LISA MANN’S
PORTLAND BLUES SHOWCASE featuring
KAREN LOVELY and BEN RICE
with Dave Melyan (drums) and Jason ‘JT Thomas (guitar)
THURSDAY MAY 25
WEST OF THE WATERWAY
TACOMA
Lisa Mann, two-time Blues Music Award-winning bass player and 2021's Unsigned Only Blues songwriting winner (for "It's the Monkeys or Me" ), will bring some of the brightest lights in the Portland Blues scene to Tacoma for ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! In addition to Lisa, the featured artists are:

Karen Lovely, nominated multiple times for Contemporary Female Blues Artist in the Blues Music Awards, and called "a first class vocalist" by Art Tipaldi of Blues Revue,

AND

Ben Rice, also a multiple-time Blues Music Awards nominee, and in 2015, winner of Best Guitarist at the International Blues Challenge. When not working with the Portland Blues Showcase, Ben also leads his one six piece band, Ben Rice and the Hustle, and appears as a special guest with Curtis Salgado. Ben and his trio opened for ZZ Top on their most recent PNW tour.

This powerful Northwest crew has taken on crowds all over the American West to Europe, delivering electrifying blues and roots music everywhere they go. Lisa, Karen and Ben will be joined by Jason "JT" Thomas, a Cascade Blues Association nominee for Guitar Player of the Year and Dave Melyan, the highly sought-after drummer perhaps best known for his work with Portland favorites The Insomniacs, among many others.

These five are the cream of the crop of Portland's blues scene. We are honored to welcome them all to Tacoma on May 25. It's going to be an incredible show!