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June 28, 2017 Page 11 Mississippi Alberta North Portland Vancouver East County Beaverton Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, a young Mississippi bluesman and powerhouse guitar player will be making his third visit to the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, highlighting a 4th of July weekend festival for the Oregon Food Bank that will run five days and feature 120 blues acts on four stages. for Ready Waterfront Blues 30th annual event jams July 4th weekend stole the show on a lineup that in- cluded such legends as Gregg All- man and Buddy Guy. Hubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band return as unoffi- cial host and house band for the Cajun-Zydeco dances on the fes- tival’s Front Porch Stage. Carrier mixes the traditional accordion and washboard boogie of the Ca- jun prairie with dashes of ‘70s funk, spices of classic R&B, to create refreshing, swampy twists on classic songs as only authentic Louisiana ambassadors can do. Other headliners include Big Head Todd Blues Club, Chris Isaak, Joss Stone, Galactic, Elvin Bishop, Fantastic Negrito, Canned Heat, JD McPherson, Bokante, Pine Leaf Boys, MarchFourth, Pimps of Joytime, Booker T Stax Bluesman Chubby Carrier mixes traditional accordion music and washboard sounds with dashes of ‘70s funk and the spices of classic R&B for swampy twists on classic songs. Carrier and his Bayou Swamp Band will be the house band for the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival’s Cajun-Zydeco dances on the festival’s Front Porch Stage. Revue, Cedric Burnside Project and Sonny Landreth. Additional acts include South- ern Avenue, Greyhounds, The Revelers, Blynd, Jontavious Wil- lis, Brother Yusef, Dirty Bour- bon River Show, Donna Angelle, Dustbowl Revival, Eric Gales, The Suffers, Chris Cain, Monkey Junk and Sons of the Soul Reviv- ers. “Five days, four stages and more than 150 eclectic perfor- mances. For just $10 a day Water- front Blues Festival is the concert deal of the summer,” said Wa- terfront Blues Artistic Director Peter Dammann. “But it’s much more than that. For three decades this event has supported Oregon Thousand of blues fans will do their part to fight hunger in Oregon and southwest Washington over the long July 4th holiday weekend C ontinued on P age 14 at the annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, a major fundraiser for the Oregon Food Bank. Blues legends, up-and-comers and local acts will highlight a five day festival that will feature 120 blues acts on four stages, begin- ning Friday, June 30 at Waterfront Park, downtown, and continuing through Tuesday, July 4. One of the festival’s headliners includes the return of the young Mississippi bluesman Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, who will be celebrating not only the festival’s 30th anniversary, but also his own recent graduation from high school! This will be Christone’s third visit to Waterfront. His first outing proved one of the most stunning debuts ever seen at the festival, as Thousands of music fans will once again return to Waterfront Park in downtown Portland over the long July 4th weekend for the annual the young guitar shredder all but Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, a major fundraiser to fight hunger in Oregon and southwest Washington.
