Mount Baker Blues Festival: Aug 1,2,3, 2008

Leon Russell…Legendary Icon of Rock n Roll…the “One & Only”!
Commander Cody…the ”King of Boogie-Woogie Piano”
Shane Dwight…Amazing “Young Gun”…guitarist…songwriter
Janiva Magness…Superstar of the Blues…”Best Entertainer” 2009
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats…featuring “Kid” Anderson on guitar
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm…Grandson of Blues Great, R.L. Burnside and one of Mississippi’s young guitar virtuoso’s
The Fat Tones…truly Superstars of NW R&B…uniquely “original”
The Randy Oxford Band…Winners “Washington Blues Society, IBC challenge
Junkyard Jane…Northwest Legends of “Swampabilly Blues”
Also featuring…The Chris Eger Band, A Simple Machine and Chris con Carne

An All-Star Jam follows each evening show…’til 2am on Friday & Saturday…12 midnight on Sunday…..

Again, this year, we’ve scheduled a Sunday morning “Gospel” service hosted by Seattle’s Blues Minister, Rev. Deb Engelhardt…music by Trimmed and Burnin’

Quickly becoming a “must attend” event, the Mount Baker R&B Festival has, once again, risen to the occasion. With group of talent, second to none in the State. The buzz is already on. It’s our fifth year at the Deming Log Show Fairgrounds, a 180 acre “built to order” venue for a gathering of several thousand campers and RV’s…flush toilets, H&C running water…lots of great food & crafts vendors…two “signed guitar” raffles (all proceeds to Combat Veterans International and Bikers Fighting Cancer, donated by Hugo Helmer Music.