June 28, 2017
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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.
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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.