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!

The Hudson Rocket Band

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Friday, 26 June 2009 18:26

Visit the Hudson Rocket  Web Site
Hudson Rocket plays Beale Street!

2001 Hudson Rocket Update
by Mickie Will

THE HUDSON ROCKET BAND 2001

    2000 has been a very trying, but wonderful year for The Hudson Rocket Band. Hudson's guidance has taken the band to many wonderful festivals and performances. (International Blues Talent Competition in Memphis, Waterfront Blues Festival, Blues By The Sea, Outer City Blues Festival, and countless local clubs and venues.) As it goes with bands, there has been many personnel changes over this last year. The band would like to thank all those that helped to keep The Rocket flying. (Tommy Lister, Art Viloria, Leon Holder, Richie Bean, Steve Burleson, Laura Tallenarr, Mark Lum, Mike Taylor, Ron Solomon, Kirk "The Corn Dog" Nelson, Steve Solomon, Gordon Hermeston, Jeff Barnes, Chris Carlson, Robin Gibson, Franco Paletta, and special guest member, Robbie Laws) Hudson (Always our missing member.) finds a way to get the message to just the right people when it's time.  Through his uncanny and extraordinary efforts, some of Portland's finest talent has come together in The Hudson Rocket Band. The new band is:

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The Kathy Walker Band

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Kathy Walker    (photo by CBA Webmaster)

The Kathy Walker Band Web Site

"One of Portland's Premier Soulside Blues Bands"

Article Reprint from the August, 2000 BluesNotes     
- By Rick Hall  

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Too Slim & The Taildraggers

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Too Slim Photo by the CBA Webmaster
Too Slim at Burnside's 10th Anniversary Party

The Official Too Slim Website

Muddy Awards:

  • 1995 Best Regional Blues Act
  • 1996 Best Regional Blues Act
  • 1997 Best Regional Blues Act
  • 1997 Inducted into the CBA Hall of Fame for Best Regional Blues Act
  • 1999 Best Regional Blues Act
  • 2000 Best Regional Blues Act
  • 2001 Best Regional Blues Act

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"I Did It My Way"

An Interview with Too Slim Langford

By Joey Scruggs  
Article Reprint from the April 1999 BluesNotes   
Photos by Valerie K. Davis 

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