Mike Osborn & the Drivers
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland. OR.
July 1, 2011

Again the WBF went off with some big names in the music world. The non-profit radio station, KBOO, here in Portland did the broadcasting again and there were lots of problems this year, as in other years. Many drops in reception which I attemted to "fix". Not all were broadcast, which was a bummer, and some were just to rife with problems to save. So there are some bumps in the road, if you will, but over all some nice tunes are here. Of note, the Preston Shannon set, James Harmon, Bobby Radcliff, Chris Cain Band, Ty Curtis Band and of course Lucinda Williams. So enjoy & spread the shows around, twofthrs.

Since I'm not familiar with a lot of these bands there will be some "unknowns" in the set list's.

Michael Osborn(Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter)

Michael Osborn was John Lee Hooker’s lead guitarist for 13 years. After his stint with Mr. Hooker, one of Michael’s songs, “Spellbound”, was featured on John Lee’s 1997 Grammy Award winning “Don’t Look Back”! Michael has also backed such musical luminaries as Robben Ford (Michael has a song credit on Robben’s “Blue Moon” release), Mark Ford, The Charles Ford Band w/Gary Smith, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Brownie McGee, Bill Rhoades, Sista Monica and so many others. Mike presently resides in the Portland, Oregon area and has been nominated three times by the Cascade Blues Association for best blues guitarist and once for blues best recording for his CD release of “Touch Tone.” As a member of Bill Rhoades and the Party Kings, he taken home 7 awards for best traditional blues band and was inducted into the CBA Hall of Fame as a member of that band!

K.G. Jackson (Bass Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter)
Dave Mathis (Harmonica and Vocals)
John Moore (Drums/Percussion)

Set List
01 unknown
02 Just Your Fool
03 Little Suzanne
04 Bright Lights, Big City
05 Here She Comes
06 unknown
07 Lollipop Mama
08 Why Get Up