Jeff Baker's Blog (5)

We are working with the operators of the Amp to produce shows. We did sound and lights for Randy Travis on Friday the 19th. Great show, the opener was Kenny Putnam with Boyd Bristow and Ricky Jacobson - great show. We will be doing other shows this summer and need stage hands for set up and tear down. If any of you want to see the show for free and make some money, go see Steve Carroll at Black Hills Guitar and let him know you are interested Continue

Last week we had Lady A and the Baby Blues Funk Band. Three shows in 3 nights of classic Stevie, Otis and Marvin. It was a busy weekend with 2 stages in Anacortes for sound, 1 sound system in Magnolia area of Seattle, a stage and sound system in Lakewood (a suburb of Tacoma) and a sound system at Railroad Days in Snoqualmie. Continue

Last week was week one of our summer concert tour. The band was a rocking blues band called Becky Sue and Her Big Rockin' Daddy's. Mill Creek Thursday night, Anacortes Friday and Des Moines on Saturday. Great band the crowd at Anacortes was huge and the only problem was Saturday when the sound board would not power up and I had a mad scramble to locate another board with 1 hour till showtime - did it. I got invited to play with some people forming a blues band and did that Sunday and it went wel… Continue

Last week we did a great salsa band - what an enjoyable show. Over the weekend we did two stages and sound systems in two different spots. Vashon Island for the Strawberry Festival we did the beer garden with some great R & B and I did the Acoustic stage on Saturday. Two totally different crowds - the yupsters in the beer garden and the hippies at the acoustic - what is that I smell in the air? A ferry ride away in West Seattle we had two stages and sound for one of the larger street fairs i… Continue

I am out in the great northwest as it is festival time. The project is a jazz and blues series that is a traveling show. Three nights in three different cities. Last week, the week of the 4th, was Bump Kitchen a funk band. Great show. My broken ankle is healing well and I will start walking on it the first week of August. Continue