Winthrop R&B presents:
LADY A & the Baby Blues Funk Band!
Winthrop R&B presents:
TOO SLIM & THE TAILDRAGGERS!
No band is a bigger part of the Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival than Too Slim and the Taildraggers. This band has played every festival but one, and only gets better as the years go on. In more than 30 years of relentless touring and songwriting, Too Slim and the Taildraggers have put out an impressive 14 studio albums, 2 solo albums and several live CDs. One of Too Slim’s recent albums, High Desert Heat charted 11 times in the Billboard Top Blues Album Chart in 2018 and was nominated for Best Blues/Rock album at the 2019 Blues Music awards. His latest release The Remedy is receiving rave reviews. Too Slim has received many, many awards and recognitions over the years, including BMA nominations, a Blues Blast Award Nomination, and a Jimi Award for Blues Rock Album of the Year, and Blues Matters Writers Poll Album of the Year. But most of all, they’ve won the hearts of fans the world over. We are excited to present them straight from Nashville!


Top photo: Sarah Clarke of Dirty Revival, July 2018 by Bruce Lindeke
Bottom photo: Bruce Lindeke and friend enjoying the festival
FACES IN THE CROWD
A special message from Winthrop Music Association Board of Directors
Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival receives GRAND SUMMIT AWARD

Billy Joe Huels and his Dusty 45s, (July 2019) captured by famed festival photographer Peter Dervin won the Best Photograph Award from Washington Festival & Events Association.
“Winthrop R&B Presents…” music series:
Starting Monday 11/2/20 we introduced our “Winthrop R&B Presents”series, live-streamed performances, by old friends from our main stage as well as great new acts we hope to see there soon, via our FACEBOOK PAGE.
Ida Mae 1/24/21
Our third “Winthrop R&B presents featured the British “retro-futurist” Americana duo Ida Mae, a “shining example of boundary-stretching songwriting at its challenging best” -Rush On Rock
olling Stone Country dubbed Ida Mae one of “10 New Country and Americana Artists You Need to Know.” Formed by the husband and wife team Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean, Ida Mae has won world-wide attention for their breakout debut Chasing Light, which NPR called “harmonic and hypnotic.” The British duo recently completed a U.S. tour supporting Greta Van Fleet, has played Bonaroo, relocated to Nashville and is currently residing in the UK with family waiting out the pandemic.
Rolling Blackouts
Starting Monday 11/2/20 we introduced a monthly “Winthrop Blue Monday” series, live-streamed performances, by old friends from our main stage as well as great new acts we hope to see there soon, via our FACEBOOK PAGE.
Kicking off the series was the fabled Seattle Americana group, Tom Bennett & The Rolling Blackouts. The band, a group of Seattle musical all-stars, formed as a weekly Monday night collaboration at St. Clouds (then a newly opened Seattle restaurant) and became so beloved they turned it into a 17-year run. Tom Bennett brought in a collection of newly minted original songs and continues to write excellent odes to reality. Bassist Marc Brown was there for the first Monday on bass, Dave Keenan joined the following Monday on mandolin, Nova Karina Devonie signed on a year later on accordion and Kelly Van Camp rounded out the group in year 7 on the drums and harmonica. Each band member takes a turn at the mic, in essence creating a multi-faceted jewel that doesn’t rely on the strengths of just one singer.
Greyhounds!
Our second “Winthrop Blue Monday” featured the Texas band Greyhounds and sponsored by The Wine Shed, Winthrop, WA
The co-founders of Austin’s Greyhounds, guitarist Andrew Trube and keyboardist Anthony Farrell, have been making music and touring for 15 years, refining and developing a sound Trube calls “Hall & Oates meet ZZ Top.” The band also has long ties to Memphis, home of the soul that inspires them. Trube and Farrell have written songs for Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, among others, toured with American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, and for several years worked together as part of JJ Grey & Mofro, from which they drew their band name. The duo—a surprise hit when they debuted at Winthrop in 2017, and when they returned in 2019—has earned kudos from some legendary supporters. Raved Derek Trucks, “Greyhounds make real music, the right way and for the right reasons.” JJ Grey described their songs as landing “somewhere between a heartfelt hymn and the dirtiest jank you’ve ever heard.” And fellow Austinian, Gary Clark Jr., summed up a Los Angeles show, they “crushed it as usual.” Greyhounds have just released their latest album “Primates” produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos.
2020 Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival went VIRTUAL!
Thank you, beautiful people, for helping make our virtual festival the sweetest EVER!
WINTHROP RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL
SEE YOU 2021
Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival
Located at the Blues Ranch on the Methow River in the resort town of Winthrop, Washington, the Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival is a three-day event packed full of exciting national and regional entertainment for all ages. There is on-site camping, food and craft vendors, portable showers, and a beer garden. The Blues Ranch is the perfect setting for one of Washington’s finest music festivals. We look forward to another great year and hope to see YOU at the 34th Annual Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival!!
Winthrop Music Association (WMA) is a 501(c)3 non profit organization formed in 2005 to ensure the continued success of the annual Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival. WMA strives to promote arts and cultural activities in the Methow Valley and beyond. WMA is a proud supporter of The Cove Food Bank, Methow Valley School District Music Program, Methow Arts, Methow Valley Theater, Room One, Washington Blues Society Musician Relief Fund, Inland Empire Blues Society, Cascade Blues Association, Methow Valley AAU Basketball Booster, Tommy Zbyszewski Methow Valley Education Foundation scholarship and many others.
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Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival Merchandise
Orders placed thru December 10 are being processed and shipped.
LOOK who’s wearing our beanie hat!! Mr. Jim Belushi! Larkin Poe! Kira Olsen! and our beloved Charlie Musselwhite!
Headwear was a huge hit so we have decided to do another round. Orders will be taken thru January 15, 2021 at which time orders will be processed and shipped.



