Band Speak

Article by Kevin Cummings and Taylor Hardin SSBA: When were you first drawn to music? Who were your early influences? Why the blues? What other genres are you drawn to? Was your family musical - what [...]

Article submitted by Michele D'Amour (McDanel) to Kevin Cummings -SSBA newsletter editor There's a sort of alchemy to putting a band together. With a small group, each person's personality and quirks contribute significantly to the [...]

Article by Kevin Cummings - interview with John Stephan This month, the South Sound Blues Association is pleased to present the John Stephan Band (JSB) for our members and subscribers to learn about. JSB consists [...]

Interview / Edit by Kevin Cummings, SSBA VP / Editor and Billy Spaulding of Soulful 88's The Soulful 88's are a dynamic rockin' blues and classic rock band with a whole lotta' soul, playing classics and [...]

Interview / Edit by Kevin Cummings, SSBA VP and Editor with Maia Santell   Growing up Italian in a family of professional musicians in Seattle’s Jackson Street neighborhood is my heritage, my fortune and my [...]

  We have an impressive play list of some of our member band's music on Sound Cloud. Sound Cloud is a free App for your phone or computer with high quality audio.  You can listen [...]

Article by Billy Barner, edit by Kevin Cummings The King Kom Beaux band is a rockin’ band that performs an awesome mix of Blues with Rock, Jazz, Funk, and a Cajun flare mixed in. The [...]

CDs from some of our member bands. https://johnstephanband.bandcamp.com/album/talking-out-loud     Joel Astley CD, 'Seattle to Greaseland'   https://lnk.to/seattletogreaselandWE     Billy Stoops & The Dirt Angels  http://www.billystoops.com/    http://www.billystoops.com/music.html   CD Woodbury https://www.amazon.com/CDs-Vinyl-CD-Woodbury/s?rh=n%3A5174%2Cp_32%3ACD+Woodbury     Daniel [...]

Featured photo by Alex Brikoff The Mark DuFresne Band featuring Billy Stapleton is not your typical blues fare. This spectacular “show band” plays the material like a quintessential Chicago Blues Revue Band. This quartet is [...]

Featured Photo by Dan Hill, Article by Kevin Cummings I recently sat with Stapleton for a couple of hours at his home and it was truly a treat. We know of his guitar skills, but [...]