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SOUND WAVES
MANZANITA MUSIC FESTIVAL
ROCKS BEACH TOWN SEPT. 14-15
By RON BALDWIN
FOR COAST WEEKEND
M
usic festivals were once
as scarce as hens’ teeth
on the North Coast.
Not anymore.
The third annual Manzanita
Music Festival takes place Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 14 and 15. Mu-
sic starts at 1 p.m on both days.
The venues are all in down-
town Manzanita and within
walking distance: the San Dune
Pub and MacGregor’s Whiskey
Bar, both on Laneda Avenue, and
A Mighty Thai on Manzanita
Avenue.
R&B guitarist Michael Williams, of the Michael Williams Band.
Line-up
The big news at the festival is
the Michael Williams Band.
The son of Texas blues singer
Larry “Junior Medlow” Williams,
Michael is a member of the leg-
endary Austin band The Cobras.
After his father’s death in
1997, Michael did what many
young Texas blues men have
done: move to Seattle. It wasn’t
long before he was dubbed “the
next Jimi Hendrix.” (One thing
that distinguishes Williams from
all the other “next Jimi Hendrix-
es”: He persuaded real Hendrix
producer Eddie Kramer to come
out of retirement to produce his
second album “Fire Red.”)
The Michael Williams Band
headlines both nights at the San
Dune Pub. Tony “TC” Coleman
— the drummer from B.B. King’s
band for 29 years who now lives
IF YOU GO
When: Friday and
Saturday, Sept. 14-15.
Music begins at 1
p.m. both days.
Where: San Dune
Pub, 127 Laneda Ave.;
MacGregor’s Whiskey
Bar, 387 Laneda Av-
enue; A Mighty Thai,
725 Manzanita Ave.
Tickets and per-
formance times are
available at manzani-
tamusicfestival.org