Right on Rhythm Roots and Bluesletter
Right on Rhythm Roots & Bluesletter 8/23/2007
 
When I first started chasing the area\'s blues scene  I met Dez at more than a few Tom Principato shows
I\'ll let Marcia Coffelt & Danny Morris express the sentiment
Marcia
On Monday Aug 13th 2007, Desmond (Dez) Todd Jobe, 49, died in Lewes DE. In Feb 2007, doctors discovered that Dez had aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease. He was hospitalized for almost 5 months and finally made it home at the end of June. But his condition was still delicate and a couple of weeks ago he started feeling bad again and the doctors found that he had developed a staph infection that he was never able to overcome.

It is always sad to lose someone dear to us, even if we\'ve lost touch over the years, But there is comfort in remembering the times he made us laugh and supported us when we needed it. His humor, warmth, love and thoughtfulness are the small things that can make such a positive difference in our lives. These memories will never fade with time but will grow stronger and richer through the years.

I met so many of you through Desmond and his love of blues music. His presence in my life made it so much richer in many ways .... much more than I ever told him. I have many memories of fun times and lots of laughter with him. I\'m sure I\'m a better person for having know him.
Danny
So sorry to hear about the passing of good friend Desmond Jobe in Delaware last week. \"Dez\" was a great music fan and live music supporter in the Washington, DC area for a long time. Many musicians and music lovers in the area will miss him.

Dez was my first close friend when I moved from NC to the overwhelming DC area in the early 90\'s to join The Nighthawks. We spent a lot of time listening to music and going out to see bands around the area. He was always there to help out if myself, or anyone needed a helping hand.

A great friend indeed!

Thanks to Marcia Coffelt for the note that I\'m sure speaks for many....

A memorial service for Dez will be held on
Friday, Aug 24 at 1pm at
Omps Funeral Home (South Chapel) www.ompsfuneralhome.com
1260 Front Royal Pike (Rt 522)
Winchester, VA 22602
Phone: (540) 722-2400
WOW
The Festivals come at us fast and furious as the summer winds down
Check out the futures section for some pretty incredible events rolling our way.
I have to add a few words about last nights Dylan Tribute at Strathmore. A great evening from start to finish!
The finale kicked off with a second line coming in the back door featuring the Grandsons Horns along with Bill Kirchen & his trusty trombone blaring out the opening notes to Rainy Day Women 12 & 35. By the time they made it to the stage it was filled with the entire evenings performers trading off lines rolling through verse after verse with 2,000 people joining in the chorus
EVERYBODY MUST GET STONED!
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Chick Hall\'s Surf Club: 4711 Kenilworth Ave. Hyattsville, MD 301-927-6310
The last of the honky tonks of D.C. metro and surrounding areas.
The room will be changing owners in October and the Surf Club will be no more. With it goes a HUGE piece of DC music history.
Last week WAMU\'s Metro Connections did a feature on Chick Halls
To listen to this segment, \"The Last Honky-tonk Inside the Beltway,\" click here: http://wamu.org/programs/mc/07/08/10.php#17343
Directions and map are found at http://www.chickhallssurfclub.com/directions.html ; (301) 927-6310; CHall@ChickHallsSurfClub.com
Thursday August 23 8:30 Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys
Friday August 24 9:00 JP McDermott & Western Bop
Saturday, August 25 9:00 DC Blues Society Fundraiser w/Chick Willis
Sunday, August 26 4:00 Paulverizers open mike hosts
Monday, August 27 9:00 Jam session w/Richard Marcus/Blu Lou Rao/Chip Clemmer
Tuesday, August 28 9:00 The Roadhouse Crew - Chick Hall Jr/Chris Hall/Lou Rao/Chip Clemmer
Wednesday, August 29 9:00 Wed. Jam Session w/Lou Rao/Anthony Pirog/Chip Clemmer
Thursday August 30 9:00 Hillbilly Jazz
Friday August 31 9:00 Ruthie & the Wranglers
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The Zoo Bar Cafe NO COVER!!
No Cover!! Blues & Roots in the City
This Week at the Zoo Bar 3000 Connecticut Ave. directly across form the Zoo 202-232-4225 3 blocks north of the Woodley Park Metro
Thursday\'s - Big Boy Little Blues Band hosting the blues jam at the Zoo Bar
Friday August 24 Reggie Wayne Morris
Saturday August 25 Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools
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JV\'s 6666 Arlington Blvd Falls Church VA 703-241-9504
Thursday August 23 9:00 Tommy Lepson Band w/sp guest Tom Principato
Friday August 24 9:00 Crosstown Band Reunion Show
Saturday August 25 5:00 The Outpatience
Saturday August 25 9:00 Bad Influence
Sunday August 26 9:00 Andrew Acosta & the New Old-time String Band
Sunday August 26 9:00 Marty B & the Stingers (Marty Baumann/Big Joe Maher/John Previti)
Monday, August 27 9:00 Dave Chappell acoustic & electric
Tuesday August 28 9:00 Brook Yoder Band
Wednesday August 29 9:00 Bob Hume & Martha Capone open mike hosts
Thursday August 30 9:00 Doc Reed & His Band
Friday August 31 9:00 Wicked Jezebel
Saturday September 1 5:00 Karen Collins & the Backroads band
Saturday September 1 9:00 Flatfoot Sam & the Educated Fools w/Steve Baby Jake Jacobs
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING JVS AND LIVE MUSIC. . . . . .
ALWAYS REMEMBER  OUR POWS AND MIAS. . . .
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Can You Stoop Down?
DC Blues Festival Fundraiser Featuring Chick Willis and Jacque Johnson
This event supports the FREE annual DC Blues Festival

Saturday, August 25 8:00 p.m.
Chick Hall\'s Surf Club, 4711 Kenilworth Ave., Bladensburg MD
The DC Blues Society is proud to present the original \"Stoop Down Man,\" Chick Willis and guitarist extraordinaire Jacque Johnson at an exclusive fundraiser for the DC Blues Festival. The fundraiser will take place at the historic Chick Hall\'s Surf Club. This will be your last chance to support the 2007 DC Blues Festival. Don\'t miss it!
In addition to being a first rate guitarist and vocalist, Chick plays drums, keyboard, harmonica, and bass.  Sometimes he plays the guitar with tongue and under his legs.  Anything is possible in his pursuit to electrify an audience with his dynamic stage presence.
He was surrounded by music as a youngster and displayed an early affinity by teaching himself guitar while already having experience with vocals, learned by singing with a gospel group he and his brother and cousins sang with at their family church, and other church gatherings.  
He became good enough in his late teens to begin working professionally in Atlanta at the old Royal Peacock Club, where he backed or played with a wide variety of talent such as Jackie Wilson, The Five Royals, Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Nappy Brown, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Reed, and many others at venues ranging from the Apollo Theater to the Magnolia Ballroom. Check out more about Chick at www.chickwillis.com
Advance tickets for the DC Blues Society\'s presentation of Chick Willis and Jacque Johnson are $15 if purchased by August 1, $20 if purchased by August 15, and $25 at the door.  Call the DC Blues Society Ticketline for advance tickets and directions at 301-332-4808. You can order tickets online at www.dcblues.org. The DC Blues Society is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of the Blues in the Washington, DC area.
Free Tickets to NEA Heritage Awards Thursday September 20 at Strathmore Hall Now Available
The NEA National Heritage Fellowship Awards are the nation\'s highest honor in folk and traditional arts.  The awards concert and presentation are one of the most sought after tickets in Washington each year.  Don\'t miss the 25th anniversary concert in the Music Center!  Free tickets are now available.
Click Here to Order
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Joe Lee & Damian Teaming Up to Bring Us MUSIC
El Boqueron 1330 East Gude Dr Rockville, MD
(below Joe\'s Record Paradise)
Thursday August 23 8:00 Mousey Thompson long time James Brown drummer backed by DC\'s own Mustangs w/a special appearance by Bobby Parker
Sunday August 26 8:00 Junior Cline & the Recliners
Thursday August 29 8:00 Bill Kirchen & Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods w/sp guest Chick Hall
Way Cool Opening Gig
Tuesday August 28 7:30 pm Blue Rhythm Boys opening for The Puppini Sisters
Birchmere Alexandria VA
Rockabilly Bash(es) at the Quarry House Tavern
Saturday August 25 5:00
Quarry House Tavern kicks off a new weekly series: serious rockabilly, every Saturday night. The inaugural bash includes 8 hours of music from six bands for six bucks!
5 pm 52 Pickup
6 pm Louisville\'s Slick Andrews
7 pm Baltimore\'s Garnet Hearts
8 pm The Droptops
9 pm - 12 am JP and Western Bop, with Dagmar of the Seductones
12 am - 1 am DC\'s Gulley Jimson Quartet
You Don\'t Dance to Reggae Mon - YOU FEEL IT! (words spoken to me in my record store by a woman from Jamaica way back in 76)
Reggae on the Harbor Saturday August 25
Charm City\'s own Reggae Fest. One day, five bands, non-stop roots, reggae, and dancing. Don\'t miss The Legendary Wailers with Steel Pulse and friends at Baltimore\'s Inner Harbor.
2PM................ Gates
3PM.......... Shoreline
4:20PM......... Lionize
5:40PM... Can\'t Hang
7:15PM... Steel Pulse
9:15PM.. The Wailers
Two Bluegrass Festivals
Bluegrass Hootenanny
Smokehouse Meadery in Sperryville, VA is hosting the 1st annual Hollow Honey Hootenanny on August 25, 2007.Winery opens at 1 pm, music starts at 5 pm, featuring Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, Corn Tornado, Furnace Mountain, The Lisa Kay Band w/Brooksie Wells, The Merkles, and Friends Of 1000 Faces.
Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the gate and include mead tastings with valid ID.
Free camping available, no pets please.
Tickets available at The Smokehouse, Drum & Strum Music Center in Warrenton, Culpeper Music
The Lisa Kay Band features Doug McKelway on banjo, John Seebach on guitar, and Kip Martin on bass.
The Smokehouse is in a beautiful shady spot out in the country. You\'ll love it.
For more information, call 540-987-3194 or smokehousewinery.com
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Mason Neck Bluegrass Festival
Saturday August 25 http://www.agapebears.com/masonneck/
Performance Schedule
11:00 AM Skystone Bluegrass Band
Noon Flatland Bluegrass Band
1:00 Eastern Tradition
2:00 Skystone Bluegrass Band
3:00 Gold Heart
4:00 Flatland Bluegrass Band
5:00 Eastern Tradition
6:00 Gold Heart
Mason Neck Bluegrass Festival is a production of the Mason Neck Lions Club
Future of Music Policy Summit: Registration is Open
Attend our 7th Annual Future of Music Policy Summit, September 17-18, 2007 in Washington, DC, where an unprecedented group of panelists and keynote speakers together with an engaged, diverse audience for a robust debate about the critical issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy. Details below! Registration is open now, and we have scholarships available for working musicians http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/Summit07/
If you want to be informed on the latest debates on policy in many areas of this crazy business we call music, I recommend this conference highly.  Answers may not come out of the debates - but you will know what it\'s all about and it will help you make decisions about direction.
WK
The Program
The Summit is always programmed to react quickly to issues emerging from Congress, the courts, the Copyright Office, and from the international stage. Over the course of two days, we will focus on the critical issues that are affecting musicians and music communities as production, promotion and sales increasingly move to a global, digital platform such as:
Performance royalties, copyright and licensing reform
How changes to broadband and telecom policy would affect artists
The state of retail
The explosion of niche market genres
Technologies that are bringing artists and fans closer together
The effect of new wireless and streaming technologies that will make music more portable
We\'ll also do some special sessions on:
What the FCC\'s \"rules of engagement\" on payola really mean for musicians
Health insurance for musicians
The sample clearance licensing process
A review of major label contracts in the digital age
The technical and legal challenges with cultural preservation
Check out the developing program details here
http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit07/matrix.cfm
Keynote Speaker:
Marybeth Peters, Register, US Copyright Office

Registration is Open, but Space is Limited
We\'re using a smaller theater this year that only seats 325. Considering all our past Summits have had more than 550 attendees, this means you\'ll need to act now to guarantee your space.

Click here for secure online registration
https://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit07/regform.cfm
and use this discount code: sumreturn
See all the registration options and student rates here
http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit07/registration.cfm
Scholarships for Working Musicians
Every year, FMC offers scholarships to make sure that musicians are not left out of the music/technology debate. Thanks to some generous contributions from foundations, technology companies, sponsors, and musician advocacy groups, 80 musicians are able to attend this Policy Summit for free. Musicians: go here to apply. http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit07/scholarships.cfm
Praise for the Policy Summits
\"...a kind of Geneva where all sides in any number of contentious music industry fights can get together and play nice for a few days. Even more importantly, it offers pinstriped Washingtonians a rare opportunity to hear musicians articulate their concerns in person instead of relying on competing lobbying groups that claim to espouse their interests.\" Washington Post, 2004
\"...the coalition\'s organizers are due a great deal of credit for representing a constituency that is often invoked by others but not represented.\"
Washington Post, 2004
\"As independent artists develop and discover shortcuts to get their music out in spite of an inequitable and often corrupt industry, conferences like the FMC\'s go a long way toward providing them a map.\" Village Voice, 2005
\"You know the time between when a record leaves the artist\'s hands and before it gets to listener\'s ears? The Summit covers everything that happens in between.\"
Pitchfork, 2005

Since 2001, FMC has organized six annual Policy Summits to address the critical issues at the intersection of music, law, technology and policy. After a fantastic event last October in Montreal - http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit06/ - we\'re bringing it back to Washington, DC for our 7th Annual Policy Summit, which will take place at George Washington University\'s Betts Theatre from September 17-18, 2007.

Confirmed Panelists
Paul Anthony CEO, Rumblefish
Michael Bracy Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition
Whitney Broussard Partner, Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz
Bryan Calhoun Label Management Systems
Rosemary Carroll Partner, Carroll, Guido & Groffman, LLP
Brian Dear Founder, Eventful.com
Corey Denis VP Digital Marketing, reapandsow
Mike Dreese Co-founder and CEO, Newbury Comics
Peter Gordon Founder, Thirsty Ear Records
Jim Griffin CEO, Onehouse
Peter Gutmann Member, Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice
Dave Harrell The Layaways and blogger at digitalaudioinsider.com
E. Michael Harrington Professor of Entertainment and Music Business, Belmont University
Henry Harris President, Spiritco1 Christian internet radio
Ariel Hyatt Founder, Ariel Publicity
Robert Kaye Mayhem & Chaos Coordinator, MusicBrainz
Jon Kertzer Senior Music Programmer, Zune
Walter McDonough General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
Kembrew McLeod Author, documentary filmmaker, Professor, University of Iowa
Patricia Polach Attorney, Bredhoff and Kaiser, Counsel for AFM
Jeff Price CEO, Tune Core
Ben Scott Policy Director, Free Press
Dan Sheehy Director and Curator, Smithsonian Global Sound
Rachel Segal Marketing and Artist Relations, MusicIP
Ralph Simon Chairman, Mobile Entertainment Forum
Atesh Sonneborn Associate Director, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Michael Taft Head of the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center
Anastasia Tsioulcas Classical music columnist, Billboard
Marcy Wagman Program Director, Music Industry, Drexel University
Tim Westergren Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora

Volunteers
We\'re looking for volunteers to assist in a variety of capacities, and 10 hours of volunteer time gets you into the Summit and all its jam-packed craziness for free!
2. Pearl Jam Incident Underscores Importance of Net Neutrality
Pearl Jam closed Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 5, 2007, but if you weren\'t there you didn\'t hear the whole show. AT&T, which had the exclusive rights to webcast Lollapalooza via its \"Blue Room,\" silenced a piece of video from its live webcast that featured anti-Bush lyrics.
During the song \"Daughter,\" Eddie Vedder sang \"George Bush leave this world alone\" to the tune of Pink Floyd\'s \"Another Brick in the Wall.\" When he repeated the line again and then sang \"George Bush find yourself another home\" the sound on the webcast was muted, even though it\'s clear that Vedder was singing.
AT&T admitted it had silenced the lyrics, but said it was a mistake by a monitor hired to edit out inappropriate language. But over the past five days, it became clear this was more than a \"mistake.”
Fans of the Flaming Lips, John Butler Trio, Rage Against the Machine, and many other bands, reported similar instances of AT&T silencing political lyrics during other webcast events. Recently, a technician on one of the webcasts reported he was told to censor political comments.
Last Friday, faced with mounting evidence, AT&T admitted to silencing bands during other webcasts. Whether this can be attributed to a big corporate blunder or a blatant effort to censor speech, the incident is a cautionary tale that shows what can happen when one company has unfettered control over Internet content.
AT&T and other big telecoms have been pushing for several years to increase their control over Internet content. They want to create an Internet where they determine which websites are the most accessible. The Pearl Jam incident points to the crux of why this is dangerous.
If this kind of incident happens during a webcast of a concert, imagine what type of power AT&T or any other telecom might wield if they determined which websites you are able to effectively access? Would they degrade access to websites that feature political views they don\'t agree with, or perhaps, ones that compete with their commercial interests? We don\'t know and we don\'t want to find out.
This is exactly why 726 musicians through FMC\'s Rock the Net campaign and tens of thousands of other citizens have been pushing for \"net neutrality.\" Net neutrality means the web remains a level playing field, and prevents internet providers from speeding up or slowing down web content based on its source, ownership or destination.
Ultra-Cool & FREE!!!
A great New Music FREE!!! Music Series at the Eastern Market on Sundays,
The music will contribute to the lively street fair atmosphere at the Eastern Market, with its array of food, antique, and craft vendors.  
The Eastern Market Music series will present a sampling of the Washington area\'s best blues, bluegrass, jazz, contemporary, and international musicians. 
There will be two performances each Sunday, a morning set from 10:30 am to 1,  and an afternoon set from 1 pm to 3:30 pm. 
Here\'s the confirmed lineup:
August 26 10:30am Archie\'s Barbershop Jambassadors (acoustic blues)
The Jambassadors are acoustic blues artists who are part of the core community at the Archie\'s Barbershop. Located in Northeast DC,  Archie’s Barbershop functions as a museum, music hall and educational facility, as well as headquarters for the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation.  The foundation is dedicated to preserving the memory of bluesman Archie Edwards and to carrying on his educational mission of keeping the Piedmont blues alive. For many decades,  Archie closed up his barbershop about mid-afternoon on Saturday to preside over a blues jam with his musician friends and visitors.  The tradition continues today through the foundation:  Archie\'s Barbershop is home to an informal jam every Saturday afternoon.  Blues musicians from all over the world have visited Archie\'s Barbershop, and it has been featured in local and national news articles and radio and TV stories. www.acousticblues.com
August 26 1 p.m.:  Bill Baker Trio
\"More than just a handsome voice ... In addition to being a fine acoustic guitarist, he\'s an extremely talented songwriter whose lyrics often flow as smoothly and as naturally as his vocals,\" is the way Washington Post writer Mike Joyce describes Bill Baker\'s talents. With musical influences as diverse as Hank Williams, Mississippi John Hurt and Cole Porter, Bill Baker is a synthesis of what could be considered truly American music.

September 2    (TBA) / Randy Barrett & the Barretones (bluegrass) 1:00
September 9 Travessia (Brazilian jazz) 10:30 / Sears Trio (blues, jazz, samba) 1:00
September 16  Reverb 10:30 / Blue Rhythm Boys (blues, swing, gypsy) 1:00
September 23 Dead Mans Hollow (bluegrass, Americana) 10:30 / Shackbreakers (blues) 1:00
September 30 Barrelhouse Brawl (blues, New Orleans jazz) 10:30 / Irish Breakfast Band (Irish, with step dancers) 1:00

The Capitol Hill Community Foundation --
http://www.capitolhillcommunityfoundation.org/ -- is sponsoring the event.  The foundation has been instrumental in helping raise money to support the vendors who were displaced from the market after the fire in April.
Well the summer begins to wind down - the number of FREE!!! shows begins to dwindle.
It is still truly incredible the amount of FREE!!! music you can find day in day out around the region.
Take the opportunity to discover new favorites or touch base with old friends.
73 SHOWS this week!
Thursday August 23 11:45am Dagmar & the Seductones Metro Park Arlington VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 23 noon Gibralter Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Thursday August 23 6:00 Junko Ueno Garrett Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Thursday August 23 6:00 Russell Stone Dorsey\'s Search Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Thursday August 23 6:00 Andrew McKnight Hickory Ridge Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Thursday August 23 7:00 IONA Lake Anne Plaza Reston VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 23 7:30 Billy Coulter Nottoway Park Vienna VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 23 7:30 Hawaiian Cultural Heritage Night Ossian Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Friday August 24 11:30am Automatic Slim Kings Contrivance Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 11:30am Brian Gross Wilde Lake Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 noon Game Show Mania Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Friday August 24 5:00 Marc Cary & the Focus Trio National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden DC FREE!!!
Friday August 24 6:00 Rose Guerin-Vandaveer Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Friday August 24 6:00 Full Circle Bethesda Metro Center Bethesda MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 6:00 Intuition River Hill Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 6:00 Project Natale Harper\'s Choice Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 6:00 The Roadsters Rio Center Gaithersburg MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 6:00 The Crawdaddies Belvedere Square Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 6:30 The Nighthawks Vienna Town Green Vienna VA FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:00 Lipbone Redding White Marsh Summer Concert Series White Marsh MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:30 Southern Maryland Concert Band LaPlata Town Hall LaPlata MD FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:30 Poetry  in the Park Festival Carter Baron Amphitheatre DC FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:30 Jah Works Herndon Town Green Herndon VA FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:30 Gary Henson\'s Take Note Lake Accotink Park Springfield VA FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:30 Karen Collins & the Backroads Band Mason District Park Springfield VA FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:30 Mariachi Estrellas Royal Lake Park Fairfax VA FREE!!!
Friday August 24 7:30 Los Gatos (Latin/Afro/Cuban) Kingstown Town Center Franconia VA FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 2:00 Homespun Celidh Band Bowie Town Green Bowie MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 6:00 Charles Covington Jr Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 6:00 Baltimore Songwriters Association Showcase Lurman Woodland Theater Catonsville MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 6:00 Linwood Taylor Quiet Waters Park Annapolis MD FREE!!! $5 to park
Saturday August 25 6:00 Back Pages Band Rio Center Gaithersburg MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 6:30 Foreign Press/The Caribbean Lamont Park Mt Pleasant DC FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 6:00 Wing & a Prayer City Park Bandshell Hagerstown MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 6:30 Vinyl Shockley Band Avalon Theater-Washington St Easton MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 7:00 Back To Zero Silver Plaza Silver Spring MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 7:00 Pale Stars Harborplace Amphitheater Inner Harbor Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 7:00 The Big Package Whitemarsh Summer Concert Series Whitemarsh MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 7:00 Swing City Fountain Park Chestertown MD FREE!!!
Saturday August 25 7:30 The Mustangs Soul Revue Reston Town Center Pavilion Reston VA FREE!!!
Sunday August 26 10:30am Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Eastern Market DC FREE!!!
Sunday August 26 1:00 Bill Baker Trio Eastern Market DC FREE!!!
Sunday August 26 2:00 NOVA Manassas Symphony Orchestra & Ice Cream Social Harris Pavilion Manassas VA FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 4:00 Lovecraft Harborplace Amphitheater Baltimore MD FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 5:00 Dixie Power Trio Dockside Blue Heron Pub Colonial Beach VA FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 6:00 Chris Kasper Kennedy Center Millennium Stage DC FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 6:00 US Navy Sea Chanters Downs Park Pasadena MD FREE!!! $5 to park
Sunday  August 26 6:00 Jay Henley & the Stone Broke Band Lurman Woodland Theater Catonsville MD FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 7:00 The Crawdaddies Baker Park Frederick MD FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 7:00 Army Field Band Volunteers Allen Pond Park Bowie MD FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 7:30 Fulton Theater Noodle Doodle Box (theater) Mason District Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Sunday  August 26 8:00 Ray Owens Whalen Park Poolesville MD FREE!!!
Monday  August 27 noon Heritage Ensemble Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Monday August 27 6:00 Haj Youness Kennedy Center Millennium Stage DC FREE!!!
Tuesday August 28 11:45am Julia Rose Anna & David Plaza 1525 Wilson Blvd Arlington VA FREE!!!
Tuesday August 28 noon Davey Yarborough WJAI Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Tuesday August 28 6:00 Charles Miller (organ) in the concert hall Kennedy Center Millennium Stage DC FREE!!!
Wednesday August 29 noon Rita Clark & the Naturals Rockville Town Center Rockville MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 29 noon Gina DeSimone Willow Garden Bethesda MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 29 noon Aaron Broadus Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Wednesday August 29 6:00 Maggie Sansone Kennedy Center Millennium Stage DC FREE!!!
Wednesday August 29 7:00 L\'Tanya Mari Quintet Wheaton Regional Park Wheaton MD FREE!!!
Wednesday August 29 7:30 US Army Jazz-Blues Ensemble Lee District Park Amphitheater Alexandria VA FREE!!!
Wednesday August 29 7:30 Dixieland District Mason District Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 30 11:45am The Lovejoy Group Metro Park Arlington VA FREE!!!
Thursday  August 30 noon Susan Jones Jazz Quartet Woodrow Wilson Plaza Ronald Reagan Center 14th St DC FREE!!!
Thursday  August 30 6:00 Gesel Mason (Part of KenCen Prelude 2007) Kennedy Center Millennium Stage FREE!!!
Thursday August 30 7:00 Interlude Lake Anne Plaza Reston VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 30 7:30 The Continentals (polka) Nottoway Park Vienna VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 30 7:30 Old-Time Fiddlers & Bluegrass Night Ossian Park Annandale VA FREE!!!
Thursday August 2 8:00 Hot Soup Lake Kittamaqundi Columbia MD FREE!!!
Friday August 17 11:30am Mike Lapadula & the Lost Souls King\'s Contrivance Village Center Columbia MD FREE!!!
Bluemont Shows In Virginia are Incredibly Great Music Picnic Events
One of the most fun things to do over the summer is pack a picnic basket and head out into the Virginia countryside to take in a Bluemont Series concert
 
The Carolina Chocolate Drops
Bluemont Winchester Friday August 24 7:30
Old Frederick County Courthouse (Old Courthouse Civil War Museum) on the downtown mall in historic Winchester, VA. In bad weather, the concert will be moved indoors at the Old Town Event Center, located at 403 South Loudoun Street.
Bluemont Fredericksburg Saturday August 25 7:30
Maury School Stadium field, located at the intersection of Hanover St. and Kenmore Avenue in historic Fredericksburg.  In case of bad weather, the concerts will be held at James Monroe High School
Bluemont Ashland Sunday August 26 7:00
Hanover Arts and Activities Center Lawn 500 South Center St Ashland, VA
In bad weather: Hanover Arts and Activities Center, Indoors
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young stringband musicians that have come to together to play the rich tradition of fiddle and banjo music in Carolinas’ piedmont. Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson both hail from the green hills of the North Carolina Piedmont while Dom Flemons is native to sunny Arizona. Although they have diverse musical backgrounds, their musical heritage is drawn from the foothills of the North and South Carolina. The Carolina Chocolate Drops honed their skills under the tutelage of octogenarian fiddler Joe Thompson, a North Carolinian who is one of the last black traditional string band players from the previous generation.
 
Junkyard Saints
Bluemont Warrenton Saturday August 25 7:30
Old Shadowlawn at 70 Culpeper Street between Franklin and Lee streets, one block south of old Warren Green in downtown Warrenton In case of bad weather, the concert will be held indoors at Taylor Middle School.
An underground legend on the Baltimore music scene, the Junkyard Saints performs its own brand of “Roots Party Music,” blending New Orleans R&B, Zydeco, Latin, Ska, Jump Blues and Mardi Gras Funk.  The seven-member band perform with accordion, keyboards, sax, guitar, trombone, trumpet, bass, drums, percussion, and vocals.
The group has appeared at the Cajun Crawfish Festival in Fort Lauderdale with Beausoleil, Boozoo Chavis and Geno Delafose, and has performed at Baltimore\'s Inner Harbor for its Summer Concert Series and New Year\'s Eve Celebrations, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra\'s Annual Galas, the American Visionary Art Museum\'s July 4th Bash, and First Night Annapolis. Most recently, Junkyard Saints received two “Wammie” awards from the Washington Area Music Association for “Best Roots Rock Group” and “Artist of the Year,” 2007.
 
Daryl Davis
Bluemont Colonial Beach Saturday August 25 noon
At Town Hill Park in downtown historic Colonial Beach, Virginia
In bad weather: Under the tent at Town Hill Park, rain or shine
Daryl Davis 8/25 noon Colonial beach
The Daryl Davis Band is a five-piece rhythm and blues rock band of the highest order. Davis is an extraordinary man, a great singer, pianist, guitarist, composer and fantastic boogie-woogie player. The band’s instrumentals feature keyboards, rhythm and bass guitars, saxophone and drums and truly classic rock vocals.  Davis has worked with the Muddy Waters Legendary Blues Band, Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, Chuck Berry, and other rock and blues greats.
Westminster Church 8 YEARS AND RUNNING!
Absolutely one of the best Bargains and Music Scenes in the City
They\'ve established a Great Jazz Scene in the City and now with a Blues Monday too!!
Admission is still only $5.  Please help us spread the word about the power of jazz to bring us together.
Every Friday at 6:00 great food available and always a great crowd
Westminster Church 400 I St SW DC 202-484-7700
As we move along in our 9th year together celebrating the wonder of American Jazz, we have another great set this Friday night:
Friday August 24
Honoring Ernie Andrews
Chad Carter, vocals
Luis Hernandez, sax
Jon Ozment, piano
James King, bass
Ron Compton, drums
 
BLUES MONDAY
Monday August 27
Lou Jerome Band
Lou Jerome Price, harmonica & vocals
Adam Scott-Wakefield, keyboard & vocals
Alexander Rankin, guitar
Blessings,
Rev. Brian
DANCING IN DC
 
SWING
WSDC: Come visit us at http://www.wsdc.blogspot.com/
 
Friday, August 24, King Teddy
8:30pm-12midnight (beginner swing lesson 8:30-9pm; dance 9pm-12midnight)
Chevy Chase Ballroom, 5207 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Washington, DC $15
At the intersection of swing, rockabilly and jump blues is where you’ll find King Teddy, happily hanging out and humming Beatles tunes. Although their influences are varied (including everyone from Louis Prima to Sam Cooke to Gene Vincent to the afore-mentioned quartet), they are single-minded in their musical mission—to swing, baby!

Friday, August 24, The Fabulettes
8:30-9pm beginner drop-in swing lesson
9pm-12midnight dance
Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel, 13869 Park Center Road (Route 28 near the airport), Herndon, Virginia
$15
Join us for another great night with the beehive hair-do and polka dot dress-wearing Fabulettes, rekindling the great girl group sound of the 1960s. The Fabulettes revitalize classics by such groups as the Chiffons, the Shirelles, Martha and the Vandellas and the Marvelettes, recreating that fun and frantic era of rock and roll when women undeniably ruled the airwaves. Their sense of humor, modern sensibility, enveloping harmonies and an uncompromisingly authentic wardrobe bring a spirited approach to such favorites as Leader of the Pack, Da Doo Ron Ron, and Chain of Fools
 
Saturday, August 4, Tom Cunningham Orchestra Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom
9:00-12midnight (beginner swing lesson 8:00-9pm; dance 9pm-12midnight)
 
Tuesday, August 28 Daryl Davis Band Clarendon Ballroom, 3185 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA $10
9-11pm
The Boogie Man! The Daryl Davis Band never fails to delight swing dancers and music fans alike with boogie woogie, rock and roll, jump blues, and a little traditional jazz

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Thursday August 23 Jeffery Broussard & The Creole Cowboys Chick Hall\'s Surf Club, 4711 Kenilworth Ave., Hyattsville, MD
Showtime: 8pm to 11pm. Admission: $15.
FFIC: 301-927-6310
Baldwin\'s Station Press:
Thursday, August 23  Jon Carroll & Ben Carroll
7618 Main St, Sykesville, MD 410-795-1041
Shows begin at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15
Jon Carroll\'s First Solo Release in Over a Decade . . . Love Returns 
After a long and artistically rich career as a songwriter, sideman to-the-stars, composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and performer, Jon blooms here with a collection of songs ranging from the highly rollicking to the poignantly reckoning. Since his early days of national notoriety with the Grammy-Award winning Starland Vocal Band (Afternoon Delight) he has wowed audiences near and far with his exciting and energetic keyboard, guitar and vocal prowess behind a league of renowned artists that includes Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rodney Crowell, Dixie Chicks and many others. His songs have been recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Tom Jones and Kenny Rogers to name a few. He is a sought-after player/producer and this collection of tunes is a popping yet intimate offering of Jon\'s many sides that will have your hips shaking, your mind thinking, and, occasionally, your heart aching. \"If there were a Wammie award for \"Most Prolific Guest Artist,\" Jon Carroll would have a mantel crowded with them by now. Though best known for his work with Starland Vocal Band and Mary Chapin Carpenter, the keyboardist-composer-vocalist has more recording credits than Donald Trump has nasty things to say about Rosie O\'Donnell, or vice versa. Carroll, however, recently reserved enough time to record \"Love Returns,\" his first solo album in more than a decade. It\'s a vibrant reminder of what he does best, whether it\'s conjuring vintage R&B/soul sounds, the inspiration for \"Maybe This Romance,\" \"Take It All Back\" and several other tracks, or composing a ballad as evocative as \"Land That Time Forgot,\" which manages to bring to mind both novelist Annie Proulx and tunesmith John Prine, or coming up with a country ditty as innocently engaging as \"On the Front Porch.\"
Carroll is accustomed to seeing his name listed in the fine print, but he headlines this session with talent and charm to spare.\" ~ Mike Joyce, Washington Post.
Ben Carroll bewitches people. Sometimes singing solo with his acoustic guitar, other times with his band, Carroll comes from auspicious beginnings, the son of members of the Grammy-winning Starland Vocal Band. Carroll was raised in Washington, D.C. but he lives in New York City, which is a city he loves. Carroll performs live at favorite local haunts like The Living Room, Jammin Java in Virginia and Club Passim in Boston, in music festivals around the world and at colleges and universities around the U.S.A. He has performed alongside Grammy-winner John Legend on The Today Show on NBC television, and has shared the stage with Grammy-winner Shawn Colvin and others. Amore Magazine\'s reader poll voted Carroll a top solo artist in 2005. Lover Undercover (Luckytone Records, 2005) is Ben Carroll\'s debut record which press praises and music lovers love. Dola Rosa, Angel\'s Arms and Lover Undercover are all songs from the record which are getting played on FM and Satellite radio, and MTV and Country Music Television place Carroll\'s songs in lots of their shows. Carroll is currently recording his next album to be released in 2007, co-producing with his dad, Jon Carroll. \"A cross between John Legend and John Mayer.\" ~ Hybrid Magazine
Hurricane Recovery Volunteering
Find an organization (there are many) and plug into it.
Tipitina\'s One-Stop Resource: 
New Orleans Artist Relief Effort
Until the recent devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the Tipitina\'s Foundation has devoted its efforts to uplifting the New Orleans music community through its Music Co-op Office, Instruments A-Comin\' benefit concerts and the Tipitina\'s Internship Program. That mission has changed, as we now fight to save and rebuild that very community. We are currently finding musicians housing, gigs and instruments while we raise funds through donations and nationwide benefit concerts to meet the challenges facing us in the coming weeks and months. Tipitina\'s Uptown, 501 Napoleon Avenue, will open up as soon as we can return as a Musical Community Center with a Music Co-Op, as we all come together to preserve the spirit of New Orleans.
http://www.tipsevents.com/foundation/default.asp 
To Donate Instruments/housing/Clothing
http://www.tipsevents.com/foundation/advance/relief
To make an on line donation
 
or mail a donation to:
Tipitina\'s Foundation
800 Baronne Street
New Orleans, LA 70113-1103
 
From the Tip\'s Web-Site
Artist Relief Resources
504 Musicians Fund. Raising money for the local musicians in the 504 area code affected by hurricane Katrina.
American Federation of Musicians. New Orleans Local 174-496 is setting up a relief fund.
Austin Music Foundation. The Austin Music Foundation has teamed up with New Orleans\' Tipitina\'s Foundation to assist displaced musicians. In order to help preserve their livelihood, many musicians displaced by the storm have relocated to Austin in order to find work and a place of musical belonging. It is the AMF\'s goal to aid in the effort to locate housing, work, and provide a sense of community in the Live Music Capital for these unique artists. They want to not only be heard but embraced. We are asking local musicians, music lovers, and all with a big heart who have spare room to open their doors for those New Orleanian musicians whom are currently homeless in the wake of Katrina.
Backbeat Fund. Mandatory evacuation meant that the guardians of New Orleans\' musical traditions had to leave their homes and belongings and seek refuge in other cities. The Backbeat Fund is dedicated to preserving the unique musical identity of New Orleans by assuring that the musical heritage of New Orleans is able to return to live in the city when the time comes to rebuild. In order to assist musicians in the effort to re-establish their homes and community, the Backbeat Fund will provide financial assistance, support services and resource information to musicians living and working in New Orleans for the rebuilding of their homes and lives ensuring that the musical community and legacy of New Orleans is not lost to the \"cultural Diaspora\" caused by Hurricane Katrina.
Blues for Katrina. \"Blues For Katrina\" seeks to provide a forum for musicians, artists, agents and promoters to collaborate on efforts to stage benefit concerts and other fund-raising events to provide aid and relief to the unfortunate victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Jazz Foundation of America. Housing, gigs and instruments
Music Maker Relief Foundation. Cash grants for musicians.
MusiCares. Established in 1989 by The Recording Academy, MusiCares has been helping people across the country cope with personal, medical and financial hardships. MusiCares provides totally confidential crisis intervention, health care referrals and financial assistance. MusiCares\' confidential and caring approach allows those in need to seek help with dignity and confidence.
New Orleans Musicians Clinic. Temporarily located in Lafayette. This is a fantastic hands on organization who has the names and addresses of so many great musicians because they have them all coming to their FREE health clinic all these years and now, they are the ones who are tracking down the local musicians and finding them shelter.
The New Orleans Musicians Clinic is determined to keep Louisiana Music Alive! It is our beacon to soothe our souls. We want to relocate our  New Orleans musicians into the Lafayette/ Acadiana community where they can remain a life force! But most of them have lost everything... we must help them rebuild their lives.
They can\'t access any of their NOMC accounts. They desperately need money to fund these efforts.
They can be contacted  at musiciank@swlahec.com
They are the New Orleans Musicians Clinic and know the whereabouts of the local musicians down there.
NOAHLeans. Employment and relocation aid for musicians displaced by Katrina; based in Houston, TX.
NOLAgigs.org. A searchable database of gigs being offered to the musicians by venues across the country.
NOMRF. New Orleans Musician\'s Relief Fund.
NYC for NOLA. A New York-based database of housing, equipment and help for New Orleans musicians relocating to New York.
Preservation Hall. Financial support for musicians from the venerable venue.
Project HEAL. Project HEAL was created to assist artists and musicians impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Project HEAL (Helping Employ Artists Locally) offers displaced artists employment opportunities in local communities. Artists working in a wide range of disciplines including dance, design arts, folklife, literature, media, music, theatre and visual arts are now being recruited for programs designed in partnership with local arts organizations and venues.
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Not Music Related Organizations
Southern Mutual Help Association, INC. headquartered in New Iberia. Their area of recovery work stretches from Texas back across to Mississippi including all 8 storm affected parishes of Louisiana. The focus of their work is in the rural communities that were largely devastated by Katrina & Rita. 
Keep Connected to the Plight of the Gulf Region
I recommend that you use your computer to check out the newspapers of the devastated areas. Out here in the rest of the country the news cycle has left most of the info behind. That insulates you to the major struggle that still remains. The newspapers of the Gulf will bring the immediacy right back where it belongs - front and center.
We really can\'t allow the plight of the gulf region to slip from our sight.
You are the choir.
Sing it out to the rest of the world.
Give the gift of DC area connected music.
Put your own special collection of songs together by going to I-Tunes , Real Networks or any of the other pay for download services and send the collection to those that may not be aware of our musical riches.
I-tunes links to the ROR Catalogue (you can find these on nearly every other download site as well.
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers: Twist & Shout ROR004
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319133
Nap \"Don\'t Forget the Blues\" Turner: Live at City Blues ROR005
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=7799817
The Blues You would Just Hate To Lose Vol II ROR006
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers: Offshore Blues & Zydeco ROR008
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319240
Roy Carrier & the Night Rockers: Whiskey Drinkin\' Man ROR009
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319296
Nap \"Don\'t forget the Blues\" Turner: Live at Cada Vez ROR010
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=6319007
Nap Turner Presents: Hughes Views of the Blues ROR012
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=130230769
Robert Lighthouse: Deep Down in the Mud
THE Apple iTunes link is :
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=260099638
Where To Hear Music Off the Beaten Path
Radio in this region is such a vapid wasteland. The spectrum - so expensive that regular college radio pretty much does not exist beyond the borders of campus (with one notable exception). So where do you get the chance to hear off the beaten path music or any of the great area musicians on the radio. The less than a handful of stations deserve our support any way we can give it.
WPFW 89.3FM - The Don\'t forget the Blues Hour Mon-Thu 12:00pm -1:00pm * Zydeco w/Texas Fred Fri 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm * blues/old school Sat 8am - 7pm * jazz/caribbeana/world music through much of the rest of the radio clock wpfw.org
WTMD 89.7FM - Almost the entire radio clock - www.towson.edu/wtmd/
WAMU 88.5FM - Mary Cliff on Saturday nights/Bluegrass Overnight on into Sunday afternoon programming w/Dick Spotswood & others midnight Saturday thru 6:00pm Sunday wamu.org
WRNR 103.1 - the only commercial station on the list & home of Damian! wrnr.com
Micropower 97.5 (Radio CPR) (You have to live in the Mt pleasant /Columbia Hts/Adams Morgan area to get it)
Tuesdays from 4-6pm \'Come On, Children vintage blues/country/gospel show
archives of the show at www.myspace.com/comeonchildren  if anyone wants to hear it but can\'t pick up the signal
Follow Your Passion where it may lead
be it FOLK http://www.fsgw.org/ (Folk society of Greater Washington) or http://www.focusmusic.org/ (Focus Music DC) or http://www.IMTFolk.org (Institute of Music Traditions)
or BLUES http://www.dcblues.org/ (DC Blues Society) or http://www.mojoworkin.com/ (Baltimore Blues Society)
or ACOUSTIC BLUES http://www.acousticblues.com (Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation)
or JAZZ http://www.dcjazz.com   (DC Jazz)
or BLUEGRASS http://www.dcbu.org (DC Bluegrass Union)
or DANCING (swing/Latin etc) http://www.dcdancenet.com
The above, all serve as comprehensive greater DC area music resources for their respective genres. If you know of another that belongs in the list - pass it on
oh for Blues/Roots and otherwise excellent things to see/do/hear http://www.rightonrhythm.com
Open Mikes
WEEKLY OPEN MIKES
Sundays - 8:00 Bangkok Blues Open Mike Blues Jam different bands hosts each week
2nd Sunday Mark Mandel Blues Power, featuring Roger Edsall on harp, Bob Mallardi on bass and vocals, and Fred Hillyard on drums.  There is no cover but there is a 2 drink minimum
Sundays Twins Jazz 1344 U St Jam Session Every  with the Ron Gary Trio
2nd/3rd/4th Sundays 4:00 - Chick Hall\'s Surf Club - The Paulverizers open mike hosts blues/rock based
Mondays 7:30 pm - Jammin\' Java Vienna VA - David Cotton open mike host
Mondays 8:00 Westside Cafe Frederick MD Showcase
Mondays 8:30 pm - Austin Grill - Silver Spring MD - Mike Holden open mike host
Mondays 8:00 pm - Chick Hall\'s Surf Club - Blu Lou host Blues Based
Mondays 8:00 pm - Old Town Firehouse Cue Makin\' Noise Mondays (Open-Mic Night) Gaithersburg MD
Mondays 8:00 pm - Funk Box Baltimore MD - open mike night hosted by Derivative
Tuesdays 7:00 pm - Morningside House of Leesburg 316 Harrison St SE, Leesburg, VA Loudon Bluegrass Association host
Tuesdays 8:00 pm - College Perk Coffeehouse 9078 Baltimore Ave College Park, MD
Wednesdays 7:30 pm 49 West Joe Byrd Jam 49 West St Annapolis MD 410-626-9796
Wednesdays 9:00 pm - IOTA Arlington VA
Every other Wednesday 8:00pm - Beach Cove Restaurant - hosted by One Bad Jack Band Blues Jam Open Mic 8416 Bayside Rd., Chesapeake Beach, 301-855-0025. http://www.beachcoverestaurant.com/restaurant.htm For more info, contact Steve Crescenze, 301-932-2734, OneBadJackBand@aol.com
Wednesdays 9:00 pm - JV\'s Arlington VA - Vernon Santmyer or Bob Hume w/Martha Capone open mike host alternating weeks
Wednesdays 9:00 pm - Cheeseburger in Paradise - Fredericksburg VA - Tom Arbisi open mike host
Thursdays 7:00 pm - Mario\'s Steak & Cheese - 15209 Frederick Road in Rockville, MD  Acoustic Open mike Alternating hosts are Nikki Rouse and Tommy Wright 
Thursdays 7:00 pm - Woodman of the World -Fairplay MD Bluegrass Jam
Thursdays 8:00 pm - The Zoo Bar DC - Big Boy Little (Bret Littlehales) open mike host - usual house band - Rusty Bogart/Kevin Fordor/Robbie Leebrick
Thursdays 8:00 pm - Downtown Saloon - Leesburg, Va. Hosted by Rob Remington - rockabilly/blues/funk/fusion
Thursdays 8:30 O\'Brien\'s 387 East Gude Dr Rockville, MD Acoustic Open Mic Hosted by John Trupp Excellent food and fun times! . List sign starts at 8:00PM
Thursdays 8:30 pm - Boe\'s Strings 26 S Market St Frederick MD - evening bluegrass jam session
Every-other-Thursday 8:00 Blues jam at The Country Store  Hosted by The Idle Americans with Wave Milor (vocals and harmonica), Matt Kelley (vocals and guitar), Steve \"Wolf\" Crescenze (bass) and Mike O\'Donnell (drums) The Country Store 41566 Medleys Neck Rd. Leonardtown, MD 301-475-6820
Fridays 7:00pm - Songwriters Association of Washington open mike Mario\'s House of Steak and Cheese, 15209 Frederick Rd., Rockville, MD 240-314-0200
Saturdays 1:00 pm - Archie\'s Barber Shop DC - Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation - acoustic blues jam
MONTHLY and EVERY OTHER WEEK OPEN MIKES
Sundays - The Capitol Area Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association (CABOMA) holds its bi-monthly jams on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month from 2:00 to 6:00 PM at the Lyons Park Community Center in Arlington, VA. All are welcome. For full details please see our website: http://www.homestead.com/caboma/
Sundays 1st & 3rd Sundays 1:00-4:00 - Frying Pan Park Herndon VA Inside the Country Store in colder weather
2nd Sundays 6:00 Bluegrass open mike jam Sterling Golf Swim & Tennis Club 333 South Sterling Blvd Sterling VA http://www.spgstclub.org/
2nd & 4th Mondays 7:00 - Takoma Park VFW Post 350 - open Bluegrass Jam
2nd & 4th Tuesdays 6:30 - 8 PM Ashland Coffee & Tea bluegrass jam. Ashland VA
4th Thursday New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, MD Songwriters Association of Washington open mike
NEW JAM!!! Thursday, March 8, 7 - 10:30 pm
Blues jam at The Country Store hosted by The Idle Americans with Wave Milor (vocals and harmonica), Matt Kelley (vocals and guitar), Steve \"Wolf\" Crescenze (bass) and Mike O\'Donnell (drums).  This will be our 1st jam here!  Next jam will be Thurs., April 5 and then it will run every other Thursday, so the 3rd jam will be April 19.  Come on out and help us bring the blues to St. Mary\'s County!
The Country Store
41566 Medleys Neck Rd.
Leonardtown, MD 20650
301-475-6820
www.countrystore.homestead.com
First Fridays 7:00 - Georgetown Cafe, 21 S. King St.,Leesburg, VA 703-777-5000 Joe Latham Host Bluegrass Jam
3rd Fridays 7:30 - Musicmasters 8455-H Tyco Road Tyson\'s Corner bluegrass jam http://www.music-masters.org/
1st & 3rd Fridays American Legion Post 86 2013 Viers Mill Rd Rockville MD Bill Mulroney the Second Wind Bandits at 8:00 open mike all genres 10:00 FFI Bill Mulroney at: lawMusicMan@aol.com
Last Fridays - The Arts Center, located in the Old Furniture Factory, 6 West Loudon Street (Business Rt. 7) in Round Hill, VA
1st Saturday Caribou Coffee in Bethesda, MD Songwriters Association of Washington open mike
Third Saturday 2-4 pm - \"flatpick\" jam - Music Masters 8455-H Tyco Road Tyson\'s Corner
Last Saturday Red Rocks Cafe in Centreville, VA Songwriters Association of Washington open mike
Can\'t find your ROOTS? Connect with them here - get out there and listen to live music
It\'s time for the greater DC Regional ROOTS Network
There is overlap in coverage among these and that\'s not a bad thing. ROOTS do that. They overlap.
The Right on Rhythm schedule pages for blues/ROOTS and otherwise excellent things to see/do/hear
WAMU\'s Mary Cliff been reading a who\'s where list on her Traditions radio show on Saturday nights for over 30 years. She now has a web site that shows this comprehensive list. For folk/traditional/blues/bluegrass etc. ROOTS with a heavy emphasis on the Folk Traditions
The World Folk music Association keeps a comprehensive schedule of area folk concerts at http://www.wfma.net/DCEVENTS.htm
The DC Bluegrass Union web site now sports a comprehensive regional listing of all the Bluegrass events so for your Bluegrass ROOTS
Scott Mitchell\'s Fool\'s Night Out Web Site (named after a Phil Wiggins\' song) providing a great variety of various roots things to see/do & hear http://www.foolsnightout.com/
Thanks to all of you!
Support live local music cause these are all the blues you would just hate to lose and remember:
Whether you are dancing
Whether you are playing
Whatever you are doing
It doesn\'t matter what you do as long as you hit the beat
or
It Just Doesn\'t Matter What You Do As Long As You\'re RIGHT ON RHYTHM!
Wayne Kahn
® © Right on Rhythm