Brian Lee & the Orbiters at the Highway 99 Blues club

I dropped by the Highway 99 Blues Club tonight to see Brian Lee and the Orbiters do a tribute to to the music of the great Little Walter Jacobs and Big Walter Horton.  The Orbiters are recent recipients of Best Band and Best Traditional Blues Act awards from the Washington Blues Society.

The Orbiters are normally a quartet, but this evening they hired guitarist Eric Daw so that Brian could play harp during the "tribute" portion of the night (the first set).  Journeyman bassist Mark Dalton was also filling in for the regular Orbiter bassist, Hank Yanda.

I had to leave early to get my beauty sleep, but here are some photos from the gig:

Left to right: Brian Lee, Mark Dalton, and Eric Daw.

Brian Lee and Eric Daw

Left to right: Steve Yonck, Mark Dalton, Eric Daw, and Brian Lee.

Russ Kammerer and Mark Dalton.

I wonder what will become of the Highway 99 Blues Club when they finally get Bertha, the waterfront tunnel boring machine unstuck, and they tear the remaining portions of the Highway 99 viaduct down?  The club is practically underneath the viaduct structure.

You can check out the band I play in, the Boneyard Preachers, here.  See you at the nightclub!

Guitargasm at the Salmon Bay Eagles - 3/23/13

I dropped in at the Salmon Bay Eagles last night to see the guitar showcase hosted by the Eagles and Chris Stevens' Surf Monkeys.

The show featured the Surf Monkeys (Mark Dalton on bass and Russ Kammerer on drums) backing up guitarists Chris Stevens, Rod Cook, and the Preachers guitarist Tim Sherman.  I was invited by Tim to sing a couple of tunes during his set, and split shortly afterwards, so I only caught two sets of music. 

One tune that stood out to my ears was the Surf Monkeys' version of "Spoonful" that featured a haunting slide solo by Rod Cook. The enthusiastic crowd was treated to plenty of surf and blues instrumentals also. 

Here are a couple of photos from the show for y'all:

 

Chris Stevens' Surf Monkeys.  Left to right: Mark Dalton. Russ Kammerer, and Chris Stevens.

 

 

Chris Stevens and Rod Cook.

 

Tim Sherman with the Surf Monkeys.

You can check out the Boneyard Preachers here.  See you at the nightclub!

You should go to see this show.

Sheesh, this poster is kind of hard to read, ain't it?  Click on the image for a closer view. 

Anyway, it's a show on March 23rd at the Salmon Bay Eagles  featuring Seattle guitarists Chris Stevens, Tim Sherman (Boneyard Preachers) and Rod Cook.  I assume that they will be backed up by the regular Surf Monkeys sidemen Mark Dalton (bass) and Russ Kammerer (drums).

The Eagles is a super friendly place with nuclear powered drinks, and a nice sounding room.  Note the low cover charge.  The club has been having pretty good luck with these special shows about once a quarter, so expect a decent turnout.

 

See you at the nightclub!

 

You can check out the Boneyard Preachers here.