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MESSAGE FROM
THE PRODUCER
Nineteen years, over 250 acts, innumerable jaw dropping performances, dancing shoes worn out, and countless happy, smiling faces. Welcome to what I think is the best little blues festival on the planet. Of course, I may be somewhat biased, but one of the incredible perks of my job is the opportunity to travel to other blues events…I bring my little notebook, and when I see an idea that I think would be a great addition, I write it down. In that way, every year our festival has matured, grown, been tweaked, and turned into an event that people from around
the world travel to, to get that “Great Festival Experience”. I have seen many try, but fewer succeed in the way that we have. I say “we” because this is by no means a one-man band… Probably the biggest reason is our “Blues Ambassadors”, the 250 volunteers who bring this site to life. Every year they have great ideas that have been added to the festival... There are our sponsors, all blues fans, who have jumped on board and last, but certainly not least, it’s you, the blues lovin’ patrons. Next year is #20, one of those “big” anniversaries and we’ll be bringing in some of the best from the past 20 years to light up the stage. But there will also be changes behind the scenes to make your experience as a “Blues Hound” even better. For now, savour # 19, enjoy the weekend, lose yourself in the music from time to time, meet old friends and make new ones, dance, and enjoy this slice of “Blues Heaven”. Cam Hayden Producer, Edmonton Blues Festival
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
Debra Power 5:00pm Albert Cummings 5:30pm
QUICK SCHEDULE
Victor Wainwright & the Wildroots
6:50pm
3 Generations of the Blues Featuring Billy Boy Arnold; Bob Corritore, Oscar Wilson and Billy Flynn; Big Jon Atkinson
8:30pm
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 Charlie Jacobson 2:00pm The Perpetrators 2:30pm E.G. Kight 4:00pm Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne Band with Sherman Doucette 5:30pm and Charlie Jacobson The 24th Street Wailers 7:00pm James Harman’s Bamboo Porch Revue
8:30pm
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 Jenie Thai 2:00pm Boogie Patrol 2:30pm Nathan and the Rhythm Scratchers
3:55pm
Colin Linden Trio 5:30pm Anthony Geraci’s Boston Blues All-Stars Featuring Toni Lynn Washington, Michelle “Evil Gal” Willson, Mike Ledbetter and Monster Mike Welch
6:50pm
The Fabulous Thunderbirds 8:30pm Featuring Kim Wilson Special thanks to Brita Brookes for providing the photograph of Colin Linden for this year’s poster and T-shirt. AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
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ADMINISTRATION
Manager Lauralynn Baxter Coordinator Tim McFetridge BAR Manager Jim Sharpe Coordinators Gary Ferguson Don Ridley Brenda Yurchi Crew Bill Adams Dani Anderson Barb Avent John Avent Terri Barner Danny Buck Mark Behm Don Brownlee Chad Cairns Norah Cairns Lynda Chilton Bonnie Czernick Georgette Dawes Vern Dufva Claudette Edney Glenn Gardner Jamie Grant Wilf Hanratty Bill Hunking Karen Hutchings Andy Kankkunen Chantal Lacasse Marilyn MacGillivray Blaine MacLeod Lisa Meraw Chantell Micklos Dora Newcombe Brenda Parkinson Susan Parnham Gibson Patterson PG 2
Wayne Preston Luis Rebonne Kathryn Rogers Greg Scheetz Jake Strashok Ian Walker Diane Waluk Linda Williams DATABASE
Coordinator Markus Molenda HOSPITALITY
Coordinator Nicole Mundy Crew Sunshine Deen Jared Hansen Sandra Hodgson Shari Paziuk Cory Zarney MEDIA LIAISON
Coordinator Randall Way Crew Joanna Langille June Meeboer Kirsten Milner Mary Muehler PARTY CREW
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Coordinators Marg Ingram Karen Harrison Lee Hewko John Hopwood-Jones Crew Moses Baldwin Pierre Badre Brana Basara
Kim Beaudoin Debbie Beaver Brenda Bell Guy Bellerose Jim Bennett Jacquie Blair Greg Borgel Ken Breault Donna Bugler Kevin Buhler Michelle Bynoe Norah Cairns Paulette Cameron E.J. Campbell Hughena Campbell Geri Coffin Jim Coney Norm Coney Attila Csapo Spencer Cuncannon Bonnie Czernick Carol Demchuk Norm Demchuk Brian Dompe Sharon Dutton Tim Dutton Kolton Dzogolyk Carol Farquharson Dave Farquharson Richard Fortune Liz Frischknet Perry Granik Noel Granik Debbie Grant Vickie Gray James Grey Diane Grice Bonnie Harpe Richard Harris Martin Harrison Nicky Harrison Katrin Head Aurelie Hesse Alice Hrabec Bonnie Huculak Daniel Hughes Scott Ingram Dan Janewski
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Linda Swyck Carla Sykora Brian Taje Susan Taylor Angie Thompson Eric Thompson Marielle Turgeon Burk Urmetzer Alida van Essen Judy Waselenchuk Taren Watson Christine Winslow Alma Woronuk Sandy Zaluski SHUTTLE Coordinator Conrad Bialobzyski Co-Coordinators Bill Sinclair Bob Smits Crew Tracey-Lynn Byrne Khahlyf Chrichlow Mich Ethier Emil Harvey Glenn Herbert Lisa Hrabec Angus McNainy Rachel Murray Odion Welch Linda Langhans Scott Pragnell SITE Manager Anne Wenschlag Crew Richard Fortune Jim Johnson Dave Henderson Anthony Clarke Wyonna Johnson Stan Lennox Rick Lutz Phil Maxwell Joe Mendiuk Gene Mueller Brett Ann Taylor Richard Winn Shirley Ann Winn June Smith Rodney O’Donnell Carol Nelson STAGE Coordinator Chris Cook Co-Coordinators Connie McCall Cameron Adam
Crew Arin Hancock Garfield Hiscock Tom Hudson Greg Lebeuf Heather Presisniuk Morgan Randall Graham Slavik Ian Stults STORE
Manager Manny Jenner Coordinators Candice Hancock Ingrid Franchuk Crew Jocelyn Baires Dianne Kapty Andy Nikiforuk Brian Paziuk Rhonda Smith Krystal Swimmer VOLUNTEER SERVICES
Coordinator Lori Scott Co-Coordinator Jim Gannon Crew Lori Brown Debbie McLennan Joelle Dressler Diane Szoke Joey Carothers WILL CALL
Coordinator Victoria Armstrong Co-Coordinator Bart Elenbaas Crew Cindy Bedford Ken Bedford Carolyn Burn Steve Gunderson Pat Hardy Jill Nixon Connie Regan Dolton Regan Laura Ritcey Catherine Roberts Rosemary Ronald Robert Unrau
vocals and sparkling keyboard skills, having built a long list of performance/ recording credits across Canada and in the U.S.
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Pianist, singer and songwriter Debra Power is known for her powerhouse
Debra was weaned on Big Band music growing up, her father a bandleader during the dance era. Encouraged by her parents, Debra studied piano in her youth. She then headed off to study music at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where she majored in voice. Moving to Alberta in the late 80’s, Debra further expanded her repertoire playing in country bands and performing at feature venues. She briefly returned to the Windsor/Detroit area, performing at piano bars and festivals before returning to Calgary to settle down, get married, and raise her daughter. Debra’s studio work has included original songs, gaining radio airplay on Holger
Peterson’s ‘Natch’l Blues’ program, and on numerous radio stations in Detroit. The Calgary blues scene embraced Debra’s great talent as a solo performer and in ensembles, recording/performing in a variety of settings with Canadian greats including Tim Williams, Bill Johnson, Back Alley John and Johnny V. She’s become a fixture on the Calgary club scene, and was a featured performer at the Calgary International Blues Festival (2011). In 2014 Debra was honoured with the CBMA Award for Keyboard Player of the Year, and represented Southern Alberta in the Solo/Duo Category of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, in January, 2016. Debra released her debut CD, Even Redheads Get The Blues, in early 2016, and she’s sure to get this year’s festival off to a great start.
Selected Discography: Even Redheads Get the Blues (2016)
“A barrage of guitar pyrotechnics that calls to mind a grand mix of the styles of past masters like Albert King, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Hendrix.” – Bluesprint Magazine In his late teens Albert Cummmings encountered the early recordings of Stevie Ray Vaughan and was floored by the virtuosity. While in college in 1987 he saw Vaughan perform, and he returned to the guitar with a new outlook and resolve. In 1998 he walked into a Northeast Blues Society open jam, which led to Cummings’ winning the right to compete in the Blues Foundation’s 1999 International Blues Challenge. The following year Albert released his debut recording, “The Long Way”. That in turn opened up an opportunity for him to work with Double Trouble,
the late Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section. So taken with Albert’s fire and passion were bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton that they volunteered to play on and produce his solo debut recording, 2003’s self-released “From the Heart”. No less a giant of the blues than B.B. King dubbed Cummings “a great guitarist.” For his latest recording, “Someone Like You”, Albert chose to record in Southern California with Grammy-winning producer David Z. (Buddy Guy, Prince, Jonny Lang, Gov’t Mule) at the helm. Said Z, “Albert Cummings writes, plays and sings the blues like nobody else. What a blast to watch him gel in the studio with some of the best musicians in Los Angeles.” Albert Makes his Edmonton Blues Festival debut and is sure to get the house rockin’ and the blues hounds on their feet!
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Albert Cummings has released seven albums over the course of his career. These are his most recent titles. Selected Discography: Someone Like You (2015), No Regrets (2012), Feel So Good (2008), Working Man (2006), True to Yourself (2004) PG 4
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AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
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Victor Wainwright Friday, August 25-6:50PM Though his career began over a decade ago with genuine rock n’ roll honky-tonk, Victor Wainwright has broadened his artistic scope over the years to include music representing virtually every corner of the blues. Composer, producer, vocalist, entertainer and award wining piano player; Victor Wainwright is a raucous high-octane, dynamic performer and crowd pleaser. “Victor Wainwright, winner of this year’s Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award at the BMA’s, is a force to be reckoned with on a piano. He IS honky-tonk and boogie, with a dose of rolling thunder. Wainwright’s playing is simply beautiful madness.” -American Blues Scene 2013
& the Wildroots
Victor first played the Edmonton Blues Festival in 2012 after festival producer Cam Hayden saw him performing in Memphis the year before… and since then we’ve been trying to get him back…after 5 long years Victor and band will return, now with a fistful of awards, including 6 Blues Music Awards as “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” (2013, 2014,2015, 2016), “B.B. King Entertainer of the Year” and “Band of the Year” (2016); Blues Blast Awards as “”Rising Star”, New Artist Debut Release” and “Band of the Year” (2013). This past May he was again recognized as the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” at the Blues Music Awards. Simply one of the premier performers in the blues today. “You’ll be kicking
yourself if you miss him this time”, says festival producer Hayden, “and we are lucky and thrilled to have him making his way to Edmonton once again!”
Selected Discography: Boom Town (2015), Lit Up! (2011), Beale Street to the Bayou (2009), Piana from the Savannah (2005)
AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
PG 7
3 Generations of the Blues Featuring Billy Boy Arnold; Bob Corritore, Oscar Wilson and Billy Flynn; Big Jon Atkinson
Friday, August 25 – 8:30PM This blues supergroup came about after a series of conversations between Bob Corritore and festival producer Cam Hayden. They put together a band that showcases “3 Generations of the Blues”. Bob spoke with legendary harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold and Chicago based guitarist Billy Flynn and vocalist Oscar Wilson. Up-and-comer Big Jon Atkinson, in his late 20’s, was recruited… Add to that a killer rhythm section and you have an incredible survey of the blues from the 1940’s to the present day. Oscar Wilson joined the Cash Box Kings in 2007, bringing with him an instantly commanding stage presence and an authoritative vocal style that gives fire-breathing power to the music. A self-taught musician and singer with an encyclopedic knowledge of almost every blues song known to man, Wilson is a natural-born entertainer. Billy Boy Arnold is one of the last of the legendary Chicago Blues harmonica
players. In addition to his solo releases, he recorded with Bo Diddley in the Fifties and has been covered by David Bowie, The Yardbirds and The Blasters. Born in Chicago, he began playing harmonica as a child, and in 1948 received informal lessons from his neighbour John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson.
the chance to see and hear Jimmy Rogers, Mighty Joe Young, Luther Alison, and others at his local blues club and jamming with Jimmy Dawkins when he was just 16 opened a whole new world for Billy. In 1975, Jimmy Dawkins invited Billy to join his band, and he spent the next four years with Dawkins.
In 2014, he was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the ‘Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year’ category. Billy Boy played the Edmonton Blues Festival in 2006 and was our “Poster Boy” that year. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2013.
Big Jon Atkinson is the youngster in this group… In 1988 he was born into the digital cyber age. The young man, however, pursued a singular passion, making blues music. He’s worked with James Harman, members of The Hollywood Fats Band, Kim Wilson, and more… as Wilson puts it, “Jon is one of the only guys doing it the right way. He knows the music. He knows the gist of it. He understands the soul of the music.”
Bob Corritore is considered among the top traditional blues harmonica players on the scene today. His album “Bob Corritore & Friends / Harmonica Blues” won a 2011 Blues Music Award, and in 2012 Bob received a Living Blues Award in the Harmonica category. Billy Flynn was born in Green Bay Wisconsin in the mid 1950’s, and by the 70’s he was a bona fide bluesman. Having
Backing all these bona fide front men is the world-renowned blues rhythm section of Brian Fahey (drums) and Troy Sandow (bass). If you love the blues, you can’t miss this performance!
The 3 Generations of Blues supergroup will be having their debut performance at the 2017 Edmonton Blues Festival, but each have prolific careers of their own. This is a sampling of the latest album from each member. Selected Discography:
Billy Boy Arnold: The Blues Soul of Billy Boy Arnold (2014), Bob Corritore: Ain’t Nothing You Can Do (2017), Oscar Wilson: One Room Blues (2017), Billy Flynn: Blues Drive Vol. 1-2 (2009), Big Jon Atkinson: House Party at Big Jon’s (2016) PG 8
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Charlie Jacobson last few years Charlie has played hundreds of shows across the Canadian prairies and back and forth over the Rockies. With his guitar and suitcase drums always packed in the car, his nomadic lifestyle takes him to shows ranging from music festivals, house concerts, large blues clubs to community halls and theatres. You might see him fronting the four-piece Charlie Jacobson Band or recreating that full sound on his own, playing his suitcase drums with his heels, ripping on the guitar, singing and dancing.
Saturday, August 26 – 2PM Charlie Jacobson is a passionate, Alberta based, 23-year-old blues artist. Over the
Charlie released his solo debut EP “Live from the Chop Bin” in 2013 and recently released his first full-length project, “The Charlie Jacobson Band”.
As well as his personal projects, Charlie has been cutting his teeth as the guitarist for some of Canada’s most well respected blues acts including Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne and Donald Ray Johnson. In addition to being an accomplished guitarist and songwriter, Charlie is a true showman. If there is a table to dance on, a banister to slide off or a chandelier to swing from, you’ll find him working it into his passionate, high energy act. Charlie will be working with Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne later on Saturday, but we thought it would be great to give this young man a chance to shine in front of our appreciative Blues Hounds to start the day. Help him feel the love!
Selected Discography: Travelin’ (2017), Alberta Flood (2015)
Saturday, August 26 – 2:30PM The Perpetrators front-man and founding member Jay Nowicki is rated one of Canada’s tastiest guitar players. Together with the “meat-and-mashed-potatoes” rhythm section of Emmet VanEtten & John Scoles they deliver a tight, raw and intense blues experience that is sure to make you get up and shake it. The Perpetrators’ albums have garnered WCMA awards and Juno nominations. Once a not-so-well-kept secret in their hometown of Winnipeg – where they acted as house band for such visiting blues legends as Hubert Sumlin, Louisiana Red, Paul “Wine” Jones and others – The Perpetrators kicked things up a notch in 2006. A European Tour capped off a Juno Nomination and a win at the Western Canadian Music Awards. That decade, The Perps released two more albums, garnering various award nominations. 2013 had Jay and The Perpetrators back in the studio to record their latest release, the long awaited “Stick ‘Em Up”, which Dr. Boogie (Classic 21 – Belgium) described as: “The dirtiest stuff you made so far, and the more accessible for my greasy ears…” “Stick ‘Em Up” was met with rave reviews, as well as a Western
The Perpetrators Canadian Music Award for Blues Album of the Year. The song “Smokes ‘n Chicken” from that recording is one of the most requested during CKUA fundraisers and Shelagh Rogers, host of CBC’s “Sounds Like Canada” says, “The Perpetrators have made the blues tent in Canada bigger.” The Perps will have you up and dancing at The Edmonton Blues Festival! (Please…no smokes or chicken on the dance floor)
Selected Discography: Stick ‘Em Up (2013), Live at the High and Lonesome Club (2010), Tow Truck (2007), The Gas and the Clutch (2005), The Perpetrators (2003) AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
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E.G. Kight’s sound transcends musical boundaries. With a blend of blues, country, Americana, southern rock, jazz, gospel, and funk, her music appeals to the masses, no matter their taste.
E.G. Kight Saturday, August 26 – 4PM
Kight was nominated for a 2015 Blues Music Award, was named one of the 2014 Top 5 Best Blues Artists on AXS. com, and her latest album debuted at #9 on the Living Blues Chart. She has also received various music industry nominations, including six for Female Artist of the Year, three for Song of the Year, and one for Album of the Year. Many have recorded Kight’s songs, including Koko Taylor, Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women, Bob Margolin, and more. Several songs ended up on Grammy-nominated albums.
Early in her career Kight was dubbed “The Georgia Songbird,” and today she is considered one of the few true blues vocalists. Georgia Music Magazine writes that she’s “…a gentle and elegant woman who manages to channel Southern charm, sophistication and a fierce passion for the blues into one tremendously intoxicating voice.” Her latest album, “A New Day”, infuses her “country-flavored southern-fried blues” with a little gospel to create her most inspiring venture to date. According to Living Blues Magazine, A New Day is sure to lift the listener’s spirits.” Get your spirit lifted by this incredibly talented performer, returning to The Edmonton Blues Festival after a much too long, 10-year hiatus.
E.G. Kight has released seven albums during her career; these are her most recent titles. Selected Discography: Lip Service (2011), It’s Hot in Here (2008), EG Live and Naked (2004), Southern Comfort (2003), Trouble (2002)
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Born in Spokane, Washington, raised in New Orleans and now based in B. C., Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne has built a stellar reputation within Canada and abroad. He performed at the very first Edmonton Blues Festival, way back in 1999. Since joining Stony Plain Records in 2011, Wayne has released “An Old Rock On A Roll”, which earned him a Blues Music Award nomination for the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player, and “Rollin’ with the Blues Boss”. “Jumpin’ and Boppin’”, released last year to rave reviews, is his third recording on Stony Plain Records. Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne is an artist who’s got it all: talent, charisma, and showmanship. Oozing with class and sophistication, Wayne is a throwback to the golden age of classic rhythm and blues while offering a fresh approach to the genre. This time 'round at the Edmonton Blues Festival, Kenny will
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Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne has released over ten albums through the years. These are his most recent titles. Selected Discography: Jumpin’ & Boppin’ (2016), Rollin’ With the Blues Boss (2014), An Old Rock on a Roll (2011), Piano-rama (2009), Can’t Stop Now (2008) PG 10
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Saturday, August 26 – 7PM Experienced, road-tested and tough, The 24th Street Wailers are musicians who originally met in music school. Their major influence? The sounds from the freewheeling period in the ‘40s and ‘50s when the Blues gave birth to Rock and Roll in black communities in major American cities. When showmanship mattered.
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2014’s “WICKED” was nominated for a Juno Award and received widespread radio play including major radio shows and broadcasters such as B.B. King’s Bluesville, CKUA and CBC. Host of the Bluesmobile, Dan Aykroyd, heralded the band as a “21st century upgrade to jump and jive”. In March of 2015 they released, “WHERE EVIL GROWS”. This album further cemented the band’s reputation as one of the best acts out there who bring a high energy 1950’s
Rock n’ Roll approach to the game. A new recording is in the works, and with band leader Lindsay Beaver and bassist Michael Archer now living in Austin, they are drawing on the incredible talent that resides there for inspiration. Lindsay Beaver is a wild and crazy front woman and singing drummer. The band is filled out by Michael Archer on upright bass, Marc Doucet on guitar and Jesse Whiteley on piano. The band has been winning over the masses with their unbeatable live performances and a sense of showmanship from a time gone by. The 24th Street Wailers have a non-stop touring schedule with over 650 shows across the USA, Canada and Europe in the past four years. As Willie Dixon said, “The blues is the roots, everything else is the fruits” when referring to Rock n’ Roll… These guys (and gal) live up to that and more…Don’t miss this real deal band. All Killer, No Filler!
Selected Discography: Where Evil Grows (2015), Wicked (2014)
AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
PG 15
During his stay in Miami, Harman was befriended by fellow record collectors Henry Vestine, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite of Canned Heat, who persuaded him to move to California, promising to help him get re-started. Harman made his move to SoCal in 1970, and true to their word, Canned Heat insisted on Harman’s Icehouse Blues Band as their opening act on many big shows.
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James Harman was born and raised in Anniston, Alabama where he quickly picked up on the black blues and soul music being played on juke boxes and the radio. He sang in the church choir until age 16 when his family moved to Panama City Florida, where he found himself surrounded by like-minded blues lovers. Wearing a fake moustache, young James slipped into a still segregated black nightclub to see Little Junior Parker’s show. He was totally overtaken by the blues and
soon became a regular, known as “That boy who sings like a man” by patrons. While still in his teens, he started playing juke joints and dance clubs throughout the South. He was “tapped” by talent scouts, signed and taken to Atlanta, Georgia in 1964 to begin his recording career at age 18. He had a series of nine singles released during the mid to late 60’s on obscure southern labels. He tried several restarts in new home bases including Chicago in ’65, New York in ’66, Miami in ’68 and New Orleans in ‘69.
James Harman was soon in demand for his own shows, as well as backing every living blues artist who was touring without a band. He also opened literally hundreds of shows for artists who did have their own band. James Harman’s side project The Bamboo Porch Revue features guitarist Nathan James playing rollicking, low-down, juke-joint blues over James Michael Tempo’s Afro-Cuban percussion, Troy Sandow’s sparse, pulsating acoustic bass and Marty Dodson’s masterful drumming. Through his long career starting in the early 60’s James Harman has built up an enormous song catalog and has had 20 of his original songs used in movies and television. He has been nominated for 20 W. C. Handy (BMA) awards. He was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, and has had 33 releases, on many different labels. He currently tours every spring, summer and fall, working in as many as 29 countries, and has appeared at the Edmonton Blues Festival on 3 separate occasions. He’s been nominated for a Grammy Award, and won two Blues Music Awards. He is a one of a kind song writer, producer, musician, showman, vocalist and internationally known bluesman. 2015’s “Bonetime”, was nominated for an unprecedented five BMA’s including Song of the Year, Harmonica Payer of the Yand Traditional Blues Male Artist. It’s gonna be a hot, sweaty, fun-filled evening at the Bamboo Porch, and y’all are invited!
James Harman has produced 31 albums. These are his most recent titles. Selected Discography: Bonetime (2015), Live at “Little Village” Volume One (2012), Lonesome Moon Trance (2003), Mo’na’kins Please! (1999), Takin’ Chances (1998) PG 16
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Sunday, August 27 – 2PM Jenie Thai was one of two acts representing the Edmonton Blues Society at the 2017 International Blues Challenge in Memphis…and both are playing the Edmonton Blues Festival on Sunday.
Born in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and raised just outside of Edmonton, Jenie Thai is building a musical presence through her electric energy on stage and the old soul that’s in her songwriting. Jenie’s blues and folk education began young when she fell asleep to the music her parents played while entertaining guests downstairs. Her training on the piano began at age five... Graduating at seventeen, she continued her musical development, studying classical piano. Jenie also attended Grant MacEwan Jazz and Contemporary Music Program as a performance major. Performing as both a solo act and with her trio, Jenie has shared her songs across the country on festival stages, in blues bars, theatres, lounges, and living rooms. Her vibrant music has been heard on CBC, CKUA, CJSR, coast to coast and internationally. Jenie was nominated for several Edmonton Music Awards (2013, 2014) for “Artist To Watch” and “Female Artist of the Year”. Vocally, she has been compared to an early Maria Muldaur but soaks in the musical influences of Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, and Ella Fitzgerald. A performer, song-writer, singer, and instrumentalist: Jenie Thai combines classical technique, jazz harmonics, and a life-long appreciation for blues and folk. If you haven’t had the opportunity to see her on stage, make sure you get acquainted with this powerhouse, up-and-coming talent!
Selected Discography: Only the Moon (2013)
Sunday, August 27 – 2:30PM Boogie Patrol has steadily built their reputation as one of Western Canada’s premier Blues, Funk, Soul & Blues/ Rock bands. Since their formation in Edmonton in 2007 they have opened for blues legends such as Buddy Guy, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds and have been a featured act on some of the West’s finest roots music festivals. The band has garnered acclaim and an enthusiastic following on the strength of their high-energy live shows and their dedication to excellent musicianship and charming stage presence.
bass of Nigel Gale, Boogie Patrol creates a grooving, propulsive pocket that fills dance floors to capacity and beckons even the most sensible of patrons to join in the enthusiasm.
While charismatic vocalist Dan Shinnan’s (Rott’n Dan) blazing harmonica punctuates Yuji Ihara’s savvy compositions, and anchored by the thick, head-bopping
Dan Shinnan was a volunteer at the Edmonton Blues Festival for a few years and dreamed of getting on that big stage. The time is now; after being a judge
at the finals of the Memphis Bound competition to select acts representing Northern Alberta at the 2017 International Blues Challenge, festival producer Cam Hayden was knocked out by the band’s development, professionalism, and talent…they had to be here, and what could be better than to have both IBC contestants on the stage, back to back, Sunday August 27!
Selected Discography: Man on Fire (2017), Alive (2016), I Try and I Try and I Don’t Know What to Do… The Plan Was Set Some Time Ago, and We Must Follow Through (2011), Groove On or Bug Out (2009) PG 18
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AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
PG 19
NATHAN and the RHYTHM SCRATCHERS Sunday, August 27 – 3:55PM
Nathan James has created a musical identity with his homemade instruments and self taught skills. Whether you catch Nathan James as his true one man band or leading his new trio The Rhythm Scratchers, you are sure to be moved and impressed with the unique energy and soul that he possesses. Starting his career of full-time musician at age 18, Nathan is no stranger to live performance. At 19 Nathan got the call from blues vet James Harman to join his band and tour the country. After touring and recording non-stop with Harman for 3 1/2 years, Nathan decided to have a go at literally a solo career– that is playing one man acoustic based blues. This was instantly successful. Nathan then met harmonica player/ vocalist Ben Hernandez, a like-minded young bluesman; together, they started working as a duo. They entered the 2007
International Blues Challenge in Memphis, and took 1st place; then made their way to the Edmonton Blues Festival. And we weren’t the only stop for the talented pair…That year alone the duo traveled to Europe and the far east. Nathan’s Rhythm Scratchers forge a sound that combines elements of 1920’s acoustic blues, amplified juke joint hill country, and 1950’s uptown blues mixed with 1960’s R&B. Bassist Troy Sandow, may start the set on upright bass while Nathan plays an uptown lead guitar style. Then he’ll switch over to amplified harmonica, and Nathan will fingerpick a driving groove on his baritone guitar in the style of R.L. Burnside. Rock solid drummer Marty Dodson rounds out the trio. Although Nathan’s band pays homage to these traditions and has the same quality of musicianship, there is an original and fresh new energy coming from these musicians.
Nathan James has nine albums to him name. These are his most recent. Selected Discography: What I Believe (2017), Hear Me Calling (2014), Natural Born That Way (2014), What You Make of It (2012), I Don’t Know It (2009)
Colin Linden and the two members of his trio have been playing together for over 25 years, and it shows on their 2015 release, “Rich in Love”. The music takes influences from blues, country rock and roots. And then there is the playing, where every guitar pluck, bass note, subtle drum sweep or organ solo from this consummate musician and his band adds to the stories. Colin Linden was already a guitar prodigy at 11 years old, and when most kids that age are playing sports, Colin was being mentored by one of his musical heroes, the great Howlin’ Wolf. That encounter fuelled a career that has featured work on literally hundreds of albums. The total number of recordings on which he has played is approaching
400, while over 100 albums bear the “Produced by Colin Linden” credit. Colin Linden is a renaissance man of roots music. He’s a skilled singer and songwriter, an in-demand record producer, a sideman to the stars as a guitarist and, for the past decade-plus, a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Colin’s well-stocked trophy case includes eight Juno Awards, multiple Maple Blues Awards, and a Toronto Arts Award. He was nominated for a Grammy for the “A Tribute to Howlin’ Wolf CD”. Linden has a well-deserved reputation as a slide guitar virtuoso of true originality. Believe it or not, Colin has never performed at The Edmonton Blues Festival, and we are thrilled to have him with us!
Colin Linden Trio Sunday, August 27 – 5:30PM
Colin Linden has produced 12 solo albums during his career. These are his most recent. Selected Discography: Rich in Love (2015), Still Live (2012), From the Water (2009), Easin’ Back To… (2006), Southern Jumbo (2005) PG 20
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www.fatfranks.ca PG 22
EDMONTON BLUES FESTIVAL 2017
ANTHONY GERACI’S
BOSTON BLUES ALL-STARS
Featuring Toni Lynn Washington, Michelle “Evil Gal” Willson, Monster Mike Ledbetter and Monster Mike Welch
Sunday, August 27-6:50PM Anthony Geraci has brought an incredible array of talent across the continent to light up the stage at the Edmonton Blues Festival.
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SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC!
Pianist, Hammond organist and composer Anthony Geraci was born in New Haven, Conn. in 1954. His interest in playing piano began at age four when he told his parents “I want a piano!” At the age of sixteen he heard a Jimmy Rogers recording that literally changed his life. NYC was only a few hours away, and seeing Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and Willie Dixon was part of his blues education. Years later Anthony had the opportunity to play piano with Muddy, B.B., Otis Rush, Chuck Berry, Big Mama Thornton, Jimmy Rogers and record with Big Walter Horton, Ronnie Earl, Zora Young, and Kenny Neal. He performs with Sugar Ray and the Bluetones and does selected performances with Anthony Geraci and the Boston Blues All-Stars. His recent release, “Fifty Shades of Blue”, earned multiple Blues Music Award nominations, and Anthony also received an individual nomination for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”. The disc was ranked one of the top 50 Blues recordings of 2015. Joining Anthony are the Boston Blues All-Stars…two award winning vocalists, Toni Lynn Washington and Michelle “Evil Gal” Willson provide the sass and sizzle; The guitar of Monster Mike Welch and vocal talent of Mike Ledbetter add to the mix and the rhythm section of Michael Ward and Marty Richards propel this musical vision masterfully. It’s the real deal folks, and you won’t want to miss this exquisite and rare performance! Anthony Geraci’s Boston Blues All-Stars featuring Toni Lynn Washington, Michelle “Evil Gal” Willson, Mike Ledbetter and Monster Mike Welch. This supergroup has recorded one album together, though each member has a prolific career of their own. Selected Discography: Fifty Shades of Blue (2015) AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
PG 23
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Featuring Kim Wilson Sunday, August 27 – 8:30PM For over 30 years, The Fabulous Thunderbirds have been the quintessential American band. The group’s distinctive and powerful sound, manifested itself into a unique musical hybrid via such barnburners as “Tuff Enuff ” and “Wrap It Up”. Co-founder Kim Wilson, the sole original member, still spearheads the group as it evolves. “We started as a straight blues band”, vocalist and harmonica player Wilson says. “We now incorporate a mixture of a lot of different styles. We’re an American music band and we’re much higher energy than we were before.” The current incarnation of the T-Birds includes Johnny Moeller on guitar, bassist Steve Gomes, keyboard ace Kevin Anker and Rob Stupka on drums. The band tours extensively, in both North America and Europe. Wilson is currently writing songs on his own, with band members and other writers. “I’ve primarily been a solo songwriter, but I’m looking forward to experimenting
with the guys in the band,” Wilson says. The thread throughout the T-Birds career has been the respect the group commanded for its peerless musicianship and devotion to the sounds of blues, R & B and rock ‘n roll. In fact, Muddy Waters called Wilson his favorite harmonica player and vocalists. “Muddy Waters was very good to me,” Wilson says. “He almost adopted me. I’ll never forget him.” Wilson’s early harp influences included Little Walter, George “Harmonica” Smith, Lazy Lester and James Cotton. When Wilson began singing he turned to Bobby “Blue” Bland, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Jimmy Rogers and Muddy Waters. In search of other musicians who shared his love of the blues he moved to the burgeoning music scene of Austin, Texas. It was there that he met Jimmie Vaughan and they founded the T-Birds in 1974. The band developed a reputation as a compelling live act. In 1979, The Fabulous Thunderbirds released their first self-titled album. Primarily blues influenced, it became a cult classic.
In subsequent releases, the band started to incorporate more Cajun, rock ‘n roll and soul influences. The Fabulous Thunderbirds reached a commercial peak with the album, “Tuff Enuff ”. The single of the same title as well as the singles “Wrap It Up” and “Look At That”, all went top 40. Kim moved back to California in 1996, continuing to cultivate the T-Birds music. “The thing about the T-Birds is that we can play both blues festivals and rock venues,” Wilson comments. “We’re a diversified band now and everybody’s on the same page.” His current focus remains The Fabulous Thunderbirds. “This is a great time for this band,” he says. “We’re looking forward to the future.” The Fabulous Thunderbirds played the second Edmonton Blues Festival in 2000, and Kim’s Blues All Stars were here in 2011. Kim was again recognized with the “Harmonica Player of the Year” award at the 2017 Blues Music Awards.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds have recorded 26 albums together. These are their most recent. Selected Discography: Strong Like That (2016), On the Verge (2013), Thunderbirds! (2009), Painted On (2005), High Water (1997) PG 24
EDMONTON BLUES FESTIVAL 2017
AUGUST 25, 26 & 27
PG 25
PG 26
EDMONTON BLUES FESTIVAL 2017