donation, no matter what the amount. And dont forget our third annual fundraiser next year on March 23rd at the Red Crane in Shoreline. We will run ads in February and March to remind you. There will be a $5 raffle of exciting prizes, all worth ten times or more the price of a ticket. We will open with a youth band consisting of past Centrum scholarship students. There will be four bands, one being a national headline act. Watch the Passing the Torch page in the all new Washington Blues Society web site for specifics on this event. There are lots of ways you can be a part. We need you to be a part. You can get out a check book right now while it is fresh in your head. Write a check to the Washington Blues Society and memo it, Passing the Torch. Lets do this together. Lets all maintain the legacy.

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Congratulations to the 2013 Blues Blast Music Award Winners!

The Blues Blast Awards were held on October 31, 2013 at Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago. For more information, please visit www.bluesblast.com. Contemporary Blues Album: Shaun Murphy, Ask for the Moon Traditional Blues Album, The Cash Box Kings, Black Toppin Blues Rock Album: Albert Castiglia, Living the Dream Soul Blues Album: Curtis Salgado, Soul Shot Song Of The Year I Got a Right to Sing the Blues,written by Cee Cee James and Rob Slideboy Andrews - Blood Red Blues (Cee Cee James) New Artist Debut Release: Southern Hospitality, Easy Livin Male Blues Artist: Doug MacLeod Female Blues Artist: Shaun Murphy Blues Band of the Year: Tedeschi Trucks Band Sean Costello Rising Star Award: Doug Demng

Songs like Thats Alright Baby and Honky Tonk Girl showed that he can sing at least as well as a running quarterback can pass or a passing quarterback can run but his guitar playing is his real claim to fame and ranks among the worlds best at that. I am not saying that to criticize his singing or harmonica playing. I loved the time he spent on the harmonica and his tone on that was as good as all but a few of the worlds best. This was an amazing show. In December the Blues Bash will feature guitar master Ryan La Plante as well as Polly OKeary and the Rhythm Method. Itll be a great show: be there!

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Washington Blues Society December 2013 Talent Guide

A.H.L. (206) 935-4592 Richard Allen & the Louisiana Experience/Zydeco Trio (206) 369-8114 AlleyKattz (425) 273-4172 Annieville Blues (206) 994-9413 Author Unknown (206) 355-5952 Baby Gramps Trio (425) 483-2835 BackGround Noise (425) 931-8084 Back Porch Blues (425) 299-0468 Backwoods Still (425) 330-0702 Badd Dog Blues Society (360) 733-7464 Billy Barner (253) 884-6308 Bay Street Blues Band (360) 731-1975 Norm Bellas & the Funkstars (206) 722-6551 Black River Blues (206) 396-1563 Blackstone Players (425) 327-0018 Blues Attitude (360) 701-6490 Blue 55 (206) 216-0554 Blue Healers (206) 440-7867 Blues To Do Monthly (206) 328-0662 Blues Playground (425) 359-3755 Blues Redemption Blues Sheriff (206) 979-0666 Blues to Burn (253) 945-7441 Boneyard Preachers (206) 755-0766/ 206-547-1772 Bill Brown & the Kingbees 206-276-6600 Bump Kitchen (253) 223-4333, (360) 259-1545 Brian Butler Band (206) 361-9625 Charlie Butts & the Filtertips (509) 325-3016 Ellis Carter - 206-935-3188 Malcolm Clark Band (253) 853-7749 Colonel (360) 293-7931 Kimball Conant & the Fugitives (206) 938-6096 Jack Cook & Phantoms of Soul (206) 517-5294 Rod Cook & Toast (206) 878-7910 James Curley Cooke (253)945-7441 Cooke & Green (253) 945-7441 Coyote Blues (360) 420-2535 John Scooch Cugnos Delta 88 Revival (360) 352-3735 Crossroads Band (206) 935-8985 Daddy Treetops (206) 601-1769 Sean Denton Band (425)387-0620 Double Cookin (253) 945-7441 Double Scotts on the Rocks (206) 418-1180 Julie Duke Band (206) 459-0860 Al Earick Band (253) 278-0330 Sammy Eubanks (509) 879-0340 Richard Evans (206) 799-4856 Fat Cat (425) 487-6139 Fat Tones (509) 869-0350 Kim Field & the Mighty Titans of Tone (206) 295-8306 Gary Frazier (206) 851-1169 Free Reign Blues Band (425) 823-3561 Fil Gumbo (425) 788-2776 Nicole Fournier & Her 3 Lb Universe (253) 576-7600 Jimmy Frees Friends (206) 546-3733 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 & the Orbiters www.brianleeorbiters.com 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 R& y Oxford Band (253) 973-9024 Robert Patterson (509) 869-0350 Dick Powell Band (425) 742-4108 Bruce Ransom (206) 618-6210 Red Hot Blues Sisters (206) 940-2589 Mark Riley (206) 313-7849 Gunnar Roads (360) 828-1210 Greg Roberts (206) 473-0659 Roger Rogers Band (206) 255-6427 Roxlide (360) 881-0003 Maia Santell & House Blend (253) 983-7071 Sciaticats Band (206) 246-3105 Shadow Creek Project (360) 826-4068 Tim Sherman Band (206) 547-1772 Billy Shew Band (253) 514-3637 Doug Skoog (253) 921-7506 Smoke N Blues Allstars (253) 620-5737 Smokin Js (425) 746-8186 Son Jack Jr. (425) 591-3034 Soulshaker Blues Band (360) 4171145 Star Drums & Lady Keys (206) 522-2779 John Stephan Band (206) 244-0498 Chris Stevens Surf Monkeys (206) 236-0412 Steve Cooley & Dangerfields (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 T-Town Aces (206)935-8985 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

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Washington Blues Society December 2013 Calendar

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. Sunday, December 1 Johnnys Dock, Tacoma Little Bill Trio 5PM The Triple Door, Seattle Abbey Arts presents The Winter Round (benefit) 7PM Bakes Place, Bellevue Tribute to Linda Ronstadt w/Holly Aprecio 7PM The Spar, Tacoma - James King and The South Siders 7PM The Urban Onion Lounge, Olympia - Nick Vigarino 3PM The Central Tavern, Kirkland - Author Unknown 8:30PM The Urban Onion, Olympia Benefit for Alice Stuart 3PM Monday, December 2 The Swiss, Tacoma Rod Cook & Toast 8PM The Triple Door, Seattle 2nd Annual Dammit Liz Holiday Special 7PM 88 Keys, Seattle Blues To Do 7PM The New Orleans Restaurant, Seattle, Gin Creek - 9:00PM Tuesday, December 3 Jazz Alley, Seattle - Eldar Djangirov 7:30PM The Triple Door, Seattle Ed Kowalczyk 7:30PM Pacific Place Cinema, Seattle - Pocketful of Soul Harmonica Documentary 6:30PM Tuesday, December 3 Pacific Place AMC Cinemas: Pocketful of Soul Harmonica Documentary Film Screening (6:30 PM - $10.00 only if we sell 64 tickets. More information: www.tugg.com/events/6729 Wednesday, December 4 The Triple Door, Seattle Omar Torrez 7:30PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Eldar Djangirov 7:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Nick Vigarino Meantown Blues, 8PM Waterwheel Lounge, Ballard - Annie Eastwood, Larry Hill & Tom Brighton w/Bill Chism 7PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Drummerboy w/Chebon Tiger 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM The Rockfish Grill, Anacortes Savage Jazz 6PM 88 Keys, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8 PM The Central Tavern, Kirkland - Motown Cowboys 8:30PM Thursday, December 5 Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Brian Lee & the Orbiters 8PM The Triple Door, Seattle David Bromberg Quintet 7:30PM The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle DVonne Lewis Limited Edition Trio 9PM Jazz Alley, Seattle Angie Stone 7:30 & 9:30PM Salmon Bay Eagles, Seattle- Chris StevensSurf Monkeys 8PM Friday, December 6 Arlington Performance Center WBS Hall of Fame show 7PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Rick Estrin & the Nightcats 8PM The Triple Door, Seattle Vaden Todd Lewis 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle Angie Stone 7:30 & 9:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds Jeff Herzog & The Jet City Fliers 9PM Wild Hare Bar & Grill, Everett - Junkyard Jane 9PM Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek - Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism 7PM Jazzbones, Tacoma - Stacy Jones Band & Dennis Jones Band 8PM Saturday, December 7 Destination Harley, Tacoma Little Bill Trio 12PM B Sharp Coffee House, Tacoma Little Bill Englehart/Rod Cook duo 8PM The Triple Door, Seattle Joe Henry 8PM Bakes Place, Bellevue Doctorfunk 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle Angie Stone 7:30 & 9:30PM Washington Sips, La Conner Mia Vermillion solo 7:30PM The New Orleans, Seattle- Chris StevensSurf Monkeys9PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Fat James and Fatback 9PM Highway 99 Blues Club Hot Wired Rhythm Band 8PM Wild Hare Bar & Grill, Everett - Michelle Taylor & The Blues Junkies 9PM Conway Muse, Conway - Mark Dufresne Band 8PM Kuhnles Tavern, Marysville - Nick Vigarinos Back Porch Stomp 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM H2O, Anacortes - Scott Cossu 7:30PM Old village Pub ,Lynnwood - Jones family Xmas w/Stacy Jones Band, Dennis Jones & Chester Dennis Jones 8PM Sunday, December 8 Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Tacoma Little Bill Big Band 5PM Jazz Alley, Seattle Angie Stone 7:30PM The Triple Door, Seattle Buika 7:30PM The Spar, Tacoma - Dennis Jones 7PM Little Roadside Tavern, Deming - Nick Vigarinos Meantown Blues 6PM China Harbor, Seattle - Brian Lee & the Orbiters 8PM The Central Tavern, Kirkland - Kid Quagmire 8:30PM Monday, December 9 Jazz Alley, Seattle - Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Legacy Band 7:30PM 88 Keys, Seattle Blues To Do 7PM Tuesday, December 10 The Red Crane inside Club Hollywood, Shoreline WBS Blues Bash w/Ryan La Plante and Polly OKeary and the Rhythm Method , 7 PM The Triple Door, Seattle Rhett Miller 7:30PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Mike Stern Band 730PM The Red Wing Casino, Olympia - Alice Stuart & The Formerlys 6:30PM Wednesday, December 11 Jazz Alley, Seattle - Mike Stern Band 730PM Jazzbones, Tacoma - Maia Santell and House Blend 7:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Guy Johnson Band, 8PM Highway 99 Blues Club High and Lonesome Band 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM The Rockfish Grill, Anacortes The Stilly River Band 6PM 88 Keys, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8PM The Central Tavern, Kirkland - Funk E3 8:30PM Thursday, December 12 Jazz Alley, Seattle - Average White Band 7:30 & 9:30PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle James King & the Southsiders 8PM Salmon Bay Eagles, Seattle - Duo Night -Brian Lee/Russ Kammerer + Paul Green/Brian Butler 8PM The Rockfish Grill, Anacortes Trish Hatley 6PM Friday, December 13 Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Nick Vigarinos Meantown Blues & Sammy Eubanks Band 8PM The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle Shady Bottom 9PM Bakes Place, Bellevue Patricia Lee 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Average White Band 7:30 & 9:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Moon Daddy Band 9PM Wild Hare Bar & Grill, Everett - Mary McPage Band 9PM Match Coffee & Wine, Duvall -Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill - Fugitives Trio 7:30PM New Orleans, Seattle - Brian Lee & the Orbiters 8:30PM Jazzbones, Tacoma The Fat Tones 8PM Saturday, December 14 The Repp, Snohomish Rod Cook

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Saturday, December 14 The Repp, Snohomish Rod Cook 6:30PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Kim Fields Big Blues Review w/The Mighty Titians of Tone, The Emerald City Horns & Arthur Migliazza, 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Average White Band 7:30 & 9:30PM Destination Harley, Fife- Chris StevensSurf Monkeys12PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - The Shortcutz 9PM Wild Hare Bar & Grill, Everett - Boomtown 9PM The Black Dog, Snoqualmie - Baby Gramps 8PM Feedback Lounge, W. Seattle - Nick Vigarinos Back Porch Stomp 8PM Scotch and Vine, Des Moines - Brian Lee Trio 7PM H2O, Anacortes Badd Dog Blues Society 7:30PM Snoqualmie Eagles, Snoqualmie -Stacy Jones Band 8PM Sunday, December 15 Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Tacoma - Geoff Muldaur 5PM Bakes Place, Bellevue Tillers Folly 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Average White Band 7:30PM The Spar, Tacoma - Crazy Texas Gypsies 7PM Conway Muse, Conway - WSB Christmas party w/Sammy Eubanks, Nick Vigarino, Jesse James & open jam 3 9PM The Central Tavern, Kirkland - Funk E3 8:30PM Monday, December 16 Mr. Villa, Lake City/Seattle - Annie Eastwood, Kimball Conant, Larry Hill - Fugitives Trio 7PM 88 Keys, Seattle Blues To Do 7PM Tuesday, December 17 The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle Singer/ Songwriter Showcase w/Jeffrey Martin, Laura Meyer & Erin Jordan 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Joey DeFrancesco Trio 7:30PM Wednesday, December 18 Jazz Alley, Seattle - Joey DeFrancesco Trio 7:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Jesse Taylor, 8PM Pike Place Bar & Grill at the Market - Annie Eastwood w/Kimball and the Fugitives 6PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Dirty Rice 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM The Rockfish Grill, Anacortes Little Joe Argo 6PM 88 Keys, Seattle - Blues on Tap 8PM The Central Tavern, Kirkland - CD Woodbury 8:30PM Thursday, December 19 Bakes Place, Bellevue Tingstad and Rumbel Christmas Show 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - The Gypsy Allstars 7:30 & 9:30PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle AEK Safarblues 8PM

Friday, December 20 Duffs Garage, Portland OR The Sultans of Slide w/Rod Cook 9PM Destination Harley, Tacoma Little Bill Trio 12PM Crossroads Shopping Center, Bellevue Little Bill & the Blue Notes 7PM The Triple Door Musicquarium, Seattle Mark Sexton Band 9PM Bakes Place, Bellevue Seatown Rhythym & Blues 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - The Gypsy Allstars 7:30 & 9:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Scott E. Lind Band 9PM Oxford Saloon, Snohomish - Randy Oxford Band 9PM Highway 99 Blues Club A Tribute to Billie Holiday 8PM Wild Hare Bar & Grill, Everett - High Voltage 9PM Stonegate Pizza & Rum Bar, Tacoma - Nick Vigarinos Back Porch Stomp 8PM Elliot Bay Pizza, Mill Creek - Annie Eastwood w/ Bill Chism, 7PM Saturday, December 21 Destination Harley, Tacoma Little Bill Trio 12PM Bakes Place, Bellevue Ventura Highway Revisited 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - The Gypsy Allstars 7:30 & 9:30PM The Robin Hood Pub, Union Mia Vermillion solo 8PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Brian & Janie Show 9PM Wild Hare Bar & Grill, Everett - Stacy Jones Band 9PM Grahams Restaurant,Mt. Baker - Nick Vigarinos Meantown Blues 9PM El Norte, Lake City/Seattle - Annie Eastwood w/ Kimball & the Fugitives 9PM Highway 99 Blues Club The Duffy Bishop Band 8PM Vino Bella, Issauquah The British Beats w/Rod Cook Elliot Bay Pizza & Pub, Mill Creek James Bernhard 7PM H2O, Anacortes Tillers Folly 7:30PM Crossroads Shopping Center, Bellvue - Alice Stuart & The Formerlys 7PM The New Orleans Restaurant, Seattle, Gin Creek - 9:00PM Sunday, December 22 Destination Harley, Tacoma Little Bill Trio 12PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Nearly Dan 7PM Bakes Place, Bellevue Geoffrey Castle Christmas Show 7PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - The Gypsy Allstars 7:30PM The Spar, Tacoma - Steve Cooley 7PM Vancouver Fan Club, Vancouver, BC - Nick Vigarino 8PM The Central Tavern, Kirkland - Tim Turner Band 8:30PM

Monday, December 23 Destination Harley, Tacoma Little Bill Trio 12PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - David Lanz 7:30PM 88 Keys, Seattle Blues To Do 7PM Friday, December 27 Bakes Place, Bellevue Little Bill & the Blue Notes 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band 7:30 & 9:30PM Engels Pub, Edmonds -Boom Town 9PM Jazzbones, Tacoma -Randy Oxford Band, 8 PM The Central Saloon, Seattle The Crazy Texas Gypsies 9PM Highway 99 Blues Club, Seattle Karen Lovelys Spirits of Christmas Past Prohibition Blues Party 8PM The Laurelthirst, Portland, Alice Stuart 6PM Saturday, December 28 TheTriple Door Musicquarium, Seattle Jelly Rollers, 9PM Bakes Place, Bellevue The Paper Boys 8PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band 7:30 & 9:30PM Destination Harley, Fife- Chris StevensSurf Monkeys12PM J&M Cafe- Chris StevensSurf Monkeys9PM Engels Pub, Edmonds : The CD Woodbury Band 9PM Highway 99 Blues Club Michael Shrieves Spellbinder 8PM Whitehorse Saloon, Arlington Randy Norris & Jeff Nicely, 8pm Sunday, December 29 The Central Tavern, Kirkland Rod Cook & Toast 8:30PM Bakes Place, Bellevue The Paperboys 7PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band 7:30PM The Spar, Tacoma - Billy Stoops and The Rectifiers 7PM Monday, December 30 Jazz Alley, Seattle - Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band 7:30PM The Swiss, Tacoma- Chris StevensSurf Monkeys8PM 88 Keys, Seattle Blues To Do 7PM Tuesday, December 31 Bakes Place, Bellevue Ventura Highway Revisited 7 & 10 PM Engels Pub, Edmonds - Dirty Rice 9PM Conway Muse, Conway - Mark Dufresne Band 9PM The Triple Door, Seattle Storm Large 7 & 10:30PM Jazz Alley, Seattle - Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band 7:30PM & 9:30PM Scotch and Vine, Des Moines - Brian Lee & the Orbiters 8:30PM

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Blues on the Radio Dial

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

Monday s

Washington Blues Society

Sund ays

Blues Jams

Caffe Mela, Wenatchee, 7pm (fi st Monday 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 Elmer,s Burien: hosted by Billy Shew Engels Pub, Edmonds: Open Mic with Lou Echeverri, 8 PM Pacific im 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 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

Washington Blues Society

Peninsula

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

Tacoma, Burien, Federal Way, etc

South Sound

CCs Lounge, Burien (206) 242-0977

Blarney Stone Pub and Restaurant (206) 448-8439 China Harbor Restaurant (206) 286-1688 Dimitrious Jazz Alley (206) 441-9729 x210 EMP Liquid Lounge (206) 770-2777 EMP Sky Church (206) 770-2777 Fiddlers Inn (206) 525-0752 Bellingham, Anacortes, Whidbey Island, etc Grinders (206) 542-0627 China Beach Langley (360) 530-8888 Highliner Pub (206) 283-2233 Just Moes Sedro Woolley (360) 855-2997 Highway 99 Club (206) 382-2171 LaConner Tavern LaConner (360) 466-9932 J & M Cafe (206) 467-2666 Little Roadside Tavern Everson (360) 592-5107 Lock & Keel (206) 781-8023 Old Edison Inn Edison (360) 766-6266 Maple Leaf Grill (206) 523-8449 Rockfish Grill Anacortes (360) 588-1720 Mr. Villa (206) 517-5660 Stump Bar & Grill Arlington (360) 653-6774 New Orleans (206) 622-2563 Watertown Pub Anacortes (360) 293-3587 Paragon (206) 283-4548 Wild 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

Central & Eastern

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

(Lynnwood, Everett, Edmonds, etc.):

North End

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

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

Wednes days

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 December 4 Unbound with CD Woodbury December 11 Unbound with Billy Spaulding and Snookie Cochran December 18 Unbound with Jeff harles December 25 no jam - Merry Christmas! PLEASE SEE AD THIS ISSUE FOR MORE! 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 Jeff ass, Open Mic Blues Jam, 9pm

Thu r sdays

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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Preview: Mark Hummels Blues Harmonica Blowout Returns to the Pacific Northwest!
By Robert Horn Next month, Mark Hummel will bring his Blues Harmonica Blowout back to the Pacific Northwest on January 14th and 15th to Seattles Jazz Alley. Doors open at 5:30 PM and the show begins at 7:30. The current Blues Harmonica Blowout tour honors the memory of Sonny Boy Williamson. The tour continues on to the Seasons Performance Hall in Yakima on the 16th, and then heads south to the Shedd Institute in Eugene on the 17th, and then over to the Tower Theatre in Bend on the 18th, and it winds up its Oregon itinerary at the Aladdin Theatre in Portland on the 19th. Mark Hummel started doing harmonica blowouts in 1991, and he has continued to grow this popular event for over two decades. During that time there have been different harmonica greats performing in the show. Sometimes, hes shared the stage with the likes of Charlie Musselwhite and Lee Oskar; other times: hes included some of the worlds top harmonica talent in festivals and clubs around the world. The Blues Harmonica Blowout has performed at such notable festivals as the Nottoden Blues Festival in Norway, and stateside blues festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, Mississippi Valley, and the Poconos. The show has also packed rooms like the Old Town School and Folk Music and FitzGeralds in Chicago, B.B. Kings Club in New York, and the Ultimate Rhythm and Blues Cruise. Next year, Im pleased to add Jazz Alley to this list. This time out, Marks recruited Curtis Salgado, James Harman, John Mayall, Rick Estrin, and Charlie Baty to be a part of the Blues Harmonica Blowout. The greatness of each of these performers is worthy of statues built in their honor, and the group of them performing on the same stage at the same time is expected to be astounding. Multiple Keeping the Blues Alive Award recipient Curtis Salgado is a legend not only in the Pacific Northwest but internationally as well. On his website there is some great biographical information about him, including Award-winning vocalist, songwriter and harmonica icon Curtis Salgado sings and plays with soulful authority, never giving less than 100 percent. He plays every show like its the most important gig of his career. He recalls the time when his friend, the great chitlin circuit singer Buddy Ace, put on the show of his life, singing his heart out, making three costume changes, all while playing at a casual house party. Salgado was floored (seeing an entertainer performing at a house party with the seriousness he would if he was performing at The Apollo, and Curtis decided that). From that moment on he vowed that every time he got on stage he would deliver his very best shot. Those who have seen Curtis Salgado over the years know that he has lived up to the pledge he made all those years ago. There are few blues musicians equal in stature to John Mayall. In the history of blues and rock and roll, he is a necessary chapter in the book. He was born on November 29th in 1933 and will have celebrated his 80th birthday by the time Bluesletter readers read this article. Mayall was inspired by his fathers music collection of old 78s, and he started playing guitar and at the Manchester Junior School of Art at age 14. He spent time playing piano, which he never stopped playing, but Mayall is probably best known for not only his prowess on the harmonica, but also leading what some blues fans have called The John Mayall Bluesbreakers Employment Agency. As a band leader, he usually let others play lead guitar, and his list of guitar players he hired fills the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, and hes helped launched the careers of players like Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Coco Montoya and Walter Trout. Actually, one of the reasons to experience the Harmonica Blowout is to see which instruments Mayall will play! Another guitar player who plays harmonica is Charlie Baty who was a student at UC Berkeley in 1976 when he formed a band with Rick Estrin. Each of them played harmonica, but Charlie also played guitar and that was his main on stage presence in the band, Little Charlie & the Nightcats in which had Rick sung and played harmonica. After Charlie retired a few years ago, Rick Estrin & the Nightcats became the touring band. Mark Hummel will reunite Charlie and Rick at the Harmonica Blowout at Jazz Alley, and this is yet another reason to see this show. Mark Hummel is lead name for this event for a reason. While being born on the East Coast and raised in Los Angeles, he followed and absorbed the music of Chicagos great harmonica players like Sonny Boy Williamson, James Cotton, and Charlie Musselwhite. He has spent the last couple decades preparing for the moment the harmonica greats take over Jazz Alley in Seattle in January. At each Harmonica Blowout, Hummel and his fellow musicians honor many harmonica legends, and were fortunate that we will see many of them onstage with Mark at Jazz Alley next month. This show in January is a must-do for fans of great harmonica. If you live in the greater Seattle area, the Yakima Valley, Central Oregon or Portland: the Blues Harmonica Blowout features six outstanding opportunities to experience the 2014 Mark Hummels Blues Harmonica Blowout.)

Top: Curtis Salgad0 (Photo by Blues Boss) Middle: Rick Estrin (Photo by Eric Steiner) Bottom: John Mayall (Photo from John Mayalls Palace of the King CD)

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Five Questions for Suzanne Swanson

By Eric Steiner A couple of months ago, Best of the Bluesnominated Blues DJ Robin K invited Blues Foundation, Washington Blues Society and White Rock Blues Society member Suzanne Swanson to co-host her Saturday evening blues program on KSER-FM in Everett, Washington. Suzannes also a member of the several blues societies and an active Blues Foundation volunteer in Memphis. She has been a judge at several Washington Blues Society local blues competitions, and shes judged at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Suzanne and I exchanged emails shortly after her stint in the studio, and the following email interview builds upon her time behind the microphone with Robin K. ES: I listened to your first guest appearance on Audio Indigo last month. You and Robin K obviously share a passion for blues music and the show sounded like we were eavesdropping on a two-hour conversation between two good friends. Werent you the least bit nervous? SS: Actually no, I was not nervous. Robin is a good friend and as you said, we love our blues music. She puts you at ease immediately. Of course, it does not hurt that I had a career as a teacher and management trainer to help pay for my passion of music. Although my mother was in radio and sang professionally, she wanted me to have something to fall back on to support myself when I graduated. It was that era. Once you begin talking about something that is important to you, it becomes exciting to share music ideas as well as insights into the artists lives as to whom they are as fascinating people. I enjoyed learning more about your ES: work in the music industry dating back to the halcyon days of MCA Records in the late 1960s. Would you please expand on your most recent reconnection with your friends in Ten Years After? SS: Why thank you for asking, Eric. It has been forty-four years since Woodstock. Two weeks after that momentous festival there was a request for me to shoot photographs at Texas International Pop Festival. The line-up was the same and Ten Years After played the last day. We met and I remember that everyone was enthralled with Alvin Lee being such a strong player. The fact is that all the members are strong. Ric Lee, (no relation to Alvin) on drums, Chick Churchill on keyboards, and Leo Lyons on bass, all performed with incredible energy. My attention was drawn to Leo Lyons as I had never seen a bass player move with the degree of technicality, musicianship, and forcefulness, up to that time. We chatted briefly backstage but did not see each other until a few years after that. When emails came to be the recognized way of communicating, it was much easier to be in contact. In 2008, the band came to Vancouver, where I was living at the time, and of course we made plans to see each other, for me to do an interview as well as photograph the band again. By this time, Joe Gooch had replaced Alvin Lee, who had left to pursue other projects. Joe had grown up being a chum of Leos son, Tom, who had built several instruments for his father and become the traveling tech on all the tours. Leo and I had a grand time filming an interview about his career, past and present. After we finished, he stated, not requested, that I interview Ric Lee as well. I was a little nonplussed as I had not prepared material for Ric but Leo insisted with a wry smile. Oh, youll think of something. During the last set of the night, I was hurriedly scanning my research material to find anything that would be suitable. There was one sentence written at the bottom of a page that said Ric, and an associate, had received several European awards for their ambient recordings. That got my attention. When all the autographs had been signed and the merchandise sold, Ric, my cinematographer, and I walked to the hotel the band was staying at to film the interview. Once the video camera began to roll I mentioned how very high the stage was from the audience in Texas. That was one of the first definitive moments in our two hour filmed conversation. The other was concerning the ambient recordings. A few years ago, it became very popular to listen in relaxing music interspersed with bird, animal, water, or rainstorms. Ric and an engineer traveled to Africa to record nature sounds to overdub with restful acoustic music. They were so successful that they won awards similar to our Grammys several years running. That night of interviews created an even closer friend that continues to this day. We may not contact each other for a period, but we do stay in touch. Before Woodstock, Ten Years After played the Newport Jazz Festival and it was one of the first rock bands to play there. It was not until the movie came out some time later that they realized they had taken part in what was to become an historical event. The lads feel they were very fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time. The whole era was a great period for them. The band has been successfully touring the world with new guitarist and vocalist Joe Gooch for the past ten years, and fans range from the very young to those that were around in the late sixties. We cant play for those people in the States who have supported us for so many years as we once did as much as wed like because US touring costs are so high for a Europe based band, Leo told me. He lived for many years in Nashville and just recently has relocated back to the United Kingdom. Its always a privilege to play music and I never tire of that or meeting the people that turn out to support us. I consider myself very lucky to be doing something I love. They continue playing as many of the most requested songs as their time slot allows including Id Love To Change The World; a US chart hit and a much-requested song that Ten Years After never played live when Alvin was with them. Leo admitted that these days he does not enjoy the time a working musician has to spend travelling. Alvins passing in March of this year came as a shock to Leo and the others and made Leo realize that no one is immortal and that you cannot buy time. Twelve years ago, he wrote a song with friend and co-writer Fred Koller. The song title was Time To Kill , He says that he does not want to waste one minute of whats left of his allotted span waiting in line at an airport somewhere. Chick Churchill, on keys, has been with the band from the beginning. He always looks forward to an American tour. There is a lot of travelling but it is what you would expect in such a large country. He has side projects he is involved in outside of the band. He is collaborating with a US label on a tribute to The Doors album. Various English and American musicians from The Doors era are reinterpreting Doors songs as they would play them. There are some quite eminent musicians involved but, at the moment, it is best kept under wraps. He has another project in Sweden in which a Swedish record producer has taken a shine to a couple of his songs and is recording them with one of his acts. Chick (also known as Michael), would have loved to have gone over there during these recordings but unfortunately with Ten Years After working in Europe, and America, the schedules dont match. Drummer Ric Lee, another original member, has his own private projects, has won numerous awards for co-writing ambient music he has created, as well as a current band with renowned musicians including Bob Hall, former keyboardist with Fleetwood Mac, who received Blues Hall of Fame recognition from The Blues Foundation. Bob Hall and I had dinner together in Memphis. I have this new album which is wonderful, The Natural Born Swingers, The Ric Lee Blues Project. Ric has performed on television with Bryan Adams, and Bonnie Raitt. The youngest and newest member of the band, Joe Gooch, has teamed with Leo Lyons, original bass player, to form their band, a blues-rock power trio Hundred Seventy Split. The band tours Europe several months of the year to great critical acclaim. With the addition of Joe Gooch, the power tunes such as Im Going Home, Id Love To Rule the World,, Love Like a Man, and Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, and others, sound even better than when I first was stunned with the prowess of this band all these years ago. It was very exciting for me to catch up with my old friends in Ten Years After in Detroit this past summer. They were the headliners on a very wellreceived tour with Canned Heat, Pat Travers,

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as gifts with his friends. I was very fortunate to be included. Having been blessed to do several interviews with Sonny, along with photo shoots over the years, attending one of his performances is a unique experience. He keeps his solos interesting. Not all your readers know that there is also a local connection with Sonny Landreth: Mark Riley, guitarist and instructor, has made Sonny a custom-made guitar. about non-profit, Robin talked ES: independent community radio as being of one of the primary ways that public radio keeps the blues alive. What other public radio programs would you recommend to Bluesletter readers? SS: We are blessed to use the computer to connect to good programming. It is very important to support independent radio I believe. Content is important to listeners so internet radio and public community radio gives the best product that is available. Commercial radio does not offer the blues artist much anymore. There are stations that start up with a blues format but are not sustainable. The last station we had that was commercial blues changed after two years of struggling revenues to an adult pop format. Legendary bluesman Jim Byrnes had a weekly program with blues music and interviews but that was cancelled. In our area we have, KSVR, Mount Vernon, Blues in the Night, with DJ Janice Cleven Gage, Monday through Friday; KSER, Everett, Audio Indigo, with DJ Robin K, on Saturday 7 pm-9 pm; Mighty Mouth Blues on internet radio NWCZ, on Mondays 8 pm 11 pm, with Oogie Richards and Sweet Danny Ray. Others that I personally follow are; JaBeaux Groovemaster, with www.kafmradio.org, Grand Junction, Colorado, twice a month, whom I have known as a DJ and friend since 1973 when he was on Little Rock, AR radio. He is the Creative Director of Electric Rooster Entertainment. Note that this DJ lists the playlist on Spinitron, thus giving artists a fee. Then, there is another friend who I had a fun time with judging at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis: Sonny Rock, who is also an excellent drummer and his show is on WRIP 97.9fm from the Hudson Valley in New York State. He is live and features up and comers, touring bands, and live bands on the show. You can listen in live on Tuesdays nights from 6-9pm eastern on the web at www.rip979.com. He is also the drummer for Tas Cru. Then of course, we all listen to Vinne Marini, Music On The Couch Internet program from Memphis, www.musiconthecouch.com, as he interviews all the musicians and is so important to the blues community. Another is UKBob on community radio, WRFG FM 89.3, Atlanta, Thursday 8am to 10 am. We all listened to Bill Wax when he was on Sirius XM, but sadly he has

left now. My suggestion is to look in the Bluesletter on the Blues on the Dial page for what is in your particular area and has an interest for you. Not having that much discretionary time, these are the public and internet radio programs I like. ES: Finally, would you please give us south of the border a reason to come up to British Columbia? There is an exceptional blues community fostered by the White Rock Blues Society. What local artists would you recommend? SS: My goodness, we do have a wonderful music community in Southern British Columbia. As I said, Jim Byrnes lives in the area. He is touring with Babe Gurr to great reviews. James Buddy Rogers was nominated for e Blues Blast Award in Chicago. He returned empty handed, but got something just as good: offers for gigs at prestigious blues venues in Chicago. Brandon Isaak, who plays with The Twisters, has been chosen to go to Memphis, as a single act for the International Blues Challenge. The Arsen Shomakhov Band is in the band category. In Vancouver, the Fan Club has good blues acts occasionally, and the Heritage Grill in New Westminster offers blues entertainment. On Mondays, Cory Weeds The Jazz Cellar has Rob Montgomery and friends. Also, the Edgewater Casino offers blues entertainment. Every Saturday afternoon the Fairview Pub on West Broadway is some place to check out, and Porters in Langley has wonderful blues every Thursday night not far from the border. White Rock has good entertainment, especially events hosted by the White Rock Blues Society. Blues society president and co-founder Rodney Dranfield is an excellent blues resource, email him at rodneyd@shaw.ca to receive a copy of the societys always-informative online newsletter.

Women at Work at KSER-FM Top: Suzanne Swanson and Robin K Bottom: Robin K (Photo by Suzanne Swanson)

Edgar Winter, and Rick Derringer. Ten Years After will tour in North America again next year, and I understand they will return to the Pacific Northwest. One things for sure: I will be there with my camera, and will enjoy reconnecting with friends I made in Texas shortly after Woodstock. ES: Sonny Landreths version of Congo Square is an important song for you. We learned that on the show. Why is that song so impactful? SS: This particular piece of music means something to me because I was gifted a memento from the original recording session. The Neville Brothers, as well as many others, went on to make this tune a huge hit although it is written by Sonny Landreth, Mike Binet, Dave Ranson, & Mel Melton. The original track was on a record called, Way Down in Louisiana, after it was later released on the CD Down in Louisiana.. The story of how it came to be is this, Sonny was ironing his shirt before a gig, Mike Binet walked in the room, and Sonny said, Mike strike up that beat you were playing in the van. (Mike had a beat in his head, which he had been tapping out) Mike started playing; Sonny stopped ironing, picked up his guitar. Mel and Dave came into the room so they started playing along. That is how it was written. (Mike shared that he tapped that beat out all the way from Lafayette, Louisiana to Estes Park, Colorado. When Mikes 16-inch crash Zildjian cymbal cracked, he hated to discard it. The idea came that he could cut it into pieces, polish, sand the sharp edges so he could fashion the pieces into small pendants to string and share

Please Support Community Radio - Tune in to Robin K and Leslie Fleury on Saturday nights- on the air and online at www.kser.org
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Blues on the Road: Welcoming Dennis Jones to the Pacific Northwest!

By Tom Jones (Photo by Suzanne Swanson) Los Angeles bluesman Dennis Jones has been making his presents know throughout the US and Europe. Both as the front man of the Dennis Jones Band as well as stints with Brian ONeal and the BusBoys and with Zac Harmons band when they won the 2004 International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennesee. Dennis will be making his first tour of the Pacific Northwest the first week in December with shows on Thursday December 5th at the Conway Muse Friday, December 6th (with the Stacy Jones Band) at Jazzbones in Tacoma - Saturday, December 7th at Mels Old Village Pub in Lynnwood for the Second Annual Jones Family Christmas Sunday, December 8th at The Spar in Tacoma Monday, December 9th at 88 Keys in Seattle on Blues To Do TV with Marley Walker. His visit to the area all started with a request by Seattle blues woman, Stacy Jones. Last year Stacy and her band joined forces with Mels Old Village Pub and their annual Toys for Tots Drive. It was dubbed the Jones Family Christmas with performances by the Stacy Jones Band, Seattle bluesman Chester (Dennis) Jones and guitar slinger Ayron Jones. It was a fabulous success and the beginning of what Stacy hopes will be long running tradition. Dennis Jones was gracious in accepting the invitation and will be this years featured guest. Also, returning this year will be Chester (Dennis) Jones as well the Stacy Jones Band as the host. Dennis showcases Sizzling hot guitar solos. Smooth and soulful vocals. High-energy stage performance. Backed by a rhythm section that is second to none. With original songs, some of which are sure to become classics, Denniss feet are firmly rooted in the past, yet his heart and soul are connected to the present. He writes songs that seamlessly blend the best of both worlds, presenting a unique and contemporary style of American rock and blues. Since 2003, Dennis has released four successful albums on his own label, Blue Rock Records. Each and every one of these CDs has met with rave reviews. Many of his songs and CDs have hit the top 10 on the Blues Charts, including when his 3rd CD, Pleasure & Pain, ranked #2 of best blues CD releases of the year, by the Canadian-based, Real Blues Magazine. The newly released CD, My

Kinda Blues, features legendary guest musicians, Kenny Neal, and Guitar Shorty. Dennis is no stranger to film either. Deep Blues from his first CD, Falling Up, was featured in a 2006 Lions Gate movie, Sea of Fear. The title track of Denniss 2nd CD, Passion for the Blues, will be in the soon to be released independent film, How We Got Away With It. Finally, Dennis is one of several artists featured in the much-anticipated Babes & Rickys Inn, a movie about one of the oldest blues clubs in Los Angeles, and its adored owner. The blues music industry is taking note. In May 2012, Dennis was honored to present the Awards for BB King Entertainer of the Year, to Tab Benoit, and Album of the Year, to the Tedeschi Trucks Band, for Revelator, at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee. Dennis and his band continue to work hard to achieve the next level of musical success. Increased touring opportunities and greater exposure to new fans will undoubtedly make this band a household name. So if the same old blues has got you down, then its time to check out the Dennis Jones Band!

Dennis Jones December

Blues Calendar: Dec. 5th - The Conway Muse Dec. 6th - with the Stacy Jones Band at Jazzbones in Tacoma Dec 7th at Mels Old Village Pub in Lynnwood for the Second Annual Jones Family Christmas Dec 8th at The Spar in Tacoma - Monday Dec 9th at 88 Keys in Seattle on Blues To Do TV with Marlee Walker.
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Preview: Legends of the Blues Live in Arlington at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center on December 6th! The Arlington Arts Council, in partnership with harmonica, along with Paul Green who has had
the Washington Blues Society, presents Legends of the Blues, an all-star concert at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center in Arlington on Friday, December 6th at 7:00pm. The stars aligned on the Arlington Arts Councils desire to sponsor a blues concert this fall. Lots of them. Blues stars. Washington States blues stars. Award winners from the states blues scene will be performing together in Arlington on December 6th, drawing upon several decades of musical wisdom and notoriety, sharing with each other and the audience their passion and unique talents. It may be that the wonderful Byrnes Performing Arts Center has never been rocked like this since being established in 2007 on the campus of Arlington High School. The Legends of the Blues concert will feature more than a dozen Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement honorees, the most prestigious of the Best of the Blues, or BB Awards, voted upon each year by the Washington Blues Society membership over the past twenty years. These are the living legends among this regions abundance of blues musicians, sharing the stage, taking turns on vocals, trading licks, putting on a show. These are players who each have lengthy credits as recording and performing artists, with histories too deep to get into their details here, blues men and women certainly worthy of being seen and heard at least this one more time. Blues fans near and far can testify to that. Among the evenings performers will be Little Bill and the Blue Notes, honored several years as the states Best Traditional Blues Act, with that BB Award now presented annually in their honor to new recipients. Each member of the band individually are multiple award winners, with Little Bill Engelhart on bass, Dick Powell on keyboard and harmonica, Tommy Morgan on drums, and Billy Stapleton on guitar. Leading ladies of the blues will be entertaining at this event, with appearances by the vibrant vocalist Patti Allen and the legendary roots music singersongwriter and guitarist Alice Stuart. They will be backed up by the stellar Leslie Milton and Chris Leighton on drums. Chris won the BB Award for Blues Drummer so many times that the Blues Society named that award after him. The infamous Nick Vigarino, Jack Cook, and Fat James will be featured on guitars, along with special guests Rod Cook and Mark Riley. The distinguished Buck England and Mark Whitman will share keyboard duties. World renowned recording artist Lee Oskar will be featured on the annual BB Award for Blues Harmonica named in his honor. Special guests also included Patty Mey and Hank Yanda on bass and Mike Lynch on harmonica, rounding out this star-studded show. Wow Now, thats quite a blues concert In Arlington!

Honoring Members of the Washington Blues Socicety Hall of Fame

Top Left: Fat James Top Right: Alice Stuart Left: Buck England Above: Little Bill Engelhart (Photos by Blues Boss)

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Honoring Members of the Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame

Please join the Washngton Blues Society and the Arlington Arts Council on Friday, December 6th for the Washington s Legends of the Blues Show! Top Row: Rod Cook, Hank Yanda, Chris Leighton Botom Row: Patty Mey, Paul Green, Tommy Morgan (Photos by Blues Boss)

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2014 Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues Nomination Ballot!

You Must Be a Member of the Washington Blues Society to Nominate in our Best of the Blues Awards Process! All Ballots Must Be Received at our PO Box or by a Board Member No Later Than Tuesday, January 14, 2014. Nominations received after that date wont be counted. The ballot will be reprinted next month to provide members with two full months to participate in this process. Please Mail Your Ballot to: WBS, PO Box 70604, Seattle, WA 98127

Mark Dufresne Male Vocalist Award:

Blues Songwriter:

___________________________________ 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: ____________________________________ Little Bill & the Blue Notes Traditional Blues Act: ____________________________________ Solo/Duo Blues Act: ____________________________________ New Blues Band: ____________________________________ Blues Performer: ____________________________________

____________________________________ 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: ____________________________________ Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame Band: ____________________________________ Non-Festival Blues Event: ____________________________________ Blues Festival: ____________________________________ Open Blues Jam: ___________________________________ NOTE: Please see nomination guidelines in tpages 10-11 of this issue and the November 2013 Bluesletter for addtional information. Thank you.

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