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North of the city limits of Seattle, with the Puget Sound on the west, Cascade Mountains on the east, small, and not so small nightclubs and casinos still play rock, rock'n roll, and R&B cover tunes into the wee hours of any Friday or Saturday night.

What follows are some of those clubs and the bands that are playing



April

Club Apr 06-07 Apr 13-14 Apr 20-21 Apr 27-28
13th Avenue (06)Expertease (13)Woodrush (20)5 Johnsons (27)Ultraviolet
Angel of the Winds Casino Midlife Crisis & Alimony Horns Tony Bridges Rocky Vasalino Seatown Thythm & Blues Players
Baxter's (06)Boobie Trap / (07)Honey Doo Expertease (20)Below Average White Band / (21){none} (27)Big Luv /(28)Einsteins Relatives
Big Daddy's (06)Afrodisiacs / (07)Fade2Black (13)Shelley & Curves / (14)80's Invasion (20)Social Network / (21)Dr.Funk (27)Chris Eger / (28)Big Dog Revue
Cedar Stump Moon Daddy Guy Johnson Triple Shot Jet City
Collector's Choice Restaurant (07)Essex Junction (14)Norma Beach (21)Petty Thief (28)Woodrush
Eddie's Trackside (06)Wired / (07)Strange Jerome (13)Essex Junction / (14)Tube Kings (20)Smokehouse / (21)Knee Deep (27)Fonkeys / (28)HotBoxx
Engel's Pub (06)Highway 9 / (07)Tweety & Tomcats (13)44th St. Blues / (14)Astrocats (20)Ravin’ Wolf / (21)Mary McPage & Assassins (27)- / (28)Junction Sixty-one Forty-nine
Marco's (06)Stripped / (07)Expertease (13)Michelle Taylor & Blues Junkies / (14)Big Dog Revue Expertease Triple Shot
Mardini's (06)Kingdogs / (07)LoudMouth Blonde (13)Rock Steady / (14)Sanity Check Angry Young Men (27)Imposters / (28)Hairstorm
Mel's Old Village Pub (06)Tim Turner (13)Motown Cowboys (20)Essex Junction (27)CD Woodbury
Monroe Steak & Spirits (07)(3 tribute bands} (14)Bullet Creek (21)Latigo Lace (28)Echos
Oxford Saloon CD Woodbury Bill Mattocks (20)Blues Playground / (21)Wired (27)Motown Cowboys / (28)Chris Eger
Silver Reef Casino Motown Cowboys Tweety & Tomcats Midlife Crisis & Alimony Horns Weatherheads
Skagit Valley Casino Latigo Lace (13)Rock Candy / (14)Gold Diggers Sly Mr. Y Freddy Pink
Tulalip Casino (06)Crawford & James / (07)Chapter 5 (13)Hit Explosion / (14)Disco Ballz (20)Mr.Pink / (21)Nitecrew (27)Notorious 253 / (28)Vanity
Twin Dragon (07)Highway 9 (14)Short Cutz (21)Michelle Taylor & Blues Junkies (28)Knee Deep
Village Restaurant 4 Outta 5 Dog Tones Trixxtr Black Velvet

May

Club May 04-05 May 11-12 May 18-19 May 25-26
13th Avenue (04)Big Luv (11)Michelle Taylor & Blues Junkies (18)Stripped (25)Rane Stone & Friends
Angel of the Winds Casino Country Rock Ass9ociation Midlife Crisis & Alimony Horns Guy Johnson Chrisa Eger
Baxter's Triple Shot N*Sane Expertease (25)93 Octane / (26){none}
Big Daddy's (04)Redcup / (05)Mr. Pink (11)Platinum Spandex / (12)Afrodisiacs (18)Bullet Creek / (19)Dr.Funk (25)Michele Taylor / (26)Hit Men
Blue Martini Nite Crew SWAY Rhythm Nation Michael Wastman
Cedar Stump Moon Daddy (11)Stacy Jones / (12)Highway 9 Hot Box Shyanne
Collector's Choice Restaurant (05)Bullet Creek (12)Knee Deep (19)Southbound (26)Sea of Green
Eddie's Trackside (04)Bridge / (05)Wired (11)Red House / (12)Zay Harrison (18)Smokehouse / (19)Scott Greene (25)Essex Junction / (26)Strange Jerome
Engel's Pub (04)Janie & Brian / (05)Tony & Tomcats (11)- / (12)Astro Cats (18)Moon Daddy / (19)44th Blues (25)Scott Trio / (26)CD Woodbury
Marco's Big Dog Revue Angry Young Men TimeSlip -
Mardini's (4)Triple A / (05)Expertease (11)BD & Lovejacks / (12)All Mixed Up (18)Machine / (19)Triple Shot (25)Ride / (26)Shortcutz
Mel's Old Village Pub (04)Quitters (11)Disco Cowboys (18)Project-86 (25)Shivering Denizens
Monroe Steak & Spirits (05)Slacker (11)Brainstorm (18)Knee Deep (25)Guy Johnson
Oxford Saloon Stacy Jones CD Woodbury (18)Truck Foster & Mossrites / (19)Red Hot Blues Sisters (25)Junction 61-49 / (26)Hot Rod's Blues Review
Silver Reef Casino Seatown Rhythm & Blues Players City Zu Tony & Tigers Motown Cowboys
Skagit Valley Casino Coyote Creek M80's Randy Linder Freddy Pink
Tulalip Casino (04)Latigo Lace / (05)Rhythm Nation (11)Robert Cray / (12)Gold Digger (18)Spazmatics / (19)Oncore (25)Kry / (26)4More
Twin Dragon (05)I Make Them a Steak (12)Bad Habit (19)Cover to Cover (26)Dog Tones
Village Restaurant (04)Dog Tones / (05)Honey Badger Shortcuts Crossfire Classix

June

Club Jun 01-02 Jun 08-09 Jun 15-16 Jun 22-23 Jun 29-30
13th Avenue (01)Expertease (08)Sanity Check (15)Groove Surfers (22)93 Octane (29)Blackstone River
Angel of the Winds Casino - - - - -
Baxter's Triple Shot (08)N*Sane / (09)Einstein's Relatives (15)Below Average White Band / (16){none} Expertease Bombshell
Big Daddy's (01)- / (02)- (08)- / (09)- (15)- / (16)- (22)- / (23)- (29)- / (30)-
Blue Martini - - - - -
Cedar Stump - - - - -
Collector's Choice Restaurant (02)- (09)- (16)- (23)- (30)-
Eddie's Trackside (01)- / (02)- (08)- / (09)- (15)- / (16)- (22)- / (23)- (29)- / (30)-
Engel's Pub (01)- / (02)- (08)- / (09)- (15)- / (16)- (22)- / (23)- (29)- / (30)-
Marco's - - - - -
Mardini's Sanity Check Angry Young Men - (22)Stripped / (23)Hairstorm Timeslip
Mel's Old Village Pub (01)3 B's (08)Smoking Bills (15)Boomtown (22)Chester Jones (29)-
Monroe Steak & Spirits (02)- (09)- (16)- (23)- (30)-
Oxford Saloon - - - - -
Silver Reef Casino - - - - -
Skagit Valley Casino - - - - -
Tulalip Casino (01)- / (02)- (08)- / (09)- (15)- / (16)- (22)- / (23)- (29)- / (30)-
Twin Dragon (02)- (09)Black Velvet (16)Expertease (23)Cover to Cover (30)Knee Deep
Village Restaurant - - - - -

"Sometimes, you don't want anything new.
Rather than something that may be fresh and exciting, or boring and rotten, you want to enjoy a private Kodak moment with your brain cells - what's left of them, at least.
You want to hear a song that you know all the words to, with music that instantly takes you back to a certain time and place, when you were young and clueless and irresponsible, having the time of your life and not even having to pay taxes.
And that's why there are - and probably always will be - cover bands. As diners and retro restaurants offer meatloaf and other "comfort foods," these bands offer Meatloaf and other "comfort music".
While bands that play little (if any) original material have no hope of making it big nationally, cover bands thrive locally."

(Tom Scanlon, Seattle Times nightclub reporter, Seattle Times - August 19, 1999)




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