This is The Blues To Do Podcast for the greater Seattle and Northwest areas.
I’m Marlee Walker with BluesToDo.com
Blues News:
-Bruce Iglauer’s Alligator Records
story is now in book form, “Bitten By The Blues”.
-Chicago blues guitarist, Otis
Rush, passed away at 84 on Saturday, September 27.
-Chris Strachwitz’s Arhoolie
Records story is on display in the San Francisco airport.
-The Royal Esquire Club in
Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood opened in 1948, and in 2018 celebrates 70
years of bringing live music to Seattle!
Find the Sea-Town All-Stars hosting the best Open Mic in Seattle there
every Tuesday night!
THE BLUES TO DO CALENDAR features…
Nov 18 - Washelli Cemetary, Seattle - Celebration of Life for Ronald Eddie Pierce, 3-7pm (photo above) He was a woodwinds master, clarinet, sax, flute, spending his entire career living in Seattle. He played with too many great names to list here over his 90 years. A true friend to many, father to 6 children,2 adopted children and 3 grand children, he also ran the first teen club in Seattle, The Vault, when rock 'n roll was just emerging. Blues To Do produced 2 archived audio interviews with him and The Seattle Public Library has hours and hours of interviews in their archives. Here is a link to one gig...Click HERE to see it.
Nov 16-25 – Dimitriou’s Jazz
Alley, Seattle – Taj Mahal Trio
Dec 1 – The Moore Theatre,
Seattle – Mavis Staples
Dec 31, 2018 – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley,
Seattle – Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, 7pm & 10:30pm
Jan 3-6 – Triple Door, Seattle - Los
Lobos
Jan 12 & 13, 2019 (Sat/Sun) –
The Triple Door, Seattle – Mark Hummel’s Southern Harmonica Blowout with Bobby
Rush, Kenny Neal, Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone and James Harman
Mar 12 – The Triple Door, Seattle
– Tommy Castro & The Pain Killers, 7:30pm
Mar 13-14 – The Triple Door,
Seattle – Ruthie Foster, 7:30pm
Mar 15 - The Triple Door, Seattle
– Curtis Salgado
Mar 17 – The Triple Door, Seattle
– ‘Little Bill’ Engelhart’s 80th Birthday Tribute Concert, 7:30pm
April 11-14 - Dimitriou’s Jazz
Alley, Seattle – Tower Of Power
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