Meet the Riverfront Blues Festival 2023 Bands!

Mudslide Charley is a Missoula, Montana born band that plays gutbucket blues and house rockin’ roots rock. We draw inspiration from a more antiquated era when Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker first fused the rough and rural vibes of Southern acoustic blues with modern electric instruments.
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The multi-award-winning Rae Gordon Band serves up a potent stew of gritty blues and heartfelt soul – soaring vocals with searing guitar counterpoint, high-energy horns and a hard-driving rhythm section with the power of a freight train.
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Nick Vigarino radiates an unpredictable fervor with slashing slide guitar, powerful vocals, funky licks, modern lyrics and his slop jar delta funk blues. His style elevates the blues to a place where the roots are respected, yet nudged towards the future. He consistently captures, then rivets listeners with precise, passionate performances.
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Kenny James Miller Band is a Blues/Rock band out of Montana performing original music. They’ve played many NW festivals and shared stages with many national bands. KJMB has been featured on two PBS programs: 11th and Grant and Inland Sessions. Voted 2012 Inland Empire Blues Society “Best New Blues band”, KJMB is a two time regional winner and 2nd place finalist of Memphis Blues Challenge, representing WA State.
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Bobby & The Two Tones from Spokane, Washington serve up original Northwest guitar blues with a side of great rhythm and harmony. The band has infectious energy and dress to the nines! Bobby Patterson on guitar and lead vocals has been voted Best Blues Guitarist 7 times and Best Male Performer 6 times by the Inland Empire Blues Society. Bobby’s original songs have a wide range in lyrical ingenuity and always inspire people to dance. Award winning drummer Ken Danielson and world class bassist CJ Broz provide tight grooves and vocal harmonies that round out this sensational blues trio.
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La Roca Boom Featuring Suze Simms, Phil Boom Duncan and Mark Riley. La Roca Boom is the best serving of Seattle’s soul shaking blues & funk with a dash of hot sauce & a sprinkling of jazz and Island breezes.
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The Tone Keepers are a four member Blues ensemble from Libby, MT. Members include Jay Snow as lead guitarist, Calen Williams as bassist, Markus Anderson on Harmonica, and John Ague on drums.
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Sara Brown, a small-town redhead from Stevens County, packs each track with her signature power-house vocal style, but also displays subtle nuance and versatile stylizations as the unique mood of each song demands. “Don’t mess with a redhead from Stevens County.”
Featuring screamin’ guitar solos by Dave Keeley, infectious grooves by drummer and bassist, Brendan Cesaratto, and Jesse Brown, and colorful interjections by trombonist/keyboardist, Brent Purvis. As the festival and concert season draws near, the band is excited to welcome versatile guitarist, Mellad Abeid into their sound.
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Tim “Too Slim“ Langford is a monster guitarist and unabashed blues rocker whose influences run the gamut from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Freddy King, Duane Allman, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Robin Trower. He is a prolific singer/songwriter whose songs have now yielded an impressive 14 studio albums, 2 solo albums, and several live CD’s on the Vizztone and his own Underworld Records labels. Too Slim and the Taildraggers are Tim “Too Slim” Langford on guitar/vocals, Zach Kasik on bass/vocals and Chris Reiser on drums/vocals.
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Saturday will come to a smashing close you won’t want to miss from 11:00 pm to 1 am! To finish off an amazing weekend of blues and brews, members of bands from throughout the weekend will be participating in a mind-blowing All-Star Jam!
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