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"2010 Summer in
the City Music Festival"
Music Participants |
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Daddies were in Salem for the event.
Many locals remember the band’s start up days playing in
venues around Salem. Originally from Eugene, Oregon the Cherry Poppin Daddies became a national sensation with their hit song
Zoot Suit Riot. The song was a multiplatinum smash in 1998.
Cherry Poppin Daddies was considered one of the most
successful bands for swing revival. Over the years, the band
has been known to play ska punk, glam rock, rockabilly,
psychedelia, country, soul, and Latin music. With their wide
range of genre diversity, their style may best be described as
one of musical eclecticism. |
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Country Joe McDonald co-founded and led the psychedelic
folk-rock band Country Joe and the Fish, the left-wing band of
60’s. He recorded 33 albums and has written hundreds of songs
over a career spanning 40 years. Famous for playing an
instrumental part at Woodstock, Country Joe became a legend.
Today, he concentrates on solo work and often plays with the
original members of the Fish. He continues to support radical
and political causes. |
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Robbie Laws hit the ball out of the park at this year’s
Portland Blues Festival and he brought his incredible
guitar playing to downtown Salem. His deeply soulful guitar
playing and vocals have garnered 18 Portland Cascade Blues
Muddy Awards, ranging from Best Act, 4 times Best CD of the
Year, 6 consecutive years as Best Electric Blues Guitarist, as
well as Muddy Hall of Fame recipient. |
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The Ty Curtis Band recently earned 2nd place in the
prestigious 2009 International Blues Challenge. With more than
2000 bands competing from nine countries and 36 states, 100
bands earned the right to go to Memphis where ten bands made
it to Finals, where Ty Curtis Band took 2nd place. The
Portland Cascade Blues Association awarded the band for Best
New Act in 2008 and their cd, Stubborn Mind, as the Best Self
Produced CD for 2008. The band is known for passionate vocals
and driving guitar from Ty Curtis, Hank Shreve contributes
harmonica, vocals, and three part harmonies with bass player
Milo Fultz. Super “D” Brown is on drums. The Ty Curtis Band
has opened for Chris Cain, Coco Montoya, The Doobie Brothers,
and more. This may be one of the most dynamic performances of
the festival. |
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Phamous Phases won the Best Band Poll at the International Pop
Overthrow in Liverpool, England, in 2005. They are a band that
has been together since 1993, playing a brand of music that is
Beatles-esque in the White Album tradition. They have had 4
European tours. Guitarist Jesse Ruggles has been playing
guitar for 47 years and within the circle of NW professional
guitar players is considered one of the most, if not the top,
talented guitar players around. |
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Fun House Strippers. Popular in Salem and with a regional
draw, the Fun House Strippers describe their music as raw,
rockin, soulful, and sexy. Most people will also add the word
entertaining to that list.
The Fun House Strippers add a
little different flair to an exciting line up of great
musicians. |
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NW Blues All Stars is a compilation of some of the Pacific
Northwest’s top blues guitarists coming together for Summer in
the City Music Festival. Terry Robb, Jim Mesi, Jake Blair,
Orvil Ivie, Garry Meziere, and Gary Burford will take the
stage and bring on the blues.
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 Terry Robb is a 30 time winner
for Best Acoustic Guitarist and was inducted into the CBA”S
Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. He is
considered one of the top acoustic blues guitarists on the
West Coast.
Multiple award winner, Jim Mesi is a 9 time Best
Guitarist, recipient of the Best NW Album of the Year, and
Lifetime Achievement Award. Mesi is ranked as one of
Portland’s top guitarists and is personally “blessed” by the
great BB King. The Ivie/Mezziere Band performs blues, rock,
swing, and contemporary guitar and both Orvil and Garry are
highly requested and respected guitarists, considered top in
the Northwest. The combination of all these top NW artists
will be a performance you won’t want to miss. |
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Monti Amundson, “Big Monti.” When Monti gets compared to
Stevie Ray Vaughan or Johnny Winter he just says “thank you”.
The fact is, the big man has his own style. “I’m a blues
guitar player in a band that plays rock n’ roll,” is how Monti
explains it. He doesn’t so much as straddle the line between
the genres as bend it, ignore it, or race back and forth
across it until both sides go up in flames. The blues of Big
Monti comes straight from the heart, cuts through your soul
and is as real as it gets. |
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$100 Jayhawks are an up and coming Salem band that is getting
plenty of stage time. They perform throughout the region and
complimented last year’s Summer in the City event. Watch
guitar player Chris Hooper as many say he will be going
places. Mickey Bare, Tim Myles, Tim Knight, and Jeff Graham
create a high energy R&R performance. |
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A huge "thank you"
to our wonderful Music Production Manager Gary
Burford (red hat) with friend Garry Meziere
during the NW Blues All Stars performance.
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Pepe and the Bottle Blondes
came back this year to Summer in
the City by popular demand. Created in 1995 to bring back the
“Copacabana style” enhanced with costuming, make up, and
percussion and beat of Latin rhythms, they have an eclectic
ensemble of saxophones, congas, percussion, trumpets, and
three part harmonies. Pepe and the Bottle Blondes create a
strong and stimulating stage performance that echoes the
indulgence of the 1950’s nightclub chic.
Lloyd Jones has recorded six critically acclaimed albums,
toured internationally, and received dozens of major awards
and accolades. People can’t get enough of his swampy blues,
back porch picking, funk, soul, roadhouse two- beats, and old
school rhythm and blues. Lloyd describes his sound as,
“combines New Orleans rhythms, the simplicity of Memphis
music, and the rawness of the blues, all for the 21st
century.” He has shared spotlights with Albert Collins, Cray,
Raitt, McClinton, Taj Mahal, BB King, Buddy Guy, and many
more.
Rock and Roll Cowboys, local to Salem, combine energy of rock,
blues, and country and are getting more attention each time
they hit the stage. Watch for some new faces and new sound as
they perform at Summer in the City. |
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