Jim Gustin and Truth Jones - Lessons Learned
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Jim Gustin and Truth Jones – Lessons Learned

Jim Gustin and Truth Jones  Lessons Learned Self-produced By John Taylor After four decades of singing the blues up and down the West Coast, Jim Gustin and Truth Jones are ready to impart some of the wisdom they’ve gained along the way –…
PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
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PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT UPDATE The Summer Performance Project Committee has worked hard for the past several months to arrange for performances in various Portland parks, and are very pleased to announce that Part 1 of the project is…
Inaugural Village Blues Festival 
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Inaugural Village Blues Festival 

Inaugural Village Blues Festival  Eugene’s Rainy Day Blues Society presents the first Village Blues Festival to be held in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on Saturday, September 5 at The Village Green. Eugene is located in a county who have moved…
Gorge Acoustic Blues Masters
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Blues in the Gorge Now An Online Camp 

Blues in the Gorge Now An Online Camp  Like so many other performances and events during the time of pandemic, the Menucha Blues In the Gorge has also had to adapt. But rather than cancelling or postponing as many have done, they’ll…
2021 Best Self-Produced CD Competition
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2021 Best Self-Produced CD Competition Entries Now Being Accepted

2021 Best Self-Produced CD Competition   UPDATE: The Blues Foundation has cancelled the 2021 International Blues Challenge and all the events, including the Best Self Produced CD competition, due to the pandemic crisis. They look forward to…
New Music to Note-September 2021
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September 2020 New Music Releases 

September New Music Releases  There is so much good music out there. To help sort through it, we recommend starting here.  Anthony Geraci – Daydreams In Blue (Shining Stone Records)  Bai Kamara Jr – Salone (MIG)  Cary Morin –…
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Too Slim and the Tail Draggers – The Remedy

Too Slim and the Tail Draggers  The Remedy VizzTone/Underworld By John Taylor  Sure, they favor cowboy hats, tuck their pants into their boots and called Tennessee home for a while. But Too Slim and the Tail Draggers aren’t all hat. They’ve been…
October 2020 cancelled

September 2020 General Membership Meeting 

September 2020 General Membership Meeting  Please be advised that at this time all of our General Membership Meetings are on hold. They will continue once we’re able to safely gather in a location that can provide enough space for all…
Bai Kamara Jr & The Voodoo Sniffers - Salone
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Bai Kamara Jr & The Voodoo Sniffers – Salone

Bai Kamara Jr & The Voodoo Sniffers  Salone M.I.G.   Based in Belgium for the past couple decades, Bai Kamara jr was born in Sierra Leone in West Africa and grew up in England. Deeply influenced by the music of his homeland, he found…
Ramblings On My Mind-March 2021
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Ramblings On My Mind – September 2020

Ramblings On My Mind - September 2020 Greg Johnson, Cascade Blues Association President  As we continue to push our way through these times of pandemic, some things seem so far away in the past or further into the future. Such is the feeling…