June Monthly Meeting Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The next General Membership Meeting of the CBA will take place on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, from 7:00 - 9:00 pm, downstairs at the Melody Ballroom at 615 SE Alder in Portland.
This meeting is surely destined to be a jumping occasion, with two acts that know how to bring a party to the table. Make sure you pick up your free ticket for a chance to win a great prize while attending. And perhaps purchase a $1 raffle ticket or two or however many you’d like to win the special multi-CD package put together just for this meeting. It’s always a good time to see our members and friends, so bring everybody you know, because we always like to meet new people and potential new members.
Richie Bean
Guitarist/vocalist Richie Bean has been a long-time fixture on the Portland and the West Coast music scene over the past twenty-five years. Originally from Reno, he has played in outfits that perform various musical styles from rock to country to blues. His personal sound is described on his website as: “Crunchy bits of voodoo blues mixed with soft chewy morsels of alternative rock and country.” Over his tenure in Portland, you may have caught him with groups such as the Hidden Angels, The Legends, The Roseland Blues Band, Hudson Rocket Band, King Juju & The Beats or most recently with his trio The Catillacs. But nowadays you’re just as likely to see Richie play solo. However you see him, he’s always going to be smiling, having a good time on stage and sharing that pleasure with those in attendance. An exceptional songwriter, who penned all but two songs on the recent Catillacs’ CD “Meow Mix,” expect Richie to offer a fine selection of originals and well-presented covers during his set.
The Troublemakers
You know there are times when you read somebody else’s comments about a band and figure you just can’t say it any better, so to describe our electric act for the June meeting, here is what their website has to say about The Troublemakers:
Five prisoners of Rock ‘n Roll, the members of The Troublemakers served their musical hard time in low-down Texas blues bars, Memphis juke joints, Detroit rock clubs and legendary hangouts along LA’s Sunset Strip. When their sentences were up, each musician made his way to Portland looking for a fresh start with careers, families and mortgages. But the boogie was in these boys, and it had to come out. When the backbeat beckoned, the backsliding began. They went looking for trouble and found it, forming The Troublemakers in 2003. Along with bands like The Blasters, NRBQ and Los Lobos, The Troublemakers are keepers of the flame for American roots music. It’s Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Gene Vincent, Johnny Cash and all their musical descendants; the proud tradition of three chords and a bad attitude. When they take the stage, The Troublemakers have one mission - to keep the dance floor packed, to keep the beer flowing and to play every note as if their lives depended on it…because this band knows there’s No parole from Rock ‘n Roll.
The band is made up of: Rich Layton: Vocals & Harmonica, 'Rev' Mark Sexton: Guitar & Vocals, Larry McCoy: Guitar & Vocals, Wade Daughtry: Drums & Vocals, Robert Lefebvre: Just Bass.
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In my opinion, and without doubt the opinion of many blues lovers world-wide, Otis Spann is the first and foremost name among blues piano players. Best-known for his time spent with the Muddy Waters Band, he also often worked solo or with other musicians. His album Otis Spann Is The Blues, which resulted from a recording session Spann had done with Robert Lockwood, Jr. and St. Louis Jimmy in 1960, has been long considered a classic and was inducted into The Blues Foundation’s Hall of Fame in 1995. It is through such works that Spann has influenced countless blues pianists since, David Maxwell included.
