Blind Boy Paxton
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 4, 2014

Another year of WBF recordings. Recorded from KBOO FM in Portland, OR. A great lineup again this year. I was looking forward to Greg Allman's set, but he had to pull out due to sickness. Oh well, I wouldn't have been able to share him here anyway. Seems to be much more DJ talking this year, interrupting some music. I just left it in rather than trying to edit each show. Feel free to make any changes you wish for personal use.

I may need help with some of the set list's as I don't know all the bands.

Enjoy, twofthrs

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At first glance he looks like he�s playing the part of a bluesman in a Hollywood movie. Dressed in theatrical retro-schtick with a Derby hat and overalls, the tall young man almost looks like a young Willie Dixon.

Meet Jerron Paxton, a songster, busker and itinerant bluesman, the living embodiment of the true blues in the 21st Century. The young bard was born in 1989, but his vast talent rivals the greatest in the genre. He�s witty, fast rhyming, poetic, fun, exciting, wonderfully skilled as a musician and singer, he is the continuation of a proud tradition, literally and figuratively. He is even the real-life son of Robert Johnson�s cousin, so you might say it�s in the blood.

Blind since age 16, Paxton is a virtuosic multi-instrumentalist who picks banjo and guitar, plays harmonica, piano and other instruments. He is a joyous entertainer � humorous with a dazzling wit and a terrific storyteller who exudes affable excitement. He masters multiple blues styles easily. He feels home in the Piedmont tradition with its ragtime influence and country blues fans will pick up on Blind Boy Fuller, Gary Davis along with the swampy blues of Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta. A fabulous new country blues artist as impressive as Jerron Paxton is not just rare � his extraordinary talent is almost surreal.

The festival doesn�t often bring back touring acts, but with Paxton, whose Waterfront debut was roundly regarded as one of last year�s under-the-radar highlights, we made an exception. In fact, as soon as we heard his opening number on the Front Porch Stage we knew we would ask him back this year.

Set List

01 Train Song
02 Stack O' Dollors
03 That's All There is Blues
04 Candyman
05 Unknown
06 Ragtime Millionaire
07 Midnight Special
08 Bango Tuning
09 Unknown