Meet the Riverfront Blues Festival 2022 Bands!

Blue Shadows is a blues quartet based in Missoula, MT. We focus on traditional Chicago and Delta blues in the styles of Muddy Waters, Albert King, Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker, BB King with other great artists as well.
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One listen will tell you why, in her homeland, Anni Piper is known as the First Lady of Blues. Not only is she a show-stopping performer, but a sultry vocalist, insightful composer, and accomplished bass player. Born and raised in Australia, but now living in Cocoa Beach FL, her passion for blues was ignited by the sound of Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Tas Cru is based out of Central New York and performs in multiple formats ranging from solo acoustic to a six-piece backing band.  He sings and plays a wide variety of guitars – at home on either electric, acoustic, resonator or cigar box and is known to sprinkle in a bit of harmonica from time to time. Tas is a Delaney Guitars (Austin TX) endorsed artist and is signed to Subcat Records, Syracuse NY. 

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Born in Seattle, Daniel was adopted and then moved to the Carbon County area of Montana at age 12. He grew up fishing Rock Creek, playing guitar, and wandering the beautiful Absaroka-Beartooth region until eventually graduating from college and pursuing a diverse career in business. Daniel first emerged as a musical artist in 2016, performing solo shows and evolving various band formats until finding his pace as a touring poet-guitartist. 
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Dirty Red & The Soul Shakers are a modern-day powerhouse-blues band, built on old-school influences and a mutual love for the down’n’dirty style of blues that define the band’s sound. A dangerously tight rhythm section, backing a funky, shake-your-money-maker groove, guarantees ladies dancing and good times! Top that with wailing blues harp, jaw-dropping guitar licks, and the unmistakable charm and soul of the towering blues-man they call, “Dirty Red,” and you can bet you’re gonna find yourself hooked.
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Jay Snow and the ToneKeepers is a local blues band that preforms blues in its raw electrified form! As lead singer and guitarist Jay Snow was born right here in Lincoln County. Coming from a simple background he was thrown into his musical career starting with his first performance at age 15 in Little Joe’s Bar. From there he has preformed and sat in with the ranks of Joey Fender and the 55’s, Big Bill Morganfeild, Phillip Walker and played slide guitar for T-bone Pruitt. 
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Ben Rice has been leaving huge impressions on audiences around the Northwest and winning awards for his vocals and guitar playing for the last seven years. In 2014 at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, he left the audience speechless with a raw emotional delivery of his version of “Key To The Highway.” On his second consecutive trip to the International Blues Challenge, he made the finals in the solo/duo category and was awarded the St. Blues Guitarist award for best guitarist.
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Duffy Bishop is a force of nature, an unforgettable performer, and for those who know Duffy and what new fans will discover, her new album, I’m Gonna Do What I Want, speaks volumes about who she is: a genre breaking, take no prisoners, passionate performer who defies any one label. Duffy is a living treasure on the West Coast and is in the Halls of Fame for The Washington Blues Society, The Cascade Blues Association and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.
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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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