Arts & Entertainment
Love for Linda: A Benefit for Portland’s ‘Soul Diva’
Artists from across the regional spectrum will be onstage Sunday, Nov. 11 at Jimmy Mak’s
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n all-star cast of Portland blues, soul
and R&B artists are coming together
for Love for Linda, a benefit for Port-
land soul diva Linda Hornbuckle, at Jimmy
Mak’s, Sunday, Nov. 11.
Linda, recently diagnosed with kidney can-
cer, has taken a sabbatical from work and her
band while she undergoes treatment.
Her powerful band—Doug Lewis on guitar,
Randy Monroe on bass, Lenn Russell on
drums and Louis Pain on keyboards—contin-
ues in the interim, backing such guest
vocalists as Andy Stokes and LaRhonda
Steel. The band will back several guest stars
at Love for Linda.
Participating artists at the benefit include
Steele, Andy Stokes, Patrick Lamb, Lloyd
Jones, DK Stewart, Sonny Hess & NW
Women in R&B, Janice Scroggins, Lisa
Mann, Norman Sylvester, and more.
There will be two shows, 6-8 p.m. and 9-11
p.m. Tickets for each show are $25 in
advance and are available online at
www.tickettomato.com. Doors open at 5 p.m.
More details on the Nov. 11 lineup will fol-
low closer to the event.
Hornbuckle started singing at the age of six
in Portland’s Grace & Truth Pentecostal
Church, a church pastured by her father, Bish-
op Howard Hornbuckle. Linda has thrilled
audiences in the Pacific Northwest, Europe,
Canada and across the U.S. She has toured
and/or recorded with national recording artists
Quarterflash, Nu-Shooz, and Dan Reed. Horn-
buckle later became lead vocalist for the high
profile Motown revue, Body & Soul and in
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Linda Hornbuckle at the Blues Festival
LOVE FOR LINDA
Sunday, Nov. 11,
Two shows 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m.
At Jimmy Mak’s 221 NW 10th Ave., Portland, OR.
Tickets $25 each in advance from t www.tickettomato.com.
Artists include Steele, Andy Stokes, Patrick Lamb, Lloyd Jones, DK Stewart, Sonny
Hess & NW Women in R&B, Janice Scroggins, Lisa Mann, Norman Sylvester
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1992 became the driving force for the blues
act Linda Hornbuckle & the No DeLay
Band.
In recent years Linda has performed regu-
larly and recorded in a duo with
award-winning pianist Janice Scroggins, as
well as with the Linda Hornbuckle Band,
firmly establishing herself as The North-
west’s #1 Soul Sister. She has performed at
scores of benefits for causes and issues,
most recently Brian Grant’s “Shake It ‘til
We Make It” Parkinson’s fundraiser.
By day, Linda is a community health spe-
cialist for the Multnomah County Health
Department, educating teens about health
issues that affect them, such as HIV, sexual-
ly transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy.
Proceeds from “Love for Linda” are being
administered in Linda’s behalf by the Cas-
cade Blues Association, a 501 C3
non-profit. Tickets to the event are tax
deductible. Those unable to attend can make
direct contributions to the Cascade Blues
Association, attention “Love for Linda”, at
PO Box 14493, Portland OR 97214; or can
make a donation to the Linda Hornbuckle
Emergency Relief Fund at On Point Commu-
nity Credit Union.
“Love for Linda” is on Sunday, Nov. 11,
two shows 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. at Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave., Portland, OR. Tickets are
$25 each and donations are accepted, they
can be purchased at www.tickettomato.com.
For more information please visit www.jim-
mymaks.com, or call 503-295-6542.