February - Walla Walla Blues Society

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Walla Walla Blues Society’s
Volume 22
Issue 2
February 2015
Eric Johnson & Mike Stern
coming to Main Street Studio
2015 Guitarfest line up
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The Walla Walla Blues
Society Blues News
8237 Mill Creek Rd.
Walla Walla WA 99362
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Walla Walla Blues Society meetings are held on the
first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is
February 3rd at 5:30p.m. at Jacobi’s café with
open mic to follow from 6:30 to 8:30. Come on down
and have great food and beverage, youth encouaged
to jam with us.
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WWBS Officers
President:
Mike Hammond
Vice Prez:
Irving Rosenberg
Treasurer:
Verna Reesman
Secretary:
Kim Ruchert
IFK Coord:
Mike Hammond
BITS Coord:
Torch Davis
Webmaster:
Rich Smith
Blues News Editor: Rand, Margaret and
Mike
Memebership Cord. Donna Copeland
Board of Directors
George Copeland
Rich Smith
Torch Davis
Donna Copeland
Laura Hall
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What’s Happening
Wednesdays – Open mic and recording club,
ask Nick for info.
Thurs Jam Night hosted by
Robin Barrett & Coyote Kings w/ Guest. 8-11 pm
Fri – Piano Bar w/Carolyn 5-7 pm
Live Events
Feb 6 – Robert Meade Band 9-12 $5 cover
Feb 7 - Sum People 9-12 $5 cover
Feb 13 – Gary Winston & The Real Deal 9-12 $5 cvr
Feb 14 – Sore Thumb Band 9-12 $5 cover
Feb 20 – Tuck Foster & The Mossrites 9-12 $5 cover
Feb 21 – Down North 9-12 $5 cover
Feb 27 – Wasteland Kings 9-12 $5 cover
Feb 28 – BluMeadows 9-12 $5 cover
Main Street Studio
presents
Eric Johnson and Mike
Stern
February 7th, 8pm show
Two bonafide guitar heroes in their respective fields – Eric Johnson in the rock
realm and Mike Stern in the jazz world – go toe-to-toe on Eclectic, a scintillating
musical showcase that brings together their disparate influences in one potent
package.
Guitar aficionados of all stripes will stand slack-jawed hearing these formidable sixstringers exchanging high octane licks on Stern’s funky “Roll With It” and Johnson’s
cruising pop anthem “Hullabaloo” (a kind of answer
to his catchy GRAMMY®-winning rock instrumental
“Cliffs of Dover” from the platinum-selling 1990
album Ah Via Musicom).
The two dip into a jazzy bag on Eric’s “Tidal” (a
tribute to his own personal guitar hero, Wes
Montgomery) and on Mike’s surging modal romp
“Remember” (patterned after John Coltrane’s
“Impressions” with some allusions to Jimi Hendrix’s
“Third Stone From the Sun”).
Stern’s body of guitar goodness spans more than four decades.
His career includes partnerships with such artists as Blood, Sweat & Tears, Billy
Cobham, Miles Davis and Jaco Pastorius.
Johnson’s playing has often been compared to that of Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck.
His six-string wizardry earned him a Grammy award in 1992 for his instrumental
hit, “Cliffs of Dover,” which came in at Number 17 on Guitar World’s list of the 100
Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time.
Main Street Studio February 7th 8pm show time
..More fretboard flights ensue on Johnson’s
jazzy “Benny Man’s Blues”
(a kind of ode to Benny Goodman and Charlie
Christian) and on Stern’s dark, slow-grooving
“You Never Know.” And it is somehow fitting
that these two sons of Jimi close out this sixstring extravaganza with a scorching rendition
of the famous Hendrix blues, “Red House,” with
each of them trading vocal choruses.
“It was my singing debut,” says Stern. “I sang
the first verse and Eric sang the second verse,
then he sings the first two lines of the third verse and I sing the last two lines of
the third verse.” (Stern also sneaks in a quote from Jimi’s “Third Stone From the
Sun” on a smoking rendition of “Dry Ice,” an
Electromagnets tune which Eric revived for this
session). Sterns sums up the project by saying,
“This whole record, even though we did it in the
studio, was really recorded live. A couple of things
were fixed but there was that spontaneous quality
which is what we were looking for and I definitely
think that's what we got. I really dig the way this
record came out.
It has a lot of energy and a lot of musicality.”
…Coming March 13, 14
Robin Barrett & Coyote Kings w/Big Monti Amundson
The Strange Tones
The Rafael Tranquilino Band
The Rae Gordon Band
The Randy Oxford Band
Kevin Selfe & The Tornadoes
Junkyard Jane
The Jesse Weston Band
Chris Lord & Cheatin' River
The Wasteland Kings
Rock Blythe & Two Faced Johnny
The Campbell Davis Band
Dan Faller & The Working Poor
Winston, Amundson, & Stoops
All-star Jam hosted by Clint Carter, Vaughn Jensen, and Tuck Foster!
Ticket information online at https://ckwm.ticketbud.com/4thannual-walla-walla-guitar-festival
More info coming in the March issue of Blues News.
Sandy Beaches Blues Cruise with
Delbert McClinton and friends
Part 1
Delbert McClinton Sandy Beaches Blues Cruise # 21.
Verna and I have been on 5 and have formed some great
friendships.
The cruise stops at 2 islands each trip, this year we went to
Antigua and St. Croix.
The best time of our lives are spent on these cruises with
Delbert and friends.
Melody Mic aka Mike Hammond
Marcia Ball holding 4 other years with Mike
Songwriter Gary Nicholson, Mike and
Delbert Mc Clinton.
Delbert Mc Clinton and Verna holding picture
of them the year before , 4 other times.
.
Teresa James maybe coming this way soon,
watch for her!
Wayne Toups, so much energy his show
could have powered the boat!
Red Young - B-3 and key board player
Hanging out with Paul Thorn, we were to
blessed to be stressed
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