NW Blues Gallery

Welcome to the Northwest Blues Gallery, where we celebrate some of the most accomplished practitioners of the blues to be found here in Portland and the surrounding areas. Nationally-recognized blues luminaries such as Robert Cray, Curtis Salgado, Paul deLay and Lloyd Jones got their start right here in the Northwest, and their home turf continues to be fertile ground — the soulful, authentic, whip-your-head-around blues artists just keep coming, as you can see by the ever-growing list of notables pictured on these pages. Click on any thumbnail image to read a profile of that artist, usually including additional photos. Don't forget to visit the CBA Muddy Awards Page to see who Portland Blues Fans voted as the BEST in NW Blues!

Aaron Black Band

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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:18


Haus, Travis Turner, Johnny Black & Aaron Black
Photo by Michelle Reuss

The Aaron Black Band Official Web Site

Muddy Awards:

  • 2000 Best New Act

The Aaron Black Band

Featuring Johnny Black

by Rick Hall     

Article Reprint from the April 2000 BluesNotes     

    Portland's hottest new Blues band has taken fans by storm. Nowadays, it's not unusual to have new Blues bands crop up in this town from time to time. After all, time keeps marching on and for every band that retires or breaks up, there needs to be one to take its place in order to perpetuate the genre. And, there are new young people getting turned on to Blues music everyday. What's unusual about this group is that it's a father and son taking on this venture together, both fronting a band and sharing their love of this American art form we call the Blues!

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Alan Hager

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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:26

 Muddy Awards

  • 1997 Terry Robb Acoustic Blues Trio won Best Traditional Blues Act

  • 1998 Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager won Best Traditional Blues Act

  • 1999 Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager won Best Traditional Blues Act

"Music has always been there for me, and I love it!"

Alan Hager

Article Reprint from the February 2000 BluesNotes 
By:    Rick Hall

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Albert Reda

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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:35

Albert Reda photo by the CBA Webmaster
Albert Reda at Burnside's 10 Anniversary Party

Muddy Awards:

  • 1992 - Channel Cats won Best New Act
  • 1995 - Bill Rhoades & the Party Kings won Best New Act
  • 1996 - Best Bass
  • 1997 - Best Bass
  • 1997 - Terry Robb Trio won Best Traditional Blues Act
  • 1998 - Best Bass
  • 1998 - Inducted into the CBA Hall of Fame for Best Bass
  • 2000 - Best Bass
  • 2000 - Terry Robb Trio won Best Traditional Blues Act
  • 2002 - Best Bass
  • 2004 - Best Bass
  • 2004 - Best R&B Act (with Lloyd Jones Struggle)
  • 2005 - Best Bass

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Arthur Moore

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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:34


Season of Change

Article Reprint from the July 2001 BluesNotes   
Article by: LynnAnn Hyde   

    In 1992, I walked into Kelly's Olympian, and witnessed some of the most beautiful harp playing ever produced. A sandy haired, spectacled "Ward Cleaver" looking guy was playing harmonica in an acoustic three piece, and I, along with everyone else in the room, was mesmerized by his playing.  I had just been given my first taste of Arthur Moore and it was delicious!

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Ashbolt Stewart

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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:41

Ashbolt Stewart

Article Reprint from the September 2001 BluesNotes
By Rose Allen

Ashbolt Stewart
"A Renaissance Kind Of Guy,
Who Can Play Drums For Everyone"

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