Rick J Bowen

Points West -Lee Oskar Blues Harmonica Winner = Brian Butler  

Famed Highway 99 Blues Club reborn for three nights.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mu1oB-APgw

The Washington Blues Society has chosen GRIT CITY -from the T-Town Aces as the entry in the 2022 Best Independently Produced CD contest at the international Blues Challenge in Memphis -JAN 2022. The album Won the 2021 Best of the Blues Award "Best Washington Recording."

International Blues Challenge finals at Aurora Borealis SUNDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2021 AT 12:00 International Blues Challenge finals at Aurora Borealis Aurora Borealis : 16708 Aurora Ave N. Shoreline, WA, US 98133 Aurora Borealis is Shoreline's Best New Place! Restaurant, Bar, & Live Music Venue. We are family friendly (until 10p). Serving up delicious food, cold drinks, [...]

Gas Station Blues has been a mainstay in Downtown Issaquah for as long as many remember. For COVID reasons, it went online in 2020. On July 8, 2021, it will take center stage again where it’s meant to be: the parking lot of Historic Shell Station. Tony Frederickson, president of the Washington Blues Society, helped [...]

Want to help make a difference while you shop in the Amazon app, at no extra cost to you? Simply follow the instructions below to select "Washington Blues Society" as your charity and activate AmazonSmile in the app. They'll donate a portion of your eligible mobile app purchases to us. How it works: 1. Open [...]

  Mark DuFresne Male Vocalist Award Joel Astley Blues Female Vocalist Lady A Electric Blues Guitar Rafael Tranquilino Slide Blues Guitar Rod Cook Blues Bass Tim Scott Chris Leighton Blues Drummer Award Tommy Cook Blues Horn Mike Marinig Paul Green Blues Harmonica Award Joel Astley Blues Piano/Keyboard Jimmy Holden Acoustic Blues Guitar Brian Butler Blues [...]

The 30th annual Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues Awards will be presented April 18. 2021 Voting begins online Feb 1. and ends March 9. The 2021 nominees :: MARK DUFRESNE MALE VOCALIST AWARD Joel Astley Sean Denton Cory Vincent BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST Lady A Stacy Jones Sheri Roberts-Greimes ELECTRIC BLUES GUITAR Rafael Tranquilino [...]

Mark DuFresne Male Vocalist Award -Chris Eger  : Blues Female Vocalist -Sheri Roberts Greimes : Electric Blues Guitar -Dave Miller Slide Blues Guitar -Eric Rice :Blues Bass -Polly O’Keary : Chris Leighton Blues Drummer Award - Rick J. Bowen Blues Horn -Randy Oxford : Paul Green Blues Harmonica Award - Joel Astley : Blues Piano/Keyboard - Jesse Weston Acoustic Blues [...]

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