My Weekly Local Live Music Report/Community Events... Ladie's First....Shelly Ely Jam Tonight




Steve with Neil Fallen. 2006. At Summit Pub.

  OK. It's Sunday again....AND time for, THE SHELLY ELY JAM tonight at 7 pm. in Spanaway...Way Cool Shell. That's G-R-E-A-T Bluzzzzzzz tonight at UNCLE SAM's BAR AND GRILL. As I always use to say, way back in the '60s....'Be There Or Be Square'. It's gonna be fun...always is. Bring your instrument and  join in....It's a jam. Tonight, it's DYLAN LANNY ENGLAND/drums and each Sunday night too, and TERRY JAE/bass. Shell's always fantastic on the vocals. Her lead guitar could be one of several amazing guys. It wasn't posted on FACEBOOK. BUT, You'll love it, I know that for sure. So, let it be a wonderful surprise...OK? That's 7 pm until about 10:30. Cool. Last week, my Steve Bartlett sat in for Terry Jae, Steve told me...'Shelly's jam's cool'...he had  lots of fun playing with these guys, great big hamburgers too...and he got home smiling and singing. Loved it. Thanks  to Shelly and her fantastic band.
Again, each Thursday night is THE JERRY MILLER BAND, start time again 7 pm. AND, it's one dollar Taco-Thursday...Yum. The band members are Jerry Miller/guitar, Denny Foreman/guitar, Dave Erwin/bass, JEFF WALLACE/keyboard/violin, Allen Heath/drums, and RUSS HARRIS/congas/harp
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Next, is LIQUID SOUL COFFEE ROASTER's in McKenna. Martin and Barb are having OPEN MIC each Thursday night, starts 6 pm., hosted by David Wayne. This is a great place close to home, if you live in the Yelm area. Martin Salinas And Friends, played at LIQUID SOUL last night. Have not heard how it went. Hopefully a great crowd. There's no other live music posted on their web site for this week. I'll keep checking and keep everyone posted. OK?
UPDATE: Monday, Jan 24th From SCOTT ERCOLIANI/drums....'Martin Salinas and Friends' on Friday, Jan 21st..... Good Crowd, lots of dancing on new larger dance area. Thanks Scott. Jan
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Next, is KENNY WILLIAMSON, he's playing today, Sunday January 23rd, at 3 pm at THE SWISS in Tacoma. It's THE MYKEL SPATZ MEMORIAL. Mykel was also known as KENNETH MICHAEL SPOTTS or K. MICHAEL SPOTTS. There will be three [3] core bands and an open jam. THE WEEKLY VOLCANO reported a $10.00 charge. Member of "MARIAH" [one of the core bands] are Joe Hindershot = Bass / Voice, Dave Bray = Guitar / Voice, ED Taylor = Guitar / Voice, Kenny WilliamSon = Drummer / Voice.
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WILLOUGHBY's RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE in Yelm. In the past week SHELLSHOCK/karaoke, military night and ladies night with drink specials. No live music to report.
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THE MANDOLIN CAFE in Tacoma. OPEN MIC with DENNY FOREMAN AND FRIENDS each Sunday 6 pm to 9 pm. My hint: Get there early for parking. This is a fun relaxed place with an art gallery, that I [Jan] especially enjoyed when Steve played there with PETER PENTRAS awhile ago. News from RUSS HARRIS found on FACEBOOK about he being there tonight..."Denny & I are planning to facilitate Open Mic at the Mandolin Cafe - Tonight Sign-up @ 5:30 Strike the mic @ 6". Thanks Russ.
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RAMTHA's SCOOL OF ENLIGHTENMENT...Ramtha's Feast In Europe in two weeks. Nothing locally for this week.
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YELM COMMUNITY EXPANSION. No new events reported.
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STEVE BARTLETT/BARTLETT ON BASS..Well, as I reported above, Steve sat in THE SHELLY ELY JAM at Uncle Sam's Bar and Grill, last Sunday for bassman, TERRY JAE. Steve had a great time.
He's been connecting with MIKE KARNES, they've been working together, creating a kid's music workshop for March [March 5th]. That's in the beginning stages. Now, it looks like the workshop will be held in Silverdale, instead of Port Orchard. Brilliant knowable musicial instructors will show the kids how it's done.  The kids will be given written charts as well as live music instruction. Cool. So far, MIKE KARNES will be giving the guitar instruction, with STEVE BARTLETT giving the bass guitar instruction. A fantastic mystery/secret vocallist will be doing the voice instruction. Cool. You don't want to miss this! Get your musically-loving kids ready. I'll keep everyone up to date, as new information comes in...I'll post it. OK?
Yesterday, Bartlett performed in Yelm, at newly-weds, former BLUE BOTTLE owner Michelle Jones and Flemming Olsen's home. It was a life celebration for R.S.E student REGGIE, with Rob /guitar and the DJ was ROBERT JONES Jr.
Today, Bartlett is jamming with, our neighbor Steve Hicks/drums, relaxing and resting. Cool.
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If you're a musician, band or club owner in my area, and want your live music event included on my Live Music Report. Please send your gig info. at bartlettonbass@aol.com for review before Saturday, for Sunday's report.. I will review and post the very best gigs and live music events in the area Thanks for reading my report and supporting live music. 'Jan'...JA ROSE-BARTLETT.