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Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Portland, OR
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04/01/1993
Carole King
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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07/05/1996
James Harman
Set 1Instrumental
Too Right To Run
Crazy By Degrees
Baby Please Don't Go
Swampy Night
It's All Right Now
Four Questions
Modern Numbers Game
I'm Leaving Here
Comment9th Annual Waterfront Blues Festival

James Harman - Vocals, Harmonica
Robert "Sugarboy" Easton - Electric Guitar
"Butcherknife" Joe Leone - Electric Bass
Ronnie Mack - Drums
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08/11/1996
Quarterflash
Set 1Love As A Last Resort
Valerie
Take Me To Heart
Be Friends With You ??
Change Gonna Do You Good ??
Sad But True
Rise Above
Rindy Talks To Crowd
Grace Under Fire
Welcome To The City
Little By Little (learning What Love Is All About)??
Find Another Fool
Harden My Heart
Set 2
CommentSunday, August 11, 1996, the rock group Quarterflash played their final performance at "The Bite of Portland", a benefit for Oregon Special Olympics at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
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07/05/1998
Son Seals Blues Band
Comment11th Annual Waterfront Blues Festival
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07/05/1998
Curtis Salgado
Set 1I'm A Bad Boy
Why Don't I Care
Wiggle Out Of This
The Bright Silver Moon
I Want Everyone To Know How Much I Love You
That's All Part Of Lovin' You
Sweet Jesus
I Feel So Good
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07/04/2001
Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets
Set 1Instrumental
Tenna Nenna Nu
I Miss You
Hold That Train
Hangin' With My Friends
What I Need Is Money
I'm A Ramblin' Man
It Don't Mean A Thing
You're The One I Choose
Havin' My Fun
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07/08/2001
Los Lobos
Set 1Up the Line
Don't Worry Baby>
*Hip Shake Baby
Cumbia Raza
Let's Say Goodnight
You've Got to Lose
This Time>
Waiting in Vain>
Sitting in the Park>
Tighten Up
Run Away With You
Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio
Soy Mexico Americano
Volver, Volver
*Old Taylor
Hey Bo Diddley>
Not Fade Away>
Tequila Tease>
Bertha

Encore:
Cinnamon Girl
Comment*-w/Gil "T" on bass and vocals
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07/03/2003
Taj Mahal
Set 1Coconut Man
Fishin' Blues
Creole Belle
New Hula Do
Rock Me To My Soul
Moonlight Ladies
Sacred Island
I'm Livin On Easy
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Blues Ain't Nothin'
CommentWater Front Blues Festival
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07/05/2003
Papa Grows Funk
Set 1?
Funky Soul Music
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If I Could Stand Your Love
I Got The Blues Over You
Sea Cruise
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Junker Man
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CommentWaterfront Blues Festival

John Gros - Keys, Vocals
June Yamagishi - Guitar
Jason Mingledorff - Sax
Russell Baptiste - Drums
Marc Pero - Bass
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07/05/2003
Michael Burks
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07/05/2003
Henry Butler
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07/05/2003
Anders Osborne & Monk Boudreaux
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07/05/2003
Bettye LaVette
Set 1my man
joe henry
strong persuader
your time to cry
you'll never change
it serves him right
close as I'll get to heaven
falling in love
let me down easy
CommentBill Farris Guitar
Alan Hill Keyboards
Patrick Prouty Bass
Darryl Pierce Drums

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07/05/2003
Curtis Salgado
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07/05/2003
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
Set 1Down In Mississippi
King Of The Highway
Don't Throw Your Changes On Me
Shake Your Moneymaker
Sit Down Baby*
We Can Rock A While*
Mercury Blues*
The Joker*

E: Keep On Rockin' Me*
Comment* - w/ Steve Miller

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07/05/2003
Zydeco Flames
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07/05/2003
Terry Evans
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07/06/2003
Etta James
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09/01/2003
Dr. John
Set 1Now That You Got Me
On The Wrong Side Of The Railroad Tracks
Black Widow
One 2 A.M. Too Many
Goodnight Irene
Witchy Red
Shadows
Holding Pattern
St. James Infirmary
Mama Roux
Right Place, Wrong Time
Soulful Warrior
Goin' Back To New Orleans
Mardi Gras Day >
I Shall Not Be Moved
CommentThe Bite Of Oregon
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08/14/2004
Bingo Band
Set 1John Henry >
I Know You Rider >
John Henry
So Moved
Sitting In Limbo >
Down By The Riverside >
Sitting In Limbo
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Shadow
Billy K's Funky Chicken
Laid Around
CommentThe Bite Of Oregon

With Billy Kennedy!
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07/01/2005
Eric Johnson
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07/01/2005
Buddy Guy
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07/02/2005
Curtis Salgado
CommentWith Texas Horns
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07/02/2005
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen
Set 1So Damn Good
C'mon Second Line
Tipitina
Best Ain't Good Enough
Too Damn Hot
Help Me Somebody
Zulu Strut
When You Get Back
More Hipper
Gettin' Crazy Up In Here
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07/03/2005
Mavis Staples
Set 1(If You're Ready) Come Go With Me
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
The Weight
Have A Little Faith
God Is Not Sleeping
Respect Yourself
I'll Take You There
CommentWaterfront Blues Festival

Mavis Staples - lead vocals
Yvonne Staples - backup vocals
Chuck Campbell - pedal steel guitar
Will Crosby - lead guitar
Tony Grady - bass
Brian Parker - drums

w/Texas Horns on "I'll Take You There" (and Outro)
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07/03/2005
Northwest Women In Rhythm & Blues
CommentWaterfront Blues Festival

Portland guitarist and band leader Sonny Hess has pulled together another great group of Northwest blues women for this special, not-to-be-missed set at the Festival. The lineup includes a musically and culturally diverse mix of women from Portland and Seattle performing a range of blues and R&B material:

? Sonny Hess, lead guitar/vocals
? Lady Kat, vocals
? Leah Hinchcliff, bass/vocals
? LaRhonda Steele, vocals (Ocean 503)
? Brandi Hess, vocals
? Tracy Ferarra, sax (Seattle -Swamp Mama Johnson, Sister Shake)
? Teri Anne Wilson, guitar/vocals (Seattle - Red Hot Blues Sisters)
? Suze Simms - percussion/vocals (Seattle - Red Hot Blues Sisters)
? Kim Carson, drums (Seattle - Swamp Mama Johnson, Sister Shake)
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07/03/2005
Alice Stuart & The Formerlys
CommentWaterfront Blues Festival

Alice Stuart blazed the trail for women in Rock and Roll as one of the only females in the country to write her own music, front a male band, and play lead guitar on national and international circuits during the 1970s.

Blues Hall of Fame inductee Dick Waterman once remarked, "There would be no Bonnie Raitt without Alice Stuart." According to Taj Mahal, "Alice cut the road that Bonnie traveled."

Alice spent the mid-70s, one of the most creative musical periods of the century, making music with some of the greatest artists of that time. She toured the US and Europe with Van Morrison, Commander Cody, Michael Bloomfield and John Prine. She appeared and recorded with such artists as Jerry Garcia, Albert King, Asleep at the Wheel, John Hammond, Richard Greene, Elvin Bishop, Dave Mason, Sonny Terry, Tower of Power, Bread, and Mark Naftalin. During this period, Alice also appeared on The Dick Cavett Show, and won rave reviews from Billboard, Guitar Player, and Rolling Stone magazines.

Alice's LPs on Arhoolie (1964) and Fantasy Records (1970 and 1972) are landmark recordings. Her original songs from this period have been recorded by Jackie DeShannon, Irma Thomas, Jimmy Rabbit, and the late Kate Wolf.

Alice began performing professionally in Seattle during the early 60's, influenced by the rural blues recordingsof Furry Lewis and Blind Willie McTell. In 1964, she was introduced to California audiences at the Berkeley Folk Festival, then the biggest festival on the West Coast, and was soon touring and performing with Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Jack Elliott, Phil Ochs, Rosalie Sorrells, Jerry Ricks and more. During this period she met and played with blues greats Lightnin' Hopkins, Jesse Fuller and Mississippi John Hurt, as well as The Chambers Brothers.

In 1966, Alice joined forces with Frank Zappa during the formation of the Mothers of Invention. In 1970 Alice formed her own band, Snake, which included Bob Jones and Karl Sevareid (currently with Robert Cray) after their band, Southern Comfort, disbanded.

After an extended hiatus in the 1980s to raise her family, she returned to recording and performing in 1996. Her first releases after returning to music, "Really Good," and 1999's "Crazy With the Blues," won rave reviews.

Her newest CD, "Can't Find No Heaven," was released in 2002 and was nominated for both a Grammy and a Handy Award, and was named Best Northwest Release by the Washington Blues Society. In 2004 the WBS named her Best Songwriter and inducted her into its Hall of Fame. She and her band were awarded Best Seattle Blues Band 2004 by the Seattle Weekly.
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07/04/2005
Papa Mali
CommentWaterfront Blues Festival
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07/04/2005
Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits
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07/04/2005
Liv Warfield
CommentLiv and the Warfield Project@Waterfront Blues Festival

Liv Warfield Project
This diva is a soul speakerbox waiting to explode. Suprisingly, she started this soul movement only four years ago in the Rose City and she hasn't stopped yet. Born into a practicing Pentacostal family, Liv had never sung in the church. In fact, she was the most quiet of her younger generation. "I would never sing in front of anyone but my stuffed animlas" she say's. Now, this powerhouse is sining in front of audiences ranging from Tower of Power to Method Man.

Liv refuses to use comparisons in her style. "I am wht I am. My soul is the definition of who I am. It's easy to place an individual into a category and that is what the world is today, but I know what I have and it comes from a place that I can't even describe, but it's soul music". Many audiences would agree that she has apresence that is luminous in a room. Praises from Bernard Purdie, Linda Hornbuckle and Method Man have helped Liv raise the bar of her live performances.
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07/04/2005
Crossroads Blues Band
CommentSeattle's Crossroads Blues Band, voted best band of 2005 by the Washington Blues Society, features harmonica ace Steve Bailey, and former Rose City guitar slinger Dan Newton.

In addition to the band's opening set on the main stage July 4, Bailey will be featured on the Harmonica Blow-off that evening on the Front Porch Stage.

STEVE BAILEY is truly a Northwest Blues Pioneer, starting his Seattle performing career in the late 1960's. Bailey was a mainstay of the original Public Market Blues scene, and the list of musicians that have played in his bands reads like a who's who of the Northwest Blues. A triple-threat performer on vocals, guitar, and harp, Bailey is also an accomplished songwriter, as well as running his own recording studio. Bailey's recordings with "The Blue Flames" took him on multiple tours to Europe and Japan, and he was the mastermind behind the international hit album, "Northwest Harmonica Showcase." From Memphis soul to rollicking New Orleans gumbo, Bailey keeps Crossroads crowds dancing.
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08/13/2005
Freak Mountain Ramblers
Set 1If You Gotta Go, Go Now
This Is It!
Rich Gal, Poor Gal
Working Man Blues
Crazy Over You
Heavy Boots
I'm In Love Again
He's Stoned
Wind And Rain
Robbin' Banks
Hip Shake
Spanish Coffee
From Home
Don't Let Go
One Kind Favor
Wild & Blue
Transmission
CommentThe Bite Of Oregon

Jimmy Boyer - Guitar, Vocals
Dave Reisch - Bass, Vocals
Turtle VanDemarr - Guitar, Vocals
Bingo Richey - Guitar, Vocals
Lex Browning - Fiddle, Guitar & Vocals
Roger North - Drums, Vocals
Lewi Longmire - Organ
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07/01/2006
Rebirth Brass Band
Set 1Remember When
Gemini Rising
Who Took The Happiness Out?
Rebirth Got Fire
Trouble
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07/02/2006
Michael Williams Band
Set 1Born Under A Bad Sign
Catfish Blues
Unknown
Break Free
Lawdy Mama
If You Let Me
Unknown
Comment21st Annual Waterfront Blues Festival
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08/11/2006
Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men
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Set 1Out In California
Redneck Friend
Abilene
Out of Control
Between The Cracks
Dry River
Ashgrove
Surfer Girl
Marie Marie>
So Long Baby Goodbye
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08/10/2007
Todd Snider
Set 1Can't Complain
Just Like Old Times
D.B. Cooper
The Ballad Of The Kingsmen > It's Your Thing
Sideshow Blues
Tillamook County Jail
[My Generation Story]
My Generation, Part 2
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Lonely Girl
Tension
Play A Train Song
Rose City Blues
America's Favorite Pastime
[Football/Mushrooms Story]
Conservative Christian...

Encore:
Enjoy Yourself
CommentThe Bite Of Oregon
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07/03/2008
Isaac Hayes
Set 1Don’t Let Go
Joy
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Walk On By
Soul Man
Do Your Thing
Theme From ‘Shaft’
CommentWaterfront Blues Festival 2008
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07/05/2009
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Set 1The Teardrops
It's Alright
Look Over Yonder Wall
Crazy Woman
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Sadie
Talk To Me Baby
Since I Met You Baby
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The Blues Is Alright
Comment22nd Annual Waterfront Blues Festival
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07/03/2010
Booker T. Jones
Set 1Harlem House
She Breaks
Green Onions
Born Under A Bad Sign
Hold On, I’m Coming
Ain’t No Sunshine
Dock Of The Bay
Take Me To The River
Time Is Tight
Comment"Waterfront Blues Festival"
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07/05/2010
Little Feat
108669, 108670, 108789
Set 1Hate To Lose Your Lovin'
Spanish Moon
Feel The Groove
Dixie Chicken >
Bass solo >
Key solo >
Dixie Chicken
Fatman In The Bathtub >
Get Up, Stand Up >
Fatman In The Bathtub
Let It Roll
Encore:
Oh Atlanta
CommentSafeway Waterfront Blues Festival
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07/05/2012
Booker T. Jones
Set 1Harlem House
Happy Birthday
Walking Papers
Born Under A Bad Sign
Green Onions
Take Me To The River
Knockin' On Heavens Door
Oh Pretty Woman
Soul Limbo
Melting Pot
Everything Is Everything
Time Is Tight
Set 2
Set 3
CommentThe Waterfront Blues Festival
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07/05/2014
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials
Set 1I Need Help
Operator ???
Icicles In My Meatloaf
Mess Around
Check My Baby's Oil
House Of Cards
Unknown
Drownin' On Dry Land ???
Boogie Chillen
Set 2
Set 3
Comment◆ Waterfront Blues Festival ◆
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07/05/2014
Otis Taylor & Mato Nanji
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Comment◆ Waterfront Blues Festival ◆
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08/03/2014
Flaming Lips
Set 1The Abandoned Hospital Ship
She Don't Use Jelly
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1
In the Morning of the Magicians
The Golden Path (The Chemical Brothers cover)
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
Race for the Prize
Vein of Stars
Look...The Sun Is Rising
The W.A.N.D.
A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
Set 2Do You Realize??
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Set 3
CommentFree show to celebrate the Major League Soccer All-Star Game in Portland.
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07/01/2016
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Set 1Laugh About It
Don’t Know What It Means >
Keep On Growing >
Made Up Mind
Get Outta My Life Woman
Midnight In Harlem
The Sky Is Cryin'
Angel From Montgomery
Same Old Song
I Pity The Fool
Unknown
Let Me Get By
Set 2
Set 3
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07/07/2024
Greensky Bluegrass
Set 1In Control
A Letter To Seymour
Windshield
Solstice
Demons
Senor
What You Need
Courage For The Road
When I Get My Hands On You
Don't Lie
Set 2
Set 3
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