2024 Best of teh Blues Awards... 

Stacy and the band are once again nominted for an array of 2024 Best Of The Blues Awards from teh Washington Blues Society including, Female Blues vocalist, Harominca, Guitar, Drums, Songwriter, Perfromer and Keeping the Blues Alive awards and the lifetime achievement award. The Awards will be presented April 21st 

Winner of over a dozen Best of the Blues Awards including 4 consecutive years as The BEST BAND in 2021 2020, 2019 and 2018 from Washington Blues Society.

Washington Blues Society "Best of the Blues Awards" --Winner of TEN awards !! 

BLUES BAND-- Stacy Jones Band

BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST -Stacy Jones

Paul Green Blues Harmonica award -Stacy Jones 

BLUES SONGWRITER -Stacy Jones

WASHINGTON BLUES RECORDING
Stacy Jones Band “Love is Everywhere”

BLUES BASS -Tom Jones

CHRIS LEIGHTON BLUES DRUMMER AWARD -Rick J Bowen

BLUES WRITER -Rick Bowen

BEST NON-FESTIVAL BLUES EVENT
Jones Family Christmas

KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE AWARD -Rick Bowen

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STACY JONES BAND
is nominated for Twelve
Best of the Blues Awards This year !!!

BLUES BAND-- Stacy Jones Band
BLUES FEMALE VOCALIST -Stacy Jones
BLUES PERFORMER- Stacy Jones
BLUES SONGWRITER -Stacy Jones
WASHINGTON BLUES RECORDING
Stacy Jones Band “Love is Everywhere”
ELECTRIC BLUES GUITAR- Jeff Menteer
BLUES BASS -Tom Jones
CHRIS LEIGHTON BLUES DRUMMER AWARD -Rick J Bowen
BLUES WRITER -Rick Bowen
BLUES GRAPHIC IMAGE
Jones Family Christmas Poster by Jon Paul Jones
BEST NON-FESTIVAL BLUES EVENT
Jones Family Christmas
KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE AWARD -Rick Bowen

And Congrats to our Partners in Crime

MARK DUFRESNE MALE VOCALIST AWARD
Sean Denton
SLIDE BLUES GUITAR -Sean Denton
BLUES HORN -Mike Marinig
NEW BLUES BAND -Madison Avenue Blues Revue
LITTLE BILL & THE BLUE NOTES TRADITIONAL BLUES ACT-
Madison Avenue Blues Revue
!!Congratulations to All the Nominees!!
look for the full ballot in the FEB or March WBS BLUES LETTER

If You are interested in casting a vote to decide this year's winners may receive a ballot by joining or renewing their membership with
the Washington Blues Society at any time up to March 13th, 2018
Membership info available at https://wablues.org/

Stacy Jones spreading her love of blues with latest album

The blues singer from Edmonds is garnering attention in Grammy circles for “Love is Everywhere.”   By Gale Fiege -Everett Herald 

“Love is Everywhere,” and so is Stacy Jones.
One of the region’s most popular blues singers, her band’s new album “Love is Everywhere” is garnering attention in Grammy circles this week in the categories of best contemporary blues album and best roots song. It’s also up for best self-produced CD at the International Blues Challenge, set for January in Memphis, Tennessee, and has been praised by numerous national critics. Her genre is blues, for sure, but one also could describe her work as blues rock or roots rock with a bit of country. Earlier this week, the local Roots Music Report (rootsmusicreport.com) listed the Stacy Jones Band’s “I Fell in Love” as its top song title in the state. During any given week, one likely can find Jones, 36, of Edmonds, singing in bars, at festivals and other venues in Snohomish County and beyond. Haven’t heard Jones before? Think Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Koko Taylor, Etta James and Big Mama Thornton. “That’s who I listen to and who I want to sound like,” Jones said. “My voice can sound large and harsh, but that’s Koko and Big Mama, too. ”Not Janis Joplin? “Nope. As much as I like Janis, she was only 27 when she died. She didn’t have time to fully find herself.”
Jones also plays piano, guitar and harmonica. She is a previous winner of numerous awards, including the Washington Blues Society’s best female vocalist and best songwriter. “Love is Everywhere” is her fourth studio recording and her seventh album. The album was recorded and mixed by Floyd Reitsma, who also produced albums for Dave Matthews and Pearl Jam, at Studio Litho in Seattle. Jones grew up in Shoreline, the daughter of Tom and Gladys Jones and sister of Jon-Paul, who now does graphic art for her band. At age 4, she started playing piano. Stacy grabbed a guitar at age 7, and by 8 she was singing Hank Williams tunes with her dad, the bass player in a rockabilly band. Stacy was 14 when her piano teacher, Beth Wulff, began taking her to blues jam sessions around Seattle. “We started with classical training,” Jones said. “But Beth realized I had an ear for improvisation.” Jones picked up the harmonica when she was 16 (“it was easier to carry around than a piano”), and at 17 started performing at blues gatherings and shows. At Shorecrest High School, where she graduated in 2000, she was president of the choir, performed in plays and did a lot of community service. After Jones graduated from the University of Washington with a drama degree, she used her set-design skills and went to work as a draftsman.
At night she played with the Highway 99 All Stars and performed at Bumbershoot with that band. During the same period, Jones and Wulff formed Stacy Jones & the Wolf Tunes. “Around 2008, with the economic downturn, I got laid off — again — from my drafting job,” Jones said. “People in the music business say don’t quit your day job, but my day job kept quitting me. I thought, ‘I am just gonna do my music.”
The formation of the current Stacy Jones Band followed soon after. “We’ve had to be our own machine,” Jones said. “The process of getting our music out there has changed so much in the past nine years. You gotta be on social media and YouTube. And you have to join the Grammy academy.”
Skip ahead to “Love is Everywhere.” “I’ve become more honest about my songwriting,” Jones said. “At this point, it just spews out of me. Bob Dylan is my all-time favorite songwriter. His protest songs contain such truth for today. I still like love songs, but where are the songs about what is happening in our world? The new album has to do with people feeling loved and not fearful.”
Current Washington Blues Society vice president Rick Bowen is the drummer in the Stacy Jones Band. “I am proud and privileged to have had Stacy call me her drummer since 2008. She’s a great band leader and a great friend,” Bowen said. “We’ve had some great adventures, including blazing trails across the country and Europe with our music. We’ve closed down a few juke joints, jammed with our heroes and caught the sunrise on the Seine. “ ‘Love Is Everywhere’ is some of the best music she’s written and the best playing I’ve ever done in the studio. The album is out there doing some good work for us, and I hope the world digs it as much as we do.”
Guitarist Jeff Menteer is one of the best, too, Jones said. “We’re almost a jam band on stage,” she said. “We improvise and then sync up. It’s a rare thing and a great feeling. ”Stacy’s father, Tom Jones, is the band’s bassist. At 68, he continues to be her favorite musician. “We could sit together for hours and just listen to music,” she said.
Also on the new album are guitarist Sean Denton, Mike Marinig on sax and living harmonica legend Lee Oskar. “Oh my goodness, Lee is incredible and a good friend,” Jones said. “He was such a good choice when we needed a big name on the album. He never hesitated. I am so glad I asked.”
The 60th annual Grammy awards are a long shot, Jones admits. “But you never know.”

The South Sound Blues Association is pleased to announce the entry for the Best-Self Produced CD competition at the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN: Stacy Jones, “Love is Everywhere.”

The International Blues Challenge, established in 1984, is the world’s largest gathering of blues talent. Love Is Everywhere joins over 200 other entrants competing in the International Blues Challenge. Best Self-Produced CD contest. Judging will take place in three rounds, the final results will be announced at the finals of the International Blues Challenge on Saturday, January 20, 2018, held at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN.

LOVE IS EVERYWHERE. Recorded at Studio Litho, Seattle by producer/engineer Floyd Reitsma (Dave Mathews-Pearl Jam) Featuring a special guest appearance by Harmonica master Lee Oskar. Submitted the following categories for consideration for the 60th Annual GRAMMY® Awards. Stacy Jones - Love Is Everywhere Best American Roots Song. Stacy Jones - Love Is Everywhere -Best Contemporary Blues Album.

Blues Blast October 2017
Featured Blues Review – 4 of 8
Stacy Jones – Love Is Everywhere
Self-Release – 2017
11 tracks; 43 minutes
www.stacyjonesband.com
Stacy Jones is based in the Pacific Northwest and although she is still relatively young this is her seventh album release. A multi-instrumentalist, Stacy plays acoustic, rhythm guitar and dobro, harmonica, Hammond B3 and tack piano on this record, as well as handling all lead vocals. Stacy also wrote all the songs bar one and she produced the album – phew, that is real multi-tasking in action! Her band is Jeff Menteer on electric guitar, Tom Jones (Stacy’s Dad, not the Welsh singer) on bass and Rick Bowen on drums.
The album opens impressively with “Mojo Potion #61 &49” which perhaps reflects Stacy’s own story of finding the blues at the crossroads. The tune adds Sean Denton on second guitar and Angelo Ortiz on washboard, giving it both a rocking blues and a second line New Orleans feel. That and the closer “I’ll Be On My Way” are the closest to straight blues tunes here though Lee Oskar’s duel on harmonica with Stacy on “Stomp Jump Boogie”, written by Jeff and the band, is an excellent instrumental feature. In another change of style “One Stop Light” is a rapid-fire jump blues/jazz piece with Mike Marinig’s sax added to good effect.
Elsewhere the album has some attractive playing in non-blues contexts: “Wait For Heaven” is a slower tune with excellent guitar from Jeff and sad lyrics dedicated to a departed friend. Stacy does seem to force her voice a little on the quieter numbers, as here and on the ballad “Can’t You Be Mine”. Stacy wrote “Love Is Everywhere” after the Orlando nightclub tragedy, another quieter number with an exciting rock guitar solo on the outro. Stacy moves into a country vein on two songs towards the end of the album: “Gotta Get Over You” is a fun tune with dueling harp and guitar while Tracy wants to avoid sentimental stereotypes as she declares that “Tough Girls Never Cry” – “I’m a tough girl, please don’t buy me flowers, I like it much better when you tell me how they just die.” Stacy makes good use of a bass line influenced by “These Boots Are Made For Walking” on the jaunty “Can’t Find Love” and sounds very much like Sheryl Crow here, a comparison that comes to mind again on “I Fell In Love”, a joyful celebration.
Reviewer John Mitchell is a blues enthusiast based in the UK
http://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-11-41-october-12-2017

Stacy Jones – Whiskey, Wine & Water
European Tour February 2016

"If you thought you knew what to expect from a Stacy Jones album,
you’re going to get quite a surprise when you hear
Whiskey, Wine And Water."
Cliff McKnight, Nothing But the Blues UK

STACY JONES Tour Dates

Feb-5 - Bon Voyage show – The High Dive- Seattle, WA. USA.

Feb-12 - Nyon, CHE — Bar De La Ferme Paleo

Feb -14 - 2016 Rijen, NED — Blues in het Vermaeck

Feb- 18 - Munich, GER — Alfonso's

Feb- 20- Obergurig, GER — Kesselhauslager

Feb- 21 - Waganingen, NED — Blues club XXL

Feb - 23 BTFM / Blues Train FM Sessions radio show hosted by Rob & Ivy - live 19.00 - 21.00 hrs http://www.rtvseaport.nl/

Feb- 27 -Tacoma, WA— Drive the Blues Away - Le May - America's Car Museum

Stacy Jones - The 2014 & 2010 Washington Blues Society "Female vocalist of the year."

Multi-instrumentalist-sing-songwriter. and her award winning band.

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Stacy Jones/ Info@stacyjonesband.com /206-992-3285

Stacy Jones presents : The Whishkey Wine and Water VIP album release party 

Friday march 27. 7-10pm

A very special evening of music as Stacy Jones plays her new album in entirety with guests:

Tom Jones, Kevin Sutton, Rick J Bowen, Sean Denton, Markl Riley and Jon Perry

Plus a special dinner catered by the band ! 

linited seating -tix $32.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1307540

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