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"...the times and travels of an american bluesman."

SOUL-PATROL.com PRESS RELEASE : "As you all know, in my humble opinion, Billy Jones is one of the most compelling artists around on today's Black Blues music scene. For his latest album, he has put together a collection of his best songs on a single album called "The Billy Jones Story." This is something that I wish more artists should do with some of the outstanding music they have released and I am glad to see that Billy has taken that step. Look for 5 or 6 of these songs to make a… Continue

Added by billy jones bluez on November 16, 2009 at 2:10am — No Comments

100 days

Jeez, today is the 100th day since the 2009 Acoustic Blues festival started which means only 265 days until the 2010 festival. Is it me or has time flown by? Continue

Added by Son Jack Jr on November 2, 2009 at 9:23am — 1 Comment

Amazing Grace info --

A friend sent this to me today :http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1312 This ties in to the week at Blues for me. Take a look/listen to Whitney Phipps - Continue

Added by Barbara Metcalf on August 18, 2009 at 1:34pm — 1 Comment

RIP Les Paul

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Added by Son Jack Jr on August 13, 2009 at 9:35am — 1 Comment

Photos from Centrum...

I just posted all of the Centrum photos at http://www.pacificcolorgalleries.com/JALImages.htm The password is: Centrum You can view the photos there and you can also order copies if you would like. I will post them to the Centrum site as well for all to see... If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at jalimages@yahoo.com Justin Continue

Added by Justin Lundquist on August 12, 2009 at 6:37pm — 1 Comment

2009 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival Q&A

Tell us about your week at Port Townsend doing nothing but playing the blues.... How was the 2009 Port Townsend Blues Festivial? What were some of the highlights? What workshops did you take? What instruments do you play? How many years have you been coming to PT Blues Fest? Did you… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on August 10, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Photos Coming SOON!!!

Just to let you know... I am in the process of editing the 900 or so photos I took for Centrum while I was in Port Townsend last week. I am hoping to have the CD mailed to them by the end of the week and as I go I will post some for viewing... It was a great week and I really enjoyed photographing it. I am hoping they will have me back next year! The countdown begins. Justin Continue

Added by Justin Lundquist on August 4, 2009 at 6:18pm — No Comments

Washington Blues Society City of Seattle Proclamation‏!

Hot news that Seattle Mayor, Greg Nickels issued a proclamation naming August 16, 2009 as Washington Blues Society Day, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the society! City of Seattle WBS Proclamation 2009[1].pdf Continue

Added by Son Jack Jr on August 4, 2009 at 7:39am — No Comments

The Centrum Blues Channel and Twitter Feed

If you publish videos on YouTube from your Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival experience this year, please use the tag - ptblues09. Have The Time Of Your Life! If you Twitter your PT Blues point-of-view, please use hash tag - #ptblues09. Stay Connected! Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on July 27, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Hawkeye Herman's Report On The Blues Festival In Colombia/South America

Hawkeye Herman performed and taught at the III International Blues Festival in Cali, Colombia that was held on May 27-30, 2009. Enclosed is an email report he sent out to his fans. Next week, I will interview Hawkeye live on my online talk radio show about his Cali experience. Stay tuned. Howdy Blues Friends, I hope this message finds you well and happy and looking forwar… Continue

Added by Jack Olmsted on June 4, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

AllAboutJazz.com : The Urbanization of Delta Blues

Billy, Hope everything is going great. As you are no doubt aware, we are in the process of making some changes to our website. For that reason, we are sending you the new link to your interview. You can post this link on your website, your myspace page etc. The NEW American Bluesman : The Urbanization of Delta Blues http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32550… Continue

Added by billy jones bluez on May 24, 2009 at 6:03pm — No Comments

Raising funds for Port Townsend Blues Workshops

Hey everybody, I am trying to raise funds to attend the Centrum Workshops... I didn't think I would be able to go but I am making another effort. For a limited time I am offering all musicians/bands a photo shoot for $50. The shoot can be in studio or in a location near the studio in Arlington. All photos will be given to you on a CD... If you are interested or know of anyone who might be I am asking that you please pass this on. It is a really great deal for anyone who might be interested... J… Continue

Added by Justin Lundquist on May 20, 2009 at 4:06pm — No Comments

M for Mississippi wins BMA !

Just in case you haven't heard, fellow Centrum Blues member and blues producer extraodinaire. Jeff Konkel, won the Blues Music Award for his documentary "M for Mississippi"!!! If you haven't seen this yet YOU NEED TO! It's a great inside look at the blues today. Continue

Added by Son Jack Jr on May 12, 2009 at 8:13am — No Comments

THE EVER EVOLVING BAND...

Another opportunity for a great show this weekend and Son Jack. Jr. and the Delta Hothouse did not disappoint. They seem to get more and more comfortable playing together every time I see them. Every show has a new mix of songs and a load of energy. Michael lit the place on fire again with some amazing harmonica (I guess that's why they call him El Diablo). It is the second time I have heard him and Billy Barner do a really cool version of Parchment Blues... Son Jack played standing up for the f… Continue

Added by Justin Lundquist on May 11, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

"Entitled"

Hey, Blues-ists- The lovely Karen Lovely- been getting some satellite radio airplay from Bill Wax on XM-Sirius's Bluesvilles station (exit 74, you know, on the blues highway), seriously. A sign that her time is nigh. So here's my tribute to Ms. Karen, who has gigged right here here in River City- that's Blue-gene, Oregon- twice in the last couple months. Listen up! Entitled The straight stuff - those roadhouse blues- filling the heart of a Friday night and Karen Lovely commanding the room as e… Continue

Added by Terrapin Tim Volem on May 5, 2009 at 10:51pm — No Comments

"Floating Verses"

I b'lieve this one speaks for itself: Floating Verses "If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck"- one of those speculations that surfaces within the work of the I and the IV and V chords, that medicinal blue pattern as familiar as breath. "Rather drink muddy water and sleep in a hollow log"- a definitive declaration of active rejection from the music Handy first heard in an open tuning with a table knife slide beside a railroad station. "Let me be your sidetrack until your mainline c… Continue

Added by Terrapin Tim Volem on April 27, 2009 at 9:48pm — No Comments

Son Jack Jr, Slim Jimmy D, and the everything else...

In the Wings...Share Today at 3:10pm | Edit Note | Delete Well, it was another great music filled weekend (at least Friday and Saturday). Friday, Jami, Jade, Jackson, and myself went down to Third Place Books and enjoyed another amazing Son Jack Jr. and the Delta Hothouse show. There were some surprises... Most notably when Michael did a tune as a duo with Billy Barner the drummer. The band seems to be getting more and more cohesive with every show and Son Jack seems to be finding his groove. I… Continue

Added by Justin Lundquist on April 26, 2009 at 3:15pm — No Comments

90 never felt so good

I'm not talking about my age, though somedays I do feel that way :-). The significance of 90 is that it is the exact number of days until the next Country Blues Workshop. It's hard to believe how time has flown in some regards, but in other regards, a LOT has happened since I last drove through the gates at Fort Worden. But I won't go into all that here. If you really want to know, you'll just have to meet me at blues camp :-) This year will be a bittersweet year given that the great Joh… Continue

Added by Son Jack Jr on April 24, 2009 at 1:58pm — 1 Comment

Best of the Blues Awards

The Best of the Blues Awards Current mood:Foot Stompin' Category: Music Last night I my wife and I were honored to be asked to join Son Jack Jr and his band, the Delta Hothouse, at their table during the Best of the Blues Awards. It was an exciting night as I have been following Son Jack's music career for the last 6 or 8 months and here he was having 6 or 7 nominations for awards on the Washington Blues Societies biggest night of the year. We also had the pleasure of sitting with Cyndy Hall w… Continue

Added by Justin Lundquist on April 20, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

The Evolution of Son Jack Jr. and the Delta Hothouse...

dateline: Saturday April 4th 9:00 p.m. location: Rockfish Grill Anacortes, WA Saturday April 4th was a day to remember. Son Jack Jr. took the stage at the Rockfish in Anacortes at about 9:00 pm. Son started off with a few acoustic songs to warm things up. After getting things going he asked the Delta Hothouse to join him onstage and thats when things got crazy... Somewhere during the second electric song I realized that things were gonna be different from here on out. Michael Wilde was soloing… Continue

Added by Justin Lundquist on April 6, 2009 at 9:22am — 1 Comment

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