UPPER LAKE — Some of the country”s premier women blues performers will perform on Labor Day, Monday, in the garden between the Tallman Hotel and Blue Wing Saloon in Upper Lake.
The annual Blue Wing Labor Day Blues Extravaganza will open with the “Queen of Boogie Woogie” Wendy DeWitt on piano, followed by the seven-piece band “Girls Got The Blues” headed by vocalist Lara Price.
The show begins 5:45 p.m. and the price of admission is $50 plus tax. Tickets include two bands plus a gourmet barbecue dinner.
DeWitt will warm up the crowd with her fast-paced boogie woogie piano backed by Kirk Harwood on percussion.
Price is a dynamic blues vocalist with a non-traditional background. She was born in Vietnam and was part of the 1975 Operation Baby Lift, bringing planeloads of orphans to the U. S. She was captivated by the blues at an early age and is now a fixture on the South Bay music scene.
Price is joined by Pam Hawkins, who is known as the “Hurricane of Soul;” Nancy Wright on jazz and blues saxophone; Janice Maxie Reid, classically trained pianist and vocalist whose inspiration comes from gospel and jazz; and GG Amos who heads her own Bay Area blues band. This group will be backed by Ariane Capp on bass and Robin Roth on drums.
Tallman and Blue Wing owner Bernie Butcher said the event is made possible with contributions from: Gregory Graham, Steele and Glamazon wines, Allora DaCar Productions and KXBX 98.3 FM.
Tickets for the Blue Wing Labor Day Blues Extravaganza may be purchased by calling the Tallman Hotel at 275-2244 ext. 0.
