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BLUES festival PORT TOWNSEND, WA • FORT WORDEN STATE PARK
Artistic Director Daryl Davis
JULY 31 - AUGUST 2, 2014
Rich DelGrosso
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welcome to centrum Centrum’s summer workshops and festivals are your ticket to a great adventure! At Centrum, creativity and learning are one. From exploring the roots of American blues or jazz, to the traditions of American fiddle music or our internationally acclaimed writers’ workshops - for 41 years, Centrum’s summer programs have transformed the majestic, inspiring setting of Fort Worden State Park into a unique arts destination, the rival of communities many times our size. On behalf of the entire Centrum community of artists, I invite you to join us to discover a full array of mainstage performances, nightclub events, vibrant readings, lectures, dances and more. Last year alone, Centrum served participants from 17 different countries, 46 out of 50 U.S. states, and 77% of the counties in Washington State. Our generous audiences complete Centrum’s picture, allowing all of us to share in the inherently social nature of an artistic experience here in Port Townsend! We gratefully present our programs in partnership with the Washington State Arts Commission, the Washington State Parks Commission, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Fort Worden PDA. We thank all of our thoughtful donors and generous sponsors who support Centrum and its distinctive mission in our community. An extraordinary adventure will unfold again this summer at Centrum. Thank you for joining our esteemed artists and staff for a rewarding and enriching experience!
Sincerely yours,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Dear ‘Bluesic’ Friends & Family,
Welcome to the 2014 Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival. First and foremost, I want to thank each and every one of you for supporting our weeklong program by attending this festival. It is your support and contributions that allow us to continue to preserve the rich heritage and carry on the traditions of one of America’s greatest forms of music, and indisputably, the most influential genre of music our country has ever produced, the Blues. Through your help, our Acoustic Blues Workshop & Festival has become one the most successful programs of its kind in the country. Your generosity has made all of you co-producers of our program and enabled us this week alone, to: • Teach at least 12 different instruments, in addition to voice and dance. • Teach at least 25 varying styles of playing those instruments in the Country Blues tradition. • Provide almost 30 noted professional Bluesician instructors, performers and historians, to impart their knowledge and expertise to our participants. And now, we come to our culminating Blues Week activity for 2014, the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival. Here, you will see and enjoy up close and first hand, some of the finest practitioners of Traditional Acoustic Country Blues, alive today. Each year we lose some of the originators, but we are fortunate to present some of those who are still with us as well as those to whom their traditions have been passed down. You will never see this same and unique configuration of performers on any stage anywhere else in the world. The magic happens here and you make it happen! So, enjoy the show and on behalf of Centrum’s Executive Director, Robert Birman, Blues Program Manager, Mary Hilts, and myself, thank you. We look forward to your continued partnership and support in keeping this music alive and passed on to new generations. Kind regards,
Daryl Davis
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival!
We are thrilled to present to you some of the nation’s finest musicians who honor the acoustic country blues traditions. Country blues originally comes from the rural Piedmont, Delta and Hill County regions of the South and incorporates elements of gospel, ragtime, and hillbilly music. County blues is social music and we invite you to come into our house and join us as we sit at the feet of these fine musicians and wet your appetites with the sounds of our heritage. This music is the heartbeat of American music, the legacy of our African-American brothers and sisters who brought with them the sounds and rhythms of their homeland. We start this year’s festival at 6pm on Thursday, July 31, with a Bluesiana BBQ featuring live music by the Jelly Rollers, followed by a Bluesiana Dance Party at 7:30pm with Maria Muldaur and her Bluesiana Band. Consider coming down early and joining us for the BBQ on Littlefield Green next to the McCurdy Pavilion and stay for the dance! Bon Appetit has put together a fine feast that includes: shrimp etoufee, grilled Andouille sausage, chicken creole, maque choux, red beans and rice, braised local greens, corn bread with honey butter, fresh berry short cake and pecan pie with whipped cream. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it! The fun continues on through Saturday night with Blues in the Clubs, both Friday and Saturday nights, and an Acoustic Blues Showcase on Saturday afternoon. And be sure to come on out on Friday for free performances here at the Fort starting at 11am. See you out there!
Mary Hilts
PROGRAM MANAGER
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DOWNTOWN PORT TOWNSEND IMPORTANT NOTE Blues in the Clubs is a moveable feast of great music in various downtown venues, with each venue operating on a first come first served basis. Your $25 wrist band is an all-night access pass, and we encourage you to move around throughout the evening to gain the full benefit of the clubs experience. Venue hosts will help direct you to available seating or standing room options. Wednesday, July 30, 2014
MARINA ROOM 1. Lightnin’ Wells 2. Alvin Youngblood Hart 3. Mary Flower SHANGHAI 1. Lauren Sheehan & George Rezendes 2. John Miller 3. Steve James
CELLAR DOOR 1. Alvin Youngblood Hart & Steve James 2. Mary Flower & Steve James 3. John Miller & Gayle Dean Wardlow BOILER ROOM free admission; all ages 1. Judy LaPrade & George Rezendes (singalong) 2. Wendy DeWitt 3. Lauren Sheehan AMERICAN LEGION all ages 1. Jelly Rollers & Dean Mueller 2. Two sets of Zydeco Dance (Cedric Watson, Corey Ledet, Washboard Chaz, & Mark Brooks, Kirk Harwood, & Darren Loucas) MARINA ROOM 1. Orville Johnson 2. Rich DelGrosso & Dean Mueller 3. Terry Harmonica Bean & Dean Mueller SHANGHAI 1. Martin Grosswendt 2. Lightnin’ Wells 3. Mike Dowling
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Concert Schedule Thursday, July 31, 7:30pm. Bluesiana Dance Party
Featuring Maria Muldaur & her Bluesiana Band McCurdy Pavilion • Tickets $20 Join Centrum at 6 p.m. for a Bluesiana BBQ with live music by the Jelly Rollers. BBQ includes: shrimp etoufee, grilled Andouille sausage, chicken creole, maque choux, red beans and rice, braised local greens, corn bread with honey butter, fresh berry short cake and pecan pie with whipped cream. Full dinner includes your choice of entrée, 3 side dishes, dessert and drinks for $17 (prepaid) or $20 per person (cash or check only) at BBQ. For reservations: Bon Appetit at (360) 344-4441.
Friday, August 1, 8pm to midnight Blues in the Clubs Venues include: Public House, Cellar Door, Boiler Room, American Legion Hall, Marina Room, Shanghai Restaurant (See page 3 for line ups) • Admission: $25 with wristband
Saturday, August 2, 1:30pm Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Showcase McCurdy Pavilion • Tickets: $43/$33/$23 Ethel Caffie-Austin & Delnora Roberts – GOSPEL Choir; Terry Harmonica Bean; Alvin Youngblood Hart with special guest Maria Muldaur; Steve James; Mike Dowling with special guest Roger Edsell; Carl Sonny Leyland; Zydeco with Cedric Watson, Corey Ledet, Washboard Chaz & Mark Brooks. Available on the Littlefield Green: Authentic St. Louis Style Blues Barbecue by Bon Appetit
Saturday, August 2, 8pm to midnight Blues in the Clubs Venues include: Public House, Cellar Door, Boiler Room, American Legion Hall, Marina Room, Shanghai Restaurant (See page 3 for line ups) • Admission: $25 with wristband
ACOUSTIC BLUES TICKET PACKAGE includes: • Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Showcase, Saturday, August 2, at McCurdy Pavilion • Blues in the Clubs, Friday, August 1, Port Townsend downtown clubs • Blues in the Clubs, Saturday, August 2, Port Townsend downtown clubs
BLUES PACKAGE PRICING Includes all concerts held at McCurdy Pavilion and all “Blues in the Clubs” events (clubs are open seating). Section A, $80; Section B, $70; Section C, $60
ETHEL CAFFIE-AUSTIN
Dr. Ethel Caffie-Austin, West Virginia’s “First Lady of Gospel Music,” grew up in a home steeped in African-American heritage and culture. Her father, David, was the son of a first generation slave and he planted the roots of the old songs and old ways of the Alabama indentured slave culture in Ethel as he shared his father’s experiences and his own. Ethel’s musical talent was nurtured by her parents. She began playing piano at the age of six, started accompanying church services at nine and directed her first choir at age 11. Throughout her life, she has carried on a rich tradition of African-American gospel singing, piano playing and worship. She has taken her music and ministry into prisons, schools and government projects, and has performed at festivals across the country and in Africa and Europe.
TERRY HARMONICA BEAN Terry Harmonica Bean is one of Mississippi’s hidden treasures: a contemporary hill country bluesman and lifelong resident of Pontotoc, who has created his own distinctive version of the harp-blowing, guitar-grooving one-man band. Terry came up in a blues world filled with country jukes and late-night house parties. “I always did love the sound of the blues,” he said. “Ever since I was a little bitty boy that’s the music I heard. My daddy used to play with B.B. King, but he had to stay at home and couldn’t go on the road.” One of 24 kids, Terry is the only one still playing blues. “I just like to play; I can’t let the blues die. I don’t want to let it go.” As a harmonica-playing guitarist who sings, he’s a triple threat determined to hang on.
MARK BROOKS Mark Brooks is one of New Orleans’ premiere bassists. He is noted for his versatility, vocally as well as instrumentally. Mark is a protégée of the late great Jazz Master, Alvin Batiste, along with several of his close friends Branford Marsalis, Donald Harrison and Henry Butler. Mark has toured and played with an array of artists ranging from jazz to blues and R&B to gospel, such as Dr. John, The Neville Brothers, Henry Butler, Charles and Aaron Neville, Lou Rawls, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Fats Domino Band. Mark has to his credit numerous recordings and appearances on local and national television shows, but his most highlighted musical moments were the opportunities to appear on screen and in the sound track of the Clint Eastwood film, “The Bridges of Madison County,” “The Regis and Kathy Lee Show,” and his appearance in the movie of Ray Charles’ life story, “Ray.”
CHRIS BURNS Chris Burns is the consummate pianist/organist, who has spent his long career exploring and mastering the many varied styles and nuances of both early traditional and contemporary blues and R&B. His authentic, soulful, straightforward delivery on piano, organ and all keyboards has earned him the respect of blues artists everywhere. He is much sought after for both recording and touring. When not touring nationally and internationally, he resides in Oakland, California, where he composes, produces and teaches. Chris has played and recorded with blues legends such as Albert Collins, Little Milton, Johnny Taylor, Frankie Lee, Ernie Johnson, and Freddie Hughes. In recent years, he has recorded and toured extensively with Maria Muldaur (he is also her musical director), Joe Louis Walker, Craig Horton, and Mark Hummel, as well as producing the critically acclaimed debut album for The California Honeydrops, and three albums for legendary R&B/soul singer Freddie Hughes.
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RICH DELGROSSO Rich DelGrosso is widely regarded as the leading exponent of mandolin blues. For more than 30 years, he has written articles for Blues Revue, Living Blues, Mandolin Magazine, Frets, and Sing Out!, and has published mandolin and guitar instruction books for Hal Leonard Publishing. Rich has presented workshops across the Americas and Europe, earning him a Keeping the Blues Alive Award from the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.
WENDY DEWITT Wendy DeWitt plays boogie woogie and blues piano at a high energy pitch. Intense, personal and delivered with a contagious smile, her work is inspired by Otis Spann and seasoned by international touring and work with Delmark recording artist Steve Freund and R&B legend Hank Ballard. Currently writing her ninth album, Wendy also helps to organize the annual Queens of Boogie Woogie at the premiere West Coast jazz venue Yoshi’s Oakland, the SRO International Boogie Woogie Festival at SF JAZZ and the Blues Piano Orgy Series. When not traveling you can find Wendy hosting Open Mic at Bobby G’s in Berkeley every Tuesday. To insure that more people enjoy the thrill of boogie woogie and blues piano, Wendy also teaches workshops at Berkeley’s Jazz School, the Blue Bear School of Music. This is Wendy’s first year at the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop.
SEAN DIVINE
EVERYONE LIKES TO DANCE! When you dance, it makes you smile, improves your mood and you have a great time. Dancing is like no other form of exercise because it provides the heart healthy benefits of an aerobic workout while also allowing you to engage in a social activity. Dancing is an activity for any age, any ability and anywhere. Jefferson Healthcare encourages you to keep dancing regularly. It will help you in so many ways. • Increase your flexibility and coordination • Enhance your physical confidence • Heighten your self-esteem and sense of wellbeing • Strengthen your heart, lungs and other muscles • Improve your mental outlook by reducing stress • Boost your memory and cognitive acuity
So grab a dance partner and get on the dance floor!
Inspired by the boogie woogie piano he heard his uncle play as a child, Sean Divine initially started playing harmonica because it was the only instrument he could afford. Then he discovered the Cephas and Wiggins album “Dog Days of August,” decided this was the kind of music he wanted to make, and dove into his harmonica journey with new determination. After reuniting in Seattle with guitarist and high school friend Darren Loucas, the pair formed the Jelly Rollers, and have continued to perform blues and roots around the Northwest ever since.
MIKE DOWLING Mike Dowling digs deep into the musical bag of American roots guitar, favoring the melodic Piedmont style of acoustic blues masters like Mississippi John Hurt and slide great Tampa Red. But Mike can’t be pigeonholed as a blues player, or even as a fingerstylist. He’s far too versatile for that. From bottleneck blues to vintage jazz and much more in between, Mike’s musicality, depth, and mastery of the instrument translates fluently to flattop, archtop, and resonator guitars alike. Mike’s been a featured guest on public radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” as well as a substitute guitarist in that show’s “Guys All-Star Shoe Band.” In 2005, he was one of 12 of the country’s top fingerstyle guitarists who won the Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album for their solo arrangements of Henry Mancini compositions on a CD called “Pink Guitar.” Mike continues to write and record from his Wyoming retreat and maintains a busy tour schedule performing and teaching throughout the world.
ROGER EDSALL Considered among the top of the list of blues harpists in the mid-Atlantic region, Roger Edsall combines a mix of styles from classic pioneers Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson, as well as everybody’s contemporary guru, Kim Wilson. Born in Alton, Illinois – the birthplace of Miles Davis – it was destined that music would be in Roger’s blood. He has shared the stage and the bill with the likes of Maria Muldaur, the aforementioned Kim Wilson, Kenny Neal, Jimmy Thackery and a host of others (including Hizzoner Marion Barry – not something everyone can boast!). It’s clear that the savvy of veteran musical experience has served Roger well, and is clearly displayed on band, Bad Influence, gigs and in their award-winning recordings. Wednesday, July 30, 2014
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Ethel Caffie-Austin
Free Fridays at the Fort Bring a picnic blanket and some lawn chairs and enjoy Centrum’s annual Free Friday’s at the Fort series, showcasing jazz, blues and fiddle tunes performers among many others. All shows begin at noon at The Commons at Fort Worden State Park. • August 1: Acoustic Blues Gospel Choir directed by Ethel Caffie-Austin and Delnora Roberts Lunchtime concert series on the lawn of the Nora Porter Commons are free to the public thanks to the support of sponsors Enclume, First Federal and Peninsula Daily News. In the rare event of inclement weather, alternative plans will be posted online at centrum.org.
Hailing from Portland, Oregon, guitarist and lap slide player Mary Flower is renowned for her uniquely personal vision of roots music that blends ragtime, acoustic blues and folk – technically dazzling yet grounded in the down-to-earth simplicity of early 20th century American music. With nine albums to her name and many instructional DVDs, this Yellow Dog Records recording artist has earned rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for her instrumental skill – a mastery of the Piedmont blues style that takes most players a lifetime to hone – for which Flower is most celebrated. Her performances around the world include Merlefest, “Prairie Home Companion” and the Winnipeg Folk Festival. A seasoned teacher, Mary has been on staff at many guitar workshops including Fur Peace Ranch and the Swannanoa Gathering.
MARTIN GROSSWENDT David Bromberg calls Martin Grosswendt “One of the best fingerpickers I’ve ever heard play.” Martin began his career as a session player at the original Philo Records in Vermont, recording and touring with musicians including Utah Phillips, Jim Ringer, Mary McCaslin, and Rosalie Sorrells. At the same time, he pursued his passion for prewar country blues and created a solo career playing the music of legendary bluesmen such as Charley Patton, Blind Blake, Robert Johnson and Blind Willie McTell. Since moving to Rhode Island in the early 1980s, Martin has delved even more deeply into Southern roots music. He currently plays bass (and occasionally fiddle, guitar and accordion). He has sung with the popular Cajun dance band Magnolia for the past 17 years, and plays guitar and sings with the Rhode Island bluegrass super-group the Pegheads. He is also in demand as a teacher of bottleneck, flatpicking and finger style guitar, blues mandolin and old time banjo styles throughout the country.
ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HART
Lightnin’ Wells
Free Concerts for Kids Enjoy these family friendly shows at 11am at The Commons at Fort Worden. • August 1: Lightnin’ Wells: Old Songs for Young Folks Free Concerts for Kids are made possible with the generous support of the Congdon Hanson Family.
The cosmic American lovechild of Howlin Wolf and Link Wray! Known as a “musician’s musician,” Alvin Youngblood Hart’s praises have been sung by everyone from Bob Dylan to Brit guitar gods Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor. Since the release of his 1996 debut recording, the all-acoustic “Big Mama’s Door,” Alvin has relayed his eclectic musical message around the world. Several records, projects and reviews later, he was awarded a Grammy in 2004. In 2005, fortified in the wake of much recognition and determined to defy any stereotypes attached to his artistry, Alvin released the self-produced “Motivational Speaker,” a rock guitar free-for-all, paying homage to fallen and missing rockers like Phil Lynott and Sly Stone. His songwriting, singing and electric guitar prowess are all championed on the project and showcase the versatility he continuously strives to offer his fans and profession. A devout follower of the “no barriers” approach carved out by veteran performers like Gatemouth Brown and the late, great Doug Sahm, Alvin aims to delight the masses and points to challenge the so-called blues purists. His fondness for obscure instruments and vintage gear contribute to a formidable and unique plugged in performance that discerning music lovers rave about. His rock trio, Muscle Theory, plays a versatile and enthralling live show that consistently inspires its listeners (new and old) to research and rethink what they once thought they knew about his craft and abilities.
STEVE JAMES Steve James is well-known in the world of contemporary folk, blues and roots music, and it’s not because he has a high-powered publicist. Steve has toured internationally and extensively, performing at festivals, concert venues and clubs and offering a variety of music workshops for the sizable “hands-on” contingent in his ferociously loyal audience. In addition, Steve has created numerous instruction books, print lessons and articles, DVDs and online tutorials for guitar, slide guitar and mandolin for Acoustic Guitar and Homespun.
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ORVILLE JOHNSON Orville Johnson grew up in a small farming town in Illinois not far from the banks of the Mississippi River. His early playing career was focused around the St. Louis, Missouri music scene where he was exposed to and participated in a variety of blues, bluegrass, and American roots music. Orville began singing in his Pentecostal church as a young boy, in rock bands during middle school and then took up guitar and dobro at age 17 with early influences from Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt, Mike Auldridge and Chuck Berry. His travels took him west to Colorado and California, south to New Orleans and Memphis, and in the mid1970s, Orville spent several seasons playing on the S.S. Julia Belle Swain, a period piece Mississippi River paddlewheel steamboat plying the inland waterways. He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1978, where he was a founding member of the legendary Northwest folk/rock group, “The Dynamic Logs,” and over the years has played with a diverse list of artists including Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, John Hartford, Maria Muldaur, Richie Havens, Laura Love, blues artists John Cephas, Howard Armstrong, Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company) and Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones). Orville, known for his dobro and slide guitar stylings and soulful vocal acrobatics, has guested on more than 400 albums, appeared on Garrison Keillor’s “Prairie Home Companion,” Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show,” and was featured in the 1997 film “Georgia” with Mare Winningham and Jennifer Jason-Leigh. He is also in demand as a teacher and author, writing for Acoustic Guitar and Fretboard Journal and teaching at prestigious workshops worldwide, including Euro Blues Week, International Guitar Seminar, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and Guitar Intensives.
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Judy LaPrade has taught since junior high school, when she directed and accompanied the patient choir at the local state mental hospital. She never veered from there in her path to build bridges with therapy and the creative arts. Judy now has 30 years of experience teaching in music programs, schools, mental health agencies and as a consultant. Judy took your standard classical piano lessons from a young age, but always felt like something was missing. She longed to put printed music aside and play by ear. So when she attended her first blues camp in 1985, she felt she’d come home. She fell in love with traditional acoustic blues and early era stringband music. After years of studying blues and swing and performing with the Elktones, an eight piece women’s band, she was invited to teach at Centrum. For 10 years now, she has been teaching Beginning Blues piano to both people new to piano and current players who want to learn blues. A teacher’s teacher, she also loves working with musicians who have mastered other instruments and now want to transition to piano.
WASHBOARD CHAZ Though comfortable in all forms of our diverse American musical heritage, Washboard Chaz has achieved dominance and international recognition in acoustic country blues. Born and raised in New York, Chaz played in drum and bugle corps and various high school bands. A season in Key West introduced him to the man who gave him washboard lessons and changed his life. Moving to Boulder, Colorado in the mid-1970s, Chaz performed with a wide variety of bands, including The Ophelia Swing Band, Judy Roderick, Prosperity Jazz Band, Barbecue Bob and Washboard Chaz and Bleecker Street to name a few. Upon arriving in New Orleans in late 2000, Chaz quickly became a fan favorite. He has performed in festivals and clubs throughout the U.S., Canada, Italy, France, Japan, Switzerland, Holland, Austria and Martinique, as well as New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, French Quarter Fest, Telluride Bluegrass and Jazz Fests and Lincoln Center’s Mid Summer’s Swing. Chaz has also been featured in local and national commercials, the HBO series “Treme,” various movies and the closing song in Werner Herzog’s remake of “The Bad Lieutenant.” He has played professionally with an impressive array of world-class musicians, on stage and recordings, including Corey Harris, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and John Hammond’s 1998 Grammy nominated “As Long As I Have You.” His talents extend from washboard, congas and other hand percussion, drum kit, lead and background vocals, to songwriting and arranging. Wednesday, July 30, 2014
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Corey Ledet was born and raised in Houston, Texas, but spent his summers with family in Louisiana immersed in the Creole culture. He learned everything he could and incorporated the culture in all areas of his life – the traditions, the food, and most importantly, the Creole and Zydeco music. Corey studied the originators of the music such as Clifton Chenier, John Delafose, and Boozoo Chavis. He branched out to include studying any (and all) artists of Zydeco and learned the main instrument of the music – the accordion. Corey came to truly love any type of accordion – the single-note, triple-note and piano key accordions – and any others. He worked at building his skills until he knew each one fluently. He keeps one foot firmly in the tradition, while exploring surrounding influences in order to create the best of both worlds. He is able to infuse old and new styles of Zydeco into his own unique sound from all of the people he studied and was influenced by. He also appreciates the other traditional sound indigenous to Louisiana in Cajun music and has been able to expand his repertoire to include these influences as well.
CARL SONNY LEYLAND
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Carl Sonny Leyland was born & raised on the South Coast of England, growing up close to the city of Southampton. As a child he was drawn to the American music which he heard on LP records his father would play. At age 15 Leyland discovered boogie-woogie when he heard a school friend working through a written arrangement of a tune called JD’s Boogie-Woogie (Marvin Wright). Captivated by the sound of the repeating 8 to the bar left hand pattern, Leyland was inspired to go to the piano & begin on a path that would become his life’s purpose. Within 3 months he would be performing in public & shortly after would become a member of a respected local group “The Bob Pearce Blues Band.” Initially influenced by boogie woogie greats Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson & Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis, Leyland went on to fully explore the piano blues genre, becoming an authority on early & obscure styles such as those played by Cow Cow Davenport, Little Brother Montgomery, Montana Taylor & Speckled Red to name a few. In 1988 Leyland had the opportunity to come to the USA. This initial visit to New Orleans inspired him to relocate to that city where he would spend the next nine years. During that time he was active on the club scene, quickly gaining a reputation for his authentic blues & early rock & roll stylings. Also, he toured with the Dallas based band Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets whose line-up included blues great Sam Myers. Whether playing solo or with his trio, Leyland’s playing displays an infectious spontaneity, providing plenty of surprises for the listener. While he possesses the necessary vocabulary to pay tribute to the greats of old, he refuses to be limit himself to this & prefers to let each performance be an opportunity to say something new.
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ukulele festival September 5-6, 2014
Come see renowned ukelele mucisians like Ginger Johnson and Robyn Kneubuhl of The Hula Honeys perform at the 2014 Ukelele Festival. To purchase tickets, please call (800) 746-1982 or visit Centrum.org.
Darren Loucas is the cofounder of The Jelly Rollers with Sean Divine –awarded The B.B. King Award for their acoustic blues. He’s well known in the Northwest as a guitarist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Darren routinely shares the stage with artists and bands such as Bill Frisell, The Long Winters, Ian Moore, Wayne Horvitz and more. He has years of experience as a teacher. Darren’s held blues and slide guitar workshops at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington, Guitar Center, Dusty Strings and more.
JOHN MILLER John Miller has more than 40 years of experience as a professional performing and teaching musician and composer. His first solo recordings were made when he was 20 years old and he had released five solo albums to international acclaim before the age of 30. John has taught guitar privately since his high school years and has been much in
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demand for teaching at music camps, including the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Workshop, Guitar Intensives, the European Blues Association Blues Week, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, British Columbia Swing Camp and others. John has continued to record and perform in groups and duos –with mandolinist and guitarist Orville Johnson and harmonica player Grant Dermody; mandolinist John Reischman, violinist Ruthie Dornfeld, with the Brazilian trio Zumbido, vocalist Ginny Snowe and as a soloist. He has released 15 instructional DVDs on a variety of topics for Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop.
DEAN MUELLER This Chicago-born and Portland- and Manzanita-based bassist says that being a musician is just “what I was meant to do.” Dean Mueller is originally from the City of Blues, Chicago, and had played electric bass since he was a kid. He picked up the upright bass and put his talent to good use. You’ll often find Dean on stage with his upright bass. He is aggressive and simple in his approach, and swings as hard as a
monkey. The ultimate compliment you can give to a blues rhythm section is that they play together almost as one musician, one voice. Dean can most certainly do just that. He plays regularly in the Northwest with the Duffy Bishop band. Over the past year, he has played with several groups on the coast and produced shows in Manzanita. Dean has taught and performed at Centrum’s Port Townsend Acoustic Blues workshop for many years.
MARIA MULDAUR Maria Muldaur is known worldwide for her 1974 mega-hit “Midnight at the Oasis,” which received several Grammy nominations, and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere; but despite her considerable pop music success, her 50-year career could best be described as a long and adventurous odyssey through the various forms of American roots music. During the folk revival of the early 1960s, she began exploring and singing early blues, bluegrass and Appalachian “Old Timey” music, beginning her recording career in 1963 with the Even Dozen Jug Band and shortly thereafter, joining the very popular Jim Kweskin Jug Band, touring and recording with them throughout the ’60s. In the 40 years since “Midnight at the Oasis,” Maria has toured extensively worldwide and has recorded 40 solo albums covering all kinds of American roots music, including gospel, R&B, jazz and big band (not to mention several award-winning children’s albums), before settling comfortably into her favorite idiom, the blues, in recent years. Often joining forces with some of the top names in the business, Maria has recorded and produced on-average an album per year, several of which have been nominated for Grammy and other awards. In 2012, for her 40th album, “First Came Memphis Minnie,” Maria produced a loving tribute to the pioneering blues woman who inspired and influenced so many female artists who followed in her footsteps. Many of these women joined Maria on this special project including Bonnie Raitt, Phoebe Snow, Ruthie Foster, Koko Taylor and Rory Block, accompanied by the amazing guitar work of Del Rey, David Bromberg, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Roy Rogers, Bob Margolin, Steve James and Steve Freund. In 2013, taking a brief hiatus from her yearly recording schedule, Maria focused on three special collaborations, performing worldwide with her old Jug Band mates, in a series of 50th Anniversary Kweskin Jug Band Reunion concerts, teaming up with the Campbell Brothers, world-renowned Sacred Steel Gospel artists, for a very special presentation entitled “Spirit & The Blues,” and touring as a special guest artist with Bill Wyman and The Rhythm Kings. Maria continues to perform with her own Red Hot Bluesiana Band.
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MARK PURYEAR Mark Puryear has performed a variety of musical styles including blues, jazz, and Afro-pop. Over the years, he has performed at Smithsonian Folklife Festivals, the Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, the D.C. Blues Society festival, Centrum’s Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival, in clubs, on college campuses and at private events. He toured the East Coast and recorded with the acoustic blues trio BluesWorks. While residing in Micronesia he led a jazz trio and played many styles of popular music. Mark has had the pleasure of working with blues artists such as Phil Wiggins, Gaye Adegbalola, Nat Reese and Daryl Davis. More recently, he has performed in trio format with Harold Anderson and Phil Wiggins and in duos with harmonica players Phil Wiggins and Jay Summerour. He teaches a course on blues at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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GEORGE REZENDES George Rezendes has been a fan of Piedmont and ragtime guitar since 1970. He’s been listening to and studying the styles of John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotton, Skip James, Blind Blake and many of the other classic country blues artists since then. George studied with Piedmont guitar master John Jackson in 1978, and got to meet him again at Centrum in 1997, where they presented a Blind Blake workshop together.
DELNORA ROBERTS Delnora Roberts was born and raised in Elkins, West Virginia and was immersed in church music at an early age. By the time she started school she was already a seasoned singer and she regularly sang in groups throughout her schooling. These included the regionally famous Creamer Singers and the John Adams Madrigals, with whom she has also recorded. At church she learned washboard, bones and tambourine and at school took up the guitar and piano. In 1969, she was singing in Morgantown, West Virginia and met Ethel Caffie-Austin, who asked her to join the Caffie-Austin group – with whom she has been singing and playing off and on with ever since. In her “spare” time Delnora teaches gospel percussion – particularly the tambourine.
loves the music she performs, shape shifting through moods familiar and obscure, howling with the werewolf and weeping with the willow. Thanks to the efforts of some amazing traditional music supporters in Seattle, Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival favorite Lauren was inducted into the Library of Congress. “It’s unbelievable … I am only a little drop in the bucket of oral tradition, but I am a drop in the bucket and wonderful players have passed stuff on to me who have now died,” she said. “All this being in the Library of Congress is so cool because other people can hear that.”
GAYLE DEAN WARDLOW Gayle Dean Wardlow was the first Mississippian to extensively research the lives and music of Mississippi blues artists. He co-authored the book, King of the Delta Blues: The Life and Music of Charlie Patton, and has published more than 20 articles of original blues research. He authored the book Chasin’ That Devil’s Music, Searching for the Blues and his writings have appeared in numerous album notes and all of the major blues publications including Living Blues, Blues Unlimited, 78 Quarterly, and Storyville. Gayle’s collection of blues recordings, especially pre-war 78s, is one of the most comprehensive in existence.
PETER MADCAT RUTH Grammy Award winner Peter Madcat Ruth has established an international reputation through his riveting virtuosity on the harmonica. He started playing harmonica in 1964, after hearing recordings by Sonny Terry. In the late 1960s, he took lessons from Big Walter Horton. By the mid-1970s his harmonica playing had already been recorded by RCA Records, Atlantic Records and Columbia Records, and he was touring worldwide in Dave Brubeck’s band. (He was the first diatonic harmonica player to ever record and tour with a major Jazz performer.) Peter has toured all over the world. He has performed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Cayman Islands, England, Germany, Holland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Spain and Taiwan, and the US. He is equally at home playing blues, folk music, jazz, country, or rock and roll. Peter is more than an expert musician. He is also a performer who has such a good time playing music that audiences, ranging from preschoolers to senior citizens, respond enthusiastically to his performances.
LAUREN SHEEHAN With sandy-edged vocals and sparkling guitar, mandolin and banjo picking, Lauren Sheehan plays from an old songster tradition, combining blues, country, folk, ballads and standards, along with popular as well as her own music. Her shows are unusual for their stylistic breadth and emotional range, masterfully delivered with warmth, humor and passion for the music and its history. Inspired by study with elders, oral tradition and scholarship, Lauren recreates the intimacy of a back porch, where singing and playing were regular events. She clearly
CEDRIC WATSON Cedric Watson is one of the brightest young talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole and Zydeco music over the last decade. He is a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist and songwriter with seemingly unlimited potential. Originally from San Felipe, Texas, Cedric moved to south Louisiana, immersing himself in French music and language. Over the next several years, he performed French music in 17 countries and on seven full-length albums with various groups. With an apparently bottomless repertoire of songs at his fingertips, Cedric plays everything from forgotten Creole melodies and obscure Dennis McGee reels to more modern Cajun and Zydeco songs, even occasionally throwing in a bluegrass fiddle tune or an old string band number. Cedric’s songs channel his diverse ancestry (African, French, Native American and Spanish) to create his own brand of sounds.
LIGHTNIN’ WELLS “Lightnin’” Wells breathes new life into the vintage tunes of the 1920s and depression era America employing various appropriate stringed instruments in a dynamic style which he has developed in over thirty years of performing experience. Raised in eastern North Carolina, Wells learned to play harmonica as a young child and taught himself to play the guitar as he developed a strong interest in traditional blues and folk music. His many years of public performance began in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in the early 1970s. During the following decades he has presented his brand of acoustic blues throughout North Carolina, the United States and Europe.
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