The 17th annual blues festival was yesterday. WHAT A FANTASTIC TIME. So many good players, and even a sprinkling of great ones. Music everywhere, hot sunny weather, and great people!
The festival is coming up in May and tickets officially went on sale last night at Ice Harbor; there were some stellar deals, too, like six for the price of five tickets, and free posters and hats. Very cool stuff.
The joint was packed all night, the dance floor was full, and the band had a really great time. I recently quit smoking so I was really enjoying seeing what my voice could do!
If you’re on Facebook, Dave’s pictures from last night (he has a great camera with a really nice lens) are here!
To recap: UnTapped tickets are now officially on sale! Don’t forget to get yours. Nancy’s getting married onstage right after our set; you totally don’t want to miss that!
I had such a blast last night with Coyote Kings at the Parkade, because not only did we have a full house and some enthusiastic dancers on the floor, but we had special guests: Billy Stoops and Barbara Blue from Junkyard Jane!
We alternated sets for the most part, but at the end of the night it was just a big blues jam. Billy jumped up on the bar and ran around during one of the last songs; it was bourbon-fueled fun!
Blue’s a rock solid bass player and a really nice human being, and Stoops is a great guitar player as well as being pretty hilarious. It was great meeting them, great sharing the stage with them, and I’m really looking forward to seeing them both again at UnTapped in May.
Some really blurry, low-res cell phone pics of the gig are here.