Lloyd Jones Struggle
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 3, 2016

I'm in the process of moving after 36 years in the same house an am not going to be able to record as much this year. I'll try to get all the major acts and some favorites I've had over the years. Again, KBOO FM is broadcasting the show live. KBOO is an all volunteer station. They started last year breaking in at odd times to let listeners know what stations are broadcasting. Weird. All proceeds from the festival go to the Oregon Food Bank so please donate if you can. They also have a live stream on the internet. It's an MP3 stream. My set up is an old Technics Quartz Tuner> H2 Zoom> SD card> computer> TLH.

JONES is a master of the soulful understatement, the raw growl, and the groove. From his roots in muddy Oregon soil, he�s forged a 30-plus-year career as an impassioned singer and fierce guitar slinger, a clever and soulful songwriter, a bandleader, record producer, and an almost strident torchbearer for all that�s true and good about America�s music. JONES is his own true artist who works diligently at pushing American roots music forward.

What he does, he says, is �combine New Orleans rhythms, the simplicity of Memphis music, and the rawness of the blues, all for the 21st century. This music is not about louder and faster. It�s about time, meter, groove. I thought Muddy and Walter and those guys were pushing the envelope in their era. They were using effects, they were inventing their own sound. They were modern. I want to look at it in a contemporary way.� The gist is all the same � LLOYD JONES is the total package.


Set List
01 Can't Get You Off My Mind
02 Unknown
03 Ruby Do
04 Doing What It Takes
05 Long, Long Way to Go
06 Bend In The River (small drop fixed)
07 Me & You (small drop fixed)
08 Give A Little