Gig Calendar

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010: Lunchtime Music Series {Emerald City Jug Band}

Time: 12:00 - 1:00
Description: Lunchtime Music Series 2010, sponsored by the City of Shoreline. Free family fun in woodsy Hamlin Park.
Address: Hamlin Park; 16006 - 15th Ave. NE, Shoreline, WA 98155 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 206-801-2601
Admission: Free

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (and every Wednesday): Prohibition Grille {Solo}

Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm
Description: The Prohibition Grille is a fine sit-down bistro featuring Southern cuisine, quality drinks, and a very friendly staff. It hosts blues and jazz bands on weekends. The owner is a semi-retired belly dancer who also puts on shows featuring her protogés several times a year. Not to be missed!
Address: 1414 Hewitt Ave., Everett (DIRECTIONS)
Contact: 425-258-6100
Admission: Tips

Saturday, July 31, 2010: Seattle Premium Outlet {Solo}

Time: 2:30pm
Description: I'll be playing for shoppers at a high-end outlet mall. (Actually more fun than it sounds — it certainly was the last couple of years I've been there.) Another Victory Music musician will probably join me to trade off sets.
Address: 10600 Quil Ceda Blvd., Ste 375, Tulalip, WA 98271 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 360-654-3000
Admission: Free

Thursday, August 5, 2010: Alligator Soul {Solo}

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Description: This is my first time at Alligator Soul, which has been serving "N'awlins-style" cuisine in Everett since 1995. Founded by the late Chef Hillary "Hilbo" Craig, Alligator Soul is known for good grub and great people, and a taste of true Southern hospitality. I hear it's a great place for blues, cajun, and zydeco, so c'mon down!
Address: 3121 Broadway, Everett, WA 98201 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 425-259-6311
Admission: Tips

Saturday, August 7, 2010: Proctor Arts Fest {Emerald City Jug Band}

Time: 10:45am; CLICK! Family Stage (28th & Proctor)
Description: Community street fair partly sponsored by the Tacoma Public Library, featuring juried arts & crafts, lots of delicious nibbles, and several stages of music. Come early to catch our set and stay for the day.
Address: 3819 N. 26th St., Tacoma, WA 98407 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: Dave Domkoski
Admission: Free

Thursday, August 12, 2010: Alligator Soul {Solo}

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Description: This is my second time at Alligator Soul, known for good grub and good people. Everett area blues fans, check this place out!
Address: 3121 Broadway, Everett, WA 98201 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 425-259-6311
Admission: Tips

Friday, August 20, 2010: Friday Night Market at Juanita Beach {Solo}

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Description: (Please Note: this is NOT the Kirkland Farmers Market, which is located nearer downtown Kirkland.) The evening market features a wide variety of delicious fruits, beautiful flowers and fresh produce grown locally in the state of Washington. A visit to the market is a perfect way to start your weekend!
Address: 9703 NE Juanita Drive, Kirkland (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 425-587-3385
Admission: Free

Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010: 3rd Annual Taste of Music Festival {Solo}

Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Description: The Snohomish Taste of Music Festival will host the Semi-Final round of the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge (IBC), where ace slide-guitar man Nick Vigarino and I — the only two to move on in our Solo/Duo category at the June 24th Preliminaries in Seattle — will face off for the right to represent Washington State at the Finals in Memphis, TN in early February, 2011. Come and make some noise!
Address: Main Stage (Avenue A & 1st Street), Snohomish, WA (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 425-350-5448
Admission: $10

Saturday, September 4, 2010: Tumbleweed Music Festival {Solo}

Time: 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Description: Blues, folk, and ragtime performance; West stage. TMF is one of the finest folk festivals in WA state, a Labor Day staple for acoustic musicians from all over the Pacific Northwest.
Address: 500 Howard Amon Park Dr., Richland, WA, 99352 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 509-528-2215
Admission: Free

Saturday, September 4, 2010: Tumbleweed Music Festival {Solo}

Time: 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Description: Bottleneck Slide Guitar Workshop; Workshop Space #1. I will cover the history of this style as well as the two major tunings and both left- and right-hand techniques. Beginning and Intermediate; bring your own "axe" and slide.
Address: 500 Howard Amon Park Dr., Richland, WA, 99352 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 509-528-2215
Admission: Free

Saturday, September 4, 2010: Tumbleweed Music Festival {Solo}

Time: 5:00pm - 5:45pm
Description: Songwriting Contest finals; West stage. I submitted "Refugee" this year, hopefully to do better than in '07, when I entered another song and didn't place.
Address: 500 Howard Amon Park Dr., Richland, WA, 99352 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 509-528-2215
Admission: Free

Friday, September 10, 2010: Under the Red Umbrella {Solo}

Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Description: This charming and quaint neighborhood cafe creates an intimate surrounding with overstuffed couches and chairs along with a faux fireplace to nestle next to while sipping on a cappuccino. On Friday evenings, from 7:00pm-9:00pm, Under The Red Umbrella offers a relaxing atmosphere to come and listen to me perform blues, folk, swing, and more. Enjoy one of our appetizers along with a glass of wine or a cold beer. Specialty wines are available for the connoisseur.
Address: 1502 Rucker Ave., Everett, WA 98201 (DIRECTIONS).
Contact: 425-252-9193
Admission: Tips

Besides working with the Emerald City Jug Band and performing solo, one of my mates in the jug band, Jim Nason and I started The Rootsters (orginally named Teeth, Hair & Eyeballs), which is designed to be a more appropriate vehicle for those lyrical (and sometimes mushy) originals than a jug band. TH&E was a short-lived project but we do have a nice CD, "Live at the Teeth, Hair and Eyes' Ball (minus Hugo House)" to show for our efforts. Get it at CD Baby. (It will look different than the linked illustration until old copies are sold; same songs, though.) Now that Jim has decided to join blues trio Hounds@Bay with Steve Peterson and ECJB alumnus Larry Baumgartner, fellow Victory Music member Alan Kausal has replaced him as my RooTsters partner.

My latest project is to record two CDs' worth of songs almost simultaneously. One is all-blues for my solo work, the other will be a RooTsters' CD with Alan. Check out the great Pre-Release Offer and save money on both!

Check in here occasionally to see what's up. One of the new year's resolutions I actually intend to keep is the one about keeping this site updated more frequently.

You can also find me at the Q Cafe, 3233 - 15th Ave. W, Seattle, WA 9811, (206-352-2525; in the Interbay, right off the southbound Dravus St. exit on Eliot Ave.) on Tuesday nights from 7:00 - 9:30pm (sign-up ends at 6:45). Sometimes gigs come up at the last minute. If you're not sure of a date, send me an e-mail to find out what's up; I check my mail every day. See you at the next gig! All the best,

- Stan

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