Well, with all of us doing our part to break the back of the COVID-19 pandemic by sheltering in place (Good job! It's the right thing to do!), all my March and April shows are canceled. But, hope springs eternal, so I'm going to start this schedule with my as-yet not-cancelled late-May shows, go from there, and see what happens. It's all good...
17, Sunday: Ron Bailey & the Tangents @ The Old Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Ct, Bow, WA 98232. C'mon out and dance a few and hoist a few, eat some fresh oysters! Ron Bailey, Al Katz, Mark Dalton, Kelly Van Camp, Steven Flynn... great band, great fun, early downbeat. 5:30pm–9:30pm.
23, Saturday: The Honky Tonkers Duo @ Lagunitas Taproom & Beer Sanctuary, 1550 NW 49th St, Ballard. 4:20–7:00pm. Ricky Gene Powell and Steven Flynn perform soulful honky tonk music for your listening and beer drinking pleasure. Get your Friday evening started right... be there!
26, Tuesday: The Honky Tonkers @ The Little Red Hen, 7115 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle. Old-school West Coast honky tonk and country music... you're gonna love it. Great dancing!. 9:00pm–12:30am. Free country dance lessons, 8:00pm–9:00pm.
Honky Tonkers video.
14, Sunday: Ron Bailey & the Tangents @ The Old Edison Inn, 5829 Cains Ct, Bow, WA 98232. C'mon out and dance a few and hoist a few, eat some fresh oysters! Ron Bailey, Al Katz, Mark Dalton, Kelly Van Camp, Steven Flynn... great band, great fun, early downbeat. 5:30pm–9:30pm.
23, Tuesday: The Honky Tonkers @ The Little Red Hen, 7115 Woodlawn Ave NE, Seattle. Old-school West Coast honky tonk and country music... you're gonna love it. Great dancing!. 9:00pm–12:30am. Free country dance lessons, 8:00pm–9:00pm.
Honky Tonkers video.
25, Saturday Jr. Cadillac @ McMenamin's Spanish Ballroom @ The Elks Temple, 565 Broadway, Tacoma, WA. Jr Cadillac kicks off our 2020 50th Anniversary Summer Tour with a wild concert/dance party at this most excellent venue. Get your tickets in advance. Show starts 8:00pm. (www.jrcadillac.com)
26, Sunday Jr. Cadillac @ Renton River Days, Renton WA. Another excellent outdoor, fun-for-the-whole-family concert. Enjoy dancing on the grass in the summertime! 4:30-6pm (www.jrcadillac.com)
8, Saturday Jr. Cadillac @ Camano Island Yacht Club, 129 North Sunset Drive, Camano Island WA 98282. 5–7:30pm.(www.jrcadillac.com)
15, Saturday: Jr. Cadillac @ The Triple Door, 216 Union St, Seattle WA. 8pm. Celebrating our 50th year rockin' the Northwest by rocking YOU at the Triple Door! Best live music venue in Seattle. C'mon out for our big Golden Birthday Bash. (www.jrcadillac.com)
17, Monday: Jr. Cadillac @ Stanley Stamm Childrens Hospital Kids Camp, Sunset Lake Camp, Mt. Rainier.
1, Sunday: Jr. Cadillac @ Bremerton Blackberry Festival, Bremerton WA. 6–8pm (www.jrcadillac.com)
Steven Flynn is a Northwest composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Playing piano, Hammond organ, and keyboards, he appears with the rock/rhythm-and-blues/Americana bands Jr Cadillac, Ron W. Bailey & the Tangents, the Honky Tonkers, Tiny Giants, Alice Stuart and the Formerlys, and others. He also plays the ney, an ancient Middle-Eastern flute, and the harmonium in various contexts which often include whirling, sufi dancing, mystical poetry, and other wildness. His R&B songs can be heard on Jr Cadillac and Alice Stuart CDs. In the compositions on his solo CDs, ancient and modern musical elements combine to produce exotic soundscapes and musical narratives that ignite and inspire the imagination.