Blues Festival's Headliners, Hear Phil Baker 's Interview and a Track from Rachel Taylor Brown's New Album

While listening to Tina Britt from her long lost album Blue All the Way from 1968. Very little info on her. Nobody seems to know where she is. Appears to have been spotted in the recent past at age 67. Even Wikipedia and Allmusic.com have virtually nothing. Nice soul album tho.

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ETTA JAMES AND SHARON JONES TO CAUSE WILLAMETTE TSUNAMI AT THE 2009 WATERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL

If your heart can take it, those two will be among the headliners at the summer's party at the rive, July 2-5. Johnny Winter, Magic Slim and the Teardropw, Sonny Landreth, Robben Ford, Geno Delafose and many others….despite not having the resources it had before the crash.

I will be in the front row….unless I'm MCing for (hint hint)… the Battle of the Bones, two New Orleans bands dominated by trombones (duh). Mark Mullins and Bonerama AND Big Sam's Funky Nation. Sam used to be with the Dirty Dozen.

I'll never forget seeing Bonerama at Tipitina's and Big Sam at the Funky Butt on Rampart St. (he used to own that club with his sister).

Don't forget, it's a benefit for the Oregon Food Bank.

Can it be tomorrow, please

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RACHEL TAYLOR BROWN IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND….AGAIN

Her new album, Susan Storm's Ugly Sister and Other Saints and Superheroes won't be out till June but I thought you'd like to hear a track from it. BTW, Susan Storm is the superhero, not to be confused with Portland's superhero Susan Storm Large.

Rachel says, "june 7, mississippi studios: me & my band plus extra special backup guests, roxy consort & oregon renaissance band...and filling out the bill most excellently, ages (tim perry's new band) and leigh marble. there will be chairs! chairs for every bottom! and also $5 cds."

Here's Gionvanni Bernardone (St. Francis):



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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RECORD STORE DAY

Saturday is Music Millennium's 2nd Annual Record Store Day and they say it will be more fun that last years! They're going to have over 100 special limited releases for sale including Dylan, Blitzen Trapper, Pretenders, Leonard Cohen.

They will be giving a free gift bag of music to all who attend plus free refreshments. We love that free thing. Queensryche will be signing at noon and there will be a preview of the new Bob Dylan at 2pm. Mary Flower and Lloyd Jones perform live for the first time at 3pm. Paula Sinclair celebrates the release of her new CD with a performance at 5pm.

What's not to like? 10am till 10pm.

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THOMAS LAUDERDALE WILL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT PM'S BASSIST PHIL BAKER DID NOT SPILL A SINGLE BEAN ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM ON MY KMHD SHOW

But you can hear what he did say right here:



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YOU WON'T FIND ANY BETTER PLAYING THIS WEEKEND THAN THIS

Gordon Lee's Rough jazz and Andew Oliver's Sextet will be at Jimmy Mak's on Friday. And just 10 bucks. Trust me on this. Get reservations.

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NOTHING NEW ON THE KMHD FRONT BUT………..

I know I was taking a chance writing about how dysfunctional the station has been, and I hesitate to say this, but I'm very grateful for the comments, emails, tweets, facebook messages and face-to-face conversations (they still happen). Not a single one has been negative. Thanks for your support of the issue. I am especially grateful for the musicians who have come up to me and shaken my hand and thanked me for writing it.

People really care about this stuff.


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WHY THE SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS WILL NEVER DIE

The description: Glenn David Andrews leads friends in an open jam. If you had a drum. you would have been invited to play.



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