Northwest rock legend and longtime friend of East Portland Blog, Jim Basnight, is headed back to Portland for three action-packed live shows during the weekend of August 26th and 27th. These will be great shows. Be sure to check him out! (https://jimbasnightmusic.com/)
The full Jim Basnight Band will appear on Saturday, August 26th at Paradise Harley-Davidson in Tigard OR (10770 SW CASCADE AVE TIGARD, OR 97223) at Noon.
The Jim Basnight Band will also be performing later that same day, Saturday, August 26 at Al’s Den in Portland OR (303 SW 12th Avenue, Portland, OR 97205) at 7PM.
The full band is a high-octane rock and roll trio featuring Basnight on electric and acoustic guitars and vocals, Sean Peabody on drums and vocals, and Kurt Jensen on bass.
The following day, Sunday, August 27, Basnight will appear as part of a duo with Sean Peabody at the Landmark Saloon in Portland (4847 SE Division St, Portland, OR) at 6PM. For the duo, Peabody switches to bass.
Seattle-area resident Basnight is working on what will be a very interesting biography of “Sonny Boy Williamson” (Alex Miller) [Ed. Note: There were two 20th bluesmen who went by the name of “Sonny Boy Williamson.” Miller is one of them.] Basnight has been working with editor/fact checker Jim O’Neal, co-founder of Living Blues, probably the most well respected and well-liked blues scholar in the world. Blues fans everywhere are looking forward to that work.
Still energetic and creative after 40+ years in the business, Basnight has written and recorded 32 new song demos, from which he will record a new album.
Basnight is also enjoying a career revival thanks to indie rock radio, rock and roll specialty shows, cable television music channels and podcasts rediscovering his lengthy catalog. He has had nine tunes chart in the Top-5 of the Radio Indie Alliance Top-75 in the past three years and 20 tunes chart overall. His tune “Stop the Words” was chosen as part of the “Coolest Song in The World” series on The Underground Garage (Sirius XM) for the week of April 26th, 2022, and many more of his tunes have gotten into rotation on that celebrated enterprise.
Jim Basnight is a rock’n roll legend! Don’t miss your chance to catch him live during his upcoming trio of live shows in Portland!
