Resources

LINKS & RESOURCES

Updated May 6th, 2019

Friends and folks I've met along the road whose music you might also enjoy:

James Howard
Howlin' Hobbit
Mark Iler
Steve James
Orville Johnson
Alan Kausal
Anisa Kausal-Hayes
Justin Kausal-Hayes
Darren Loucas
J.W. McClure
Memphis Radio Kings
Richard Middleton
John Morse (my new RooTsters partner)
Larry Murante
James "The Emergency Folksinger" Nason (one of my Emerald City Jug Band co-conspirators)
Mercedes Nicole
Lee Oskar
Alex Perlman
Stacy Philips (R.I.P. - he was a good friend)
Matt Price
Mike Pryor
Devin Rice
Dan Roberts
Paul Sandoval

(If I forgot you or you'd like to be added to the list, send me an e-mail with your Interweb-tube's URL and I'll include you.)

Equipment, Parts & Accessories, Repairs, Recording:

American Music - equipment & repairs (Seattle - Fremont); I buy local whenever possible — and will not be caught dead in a Guhttp://www.brianbutlhttps//www.facebook.com/steven.m.beckerblues.com/itar Center store because they treat customers like thieves.
Aaron Andrews - most excellent stringed-instrument repairman & luthier; my Number One go-to guy!
Bard's Cathedral - the "anti-studio;" recording and CD duplication for musicians on a budget; run by accomplished polymath musician and certifiable multi-tasker, Thaddeus Spae. (West Seattle)
Dusty Strings is the premier acoustic-instrument shop in the area; lots of beautiful—and expensive—axes to drool over. They also have a really nice, intimate performance space you can book. (Seattle - Fremont)
Whatever I said about Dusty Strings goes double for Emerald City Guitars, where five-figure collectibles are just hanging on the walls, waiting for you to animate them -- and the owners' faces when you buy one. (Seattle - Pioneer Square)
Flightcases.com makes industrial-strength, custom instrument and equipment cases for everything in need of protection from airport gorillas and truculent roadies. I don't have one of those, but my Gator soft case is a workhorse; though not the lightest soft case around, it's well recommended.
Just Strings - just strings, in bulk & at great prices.
Master Works - the very best CD mastering around -- great set of ears! (Seattle - Interbay)
Musician's Friend - equipment catalog.
Novax Guitars - Ralph Novak, fanned-fret pioneer and veteran custom luthier, makes some really bitchin' guitars. I'm currently drooling over a custom Serenade EL while saving my pennies to get him started on it. (Eugene, OR)
Self Adhesive Records - full-featured digital & analog recording (Seattle - Georgetown). My last two CDs were recorded here; owner Jon Goff (formerly guitar, bass and keyboard for the Memphis Radio Kings) also served as producer, with mastering by Barry Corliss of Master Works.
Stewart-MacDonald - parts, accessories & instrument kits.
Trading Musician - used acoustic and electric instruments & equipment; hard-to-find amp and guitar parts, good prices, nice people. (Seattle - Ravenna)

For Guitar Players & Performers:

Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Collections - Wikipedia site.
Guitar tablature; a good way for non-music readers—which is to say, most guitar players—to learn songs.
RootsWorld is a great place to get world/folk music CDs. It's run by Cliff Furnald, a pillar of the Connecticut folk music community for decades.
The Solo Performer is another well-constructed site, full of useful info for acoustic guitar players and songwriters. (A guitarist named Steve Rapson bought the URL since I first published this page, but it still contains a good amount of useful info for new performers.)

Associations:

The Cascade Blues Association in Portland, OR is a good site to check out for all sorts of info including pictures and sound clips; Affiliate Member, The Blues Foundation.
The Seattle Folklore Society's Web site contains everything you need to know about Seattle's folk music scene - where to go, where and when to set your radio dial, who's hot and where to get the CDs, and much more. Indispensable for folk-music fans.
The South Sound Blues Association is based in blues hot spot Tacoma, WA; Affiliate Member, The Blues Foundation.
Victory Music is an all-volunteer organization founded in 1969 to support acoustic and traditional music in the Puget Sound area by way of hosting ALL-AGES open mics as an alternative to tavern venues. As a member since 1987, Board member since 2012 and President since 2015, these are the folks I hang with much of the time.
I also belong to the Washington Blues Society, which supports blues in the Pacific Northwest; Affiliate Member, The Blues Foundation.

See you at the next gig! Bluesically Yours,

- Stan