Dressed To Kill By Weintraub/Showman
The Way You Hold Me By Ian Weintraub

About the CD:
These Blues, the first CD by Olympia, Wa's Blues Monsters, features some of the bands trademarks: great original songs, wonderful lead vocals by Linda Farr, exciting guitar and harmonica solos (by, respectively, Ian Weintraub and Jeffrey"Dr. Soul"Showman). Blues Monsters music goes beyond the confines of traditional Chicago blues, mixing soul, funk, and jammin' rock - what the band calls "Blues for the 21st Century".

Among the featured songs on These Blues are: Dressed to Kill, inspired by classic '40's jimp-blues with a '90's woman's perspective; The Only Cure an atmospheric slow tune penned by Linda Farr; The Way You Hold Me, Ian Wientraub's deceptively simple song with wonderful catchy hooks; and Soul 69, a world-beat flavored instrumental showing the Monster's funkier side
Reviews:
Blues Monsters fans offer enthusiastic testimonials at every show, such as these from a recent standing room only crowd at Cole's in Tacoma, WA: "Awesome!", "You are a tight band, loved it." and "You guys jam."

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Animule Hall By Brian Butler
Stars Across the Sky By Brian Butler

About the Artist:
Brian Butler has been performing blues, rock and folk music in the Pacific Northwest for 20-plus years. He is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. He performs both solo and with the Brian Butler Band.
Events and accolades:
**Brian was the 1993 winner of the Washington Blues Society's "Best Acoustic Guitarist" Award.

**The Seattle Times called his band, "One of Seattle's best blues/rock bands"
**The Washington Blues Society featured Brian in a cover story in the June '98 edition of it newsletter.
**Bob Dixson, writing about a live perfromance in the Victory Music Review of 12/96 said, "From the first note he played that night, it was apparent that he had 'it' ". "...good stuff that's fresh yet fits comfortably.." from The Victory Music Review 8/99 of Restless Street.

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