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STANISLOVE - ROOTS, BLUES & BALLADS

LINKS & RESOURCES

Updated May 6th, 2019
Friends and folks I've met along the road whose music you might also enjoy:​​
  • Shannon Beck
  • Steve Beck
  • MJ Bishop
  • Brian Butler​
  • The Daily Flash
  • Ron Dalton
  • Kathe Davis
  • Nancy K. Dillon
  • Mike Dowling
  • Bronwyn Edwards
  • Eight To The Bar
  • Jon Goff
  • Delmark Goldfarb
  • A.J. Gundell
  • Michael "Hawkeye" Herman
  • Bobby Holland & the Breadline
  • Hounds @ Bay
  • David Howard
  • 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
  • Deb Seymour
  • Suze Sims (Red Hot Blues Sisters)
  • Thaddeus Spae
  • Christie Taylor
  • Eva Tree
  • James Velvet
  • Washboard Slim
  • Hans York
(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


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