Blues Update Vol 9 2009 08.31.09

Expect
a whole mess of
Mississippi Hill Country
Blues & Southern Rock
on Mon Sept 21st at the
Tractor Tavern in the North Seattle
neighborhood of Ballard. The Hill Country
Revue is considered to be a modern Blues Band
for the new generation and features Cody
Dickinson & Chris Chew of The North Mississippi
Allstars along with Kirk Smithhart, Ed “Hot”
Cleveland & Daniel Robert. Their debut album
“Make a Move” was released this past May
featuring stripped down, one-chord North
Mississippi, gritty, back to basics kind of Blues
that’s funky & “nasty”.
Sept’s looking HOT  HOT  HOT.
Soul
diva Bettye LaVette kicks off Sept at Jazz Alley
in Seattle on Tues Sept 1st & Weds Sept 2nd.
Also on Weds Sept 2nd, George Clinton &
Parliament will be at the Showbox SoDo in
Seattle. Labour Day weekend presents HOT
Blues and R&B with the Red Hot Blues Sisters
for 2 nights at The Yale, Fri Sept 4th & Sat Sept
5th. Also on Sat Sept 5th Slide Master Sonny
Landreth & his band are booked into The Triple
Door in Seattle. There’s an exciting double bill
at the Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville on
Sun Sept 6th with the BonTaj Roulet Tour with
Bonnie Raitt & her band, plus Taj Mahal & the
Phantom Blues Band. Mark Hummel & the
Blues Survivors who just played here, play a
couple of dates south of us, at The Triple Door
in Seattle on Weds Sept 9th & at The Rock Fish
Grill in Anacortes on Thurs Sept 10th. On Fri
Sept 11th Jason Ricci & New Blood are at
Highway 99 in Seattle. That same Fri Sept 11th
& again Sat Sept 12th Studebaker John & The
Hawks are at The Yale. The Neville Brothers
& Dr. John host Mardi Gras Mambo at The
River Rock in Richmond on Sat Sept 12th.
Buckwheat Zydeco is at Ambrosia Centre in
Victoria Sat Sept 19th, then The Yale on Weds
Sept 23rd. On Mon Sept 21st The Hill Country
Revue are at The Tractor Tavern in Seattle.
Fri Sept 25th & Sat Sept 26th Chicago’s Eddie
Shaw & the Wolf Gang are at The Yale. Too
Slim & the Taildraggers play Jazzbones on Fri
Sept 25th. Alice Stuart is at The Rock Fish on
Sat Sept 26th.
Make
note, there’s been a
change in the Vancouver date we
originally quoted for Buckwheat
Zydeco & the Ils Sont Partis
Band. Not sure how that mix-up
happened? They play The Yale on
Weds Sept 23rd. Get tickets now, as this will
surely sell out, despite all the talk of a recession.
This is the 30th Anniversary Tour promoting
their brand new Alligator Records release “Lay
Your Burden Down” an album produced by Los
Lobos producer Steve Berlin, featuring guests
Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes, JJ Grey,
Trombone Shorty & Steve Berlin.
If
you’re going to be in the
Tacoma area, Too Slim &
the
Taildraggers,
who
recently opened for Kenny
Wayne Shepherd, will be
cranking it up at Jazzbones
on Fri Sept 25th. OR… you
can wait ‘til Fri Nov 6th & Sat Nov 7th when Too
Slim & the Taildraggers return to The Yale.
October’s beginning to shape
up. Johnny A has a couple
of gigs lined up the other side
of the border. On Fri Oct 2nd
he’s
at
Jazzbones
in
th
Tacoma, and on Sat Oct 4
he & his band are at The Triple Door in Seattle.
He’s such a guitar sensation that famed guitar
maker Gibson recognized him with the
production of his own signature brand guitar.
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Hard
to believe it’s been
three years since his lifesaving
liver
transplant
surgery. Back then he was
given only 8 months to live.
With no health insurance &
few funds, his musical friends rallied to raise half
a million dollars for the necessary surgery.
Friends like Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, Taj
Mahal, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Steve Miller
& many others put on benefits to raise the funds.
Since the surgery he’s grown stronger and is
performing a lot. We’re, of course, referring to
most everyone’s favorite “Original Blues
Brother” Curtis Salgado who will be belting out
a mix of Soul & Blues at Jazzbones in Tacoma
on Sat Oct 3rd.
Just
announced!!!
The
Legendary Maria Muldaur
brings “Her Garden of Joy
Jug Band” to Highway 99 in
Seattle on Sat Oct 3rd. Of
course Maria Muldaur and
“Her Garden of Joy Jug
Band” are playing here in
Vancouver too, at The Yale on
Sun Oct 4th. Tickets are
on sale now so make sure you get yours soon
before The Yale show sells out.
It
has been said that if anybody
ever
went
down
to
the
Crossroads and let the Devil tune
his guitar it was probably Eddie
Turner. Apparently people get
chills every time the guy strikes
a chord! If that strikes a note with
you, then look out, because on Fri
Oct 9th Eddie “Devil Boy” Turner returns to
Highway 99 Blues Club in Seattle.
Arkansas
based Bluesman
& Blues road warrior &
former member of the
Legendary Nighthawks, a
band he departed from in
1987, Jimmy Thackery is on
the road doing what he
loves to do best, playing the Blues in support of
his most recent album “Inside Tracks”. His
schedule has included a stop at Jazzbones in
Tacoma. Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers will
be there on Fri Oct 30th.
Hard to believe it’s been over a
decade since one of the
founding fathers of British Blues
played Vancouver. I was at that
show & am now pleased to see
that John Mayall & the
Bluesbreakers will be back to
play The Centre in Vancouver
on Remembrance  Day, Weds Nov 11th.
The night before, Tues Nov 10th they’re at the
McPherson Playhouse in Victoria.
Looks
like
Louisiana’s
sending
a
pre-Christmas
present to the folks in Seattle
and
Tacoma.
Houma
Louisiana’s favorite son Tab
Benoit will be parking his big
black touring truck outside
Highway 99 in Seattle on
Thurs Dec 10th, then outside
Jazzbones in Tacoma on Fri Dec 11th & Sat
Dec 12th. If you’ve got a fever for the Bayou
sounds of some Swamp Blues then circle those
dates on your calendar.
Just
got
word
that
harmonica ace & Blues
Legend James Harman will
join Steve Kozak’s West
Get ready to “Flip, Flop, & Fly”
Coast Blues Revue for two
because Canada’s Downchild
evenings at The Yale on Fri
Blues Band will be on a Western swing in Oct Oct 23rd & Sat Oct 24th.
together with Colin Linden. This double bill is
booked into The Act in Maple Ridge on Weds
***Hey, hey, the Blues is alright!***
Oct 14th, then into the McPherson Playhouse in
Your
next Blues Horizons update soon.
Victoria on Thurs Oct 15th, and finally, The
Vogue Theatre in Vancouver on Fri Oct 16th.
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